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The chair the gentleman will suspend. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from new york, the gentleman from new york, mr. Serrano, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. Mr. Serrano sorry for interrupting you, mr. Chairman. My amendment is very straightforward and prohibit funds allocated in the bill being used for the construction and operation of private forprofit prisons. The use of private the use of private prisons in our country is in a crises. People are being locked up in a facility that doesnt respect basic human rights. One in four people behind bars worldwide is in a United States jail. Thats right. The country with less than 5 of the worlds population accounts for a quarter of all the worlds prisoners. In fact, our prison population has continued to increase over the past few decades even as statistics have shown a decrease in crime. Acc ....
Region. It is looking good. Definitely on the cool side, tad breezy right the now but still with nice dry air in place it looks like a beautiful fall day. Storm scan is quiet and it is up and down up and down the east coast anywhere from the vast up to new england. It will stay that way for the next couple of days. You mentioned we are keeping a close watch on matthew and just a heads up we will have much more on the impact there had storm system for the entire eastern seaboard coming up but i want to get you out the door at the top of the hour or half an hour, rather and we are fining at least across most of the region again a modest breeze out of the northeast. That keeps things on the cooler side. You can see that reflect also on some of the color contours on have this map. Darker blue it gets the cooler it is as well. These outlying suburbs we are finding that but generally we are find ago cross the board right now mid to upper 50s and we expect these temperatures will rebound by t ....
The irs targeting of political groups. In october, chaffetz introduced legislation to impeach koskinen. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing on examining allegations of misconduct on irs commissioner John Koskinen part one. I begin with myself. The constitution sets forth a system of checks and balances and grants each branch of government tools to shake sure no one gets too much power. The power to write the laws, power of the purse, impeachment power and other powers. They allow congress to expert oversight over branches including rooting up corruption, fraud and abuse by government officials and taking further disciplinary action on behalf of the American People when warranted. The duty to serve as a check on the other branches including against corruption and abuse is a solemn one and ....
A cold weather alert. The sun is down and temperatures are dropping. Nearly everyone could see frost, some could freeze. In moments, chief meteorologist tom sorrells pinpoints what it means for you. I want change. I want something to be done with it. A mom says students are in danger and she has the proof, video showing cars speeding past buses with their stop signs out. How she is hoping to get results. Good evening, this is news 6 at 7 00, getting results. Im julie broughton. And im ginger gadsden. Im lisa bell. Also a man who tried to do a good deed, buying food for people who said theyre hungry is now recovering from a beating. My hearts broken that somebody would do Something Like this. Deputies say he was attacked by thieves who were after his prescription pills. In minutes, how outrage over social media helped detectives make arrests. Its a story thats upsetting a lot of people. Oh, yeah. Well talk about that in just a mome ....