communications that suggest the trump white house directed republican members of congress as part of a theme to stop biden s certification. off the back of that, they initially started looking at whether there was scope for a criminal referral or potential criminality by the former president in terms of obstructing a congressional proceeding. now they re taking that a step further and it sounds like they re looking at whether there was a connection between the political elements of that plan, of the white house plan to have pence throw the election and the violence of the insurrection, and if there is, they d be prepared to make a referral for some sort of criminal conspiracy. we don t know exactly what statute or what sort of conspiracy, but i think this is a really major development in the way that they re investigating january 6th. conspiracy being, though, the harder entity to prove over obstruction. i mean, it s your summary when i read your article that, you know, conspiracy is
every american. which, by the way, no state in the united states has any prohibition against a foreign acquisition of agricultural farmland. but yet china forbids any foreign entity from owning chin land. i was just going to make tha point. not just china. lots of countries say i ve got to control the supply of food and water. if i can, medicine. and all of a sudden this is happening and nobody is stoppin it. why doesn t congress pass a law saying you can t have foreign entities own american farmland. why is that complicated? it s not. it s a bipartisan issue. there has been legislation introduced that specifically addresses prohibiting china fro acquiring more american farmland . it is my hope as it is for all farmers in america that it passes. american farmers are the greatest producers in the world. american farmers are the heartbeat of america.
before the month s out. congressman adam schiff, a committee member explaining why pence s information could be critical for their inquiry. he would have, i think, very undoubtedly relevant testimony for us about that pressure campaign. no one would be in a better position to speak to it than he would. all of the efforts to get him to violate his constitutional duty, to count the votes and instead reject votes without basis as the chairman s indicated, we intend to extend that invitation fairly soon. let s hope that he s willing to do the right thing. the marking of one year since the attack on the capitol has sparked a fresh push on voting rights legislation. senate majority leader chuck schumer said the chamber will vote no later than the martin luther king jr. holiday on changing senate rules if republicans keep blocking voting rights legislation. earlier today, house majority whip james clyburn told msnbc how he thinks legislation can pass through congress.
plan to send half a billion to americans starting this month. they ll be free and arrive in the mail, an idea the white house mocked as recently as last month. should we just send one to every american? reporter: the omicron surge presenting the latest stumble for the economy even as biden insists he is delivering the kind of recovery he promised. now i hear republicans say today that my talking about this strong record shows that i don t understand or that i m not focused on inflation. malarkey. reporter: and alex, the president woke up out west today after visiting colorado yesterday and the the site of that devastating wildfire. he will be among the democrats speaking at the funeral of former senate majority leader harry reid, someone that biden served with in the u.s. senate for decades as well as the eight years when biden was vice president. harry reid so critical to getting the obama administration s agenda through congress.
that they were going way beyond the authority they have. did congress really mean to give broad authority to regulate all of american businesses when some have higher risks and some have lower risks, et cetera. with respect to the healthcare workers mandate, it was a little harder to read but definitely some of the same skepticism there might be some instances where the situation merits it but there is also the concerns on the other side of, you know, is this going to be forcing employers, enforcing healthcare workers to get a vaccine in situations where they might not be at serious creation as much of a serious risk and in that governmental authority. even though it s a great policy there is a question who decides this policy? should it be unelected bureaucrats or congress itself? will: right. elaine, it s estimated that this would cost businesses nearly $1.3 billion to comply with the mandate. 45 million, that s the number of jobs potentially impacted.