I grew up in the country, a little house of 1000 square feet, no central air, my dad had a country store. Had a gristmill and a small equipment dealership. He struggled to take care of us through that process and managed to get out of it is shirt. I worked construction two summers, sold dictionaries, did other things to work my way through college. Great day, i find myself in politics, studying the issues. My wife and i met at college and got involved in republican politics. It has been an adventure for me. I want to congratulate Tommy Tuberville. He ran a really firm, solid race. He was focused on his goal and on winning. He had a plan to do so and he was able to do so. He is our republican nominee. We must stand behind him in november. So ive been thinking about where ive been in my life. My wife and i have had an incredible adventure. As teenagers, we established a Huntington College young republican club, the first ever at that college. We had two members only of the alabama legisl
The republican nomination for his old senate seat. Last night, he conceded to former football coach Tommy Tuberville. Here is his concession speech. Good evening. You for yournk support over the years. We fought a good fight in this race and we have taken our case to the people of alabama and the people of alabama have spoken. They want a new leader, a freshfaced in washington. I think we are going to have that. I love this state, it has been an honor beyond words for me to serve it. I grew up in the country, a little house of 1000 square feet, no central air, my dad had a country store. He struggled to take care of us through that process and managed to get out of it is shirt. I worked construction two summers, sold dictionaries, did other things to work my way through college. Great day, i find myself in politics, studying the issues. My wife and i met at college and got involved in republican politics. It has been an adventure for me. Tommy to congratulate tuberville. He ran a reall
Back into the workplace. You theres been no National Program to provide worker safety. The covid19 pandemic has led to historic job losses and the economy on the verge of a recession and an unprecedented but an even emergency federal response. Today the trump administrations economic response to this crisis was held under the microscope in a state hearing. Karen k for has the story. In dire warning about the state of the coronavirus economy. There is the risk of permanent damage and will for the first time treasury secretary steven new shannan Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell face questions from lawmakers on the rocky rollout of the cares act the historic trillion emergency relief package, these programs are making a major positive impact on peoples lives. Thats really at times heated hearing highlighted the delicate balance between the health of americans and the health of the economy it is so important to begin bringing people back to work in a safe why how many workers should
The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. To theome everyone hearings and oversight in the department of justice. I begin by recognizing myself. Today we welcome attorney jeff sessions, the annual Department Oversight hearing. General, you have a long and distinguished career in public service. Even when your decisions are not always well received. Leaving theear department of justice has not been without difficulty, which is expected at the outset of a new administration. While much has been done to theect the proper under Obama Administration, more work must be done to ensure the department is operating to impartially administered justice. Our last doj oversight hearing was beyond disappointing. Loretta lynchal gave the least. And at least transparent testimony i can recall in my time in congress. It was lame a disservice to the American People. Ms. Lynch failed to respond substantively to every question posed by this committee. Former miss lynch and f
Years. We have been a crossroads in the past, and unfortunately, we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right turn. [applause] imperilhis win could the gop agenda in congress, shaving down Mitch Mcconnells republican majority to just one vote. House and Senate Negotiators are said to have reached a tentative compromise for the tax overhaul. The latest, we go to kevin reporting. Wn the lets start with the alabama race. , what do weoss tabs know about who voted . How did women vote . Kevin speaking with political types in alabama, who said that overwhelmingly, turnout, particularly amongst the Africanamerican Community, helped fuel doug jones to victory. He had top surrogates, including nba legend Charles Barkley getting out the support, trying to drive out turnout in urban areas, including mobile, alabama. Some areas have a turnout, surpassed and even matched the turnout in the Africanamerican Community for when we saw the obama mccain election