humanitarian assistance, but also money towards the reconstruction of ukraine. the battlefront here though in washington on this piece is bipartisan support for the aid package itself, and of course, for ukraine, but where it comes together is in the process. and whether or not they re going to end up linking this particular ukraine aid package with a separate covid relief package. that s all going through the senate this week. speaker pelosi before leaving town said she would be okay with linking those two things and this is the way the legislative process works, jose, even if time is of the essence. ali, were the republicans invite god to go on this trip? there were republicans who were invited to go on this trip and they declined and you ended up with a ust cler of democrats to go to ukraine along with the speaker. she is the highest ranking u.s. official to go there ps and first lady jill biden is in the region meeting with people about the refugee situation and you
For California Ag Today, I’m Mike Stephens<p><p>Proving the Legislative Process Works <p><p>In February, Monterey County Farm Bureau s Administrative Assistant Susanne McBride offered a legislative suggestion to improve to the cottage food section of our public policy, and Assembly member Robert Rivas was kind enough to write and carry the bill through the process.<p><p>Governor Newsom has signed AB 1144, the Cottage Foods Bill, into California Law. Congratulations to Susanne on her suggestion that will benefit small food producers across our state, and thanks to Assembly member Rivas for his support during the legislative session of her suggestion. <p><p>The Summary of the bill is:<p>Cottage food operations are small businesses in which people make and sell homemade foods to help supplement their income (or, in some cases, receive their primary source of income). These operations are especially important in rural communities,
there is a shutdown that could last for a very long time. would you be comfortable with that? nobody on capitol hill wants a shutdown. we still have time to get through this process when the senators return from their premature early vacation and come back to washington, d.c. today to do their work. we still have time to get this done to prevent a shutdown. what happened in the house yesterday was important. i am a rank and file member of the republican conference. our leadership listened to rank and file members like myself who come from districts with constituents who wanted us to vote on boosting border security funding like we did yesterday and send this spending deal back to the senate so they can take that under consideration, too. that s how this process of negotiation in the legislative process works. we still have time to prevent a shutdown. but the president did say that he was comfortable with a
meghan: democrats are threatening to slow the senate to a crawl unless republicans get on board with appointing a special prosecutor on russia. after the firing of fbi director, james comey. a new york times piece arguing a standoff could throw a wrench into the president s agenda. it reads the tension over comey has spilled over into other issues and can make it hard for republicans to maintain unity. lawmakers are leery of the president. there could also be an impact on the emerging plan for major tax cuts. how speaker paul ryan and sitting the g.o.p. want to get size the prize. yes, we have a full packed agenda. you can walk and chew gum at the same time. we have different committees work on these bills at the same time. that s on the legislative process works. that s what people elected us to do is enact an ambitious agenda to get this country back on track. i m excited about it. i makes it a wait of leading in, encouraging us to get this done. meghan: he s living in
concerned that we re doing something here we don t really understand what we re doing. despite those concerns, he says he voted for the amendment by absentee ballot. it s not going to help the doctor. it s certainly not going to health department patient. not so for ivf dr. randle hines, speaking out against the initiative, and its potential impact on women s health issues. for example, if an infertile couple decides to discard unused embryos, could they be charged with murder? it s hard to imagine that you would pass a broad sweeping measure like this and have no idea about the details. could me that s not an intelligent way to go about it. supporters of personhood acknowledge the full effect of the amendment is impossible to know, and that it does raise many difficult questions. it does, but those questions can be answered, and that s the way the legislative process works, establish a principle, then you develop enabling legislation. the group spearheading this