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He is the Ranking Member of the energy committee. Here in the studio is bob cusack, editor in chief of the hill newspaper. I want to begin with fridays vote and the procedural moves forced in part by congressman massey. A number of your colleagues became very upset they had to make a trip back to washington to force the vote. What were you hearing . Rep. Walden well, it was unfortunate, unfair and unnecessary. We all get a voting card. We have a right to privileges on the house floor. He exercised his. It was just not necessary at all. We have the votes. We had the quorum in the house, as was easily identified and we moved on. In the end it did not have a delay in effect, but it did discomfort some members. You know, frankly, we are 435 actually we are down a couple of members. There are a lot of members that have certain illnesses and are dealing with things that make them even more vulnerable to the virus. I dont know. It was a ....
Been going on for the last month is a legitimate inquiry. It has been moving on. The second aspect of this is setting up procedures, rules, really a framework for the next phase of this inquiry, which will be in the public setting. Last three,how the four weeks have all been behind closed doors. Democrats and republicans taking depositions privately in the secure skiff room. This will start to shift into the public setting and public hearings. So democrats and acp losey want to establish sort of the ground rules for how all of this will unfold. What is your sense of the timing of this announcement, taking up this resolution by the rules committee, and then on the house floor thursday . And andpublicans the white house had been complaining about process. There was the appearance this was in some of response of the gop criticism. Republicans have been complaining about a secretive process, that the public should be clued in to what was happening in these depositions. However, if you ask ....
Youre fast and easy way to watch cspans unfiltered coverage anytime. Scott long a senior staff writer with the hill. What is in the impeachment resolution that the house will take up this week . Scott there are two aspects to this. One is reaffirming that the impeachment inquiry that has been going on the last month is a legitimate inquiry and has been moving along. In the second aspect of this, setting up procedures, rules, really a framework for the next phase of this inquiry, which will be in the public setting. Think about how the past three or four weeks have been behind closed doors, taking depositions privately. This will start to shift into the public setting, public hearings, so democrats and nancy pelosi want to establish the ground rules for how all of this will unfold. Host what is your sense of the timing of this announcement, taking up this resolution by s and then on the house for thursday . Scott republicans in the white house and the white house had been complaining ab ....
Global trade war all of this comes together and says you should probably be selling industrials and autos. I dont think these are just oneday quick trades but do think the response from markets today was very interesting think of the rotation weve had over the last month and think of the reaction weve had in the last three days. It is beginning to build back on, hey, lets take back much of what we lost that is how we appear to be ready to open up tomorrow. The first leg lower in the markets happened when President Trump was in front of the u. N. And talked tough on china, mark and the results from nike this afternoon would probably give some investors some hope that perhaps there are companies that could buck the trend is nikeidiosyncratic. Its been the consumer that has driven the market and the entire world not just the u. S. Is relying on the consumer the consumer has been strong and rye sell yents in the u. S. A lot of these ....
Increase federal spending and raise the governments borrowing limit. First, democratic are presented Brendan Boyle. After that, republican representative dan meuser. Washington journal is next. Good morning. It is washington journal for july 26. We want to hear from democrats only. We are asking this question. Should the House Democrats move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, especially after Robert Muellers testimony this week . If you still think impeachment should be on the table by House Democrats, 202 7488000. If you are a democrat and say it is time to move on from impeachment into other things, 202 7488001. Post thoughts at our twitter feed and you can also post on facebook. ....