Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
Health care. Reaction to wednesdays first public impeachment inquiry hearing. Washington journal is next. Is next. [video clip] is this what americans should now expect from their president . If this is not impeachable conduct, what is . Would not be surprised to see all the typical signs that this is a carefully orchestrated media Smear Campaign. Host and with that, day 1 of the house impeachment in korea began. House democrats led by adam schiff laying out the criteria to remove President Trump. Nunesicans and devin calling the entire process a sham. The next round of hearings continuing tomorrow morning and for the next three hours, how the story is playing out in the news, editorial pages, and social media. We will have highlights and your calls and comments and reaction. For democrats, 2027488000. For republicans, 2027488001. If you are an independent, 2027488002. Send us a text message, be sure to tell us your first name and where you are texting from at 2027488003. Join us on fa
We are waiting for President Trump to appear at a rally in bossier city, indiana. The the First Time Since impeachment increase was begun. There will be another hearing scheduled for tomorrow with marie yovanovitch. She served as u. S. Ambassador to ukraine before being let go in may by the trumpet administration. You can watch the hearing live tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Cspan. Have that on at org or on the cspan radio app. While we wait for things to get started, take a look at some reaction to yesterdays impeachment inquiry on capitol hill. Also this morning, from the front page of the Washington Post, testimony putting trump closer to the scandal and from the financial times, reality tv, the trump impeachment goes public. With you, as that well as the upcoming schedule. John. Witnesses, 5. 5 hours of testimony yesterday. First, from the Huffington Post this morning, it begins with a bombshell with the headliner they went with. From new york magazine, the headline there, the imp
Subsequent whistleblower complaint. At 9 30 a. M. , Family Research Council Center for religious freedom policies. Ravis weber host good morning. It is tuesday, september 24, 2019. President trump is in new york city where he will address the United Nations General Assembly. President trump became the First American president to convene a meeting on the issue of religious freedom and on the washington journal, we will begin on the topic of religion. We are asking your view of religion and public life. The phone number to call this morning, 2027488000. If you think religion doesnt play a large enough role, 2027488001. If you think american politics and civics gets that balance about right, 2027488002 is the number to call. You can also text us your thoughts. If you do, please include where you are from and your name. That number, 2027488003. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. Very good tuesday morning, you can start calling in now. We are talking about the
Host this whistleblower complaint that became public, at least the existence of the complaint are you involved in that at all . Guest no. Host what this complaint has shed some light on is there is a difference between whistleblowers in the Intelligence Community and the laws and rules they have to operate under and whistleblowers in the rest of the federal government. Can you explain why that is and what rules they have to abide by . Guest sure. The most basic difference is employees in the Intelligence Community deal with classified information and that needs to be protected. There are secrets, et cetera. That doesnt mean employees who work in the intelligence ormunity dont see fraud misconducts or violations of laws. There needs to be a system in place for all federal employees weather you work in the regular secret service or the Intelligence Community to report misconduct when it occurs. Host in the Intelligence Community, obviously we are trying to find out the information and wh