Career, not only here in congress but in the California Legislature. I was privileged to work with joe on many, many issues, and he has been a consistent voice, both in the California Legislature and now here in congress, for protecting lowincome families from unfair predatory and credit practices. He has used his seat on the House Agricultural Committee and House Financial Services committee to help the most vulnerable americans. He has consistently played a role in raising funding levels for food stamps and nutrition programs to feed over 44 million hungry americans. He was a powerful voice against antiimmigrant laws and built bridges on the history of our nation. We will miss his principal leadership and his passion for serving as a voice for the voiceless in congress. And my fellow Congressional Black Caucus member, Laura Richardson, she has many accomplishments during her brief time. She has worked hard to improve our nations infrastructure and been advocate for inclusion of minor
Welcome to the leid. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. The keeper of the Mueller Report, bill barr testifying publicly before congress for the First Time Since releasing his letter about muellers findings and now the countdown is officially on. Barr today announcing he expects to release the full Mueller Report, well, fullish, with redactions, within a week. Explaining for the first time his plan to provide reasons for each of the redactions, and saying that special Counsel Robert Mueller is helping him identify those redactions. But even though the attorney general answered a lot of questions today as cnns sara murray now reports, there was one question he curiously declined to answer, and that is whether the white house has seen or been briefed on the Mueller Report. And of course, mr. Attorney general, we could not hold this hearing without mentioning the elephant in the room. Reporter and address it, they did. Attorney general william barr telling lawmakers today he
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