Idea, into your bill, out of your bill, appreciate that. I am curious if there have been any hearings about that. Now and as you stated, it is out of the bill. Lets go forward. Have there been any hearings on this legislation at all . Know, there were no hearings on the postmaster generals actions were he did not perform any of us and told us he wasnt stopping. Our constituents were saying they were being hurt. Can i respond . I would like to say i will give you more. Congressman tom and moran and Susan Collins, all republicans sent their own letters expressing concerns with the postmaster generals actions. I ask unanimous consent to place them into the record and for example congressman from montana stated the postmaster general on august 6th, 2020, delaying mail service is unacceptable as the country continues to combat covid19. It keeps our communities connected. Montanans defendant reliable access to receive prescription drugs, Online Purchases and financial documents. He also quot
Good morning. I thank all of you for being here today good morning, today we are examining our nations history of Voter Suppression. As well as the obstacles that many minority communities continue to face to this day. And in exercising their fundamental right to vote. Tomorrow we will be holding a ceremony to honor our dear friend and colleague and our former chairman, Elijah Cummings. We will be remaining in disappearing room after him and commending everything he stood for. Todays hearing is also part of our effort to honor his legacy. Protecting the right to vote was one of the most important issues. If not the most important issue he fought for during his decades in Public Service. We are holding this hearing in february during black historymonth. It was black americans whose voices were stifled, blocked in silence for centuries and is black americans who are still being disproportionately targeted, even now in shameful efforts to prevent them from registering to vote , purging th
A trial of the senate after the house of representatives indicted him on 2 charges. Well President Trump divides the impeachment process as an assault on america and his Republican Party. For only the 3rd time in u. S. History a president has been impeached following a heated debate the democratic controlled house of representatives voted to formally charge donald trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress the yes our 230 the nays are 197 present is one article one is adopted. Well democrats and republicans made their case for more than 8 hours about whether trump violate the constitution it paves the way for a trial in the senate where a republican majority is expected to block trumps removal from office with todays illegal unconstitutional and partisan impeachment. They do nothing democrats and they are doing nothing all they want to do is focus on this what they could be doing are declaring their deep hatred and this thing for the american voter. This lawless partisan ple
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Now a discussion on the 2016 general election and Vice President ial debates and possible changes to the rules. We also hear some suggestions concerning debates by both parties in the primary season. This is about 40 minutes. , bill commissioner for president ial debates. You have been getting a lot of attention lately. Guest we want to talk about criteria for thirdparty candidates but lets talk about the commission first. Why it was formed in 1987 and what your mission is. Guest you know, most people do not remember when there were not debates. We go back to 1960 where you had kennedy against nixon and then we went 16 years host and is responsive other network. Guest they were sponsored by the network, but there was no way very goldwater would be getting up with lyndon johnson. Then it makes him in the next two campaigns, he took such bad memories of the 1960 debates of kennedy that he said no, i am not going to debate. It wasnt really until he got to 1976 after the pardoning Governor