Behind them, end quote. All comes amidst allegations that go beyond what we just heard about and now paint more of a picture. Many different outlets and reporters getting into this. There is talk of, quote, paying for sex, sex trafficking and sex with an underage girl. As noted, gaetz denies all of it. But he is speaking out, and that changes things at the end of what has been a bruising week for him. Tonight gaetz making his first public appearance at the top of the next hour. Thats the first time he will be facing anyone in any setting that we can see in the public since what was supposed to be a helpful but ultimately widely panned interview on fox news where Tucker Carlson said it was one of the weirdest interviews ever. The Group Sponsoring this is Women For America first. It is a maga group and theyre holding the event at a trump golf course in miami. Trump is not doing much to defend gaetz, unless you count taking some money from that group. And there is a major sign today that
Hearing to share their thoughts on the legislative proposal. Sen. Klobuchar i call to order this hearing on s1 the for the people act. Today we are here to consider the for the people act, legislation that im honored to lead with senator merkley and majority leader schumer, which has been cosponsored by every democratic member of this committee. I would like to thank senator blunt, our colleagues, and our witnesses for being here today. I would also like to acknowledge in addition to senator merkley two of our other members who are new to this committee and are new to the senate. Senator ossoff, who along with senator warnock were elected in georgia, where we know election issues were front and center. As well as senator padilla, who has his own extensive experience with these issues from his time as california secretary of state. Last month when we held this committees organizing meeting, i announced the for the people act would be the subject of our first ledge first legislative hear
Sen. Klobuchar i call to order [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2021] senr [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] sen. Klobuchar i call to order this hearing on s1 the for the people act. Today we are here to consider the for the people act, legislation that im honored to lead with senator merkley and majority leader schumer, which has been cosponsored by every democratic member of this committee. I would like to thank senator blunt, our colleagues, and our witnesses for being here today. I would also like to acknowledge in addition to senator merkley two of our other members who are new to this committee and are new to the senate. Senator ossoff, who along with senator warnock were elected in georgia, where we know election issues were front and center. As well as senator padilla, who has his own extensive experience with these issues from his time as california secreta
Im chairman kilmer. Im excited to be here the first day of the new year. We had an incredibly productive last year with 45 recommendations to make congress more effective and officiate so it can better serve the American People. Im proud of what we accomplished as a committee so far and equally proud how we accomplished our Work Together. Every member of this committee has been fully engaged in the committees work and taken realtime to think about the issues in our mandate and their own perspectives and really listen and consider their colleagues perspective. This committee has worked because theyre finding Collaborative Solutions to the challenges this institution faces. The key word here is invested. Whether were talking about businesses or organizations or governments depend on people invested in the work that theyre doing and thats fundamental. Successful institutions also invest in themselves, their employees, infrastructure, overall Work Environment and experience. They think and
The ammunition. Brennan there are sober reminders that gun t en fl daughter was struck by a stray bullarmyon, daughters twin brother, witnessed what happened that day. She died two days later. I have a six and three year old boy. Im imagining. I was imagining it was one of them that got shot and the other saw it. Im so sorry. El paso walmart, el paso, texas. Oregon historic district, dayton, ohio. These are less than half of the Mass Shootings in my lifetime. It is time to do something. Failing to get gun control measures passed on a national level, what bill thats different could get through congress and get signed by the president . We have to have meaningful background checks. Meaningful. Brennan well hear from all sides. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg hosted a Candidate Forum saturday in iowa to push for gun control. We spoke with him there. Red flag law, those are in place in connecticut before sandy hook. They didnt stop that massacre. No, but theystop brennan background checks w