. >> have you and senator mcconnell made any progress on naming a chair to the congressional oversight committee? yes, we have made progress. i thought that was a yes or no. hopefully soon. i think it will be imminent. thank you for your question. do you have the power to move alexander stephens, jefferson days of his -- davis to some dark corner of the capital and if so, will you do so? >> we will see. , i wasrt with a feather like to start with a feather. let's see how we can have consensus about this. members over the years, especially members in the black caucus, have just wondered what are these people doing here. most of us don't know one from the other. but there they are. jesse jackson junior wrote a book on this i believe, a more perfect union which did not include alexander stephens and jefferson davis having a place of honor in the capital of the united states. on theoke -- let's focus bill. let's focus on no chokehold, no no knockofiling, warrants in case of drug cases. let's talk about ending injustice, racial injustice in our law enforcement. let's focus on what we do about immunit

we are also cooperating with the congressional oversight committee, gao, and others. pleased the federal reserve has announced plans to boost loan information on its website regarding its facilities. chair powell and i have had very productive initial meetings with members of the oversight committee, and we look forward to continuing to work with them. thank you very much. chairwoman waters: thank you. chair powell, you are now recognized for five minutes to present your oral testimony. chairwoman waters, ranking member mchenry, thank you for the opportunity to specify today to discuss the extraordinary challenges our nation is facing and the steps we are taking to address them. we meet as the pandemic continues to cause tremendous hardship, taking lives and livelihood, both at home and around the world. this is a global outlook health crisis and we remain grateful to our health-care professionals for providing the most important response, to the essential workers who meet our daily needs. these people put themselves at risk day after day in service to the country. th

they put together a congressional oversight committee that only oversees the $500 billion of big corporate money. that congressional oversight committee as part of c.a.r.e.s. doesn't touch ppp. if they don't like what's happening, it is time to change the rules. the as unfair. >> thank you for the jersey clarity. since you're out there, how does it feel out there on a scale of zero, normal, to ten, pandemic? >> reporter: well, listen, if this were normal, this boardwalk would be packed with people. music would be pumping. i assure you, i wouldn't be wearing a blazer and a sweater. today is a very big day here in new jersey. the governor this morning was right here on this boardwalk, announcing we're moving to phase two. all retail and restaurants can be serving outside. i can tell you, the restaurants just behind me just opened up. within minutes, there are people socially distanced, wearing masks, following the rules out there eating. it is essential. pau these coastal communities need the business. they have two, three months to make their dough. come september, they won't have any busin

wide reporting on usa spending and updates to congress we're also cooperating with the congressional oversight committee, gao and others. we are pleased that the federal reserve has announced plans to boost loan information on its website regarding its facilities chair powell and i have had very productive initial meetings with four members of the oversight committee and we look forward to continuing to work with them thank you very much. >> thank you chair powell, you are now recognized for five minutes to present your oral testimony. >> chairwoman waters, ranking mcmchenry and other members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss the extraordinary challenges our nation is facing and the steps we're taking to address them we meet as the pandemic continues to cause tremendous hardship taking lives at home and arnold the world this is a global public health crisis and we're grateful to the health care professionals and to our essential workers who help us meet our daily needs. these dedicated people put themselves at risk and service to our country beginning in march t

when this thing was designed, congress could have said, and let's make sure congressional oversight committee, looks at all of this. but right now, there is no oversight committee, is there? >> that's correct. the oversight commission that i'm on does not have oversight authority over this money. to go back to what you said earlier, you're right. this is an outrageous lack of transparency. this is information that has always been disclosed as part of sba programs on the form that ppp borrowers filled out to ask for money. it said very clearly their name and loan amount would be disclosed in early april. the administration said they would disclose this money, and so this reversal is really concerning because it indicates that perhaps something happens in the disbursal of that money that caused the administration to want to keep this information hidden. >> but isn't it more than that? two weeks ago, secretary mnuchin said, any loan under 2 million, the treasury department doesn't have the bandwidth to pursue in the event there's fraud. a, that makes no sense, but, b, the other option would be,

there in the process, in house judiciary committee, in the oversight committee, the congressional black caucus, everyone is galvanized to focus on what is the set of reforms that we need. we need strict rules against the force,lethal and violent so that violent force can only most extreme and life,ituations to protect to save someone else from a lethal attack. what we saw with the officer was rather a police officer which subdued a suspect, and for eight or nine minutes pressed lethally on his neck with his knee, and the whole world so that killing. that second-degree murder, by the way, should not be charged as manslaughter. it was a deliberate killing in broad daylight, and everyone saw it. that should be charged as a second-degree murder. we need a ban on choke holds and stranglehold's. these are the kind of categorical, bright line rules we need to institute across the country, to prevent a recurrence of this. we need aggressive discipline and removal of cops who have a record of civilian complaints against the. officer shaaban -- the officer had a bunch of complaints against him an

committee finally obtained them. that is what congressional oversight looks like. to my knowledge, no chairman of this committee has sought authority to issue subpoenas without any effort to make it bipartisan. suchairman has ever sought subpoena authority as a first resort. no chairman has sought limitless authorization to subpoena what , and i understand the chairman has talked about limitations, but it could be literally hundreds of individuals and millions of pages of documents. frank, i thought i would never -- frankly i never thought i hasd say this, no chairman devoted the full weight of this committee's resources to a full investigation to benefit a presidential campaign. makes aauthorization mockery of our committee rules and sets a dangerous partisan willdent -- precedent and represent a new low for this committee, a committee we all hold dear. because of that, i will vote no. think of myt, i years and the number of chairs and ranking members i have served here with. say is not an easy thing to in our committee. i love the committee at first asked to go on

oversight? did the obama administration complained that republican-controlled congressional committees were goingar in their oversight efforts? guest: yes, so to be clear, administrations pretty much some ways, back in especially congressional oversight. so that push and pull is not new. what is new here is pretty much the wholesale refusal to participate or cooperate in oversight activities. and the argument that the president is making, in particular, i would note his personal attorney, the argument he made in the court about how basically you cannot subpoena information to investigate wrongdoings by the president because he is the president, was know, it was a telephonic argument so i cannot even imagine what the justices faces looked like, but it was not received well by the supreme court. it is not that administrations will push and pull on oversight. that is kind of a normal part of the political process what is unprecedented here is the trump administration's complete like it refusal to cooperate with oversight in pretty much every context. it is a shell game where they will say you cannot

the committee finally obtain them and that is what congressional oversight looksov like. through my cause, as chairman of the committee to issue subpoenas without any effort to make it bipartisan, no chairman has ever sought such a subpoena as a first resort. no chairman has sought a limitless c causation to subpoena what could be, and understand the chairman's talked about some limitations, but could be literally hundreds of individuals and millions of pages of documents. and frankly, and i never thought i would say this but neither democrats or republicans, no chairman has devoted the full weight of this committee's resources to can wien a to benefit a presidential campaign. such an authorization makes an issue with rules, it sends a dangerous partisan president attempt reticence and will represent a new low for this committee a committee we all hold dear. and because of that, i will vote no. and in doing that i think of my years in the number of chairs and ranking member served here with. this is not an easy thing to say in a committee i love, the day after is elected t

there in the process, in house judiciary committee, in the oversight committee, the congressional blackveryone is galvanized to focus on what is the set of reforms that we need. we need strict rules against the force,lethal and violent so that violent force can only most extreme and life,ituations to protect to save someone else from a lethal attack. what we saw with the officer was rather a police officer which subdued a suspect, and for eight or nine minutes pressed lethally on his neck with his knee, and the whole world so that killing. that second-degree murder, by the way, should not be charged as manslaughter. it was a deliberate killing in broad daylight, and everyone saw it. that should be charged as a second-degree murder. we need a ban on choke holds and stranglehold's. these are the kind of categorical, bright line rules we need to institute across the country, to prevent a recurrence of this. we need aggressive discipline and removal of cops who have a record of civilian complaints against the. officer shaaban -- the officer had a bunch of complaints against him and had been

congressional hearings on the coronavirus streaming live thursday on our website. 9:00 a.m., the house judiciary committee takes a look at how federal courts are responding to covid-19. at 10:00 a.m., the house oversight and reform subcommittee hearing on reopening guidelines for federal employees who are required to work during the pandemic. at 2:00 p.m., the house ways and means subcommittee looks at how the coronavirus is impacting nursing homes all live on c-span.org. today, the senate held a vote to begin debate on police reform legislation introduced by south carolina senator, tim scott. the chamber needed 60 votes to start debate, but the vote failed 55-45, with most of aquatic senators opposing the bill. we will show you minority leader, chuck shumer's briefing, shortly after the vote ended. ok, thank you all for coming. and i want to thank senators durbin, booker, and harris for joining me today. now, senate democrats just sent a very clear signal that the senate republican justice act lacks the substance and the strong, desperately needed reforms to stop police brutality against black americans. this bill lost, because it was woefully inadequate. it never would have passed, and mcconnell pro

congressional district primary. democratic incumbent carolyn maloney, who shares the oversight committee, is narrowly leading challenger theirage patel. and in new york's 16th congressional district, democratic primary, longtime congressman eliot engel, who chairs the foreign affairs committee, trails jamaal bowman there. kasie, what are the surprises you see in these races and democratic races across the country last night? >> so, i think it's tempting to read this as, you know, progressives have -- you know, voters are looking for somebody that's more progressive, that's not part of the establishment. i think it's a little bit of a mistake to look at it that way. i think it's a rejection of the calcification of our politics, the people that have been in office for decades in many cases. the kentucky race is fascinating, and we still have a lot of counting to do in that race. it really could right now go either way, but the turnout in that primary election shattered previous records. and charles booker was someone who caught on to this last-minute energy, really was a part of the protests that were swelling in louisvi

committee subcommittee on taxation and irs oversight. and so with that, let me turn things over to emily wilkins, congressional reporter for a conversation with senator thune. emily the floor is yours. much cliff.ks so , senator thune, thank you give us a much for joining us today. we are excited to have your ethics and one who is joining online. i wish would be there in person because these adventures on really good food, but we are glad we could make this work regardless. senator thune, i wanted to start off by talking a little bit about how you have been dealing with the current shutdown. i know you been up to a couple of things including growing a beard and then shaving said beard. i know you're also been doing some history lessons for kids on youtube. sen. thune: right. thanks, emily. thanks cliff. ,appreciate the opportunity. thanks to all your audience members out there. like you, i wish we could do this in person, but this is what we're left with these days. as you pointed out, we are doing a lot of things from home. we learned a lot about technology, different platforms. i mentioned before i have learned how to use skype and zoo

congressional oversight. what's going to be done about this? >> look, i think we know that the attorney general has now agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee at the end of july. july 28th. that just -- the department just announced that. so we know that at least in about a month's time the attorney general will answer some questions and you can bet this is going to be one of them. one thing that really stands out from this case is this, brianna. the fact is that under the trump administration, beginning with jeff session, the attorney general at the time, they decided they were going to take a tough on crime approach which is that prosecutors did not have permission to do this. to depart from the toughest guidelines, and so what the prosecutors in this case including what zielinski was doing, they were doing, was following the rules. following the rules of the justice department and would have had to come up with excuses and all kinds of internal reasons to be able to, to go away from that, and so they ended up getting in trouble for following the rules that are this administration's own rules. one of the things we learned, by the way, in

congressional hearings on the coronavirus streaming live thursday on our website. 9:00 a.m., the house judiciary committee takes a look at how federal courts are responding to covid-19. at 10:00 a.m., the house oversight and reform subcommittee hearing on reopening guidelines for federal employees who are required to work during the pandemic. at 2:00 p.m., the house ways and means subcommittee looks at how the coronavirus is impacting nursing homes all live on c-span.org. today, the senate held a vote to begin debate on police reform legislation introduced by south carolina senator, tim scott. the chamber needed 60 votes to start debate, but the vote failed

congressional republicans are saying they're open to legislation on improving police practices in major cities particularly in black communities. so is a change imminent? i would like to bring in republican congressman, house oversight committeeber, thomas massie. just your thoughts overall before we get the minutia of a potential vote or bill. you know, defunding police, these things are not only asinine but i think they add fuel to the fire. >> defunding the police is the absolute wrong thing to do. listen, we have a healthy history in this country of separating our civilian police mission from our military mission. the military does one thing well, and that is to bring overwhelming deadly force to the enemy using tactics and weapons that are different than the police force. so i think as long as we maintain that separation, that healthy separation, we need to fund, fully fund our civilian police force but we don't need to turn them into the next army. charles: so would you give them, so-called militarized weapons? where do you stand on that? >> you know the program that takes military equipment and gives it to civilian police force, that is fine if it is body armor or nine millimeter weapons but when you transfer tanks and

we discussed police reform effort in the house and congressional oversight of the justice department with two members of the house judiciary committee. we will hear from democratic presented of madeleine dean of pennsylvania and then republican representative mike johnson louisiana. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. it is thursday, june 25, 2020. we begin on the recent efforts i protesters to topple statues and monuments in cities across the country. while protesters say the efforts target temples of oppression, president trump says he will be issuing an executive order protect tech public monuments and punish those who vandalize them. we are asking for your thoughts. you think some monuments should be taken down, and where you draw the line? for those who support the recent statue efforts, the number (202) 748-8000. for those who oppose the efforts, (202) 748-81

congressional oversight from both sides of the aisle now. joining me now is pennsylvania congressman and member of the house foreign affairs committee, guy refresheyour committees doing about this. >> if this is true we need to get to the bottom of it and hold russia accountable. anybody that knows anything about geo politics in the region knows this is probably not accurate. the russians are not friends of the taliban. russia is not flush with cash right now since petroleum has hit really low numbers. so i find it very suspect. it's also incredibly politically convenient. maria, i read this book before. i think i know how it ends. it's some low level, unelected bureaucrat that thinks he or she is onto something, the information is not credible. instead of working through the chain of command, that low level bureaucrat runs to the new york times or washington post and the mainstream, li bribe liberal mes it up to damage the administration. i suspect that scenario is more likely. it's just to damage the president. maria: unbelievable. you know, this is really getting old, congressman. i mean, this president's entire term has been dominated by inve

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congressional oversight. it is hard not to conclude your team at the faa has deliberately attempted to keep us in the dark. by that the main our investigation staff, our committee, and me. it is hard not to characterize our relationship during this entire process as being adversarial on the part of the faa. administrator stephen dickson, i hold you responsible is ahead of the agency. i asked this question as we ask, ifi confirmed, will you pledge o work collaboratively with this committee and provide early and timely responses. you answered yes as we recall. as we require all nominees to do. the lack of cooperation by your agency calls into question the commitment behind that pledge. we areto not embarking on a fishing expedition. request for documents, and interviews, have been very specific in content and reasonable in scope. i canxp only assume that the agency stone walling of my investigation suggests it's comfort for what might ultimately be revealed. i expect to receive an explanation today at this hearing. for the failure to comply with the committee's request . an omission part of the committee's investigation involves the 737 max. following the airline

committee. with respect to countering the continuing threat by isis, the bill extends the iraq and syria train-and-equip programs at the requested funding levels while ensuring appropriate congressional oversight of the use of such funds. specific to iraq, the bill continues efforts to normalize security assistance to iraq by transitioning funding to enduring authorities. for afghanistan, the bill extends the authority to train and equip afghan security forces at the requested funding level and enhances congressional oversight of such funds. it requires an assessment of the progress made on issues such as anticorruption, recruitment and retention of security forces and commits made by the afghan government in support of peace negotiations. it also includes a specific reporting requirement should the department elect to withdraw any security assistance to afghanistan. in addition, the bill includes a sense of the senate provision which i was proud to cosponsor expressing concern that a precipitous withdrawal of u.s. military, diplomatic, and intelligence personnel from afghanistan without effective, countervailing efforts to secure gains in afghanistan may allow violent extremist groups to rege

committee to oversee lwcf expenditures. i want to take a moment to clarify that this isn't the case. the great american outdoors act remains and retains congressional oversight and involvement in determining how the mandatory funding is allocated. to quote from the bill, appropriations act may provide for alternative allocations of amounts made available including allocations by account, program, and project. there is a similar language for deferred maintenance spending. the great american outdoors act is necessary, however, to ensure that the full $900 million each year authorized for the land and water conservation fund must be spent so we don't end up with what's happened in the past 50 years where over $21 billion has been deposited into the land and water conservation fund but not used for lwcf purposes. and never will be. we'll never see that. it's into the treasury. similarly, the great american outdoors act takes the necessary step of putting $9.5 billion towards deferred maifnts nantz project -- maintenance project on federal lands with 70% of that amount dedicated for our national parks. this legislation will be the most significant reduction ever