named for our great and departed may rest in peace, elijah cummings, the elijah cummings lower drug cost now act. this is a product. this may come as news that we are saying things to the contrary, this is a product of the work of three committees in the congress. i thank chairman pallone of the energy and commerce committee, chairman richard neal of ways and means and bobby scott of the education and labor committee for tear relentless and persistent work on this lifesaving legislation where many freshmen are controlling the time but in the course of the debate under the committees of jurisdiction, many of them spoke at that time as well demonstrating their leadership on this issue making it a reality on the floor of the house. and i thank again for their bold and urgency to lower the costs, the crushing burden of prescription drugs is an issue that impacts every family in america. much talk is given around here about having a seat at the table. the kitchen table of america's working families where they enjoy family but also address challenges that face them whether it's in their health

cummings lower drug costs now act. we're here today to debate an issue that shouldn't need any discussion from members of the body. we have heard from members back home from people back home, forced to choose between critical medications and basic needs because prescription drugs are just too expensive. just this week, one of my constituents marta, shared her story with me. marta suffers from an autoimmune disease that causes her own body to attack her muscles. without medication she struggles to see, even the slightest movement feel like a colossal feat, including her breathing. the prescription drugs shea she needs in order to walk or even just breathe was once available for free. but the medication she is now taking costs an outrageous, outrageous $375,000 a year. who can afford that? marta's insurance covers some of cost, it's a constant fight for her to get the medication she needs to be able to live her life. what good are miracle drugs if people can't afford them? as members of congress we must do everything in

>> jimmy: yes. >> club cumming downtown, yeah >> jimmy: club cumming and this is over sixth avenue? a cabaret bar it's such fun. >> jimmy: but you have a mantra there where it's like -- it says, "anything can happen." >> anything can happen, yes. >> jimmy: because you don't know what -- >> and it does >> jimmy: it does. >> yeah, like this is a good story. >> jimmy: yeah >> so -- i hope. [ light laughter ] so one night, i was wasn't filming 'till lunchtime. so i thought, "i'll go to club cumming for a nightcap. because, you know, it's my bar and i'm allowed. [ light laughter ] and so, i was going over and emma stone called me up. because she was with billie jean king because you know that emma stone played billie jean king in that film. >> jimmy: yeah >> and i was in it too and so, they were doing press footage. and they've gone - as she said, "i'm with billie jean. we're seeing --" they've gone to see paul mccartney at the barclays center in brooklyn. and they said, "so we're going to come over." because billie jean had never been and she was longing to go so i said, "all right, i'l

you know dominic cummings, who is credited with this.hat we will see with people like that at the helm? i think the thing the labour party should think hard about is that we are obsessed with oui’ about is that we are obsessed with our leadership, our election defeat, with look to the past. the tories have us all focusing on brexit. michael gove and dominic cummings are thinking about what post brexit britain looks like. post brexit britain looks like. post brexit britain will be a different economy, a different place. there is a tory government who are going to get demands from traditional labour seats. they will have to have a policy on bus services. in fact, the government said there would be a national bus strategy. suddenly you will see labour —like ideas coming out of the mouths of tories. that is the way you can see michael gove and dominic cummings together will try and consolidate their hold on labour seats. labour don't have to just find a leader to win the last election, they need a leader to win at the next election after the

. —— dominic cummings.al overhaul. you will see this in february when you see the wholesale resale. they will wa nt see the wholesale resale. they will want to get the bill out of the way. the department of training will be in there as well. boris might get this newly branded infrastructure department as well. in whitehall, there are brilliant parts of it, it will be a change but there will be a challenge. you will want to get rid of the old bits and get in the new bits. isn't this about reducing the number of civil servants, saving money? is a bit of that. there is an element of it being too slow and it needs to move quick and be more responsive but also they need to bring in new expertise like striking a trade deal which is unprecedented. that expertise doesn't exist in whitehall at the moment.” that expertise doesn't exist in whitehall at the moment. i guess it is what you want to prioritise. these things don't have a cost themselves. if you roll some departments into others, it is not like that is cost

that may be the cummings agenda.ore people, usually with a science background, cos he thinks that whitehall is too dominated by fluffy social scientists and arts and humanities graduates and he has actually has got a point about that, so let's concede that to dominic. i think the other thing is whether there are going to be a very big machinery of government changes. the un climate talks in madrid have ended with delegates agreeing that all countries will put new, tougher carbon—cutting plans on the table in time for another major conference in glasgow next year. the deal is being seen as a compromise — negotiators spent an extra two days and nights in talks, trying to resolve differences. 0ur science editor david shukman has the details. we are starting to get a little lost. we are kind of lost. 0k. confusion and fatigue, after the longest session of climate negotiations on record. we are a little confused about what documents are being discussed. the hope had been to speed up the fight against rising temperatures.

president obama at elijah cummings's funeral, the intel chair closing comments. senator kamala harris announcing presidential bid in oakland, california. last, we'll leave an open space there for the president, just an open space, hope that maybe one day he'll have one speech to fill in the spot. maybe one day. susan? >> when i saw this category, immediately one line came to mind, we are better than this, elijah cummings. it happened at the beginning of this year and i'm always going back to it because i find myself watching hearings or what have you and i say, we are better than this. how are we going to get there though. >> that's a tough one. >> unfortunately, some of the others say no, we're not better. >> they prove it on a daily basis. >> exactly. >> i came very close to say that one as well. it was so moving and congressman cummings was such a good man that it's a real loss not to have him here during this impeachment crisis. maybe it's because i'm so in my feelings about her not being in the race, i go back to kamala harris' announcement speech. >> 20,000

cummings lower drug costs now act. i'm particularly proud of a provision i worked with speaker pelosi to improve a provision in the original bill that caps out of pocket spending for medicare rt b beneficiaries at $2,000 annually. my proposal further protects seniors by allows them -- allowing them to pay these out of pocket costs in equal installs over 12 months rather than all at once. the final version of h.r. 3 includes a bill i introduced earlier this month, h.r. 4669, the maximizing drug coverage for lower income seniors act. this is a smart and innovative legislation that will ensure seniors are enrolled in the best medicare part d program for their individual needs, not just randomly assigned. this will save them money on out of pocket costs as well as improve access to their needed medications while also enerating savings in overall medicaid spending that can be reinvested in the program. in the richest nation in the world, every american should be able to afford their life-saving medication i urge my colleagu

want to acknowledge important work that was done by our dear and departed, may he peace, elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. now please to yield to the distinguished chair of the judiciary committee, mr. nadler. mr. nadler: thank you, madam speaker. months, last several the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference 2020 elections. efforts that compromised our and threatenedty the integrity of our elections. inquiry, he's attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and uts himself before country, he endangers the constitution. our democracy, and he endangers our national security. of the constitution rescribed a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of office. hat is the power of impeachment. today, in service to our duty to to our titution and country, the house committee on judiciary's introducing two articles of impeachment, charging the president of the j.

i also want to acknowledge the important work done by our dear and deported, may he rest in cummings, as chair of the oversight committee. yield to mr.o nadler. chairman nadler: thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months, investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2016 election. efforts that compromise our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections. throughout this inquiry, he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and , he himself before country endangers the constitution, he endangers our democracy, and he endangers our national security. the framers of the constitution prescribed a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of office. that is the power of impeachment. ofay in service to our duty the constitution and the constitution and to our country, the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two ar

that may be the cummings agenda.le, usuallym with a science background, cos he thinks that whitehall is too dominated by fluffy social scientists and arts and humanities graduates and he has actually has got a point about that, so let's concede that to dominic. i think the other thing is whether there are going to be a very big machinery of government changes. negotiators have reached a compromise at the un climate talks in madrid. they extended their stay in the spanish capital for two extra days to try to resolve divisions on how to implement the 2016 paris climate agreement. 0ne contentious issue is how to compensate developing countries affected by climate change. the pacific island nation tuvalu accused the us of trying to block a deal. here's the negotiator, ian fry. if they get their way with the governance of the whim, they will wash their hands of any actions to assist countries which have been affected by the impacts of climate change. this is an absolute tragedy and a travesty. 0n those affected by the imp

it's allow that cummings may have had a point. ido.ar in the labour party that jeremiah corbin expectjeremy corbyn has said there has to be a period of reflection on virtually everybody who's come out thus far has said we need to reflect and conclude whatever it was i thought in the first base. —— jeremy corbyn. i was a lwa ys first base. —— jeremy corbyn. i was always conscious of the fact that if you have a referendum and don't immediate implement that you will have that democratic problem. we never found a way to address that and the reason for that is, i was pa rt and the reason for that is, i was part of people's boat campaign, i was trying to get a second referendum. i think that is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. the parties, they are in a very different position and i think the labour party's different position and i think the labour pa rty‘s decision different position and i think the labour party's decision from day one, instead of being swot along with the will of the people, will of the people, will of the people, no cr

week we passed the elijah cummings lower drug cost which does just that. we discussed the particulars of it. know we allant to was said we would be spending hundreds of billions of dollars in savings on expanding benefits for medicare. hearing, and the biggest expansion of medicare since its inception. an important bipartisan bill to keep the government open and to do so early enough so you knew to make your we can plans and get started for all the holidays. that was a major accomplishment. it took constant back-and-forth, thewe ended up appropriators can get the job done. and we need to wait for the chairman's work. we are pleased with that legislation. we will take it up in the senate soon and it will be on its way to the president for his signature. before i leave the subject of impeachment, let me commend our chairman adam schiff. so proud of him. maxine waters, financial means, eliots and engel in the foreign affairs committee, and an important committee. i said last night and i say today while he is not with us today physically, elijah cummings is wi

cummings lower drug costs now act. for too long we have seen the influence of big pharma on this chamber. mr. crow: for every member of congress, there are three industry lobbyists looking to buy their vote. meanwhile, back home in colorado, one in three of my constituents can't afford to pay for their medication. it needs to stop. i'm proud to have helped introduce a provision to h.r. 3 that would prevent big pharma from raising the cost of prescription drugs past the rate of inflation. i stand here today for the 300,000 coloradans with diabetes who will save 75% on their insulin. i stand here today for the 400,000 coloradans with asthma who will save 80% on their prescriptions. and tomorrow i will cast my vote for my constituents, people like sue of aurora, who after seeing her insulin increase by 500%, was forced to ration her medicine, resulting in an user. her story is the story of so many coloradans. the time is now to deliver on our promise to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. thank you, mr. speaker. i yiel

within the past week we passed the elijah cummings lower drug costs act which deals with that. we discussed the particulars of it. but with the savings that we gain from that, i think it's important to note that we already said we would be spending hundreds of billions of dollars in savings in expanding benefits for medicare, dental, isual, hearing and the most -- the biggest expansion of medicare since its inception. next, we did -- we did an important bipartisan bill, the appropriations bill to keep government open and to do so early enough to make your weekend plans and get started for all the holidays you may be observing. and that was a major accomplishment. took constant back-and-and forth. as an appropriator myself, left to their own devices, the appropriators can get the job nita lowey, lute he ranking member as well. take up cloture in the senate and it will be on its way to the president for his signature. subject of ve the impeachment. adam schiff, jerry lad nadler, maxine waters, richie neal, ways and means committee, elliott engel, its foreign affairs committee and

what is your reading about that seeing as he has dominic cummings in his office?ightly know that dominic cummings is keen on reforming whitehall, also keen on reforming the civil service. there is a big agenda on reforming civil service, bringing there is a big agenda on reforming civilservice, bringing in there is a big agenda on reforming civil service, bringing in business people, more political appointments so you get more people who are supportive of the government's gender rather than impartial civil service, quite a big constitutional change. that might be the cummings agenda. with a science agenda,... he has got a point. i think the other thing is about whether there is going to be a big government changes will stop its pretty clear that the prime minister is probably going to make a symbolic act of getting rid of the department for exiting the eu. it will be interesting to see if it goes much further. the thing about government changes is that they cannot be worth doing if you do them for the right reasons if you think that they are going to last but they

within the past week we passed the elij ah cummings which just just that. as we were passing it last week we discussed the particularars of it. but with the savings that we gained from that, i think it's important to note that we already said we would be spending the hundreds of billions of dollars in savings on expanding benefits for medicare, dental, visual, hearing, and the most, the biggest expansion of medicare since its inception. next we did lower an important bipartisan bill, the appropriations bill, to keep government open and to do so early enough so you knew to make your weekend plans and get started for all the holidays you may be observing. that was a major accomplishment. it took zoont back and forth, but we ended up as i have always said as an appropriator, one forged left to their own devices, the appropriators can get the job done. i salute them for their work. we're very pleased with that legislation. i guess i'd take up closure pretty soon and hopefully it will be on its way to the president for a signature. before i leave the subject of

and it seems like the was what elijah cummings was talking about. >> and boy is elijah cummings missedin this moment. he was such a strong, moral voice. and good for adam schiff for picking up that mantle and that righteous indignation he saw him channel i thought was so important. what kentucky has suffered under the sort of mini donald trump that they ousted in this election in this off-year election was somebody who said to kentucky voters what you get for electing me is me. and i have the power over you for me. but what you don't get is health care. what you don't get are schools that are decent. you don't deserve any of that. what you get is me, which is what donald trump has to the country. what you don't get is mercy. and the voters of kentucky have said what we want is health care. what we want are decent schools. what we want is mercy for people who have paid their debt to society. so you're seeing in states people can make a vote and a choice. they said no, you can't take our governor just because you want to replace him with another donald trump. people do choose for what's

the proposition from dominic cummings is that you and many people like you could never, did never come now that we look at what has happened in this general election, are you prepared for a little self reflection to perhaps allow that cummings may have had a point? no, look, ido. it's very interesting to hear in the labour party that jeremy corbyn has said there has to be a period of reflection on virtually everybody who's come out thus far has essentially said we need to reflect and conclude whatever it was i thought in the first place. i was always conscious of the fact that if you have a referendum and don't immediate implement that, then you will have a democratic problem. we never found a way to address that. but the reason for that is, i was part of the people's vote campaign, i was trying to get a second referendum. now, i think that is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. the parties, they're in a very different position and i think if the labour party's position from day one, instead of being swept along with will of the people, will of the people, no criticism can be raised ag

as you know i actually came here to fill the shoes of the late congressman elijah cummings, which of course we all know is impossible. chairman cummings devote his life to public service, and in becoming a great man, he never failed to be a good one. and over the last several years he became a friend as well as a mentor to me as i became the chairman of one of his subcommittees, thanks to him selecting me. i want to tell you a little anecdote about chairman cummings and basically in my view encapsulate who he was. as you know chairman cummings was a fierce, a fierce supporter of oversight by congress, of the executive branch. and for that matter he made sure that nobody, whether government agency, a private actor, congress and, of course, the president was spared congressional oversight, regardless of party. chairman cummings also never walked away from a fight, but he was always quick to make peace afterwards. one-time ranking member, as ranking member of oversight committee he and then chairman darrell issa had a confrontation in a hearing during which -- this is true -- chairman i

borisjohnson and dominic cummings were brilliant in this election because they united the leave votete was utterly split. we know it was probably 52 for the remain parties and 48 for leave, perversely, because they could not coordinate, they could not stand back from their owi'i they could not stand back from their own self interest and they both thought they had the magic tusk that would mean voters would flock to them and therefore they lost —— magic touch. is about the coordination of the parties or do you think voters were prepared to go into tactical voting? probably not to that degree because there are real divisions between labour and the lib dems and i also think that a great many people who hoped that britain would stay in the eu could not tolerate jo swinson's declaration she would revoke article 50. of course it came with caveats but a lot of people who hoped the country it might democratically decide to remain in a second refe re nt decide to remain in a second referent thought we can't say to people that we're just going to ignore what you said —— second referendum but y

chairman cummings also never walked away from a fight. but he was always quick to make peace "after words". one time ranking member, as ranking member of the oversight committee he and then chairman had a confrontation at a hearing during which, this is true, chairman cut off his t micropho. we went back to listen to the particular hearing, it turned out after chairman cut off his microphone he continued to talk for another tenta minutes. after tempers cooled the to bury the hatchet with the term and apologizing and giving congressman cummings a megaphone along with a plaque that read the gentleman will not yield. i know the chairman would be thrilled to know where here today to discuss congressional oversight but i wanted to tell the story because i think that exemplifies chairman cummings life, a fierce advocate, a champion of congressional oversight but in conducting oversight he never made war. that is really important because at the end of the day even though we do conduct oversight over the executive branch, private industry and con

chairman cummings also never walked away from a fight. but he was always quick to make peace afterwards. one time ranking member -- as ranking member of the oversight committee. he and that then chairman had a confrontation in the hearing true, thech, this is chairman cut off his microphone. we went back to listen to this particular hearing and it turned out that after chairman -- the chairman cut off his microphone he continued to talk for another 10 minutes. after tempers cooled, the two buried the hatchet with the chairman apologizing and giving congressman cummings a megaphone along with a plaque that read, " the gentleman will not yield." i know the chairman would be thrilled to know that we are here today to discuss congressional oversight, and i wanted to tell that story because i think that exemplifies chairman cummings' life, a fierce advocate and a champion of congressional oversight. in conducting oversight, he never made war, and that is important. even though we do contact oversight of the executive industry, andvate congress

i want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear and departed elijah cummings as chair of the oversight committee. i'm pleased to yield to mr. nadler. >> thank you, madam speaker. over the last several months the investigative committees of the house have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into donald trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2016 elections, it compromised our national security and threatened the integrity of your elections. throughout this inquiry, he has attempted to conceal the evidence from congress and from the american people. our president holds the ultimate public trust. when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country. he endangers the constitution, he endangers our democracy and he endangers our national security. the framers of the constitution prescribed a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of office. that is the power of impeachment. today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the pr

cummings died in october. we also today mourn supreme court justice john paul stevens.two opinions, one against clinton and one against bush. bernie sandler worked behind the scenes as the god mother of title 9 to help even the playing field for women. and hokie roberts who mentored women reporters. end of the year obituaries bring clarity as to the few of us who get remembered and what we get remembered for. william rugalshouse who died last month was the first administrator of the epa and acting director of the fbi but he was best known for resigning as deputy attorney general instead of carrying out president nixon's corrupt order to fire independent archiebald cox. president trump just days ago referenced someone else we lost this year, the late congressman john dingle, the longest serving member of congress who from his death bed urged the american people to elect leaders who respect the public trust. president trump didn't honor john dingle, president trump suggested that dingle was in hell which aggravated the pain of his widow, congresswoman debby dingle. we don

ed: james a chance to respond to that. >> funny thing attacks on elijah cummings district, that districtgain registered one of the highest numbers of homicide in the country. you talked about the problems in the black community, richard. who runs those communities? who has been running those communities for past 50 years? republicans are nowhere in sight. eight years of president up obama. we had eight years of so-called first black president, bill clinton. what you have black elected officials complaining about the things they complained about for last 50 years. they were the ones actually running these cities in america. so what president trump has done is actually bring action. under president obama we heard that these jobs were never going to come back. he mocked president trump, what are you going to do wave a wand, bring jobs back. clearly he did not economic policy enough. we now have proof -- >> i think we all know you can't look at economy in vacuum. donald trump is building on eight years of president obama's economy. i never knocked him on that. to sit her insult the people of

let me start with you and what we just heard from elijah cummings. when you watched trump go into those republican states and literally beg for votes, something happened. something happened in that same voting population that had been voting republican and it seems like what elijah was talking about. >> boy, is elijah missed. in this moment he was such a strong voice and good for adam schiff and picking up that mantle and kentucky to me is really important because what kentucky has suffered under the sort of mini donald trump that they ousted in this election, in this off-year election was somebody who said to kentucky voters what you get for electing me is me. and i have the power over you for me. but what you don't get is health care. what you don't get are schools that are decent because you don't deserve any of that. what you get is me, which is what donald trump has said to the country. it's a mini version of what donald trump has said, but you dent get his mercy. and the voters of kentucky said you know what we want is health care, what we want

dominic cummings believes that part of the problem is the way in which government is set up.to work for ordinary people, it is certainly not set up to be able to work for some of those red wall seats in the north, in other parts of the country, way beyond london and the south—east in the pub. we are going to see a significant reframing, there is talk of the ministry for immigration, talk of a crunching together of several other departments to make government leaner, more efficient, and able to deliver for leaner, more efficient, and able to deliverfor some of the leaner, more efficient, and able to deliver for some of the priorities that the conservatives have pointed to. policies in the queen's speech, bills and the queen's speech, but when we get to the new year, a radical reform of the way whitehall actually operates. which will obviously alarm a few people, no doubt. how long can the prime minister resisted pressure for a second referendum scottish independence? i see this as being very, very similar to what happened in the 1980s and the 1990s. there was lots of pressure

we know that is a big pet project of borisjohnson's special adviser dominic cummings.he election a lot of talk about scotland following the snp's thumping victory there. nicola sturgeon has been talking today. there is too political momentums clashing really when it comes here. there was honestly a great result for the snp, a very positive result for them with 48 out of 59 mps. they want to push for another independence referendum sooner rather than later. michael gove was asked about that in the same interview and he was very blunt. will there be an independence referendum in scotland in this government? "no," he said. that was then put to the snp's leader nicola sturgeon and here is what she had to say about that. well, that won't hold. and if he thinks that... actually, i said this to him on friday night on the telephone. if he thinks saying no is the end of the matter, then he's going to find himself completely and utterly wrong. and, you know, he cannot... as i was saying yesterday, and, again, it's quite a fundamental point of democracy, you cannot hold scotland

i don't think we can take the musings of dominic cummings on the musings of dominic cummings on the fronttail behind it. i do believe that the chief secretary is very serious and if they are given the support needed from the wider cabinet colleagues, it will happen but it falls on the whole cabinet to back those northern mps to make sure these issues do make it to the budget and we see the confirmation of this decision later in the early part of next year, in march when the budget is announced. there will be a lot of areas away from the south—east where people are pushing to get all that money away from london. it is notjust about the north, they say the northern powerhouse, a very proactive part of this, who else could benefit from this, who else could benefit from this, what other parts of the country? anyone who has a proposition to rebalance the economy. i think there are parts of the midlands, andy street, the mayor of the west midlands, is doing a phenomenaljob driving his local economy and the region of the west midlands. what that means is if you are committed to putting money bac

support of h.r. 3, the elijah cummings lower costs now act. this bill fulfills a promise hat we made to the american people. we heard you, america, when you high s drug costs were so you sometimes had to choose between buying your medicine and your heated bill. when you america, spoke us about skyrocketing drug costs, compromising your quality life. we heard, america, when you said drugs because on you couldn't afford your next prescription. to make thosehave tradeoffs for themselves or children. in the united states, we pay more for drugs than any other country. alone, americans pay four times the average of other countries. district in maryland, people with medicare are paying what they would pay in australia. 3.5 times they would pay in the kingdom. 2.6 times what they would pay in drugs.for prescription marylanders and americans have een getting a bad deal, and it's time to change that. i come from the business world, nd in business you're successful when you negotiate a better price. do rnment should be able to the same thing with pharmac

who died during the course of this congress shouted out ali elijah cummings said we our best. but beyond that there was a substantive discussion as to what's going to happen next. as you know impeaching the president means that he's impeached. he's third one ever. it was jauns ohnson in the 1800 clinton in the 1900s and donald j. trump in the 2000s. a two thirds vote in the senate. the senate conducts it as a trial -- to remove a president. but there is some drama as this now heads to the senate in part because there has been no agreement in the united states senate as to how this trial of president trump is going to be conducted. there have been provocative comments including some reference tonight by speaker of the house nancy pelosi, provocative comments from the senate majority leader, the lead republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, about his desire to not even be seen as an impartial person as a member of this jury. but the question of whether the house might have some leverage in terms of trying to get the senate to pick rules that are agreed to on bipartisan terms i

do you think dominic cummings will stay on at number 10?il the ——315t of october when brexit happened. he definitely will. because brexit was only the first stage of the whole process of reforming whitehall. there is more to do. oh, yes, the famous page 48 of the conservative manifesto. reforming the house of lords, the voting system, the constituencies... the judiciary. have they got really big, big plans? he's got a plan. read his blog! have you spoken to dominic cummings? you are sounding definitive about him staying on. is that news we have committed? i have not spoken to him but i'm fairly sure he will. another broken promise. thank you both very much. thank you forjoining us for a bit, chris. i thought i'd better turn up for a bit. on this momentous day. it has been, ah, what a story. hello. saturday brought us a blustery day with wintry showers around. there's been a bit of sleet and snow of a higher ground, and you can see that from this picture, sent in by a weather watcher in middleton in cou nty weather watcher in middleton in co

i am thinking for example of boris johnson's most senior, important advisor, dominic cummings, who hasolution, a complete, radical reshape of the way government is done, and also, for example, what we've seen from boris johnson suggesting will questions about the future of my own organisation, the bbc —— real questions. is there going to be a radical shakeup of the system in the uk? i think it is absolutely right that an incoming government with a big majority, that has been elected with a very clear mandate, should be looking carefully at the machinery of government to see how it could be shaken up, to deliver on the objectives of the government, the people's priorities. it is right to look at that. and i don't think anyone should be in any doubt about the determination of the government to do that, and the fact it is the right thing... so when he talks of revolutions, you are one of the revolutionaries, are you? well, it is not my language, but i am certainly very keen that he should be restless in support of government more effective, to deliver the objectives that have been clearly

who is absolutely is the chief of staff boris johnson cummings was the guy came up with the phrase take back control 3 words really really simple and that with boris johnson in charge one the bracks a referendum coming brought back in when johnson becomes prime minister says get it done exactly the same now you can argue all day whether it's disingenuous and what it means it will come out so that but it was very easy for people to understand 3 and a half years into bret's a referendum no progress boris johnson comes in and says. come on chaps enough of all this get on with it by contrast jeremy corbyn had this absolutely impossible thing where he was going to say well we're going to have another referendum but in the meantime we're going to construct a new suit much softer bret's a deal with the european union and then we're going to remain neutral referendum and leave it to people to make up their minds but will campaign probably for many of the european union and that's in the conserves what what what what what is what is your position you going to construct a new deal with the europe

participated in the deliberation, our chair of -- our oversight committee chair, our north star, elijah cummings. he said, when the history books are written about this tumultuous era, i wanted to show i was in the house of representatives who stood up to lawlessness and tyranny. he also said, somewhat presciently, when we are dancing with the angels, the question would be, what did you do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? we did all we could, elijah. we passed two articles of impeachment. the president is impeached. >> do you feel the house's role as complete, or are there steps you might try to take to ensure a more fair trial in the senate? speaker pelosi: we had a very fair process in the house of representatives. i would yield to our -- let me just put it another way. we have legislation approved by the rules committee that will enable us to decide how we will send over the articles of impeachment. managers until we see the process on the senate side, and i hope that will be soon, as we did with our resolution 660, to describe what the process would be. so far, we have not seen any

i rise today to speak in support of h.r. 3rks the elijah cummings lowering drug cost now act. across america seniors and families are struggling to afford the prescription drugs they need to stay healthy. one of my constituents from the rural part of my district, kristi, was receiving telehealth care through her senior care plus coverage before her health plan cut its rural coverage. until she enrolls in another coverage, she will have to pay out of pocket for her prescriptions. her insulin alone will be $500 each month. under h.r. 3, some commonly used insulins can cost as little as $400 per year. for kristi and for the 30.3 million americans who live with diabetes, we must pass h.r. 3 and lower drug costs now. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in september i was named the national defense authorization act conf

former -- error chair of the government reform oversight committee chair, or north star, elijah cummings. he said when the history books are written about this tumultuous era, i want them to show that i was among those in the house of representatives who stood up to lawlessness and tyranny. somewhataid, presciently, when we are dancing with the angels, the question will be what did you do to make sure we kept our democracy intact? could, elijah. we passed two articles of impeachment. the president is impeached. role you view the houses in this as complete or are there steps you might take to try to ensure the chairman will give a more fair trial in the senate? >> a more fair trial than they we hadtemplating because affairs system in the house of representatives. fair procedure in the house of representatives. we have legislation approved by the rules committee that will enable us to decide how we will send over the articles of impeachment. wecannot name managers until see what the process is on the senate side and i would hope that would be soon as we did with their legislation to descri

present all day for the delivery since our chair of the gun reform oversight committee chair, elijah cummings. he said when the history books are written about this tumultuous era, i want them to show that i was among those in the house of representatives who stood up to lawlessness and tyranny. ,e also said somewhat presently when we are dancing with the angels, the question will be, what did you do to make sure we cap our democracy intact -- we kept our democracy intact? we did all we could, elijah. the president is impeached. house's rolew the in this as complete now, or other steps that you might take to try to ensure the determined success with a more fair trial in the senate? a more fairsi: trial than they are contemplating, because we had a very fair process in the house of representatives. our -- let meto just put it another way. we have legislation approved by the rules committee that will enable us to decide how we will send over the articles of impeachment. we cannot name managers until we see what the process is' on the senates side -- with the process is on the senate's side and

she shouted out elijah cummings, saying, we did our best. the president is impeached. the house has acted. that very poignant moment, but beyond that, there was a very substantive discussion as to what's going to happen next. as you know, impeaching the president means that he's impeached, he's the third one ever. it was johnson in the 1800s, it was clinton in the 1900s, and it is trump in the 2000s. it's very hard to remove a president, they need a two-thirds vote in the senate. the senate conducts it as a trial. it's a very difficult process. it's never before been used to remove a president. but there is some drama as this now heads to the senate, in part because there has been no agreement in the united states senate as to how this trial of president trump is going to be conducted. there have been provocative comments, including some referenced tonight by speaker of the house nancy pelosi, provocative comments from the senate majority leader, the lead republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, about his desire to not even be seen as an impartial person, as a member

i want to begin by acknowledging the great work of the great and late colleague of mine, elijah cummings. we continue to be inspired by his legacy. and guided by thoughts of his integrity and the great moral clarity he always showed in his work. i also want to thank my colleagues, chairman engel, chairwoman maloney, for their tremendous work as well. this report chronicles a scheme by the president of the united states to coerce an ally, ukraine, that is at war with an adversary, russia, into doing the president's political dirty work. it involves a scheme in which donald trump with held official acts, white house meeting, and hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver two investigations he believed would assist his re-election campaign. i want to underscore first of all just how important that white house meeting was to ukraine. ukraine has a new reformer as its president. president zelensky. a meeting with the most important patron of ukraine, the president of the united states, in the oval office, carries enormous significanc

cummings lower drug prices now act. let me also express my thanks to the chairman of the committees of jurisdiction for their hard work in crafting this critically important legislation. chairman malone -- pallone of energy and congress, chairman scott and chairman neal. the elijah cummings lower drug price now act levels of playing field by giving medicare the power to negotiation directly with drug companies and creating powerful new tools to force drug companies to the table, to agree to real price reductions, while ensuring seniors never lose access to the prescriptions they need. two, making lower drug prices negotiated by medicare available to americans with private insurance, not just medicare beneficiaries. three, stopping drug companies from ripping off americans while charging other countries less for the same drugs and limiting the maximum price for any negotiated drug to be in line with the average price in chris like ours. four, creating a new $2,000 out-of-pocket limit on prescription drug costs for medica