and oregon democratic congressman earl blumenauer will talk about response to the antiracism protests in portland. watch c-span's washington journal wednesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, text messages and tweets. join the discussion. live wednesday on the c-span networks, the house returns at nine a clock a.m. for morning speeches. at 10:00 a.m., legislative work begins, including a bill to remove a confederate bust from the west capital and replace it with a bust of thurgood marshall. on c-span 2, the senate is back at 10:00 to continue work on the 2021 defense programs and policy bill. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span3, the fema administrator testifies before the house homeland security committee on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. at 2:00 p.m., the senate foreign relations committee looks at u.s. competition with china. next, a hearing on scams that surfaced during the coronavirus pandemic. the senate subcommittee heard from state officials on protecting the public, especially the senior population. this is just over two hours.

i want to bring into the conversation oregon congressman earl blumenauer.nk you so much for joining us. we're waiting for a federal judge to weigh in on the argument from your state's attorney general. yesterday the judge sounded skeptical. he said police use unmarked vehicles all the time and lawful arrests are always terrifying to the individuals being arrested. do you believe what's happening in your district is unconstitutional? >> i think it is. it's certainly pushing the limits. there's a difference between what happens in terms of ordinary policing in units and when you have federal agents anonymously come in, unwanted, unprepared, unwelcome against the wishes of the local community and the local authorities, the governor, the mayor. nobody wanted them there. we were working hard. we've had challenges in portland, make no mistake. some of the demonstrations had activities that were illegal. we absolutely decry that. we are not in favor of that at all. but the community, working to try to deescalate, deal with the real challenges. all of a sudden the

and oregon's democratic congressman, earl blumenauer, will be on to talk about the federal response to antiracism protest in portland. watch c-span's washington journal, at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning, and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, and text messages and tweets. join the discussion. wednesday on the c-span networks, the house returns at 9:00 a.m. for morning speeches. at 10:00 a.m., legislative work begins including a bill to remove a confederate bust from the u.s. capitol and replace it with a bust of the late appeal court justice, thurgood marshall. on c-span two, the senate is back at 10:00 to continue work on the 2020 one defense programs and policy bill. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span3, fema administrator peter gaynor testifies before the house homeland security committee on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. at two :00 p.m., the senate foreign relations committee looks at u.s. competition with china. u.s. attorney general william barr appears before the house judiciary committee general oversight hearing on the justice department. o

you just said if you were paying attention to the five-minute speeches there was representative earl blumenauer. he represents the city of portland. democrat from the state of oregon. talked about the situation in portland and gave his thoughts on the house floor. >> portland organize, oregon is not out of control. to be sure some people who have strong feelings. and there are some who have done things that are inappropriate. and unlawful. but that is the challenge of our local officials and our state officials to manage it. not having somebody unwelcomed, uninvited, and unprepared coming in to take this difficult situation and make it worse. i deeply appreciate the congressional leadership, chairman of the armed services adam smith, judiciary committee, gerry nadler, bennie thompson, homeland security. who have decried this activity. it is important that we deal with trump's weaponizing law enforcement for his own agenda, not driven by people's needs but by his poll numbers. and becoming an occupying force in our community and sadly, i think, elsewhere. we need to move forward with oversight h

host: representative earl blumenauer serving the third district. thank you for your time and spending it with us. guest: happy to do it. host: again, the houses just about to come in for speeches. and they are concluded we will come back to this program. as for now, we will go back to the house.

congressman earl blumenauer of portland has introduced a bill that would limit police action by federalctics used by the trump administration in portland are gestapo—like. having people who are rounded up, taken into custody by people who are, it's not clear actually who they are, put in unmarked cars, taken to some detention facility, questions. you have people who are taking peaceful protesters, firing munitions on them. one gentleman had very serious facial injuries that required surgery. facial injuries that required surgery. one of my constituents, two nights ago, who came up to one of these people, trying to understand how they could possibly squared this with their oath of office, he did not get answers, he got pepper spray dan had his hand broken with a baton —— and had. this is basically outrageous. we have people who were unwanted, unqualified, and unwelcome who are making the situation worse. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: they're kept to be used in medicine, but now a collapse in mcalls for a sanctuary for south korea's moon bears, after a collapse in demand. nasa:

host: earl blumenauer, who represents portland, was on this show earlier this week. he described what federal agents are doing in that city. [video clip] >> constituent, who was attacked by the police, an annapolis graduate, a naval veteran, who was with inuvo gear so he could it wasy people -- actually his very first protest. and he had difficulty squaring with these federal officers were doing with her oath of office. and he was beaten. he was pepper sprayed, they broke his wrist. that's outrageous. it is unacceptable. and one of the reasons i am working to take action to try to stop this. host: what can be done? guest: we are working to defund these activities and clarify the authority. canainly, federal officials protect a federal property, but when they moved out into the streets. when they move out to engage in local law enforcement. and when they are objecting private citizens in unmarked cars and taking them away, that is crossing the line. and they are there expressly over the objection of our governor, our mayor. this is not helpful at all. and i think is p

and oregon's democratic congressman earl blumenauer will be on to talk about the federal response to the anti-racism protests in portland. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments and text messages and tweets. join the discussion. >> the department of homeland security held a news conference today to discuss actions taken against protesters by federal law enforcement officers in portland, oregon. acting homeland security secretary chad wolf explained why federal officers were in portland and their mission to protect federal property in that city. this runs 40 minutes. >> thank you for being here this afternoon. last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in downtown portland, targeting federal facilities and federal properties. mainly the federal courthouse. the department's mission is very clear. we are charged with protecting federal facilities across the country. we have been protecting the courthouse in downtown portland since 1997 when it first opened

meanwhile, oregon congressmembers earl blumenauer and suzanne bonamici and about a dozen other lawmakers are demanding the resignation of chad wolf, the acting head of the department of homeland security, over his handling of the protests. president trump's deployment of federal officers to portland and other cities sparked a new round of protests across the country over the weekend. on thursday, the trump administration sent a team of federal tactical border officers to seattle. in a statement, the federal protective service said -- "the cbp team will be on standby in the area, should they be required." it remains unclear what role the agents played this weekend as seattle police arrested dozens of protesters and fired flash grenades and pepper spray into crowds. protests were also reported in -- protests also took to ththe streetss i in other cities inincluding oakland, new york, s angeles,s, louisville, kentucky, omaha, nebraska, richmond, virginia, aurora, colorado, and austin, texas, where a protester named garrett foster was shot dead. foster's mother said her son was pushing his f

. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi and oregon representative earl blumenauer released a joint statement against the tactics used by federal officers in portland, writing in part, the house is committed to moving swiftly to curb these egregious abuses of power immediately. oregon senator jeff merkley says when he gets back to washington, d.c. next week, he's going to introduce an amendment to the defense bill in an effort to limit the trump administration's power to send federal agents to places like portland. andrew dymburt, abc news, washington. >> andrew, thank you. >>> in new york city, police arrested protesters for defacing a black lives matter mural in front of trump tower. a woman is seen dumping black paint over the mural saying, quote, we want our police, re-fund the police. one of the two black women posted video on facebook showing her damaging another mural not long after being released by police. >>> a pilot of this plane is okay after a single-engine cessna crashed into the runway of a flying club in wellington, florida. she was the only one aboard and none of th

you have a democratic attorney general and nancy pelosi and earl blumenauer don't want this, because they are supporting the antifa efforts and it is fundamental wrong. the chief of staff of president trump, mark meadows weighed in on this. listen to what he has to say. >> for the vast majority of americans what we can support are peaceful protesters willing to stand up for a cause. what we won't tolerate and what we shouldn't tolerate is the an arcry we continue to see in some of our cities across the country, even tonight in the streets of portland and other cities where tragically it is not about a peaceful protest with a message. in fact many times hard to even describe what the message is. we got to make sure law and order is restored there. i can tell you that general barr and the president of the united states are fully engaged. you will see more on that in the coming days. jason: mark meadows is exactly right. he reflects sentiment of americans across the country who don't recognize this type of violence. it is not just portland. it is chicago, other major cities, it has to s

and earl blumenauer will be on to talk about the federal response to the antiracism protests in portland. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning, and be sure to join the discussion with your messages,s, text facebook comments, and tweets. join the discussion. >> live wednesday, the house returns at 9:00 a.m. for morning speeches. at 10:00 a.m., legislative work toins, including a bill remove a confederate bust from the u.s. capitol and replace it with a bust of thurgood marshall. on c-span two, the senate is back at 10:00 to begin work on the 2020 one defense programs and policy bill. peter0 a.m. on c-span3, gaynor testifies before the homeland security committee on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. at 2:00 p.m., the senate foreign relations committee addresses u.s. competition with china. weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers talking about reopening schools in the pandemic. guest: thank you. people about the scope of the american federation of teachers, whom you represent. millione represent 1.7 people across the country, all strivers,e teachers,

host: earl blumenauer, who represents portland, was on this show earlier this week.described what federal agents are doing in that city. [video clip] >> constituent, who was attacked by the police, an annapolis graduate, a naval veteran, who was with inuvo gear so he could it wasy people -- actually his very first protest. and he had difficulty squaring with these federal officers were doing with her oath of office. and he was beaten. he was pepper sprayed, they broke his wrist. that's outrageous. it is unacceptable. and one of the reasons i am working to take action to try to stop this. host: what can be done? guest: we are working to defund these activities and clarify the authority. canainly, federal officials protect a federal property, but when they moved out into the streets. when they move out to engage in local law enforcement. and when they are objecting private citizens in unmarked cars and taking them away, that is crossing the line. and they are there expressly over the objection of our governor, our mayor. this is not helpful at all. and i think is provo

earl, you are muted. rep. blumenauer: i'm -- rep. kildee: now you are muted. rep. blumenauer: ikea -- rep. kildee: there you are. we can hear you now. rep. blumenauer: lucky you. dave, do you want to take it away? rep. dave: thank you, mr. chairman. i know we have all started with saying something kind about our departed colleague. i have this amazing photo with him and my little girl when she was there in the committee with us. it is one of her hall of fame in her room. i'm hoping that situations like that where we can keep his memory alive and service to the country, and even with someone like my four-year-old, the next generation. to our panel, i want to get more granular and let see if we can do this. the conversation has been wonderful, but i think it has been very textile and ppe. i want to understand, a complex worldwide supply chain with a china concentration today, if we ways and means, if we produce tax policies and incentive policies and regulatory policies that drew certain types of manufacturing, before people -- using the word fragility and robustness