coming up wednesday morning, pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompson, a member of the house education and labor committee, will join us. he'll discuss negotiations on the next coronavirus leaf bill. 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 court

policy issues that impact you coming up on wednesday morning pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompsonber the house education and labor committee will join us to discuss negotiations of the next coronavirus relief bill. oregon's conger congressman will be on to talk but the federal response of the antiracism purchase in portland. watch c spans "washington journal" live at seven eastern wednesday morning. be sure to what join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. join the discussion. ♪ ♪ >> during the summer months reach out your elected officials with c spans congressional directory it contains all the contact information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies and state governors. order your copy online today at c-span store.org. ♪ ♪ >> booktv on cspan2 has topped nonfiction books and authors every weekend. coming up this weekend send the at 4:30 p.m. eastern princeton university professor author of beginning again, james baldwin american earth's urgent for our own on race in america join in conversation with ha

host: this is representative glenn thompson serving the 15th district. before we let you go, there is a call for liz cheney to be removed as the head of the house republican conference for several issues, is that something you support? guest: absolutely not, i think it is ridiculous. she has done a great job as conference chair, and i appreciate her leadership, and i appreciate her vision and the strategies, and the communication that she has with the conference. distraction that we do not need right now. representative glenn thompson, thank you for being on "washington journal." guest: my pleasure. host: the house expected to come in at 9:00 for speeches and then later on to conduct business. right now we are joined by earl blumenauer, a representative from oregon who serves a third district, welcome back. when you hear people talk about the multi-day protests owing on in your city, how do you respond to that particularly in light of the federal government or the president wanting federal resources being sent to the city. guest: this is a made-for-tv ar

coming up wednesday morning, pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompson, a member of the housecation and labor committee, will join us to discuss negotiations on the next coronavirus relief bill. and oregon's democratic congressman, earl blumenauer, will be on to talk about the federal response to the 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

coming up this morning, pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompson, a member of the house education and labor committee will joined -- join us to discuss the next coronavirus relief bill. oregon's democratic congressman will be on to talk about the federal response to the antiracism protests in portland. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. join the discussion. >> live 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 supreme court justice thurgood marshall. on c-span two, 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-span three, the fema administrator testifies -- peter gaynor testifies to the homeland security committee on the response to the pandemic. at 2:00 p.m., the foreign relations committee looks

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coming up wednesday morning, pennsylvania republican congressman, glenn thompson, a member of the educationalnd labor committee, will join us to discuss negotiations for the next release bill. and oregon democratic congressman will be on to talk about the federal response to the antiracism for tests in portland. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on wednesday morning and be sure to 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 9:00 a.m. for morning speeches, at 10:00 a.m. legislative work including the bill to remove a confederate bust from the u.s. capitol and replace it with a bust of the late supreme court justice thurgood marshall. the senate is back at 10 on c-span2 to include work on 2021 defense programs. at 9:00 a.m. on c-span three, the f.e.m.a. administrator testifies before the homeland security committee on the pandemic.o the at 2:00 p.m., the senate foreign relations committee looks at u.s. competition with china. ♪ >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of

wednesday morning, pennsylvania republican congressman glenn thompson will join us and discuss negotiations on the next coronavirus relief bill. 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 th