In #IL06 D vs D race,2nd term Rep. Sean Casten defeated 1st term Rep. Marie Newman for the Democratic nomination per AP. Newman defeated 8 term Rep. Dan Lipinski in #IL03 Democratic primary in March 2020 & won re-election, but chose to run in newly drawn #IL06 district this year.
Pelosi:”Congresswoman Marie Newman is a proud progressive in the Congress, who has brought energetic leadership to our Caucus. On behalf of House Democrats, we thank her for her patriotic public service and will sincerely miss her voice in the House.”
Pelosi: “Congressman Sean Casten is an unrelenting champion in the fight against the climate crisis, who has fought every day to protect our planet For The Children. Our House Democratic Caucus looks forward to his continued leadership in the Congress.”
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Schumer & Pelosi on China competition chip bill 6/21:"On behalf of House & Senate Democrats,we expressed our belief there is no reason we should not pass this bill through Congress in July."
McConnell today: No USICA if Democrats pursue their agenda thru filibuster-proof process.
“Sen. McConnell is so beholden to PhRMA that he’s willing to help China, hurt American manufacturing, and screw over Americans with outrageously high Rx prices” per Schumer spox.
President Biden on McConnell:"The Republican Senate leader is holding hostage a bipartisan package to strengthen American competitiveness versus China, that would yield hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in places like Southern OH, ID, & other states around the country.
Chief Justice John Roberts administered the Constitutional Oath to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 104th Associate Justice and retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, whom she officially replaces today, administered the Judicial Oath inside the US Supreme Court.
President Biden: “I am honored that the very first judicial nominee I selected as President – the brilliant lawyer who became ‘Judge Jackson’– has now become ‘Justice Jackson’.”
Schumer: “The extremist MAGA Court’s ruling today in West Virginia v. EPA will cause more needless deaths – in this instance because of more pollution that will exacerbate the climate crisis and make our air and water less clean and safe.”
McConnell:"In siding with the state of WV,the Court has undone illegal regulations issued by the EPA w/o any clear congressional authorization & confirmed that only the people’s representatives in Congress – not unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats – may write our nation’s laws."
President Biden: "The Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia vs. EPA is another devastating decision that aims to take our country backwards."
“This morning, Senator Patrick Leahy will undergo surgery to repair a broken hip that he suffered as a result from a fall at his house in McLean, Virginia, Wednesday night” per his office.
“Having been born blind in one eye, the Senator has had a lifelong struggle with reduced depth perception. He has taken some remarkable dingers over the years but this one finally caught up with him.”
“His doctors determined that the best course of action would be to have surgery to repair his hip as soon as possible. He is expected to make a full recovery and begin a healthy course of physical therapy immediately” per Senator Leahy’s office.
Standing ovation for January 6th Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney after being introduced for her address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library tonight.
January 6th Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY): "Tonight in particular I want to talk about freedom, and I want to talk about what freedom means, and the cost of freedom."
Cheney on Trump "who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our Constitutional republic, and he is aided by Republican leaders and elected officials who made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man."
January 6th Committee has subpoenaed former Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone for deposition testimony as a part of their investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jan. 6th Chair Thompson & Vice Chair Cheney: “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. Cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about President Trump’s activities on January 6th and in the days that preceded.”
Thompson/Cheney: “While the Select Committee appreciates Mr. Cipollone’s earlier informal engagement with our investigation, the committee needs to hear from him on the record, as other former White House counsels have done in other congressional investigations.”