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During the House Oversight and Reform Committee's hearing on voter suppression, Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) asks the witnesses a series of questions equating 2nd Amendment rights to voting rights. Massie asks if the right to keep and bear arms should be restored to non-violent offenders who have served their time. Timothy Jenkins, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, firmly takes Mr. Massie to task, saying that "this shouldn't be a bait-and-switch to have a discussion about arms when the issue is voting rights."

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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf talks about the role his department in playing in responding to the coronavirus outbreak, including airport, maritime and border screening.

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Senator Klobuchar spoke to reporters following her remarks at a World Affairs Council event in Manchester, New Hampshire. Klobuchar was asked whether her campaign would call for recanvassing in Iowa, telling reporters, "It sounds like we won't need to…but I will say that I think that every vote needs to be counted." She also responded to a question about Bernie Sanders claiming victory in Iowa, saying she won't get caught up in that dispute but "I just know that I defied expectations…"

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Appearing before the House Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray addressed Justice Department Inspector General Horowitz's December 2019 report on FISA abuse allegations. "The failures highlighted in that report are unacceptable, period. They don't reflect who the FBI is as an institution and they cannot be repeated," he said. Director Wray added that his agency is implementing all of the recommendations made in the report and is even taking further steps to ensure higher accountability.

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Senator Susan Collins says she will vote to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment because the House failed to meet the necessary burden of proof and the public should decide whether to remove the president, not Congress.

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Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul speaks about his decision to vote to acquit President Trump and discusses some theories about the origins of the investigation into the president. He also talks about the erosion of civil liberties in the U.S., and he reads the question that was rejected during the impeachment trial by Chief Justice Roberts that names the alleged whistleblower.

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CBO Director Phillip Swagel says the federal debt will rise to $31.4 trillion by the end of 2030. "The federal budget deficit is $1 trillion this year and averages $1.3 trillion per year between 2021 and 2030," Swagel says.

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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speak on the Senate floor about the proposed rules governing the impeachment trial of President Trump, which would allow for 24 hours over two days per side to present open arguments.

• 25 minutes
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In the wake of the GAO's decision that the withholding of military aid to Ukraine was illegal, Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman defends the administration's decision, saying the goal was to ensure anti-corruption measures were put in place.

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Pentagon Spokesman Jonathan Hoffman says the process for vetting foreign military students was "less rigorous" than other agencies and that the Defense Department plans on taking steps to improve it. His comments come following last month's fatal shooting at a Naval air base in Pensacola, Florida, in which three sailors were gunned down when a member of the Saudi Royal Forces was in training at the base opened fire. Eight others were injured and the gunman was killed on the scene.

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