Newsmakers with Representative Greg Walden
Representative Greg Walden (R-OR), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, talked about congressional and Trump administration response to the coronavirus pandemic. Topics…
322 viewsRepresentative Greg Walden (R-OR), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, talked about congressional and Trump administration response to the coronavirus pandemic. Topics…
322 viewsAFL-CIO President Richard Trumka talked about the impact of the conronavirus pandemic on American workers what he expects in the future. Topics included the U.S. economy, labor’s relationshi…
878 viewsGuy Cecil of Priorities USA, a super political action committee (superPAC), talked about the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries and why his super PAC had decided to start placing ads def…
513 viewsHouse Rules Committee Chair Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Ranking Member Tom Cole (R-OK) discussed efforts to reassert Congress' constitutional authority from the Executive Branch.
419 viewsTim Chapman of Heritage Action talked about the economy, Campaign 2020, President Trump’s tweets, conservative populism, and other issues. Heritage Action is an advocacy group closely linked…
484 viewsStephanie Schriock of Emily’s List talked about the 2020 presidential race. Topics included the February 3 Iowa Caucuses, and the toughest congressional races women were running in, from Mai…
457 viewsSenator Ben Cardin (D-MD) talked about the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump, including potential witnesses and the effects of the trial on other Senate business. He also disc…
309 viewsRepresentative Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair, talked about Campaign 2020 and Democratic efforts to keep a majority in the House of Representatives.
598 viewsDr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, talked about NIH projects. Topics included advances made through the Human Genome Project, especially on cancer and ot…
1,412 viewsBrandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council talked about U.S. border policy and conditions, appropriations for a U.S.-Mexico border wall in recent government-funding legisl…
381 viewsFederal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub talked about the money being raised for the 2020 elections, political ads, “microtargeting,” and the functioning of the FEC itself during a …
523 viewsRepresentative Mac Thornberry (R-TX), House Armed Services Committee ranking member, talked about the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that sets Congress’s defense priorities. The …
216 viewsHouse Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-KY) talked about spending issues, expectations that the House would vote the following week on a short-term continuing resolution to avert a gove…
478 viewsSarah Longwell, executive director of Republicans for the Rule of Law, talked about politics and the group’s belief that Republicans, especially Republicans running for Congress, should spea…
2,108 viewsDemocratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez talked about Democratic presidential debates, including the October 15, 2019, debate in Ohio; 2020 presidential politics; President Trump; polit…
624 viewsJ.B. Poersch, president of Senate Majority PAC, talked about about electing Democrats to the Senate in 2020 and prospects for the party winning control of the Senate. Mr. Poersch’s organizat…
678 viewsMary Kay Henry, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), talked about Campaign 2020 issues. Topics included health care, the economy, the Democratic presidential candidates…
539 viewsFormer Massachusetts Governor William Weld (R) talked about his 2020 presidential candidacy and primary challenge to President Trump.
680 viewsSenator Ben Cardin D-MD, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, talked about foreign policy issues, including the Trump administration’s policy on Iran and immigration.
485 viewsLarry Kudlow, White House National Economic Council director, talked about President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget released earlier in the week. Other topics included the economy and jobs,…
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