‘Reducing Red Tape While Promoting Employment and Training Opportunities in Indian Country’ Senator Murkowski Delivers Opening Statement during Indian Affairs Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and her colleagues on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee this week held an oversight hearing focused on the PL 477 program, an innovative and comprehensive […]
White House correspondent Steve Herman contributed to this report Acting U.S. Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire told lawmakers Thursday he has complied with his “responsibility to follow the law every step of the way” as he faced questions about why he initially blocked the release of a whistleblower complaint now at the center of […]
Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, accused President Donald Trump of a “shocking and dangerous” abuse of executive power Monday night after the White House instructed former aides Rob Porter and Rick Dearborn to defy the panel’s subpoenas to testify as part of its investigation into Trump’s alleged crimes. In a letter (pdf) to Nadler on […]
“We will not allow the president to stop this committee’s investigation,” Nadler said. The committee two weeks ago overrode Republican objections as it voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to turn over an unredacted copy of Mueller’s 448-page report on his 22-month investigation. The leading Republican on […]