US representative Katie Porter used her now-signature whiteboard as she grilled former Celgene CEO Mark Alles over the connection between the significant price hike for Revlimid - a common cancer drug - and his personal bonus. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The Democratic congresswoman for California presented her argument during a … [Read more...]
Katie Porter stumps postmaster general with postcard cost question
In an exchange with congresswoman Katie Porter at the House oversight committee, Louis DeJoy was unable to say how many people had voted by mail in the last election or the cost of sending a postcard in the US. 'I'll submit that I know very little about postage stamps,' the postmaster general conceded, as he defended his leadership of the United States Postal Service amid … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katie Porter grills billionaire CEO over pay disparity at JP Morgan
California Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter spelled out to JP Morgan's CEO, Jamie Dimon, the real-world implications of the low wages his bank pays its junior employees at a senate hearing on Wednesday. After running Dimon through the numbers, Porter found that a single mother on the bank's starting salary for a teller would be $567 in the red at the end of each month. … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katie Porter secures free coronavirus testing for all Americans
The US representative Katie Porter has secured free coronavirus testing for all Americans after presenting compelling evidence in the US House of Representatives on Thursday. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub According to her calculations, coronavirus testing would cost a citizen a minimum of $1,331. She pressed a member of the … [Read more...]
Kevin McCarthy wins US House speaker bid after gruelling, 15-vote saga
The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a dramatic late-night vote, after quelling a days-long revolt from a bloc of far-right conservatives to finally capture the gavel on a historic 15th attempt. McCarthy’s ascension to speaker came after 14 defeats and a string of concessions to ultraconservative lawmakers that would … [Read more...]
Sarah Sanders and her fiery relationship with the media
Sarah Sanders will finish as White House press secretary at the end of the month. She be remembered for her adversarial relationship with the press. Few Trump aides have been so willing to so often step out in front of the world’s media and defend him, no matter what he had done or said. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Sarah Sanders exits … [Read more...]
Congressman breaks into auction chant to drown out conservative activist at Twitter hearing
US congressman Billy Long broke into an auction chant on Wednesday to drown out a protester who was interrupting a House energy and commerce committee hearing on social media. The protester, later identified as conservative activist Laura Loomer, stood and interrupted the hearing with complaints against Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Long, a Republican from Missouri, pretended to … [Read more...]
‘She knows it wasn’t stolen’: Liz Cheney challenges rival over Trump’s false election claim
Down in the polls and facing losing her seat in Congress over her opposition to Donald Trump and membership of the House January 6 committee, Liz Cheney came out swinging in a Republican debate in Wyoming. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub 'I will always stand for my oath and stand for the truth,' she said in Sheridan on Thursday night, … [Read more...]
‘I personally approved the decision’: Merrick Garland on FBI Trump raid
US attorney general Merrick Garland has confirmed that federal agents had searched former president Donald Trump's Florida estate to probe whether he illegally removed records from the White House as he was leaving office.'I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter,' Garland said. The unprecedented search at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm … [Read more...]
Republican congresswoman Mary Miller quotes Hitler during rally
US Congresswoman Mary Miller of Illinois tells a crowd outside the US Capitol: Hitler was right on one thing – "Whoever has the youth has the future. Our children are being propagandised." Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Miller has since apologised for quoting the Nazi leader at the right-wing rally, issuing a statement on Twitter … [Read more...]