Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California said Tuesday she will seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat and the oldest member of the chamber. Subscribe to FOX 11 Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfF8wFnipMeDpJf8OmMxDg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch FOX 11 Los Angeles Live: https://www.foxla.com/live FOX 11 delivers … [Read more...]
“How dare you”
Rep. Katie Porter: "I respect that we have different opinions on Representative Cicilline's assault weapons law, but we cannot have different facts..." Amy Swearer: "Would you like the explanation?" Rep. Katie Porter: "No I will not. I have not yielded." Full video here: … [Read more...]
Katie Porter: ‘I Cried Today Because My Grandmother Is Dying Of Covid-19’ | The Last Word | MSNBC
Rep. Katie Porter joins Lawrence O’Donnell to explain why she finds it “disgusting” that Mitch McConnell will not allow a bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill as thousands of Americans are dying from the virus, including her grandmother. Aired on 12/9/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell: Drawing upon his … [Read more...]
Katie Porter criticizes Mnuchin for ‘play-acting’ as a lawyer
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) got into a heated exchange with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Dec. 2 over attempts to move Federal Reserve coronavirus relief funds back into the Treasury's general funds. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: … [Read more...]
Rep. Katie Porter Slams Private Insurance Companies
Can Medicare For All save money and provide accessible health care? Watch Rep. Katie Porter explain in detail how that can be achieved » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/knowthis_youtube » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe For more U.S. news & politics, … [Read more...]
Rep. Katie Porter Blasts Trump Fed Chair Over Attending Jeff Bezos’ Party | NowThis
Trump’s Fed chair attended a party at Jeff Bezos’ mansion — and this rep brought the receipts to Congress. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis In US news and current events today, Rep. Katie Porter blasted Chairman … [Read more...]
Katie Porter lambasts big pharma over cancer drug price hike using whiteboard calculations
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...]
Opinion | Democrat Katie Porter’s exchange with CEO Jamie Dimon should shape the 2020 campaigns
First-term Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) grills JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who made $31 million last year, on how a low-paid teller working at his bank is supposed to pay the bills. Read more: https://wapo.st/2IsAn8V. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram: … [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...]