They’re all upset about this, and they should be. “There are 20-something members of Congress who are Jewish. “I’m one of two Jewish Republicans(in the House of Representatives,” said Kustoff. Kustoff joined Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss Friday’s passage of a House resolution condemning “hateful expressions of intolerance” including “anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry.” Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) framing of congressional support for Israel as procured by Jewish interests. David Kustoff (R-TN) told Breitbart News that Jewish Democrat representatives in Congress are “all upset” about their party’s refusal to condemn Rep. After the roughly eight-hour interview, Republican lawmakers said Ohr's testimony conflicted with some of the past statements they've heard from others as they investigate how the government decided to investigate President Trump's 2016 campaign. "Our interview transcripts were pertinent to a congressional investigation, but the 115th Congress ended, the investigation was closed, and copies were shared with certain members of Congress."Įxcerpts of Ohr's testimony before a joint task force of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees have already been leaked to the media. Will he find any so-called 'collusion'? Or was the only 'collusion' among agency personnel who hated the president and started this investigation?" he added. "People anticipate the Mueller report soon. Speaker, last Congress, the Judiciary Committee interviewed multiple DOJ and FBI officials about their actions regarding the 2016 elections," Collins said. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, took to the House floor and asked that the unredacted transcript from August 2018 be put on the record. ![]() ![]() The transcript from a private interview with Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department official who acted as an unofficial back channel between the FBI and the author of the so-called Trump dossier, released in surprise fashion on Friday. ![]() Last year, the Department of Agriculture stipulated that all bioengineered food has to be labeled as such, resolving the issue for salmon and allowing the FDA to approve it in the action announced Friday. The FDA concluded in 2015 that the genetically modified salmon was "safe to eat," and that the genetic engineering methods were safe for the fish, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement.ĭespite the approval, the fish weren't allowed to come to market for a few years because Congress asked the FDA to hold off until regulators set rules about how the food should be labeled. All the fish it grows are female and therefore cannot breed with each other. Manufacturer AquaBounty Technologies raises the fish using a growth hormone, and it reportedly grows almost twice as fast as traditional salmon despite not needing to eat as much. The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it would be allowing the genetically modified, known as AquAdvantage salmon, to be imported to the U.S., lifting a ban that has been in place since 2016. Genetically modified salmon will soon hit dinner plates. “The public is tired of politics as usual.” We’re hoping some of their policies actually gain traction and can be supported in a bipartisan way,” Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, told TheDCNF in a phone interview. “You generally do see more of a reform agenda from some of the newer members that come into the Senate or into the House. Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Braun of Indiana are the cosponsors of the Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust (BLAST) Act. Two Republican senators introduced legislation to ban members of Congress from lobbying Congress once they exit office, and although the lawmakers are “barking up the right tree,” their solution might not be realistic, a government transparency expert told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Already, at least 15 members of the past Congress have made the move to lobbying firms. ![]()
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