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Good afternoon. I would like to provide a few updates about recent developments in Congress and share some important information.
Michael Cohen Testifies Before the House Oversight Committee
I was recently appointed to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. This is the main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. It has the authority to investigate a broad range of subjects including drug pricing, campaign finance reform, and any other matter it deems to be relevant.
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former fixer and personal lawyer, concluded a day of testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in front of the House Oversight Committee. Some highlights of his testimony:
●Cohen alleged that Trump knew in advance that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks planned to publish hacked Democratic National Committee emails.
●He sparred aggressively with GOP lawmakers, who questioned his credibility and motives for coming forward.
Three Democratic members of Congress introduced a resolution to formally end the Korean War as President Donald Trump prepares to meet for a second summit with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un on Wednesday.
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the non-binding resolution on Tuesday as a sign of support from Congress ahead of the Hanoi, Vietnam, summit where Trump and Kim Jong-Un could announce an agreement to officially end the war.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Khanna issued the below statement in light of the President's recent emergency declaration.
Washington, DC – Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) today asked Attorney General William Barr to clarify the Department of Justice's stance on nonconsensual condom removal, also known as "stealthing."
The Members explain that, "[n]onconsensual condom removal during sexual intercourse is extremely dangerous. It can lead to lasting consequences, such as unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, and is also a violation of trust between two sexual partners…[w]e agree that this clearly meets any reasonable definition of sexual assault."
The conversation around "stealthing" — the nonconsensual removal or deliberate damaging of a condom during sex — as a form of sexual assault is not new, and neither is the lack of movement on this issue at the federal level. But with Democrats now controlling the House, Reps. Ro Khanna and Carolyn Maloney are determined to move the issue back into the spotlight, beginning with a letter sent Friday requesting information on how the Justice Department addresses stealthing.
BuzzFeed News has learned that the US House Oversight and Reform Committee is considering holding a hearing on facial recognition, which has been widely implemented across the country despite growing concerns about the technology's potential privacy and civil rights implications.