of ohio this hour billionaire les wexner is still being deposed by members of the house oversight committee over his ties to disgrace sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this says Democrats are raising questions over the rollout of those files and whether the DOJ is fully complying with the law. I want to bring in Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell a member of the House Judiciary Committee. So my understanding Congressman thank you for coming on is that Les Wechner is still being deposed as we speak right now.My ...

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Just last week, the House approved a spending bill that includes billions in spending on the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, and that was also approved by a Republican majority. How would you describe this political inflection point for Congress. Republicans know that if the DHS spills spun off, they sort of lose their leverage for getting any compromise through the door.They want it to be this bigger, more encompassing package of spending bills that would essentially fund about half of the governm ...