All posts tagged "House Judiciary"

Student protesters were pulled out of a House Judiciary committee on free speech Wednesday as they called out for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

One after another, the students rose and began to shout, disrupting the committee meeting as silent members of the House of Representatives watched.

"Palestinian students deserve to speak on the genocide of their families," shouted one young woman. "Stop silencing Palestinian students." ...

A Democratic lawmaker slammed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Wednesday over past tweets that used anti-Semitic tropes and promoted notorious anti-Semite Kanye West, who once told Alex Jones he likes Adolf Hitler.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) skewered Jordan (R-OH) in a House Judicial Committee hearing Wednesday over a 2022 post praising West and his months-long delay in taking it down, despite calls from nonpartisan groups who warned it endangered Jewish people.

Swalwell, referencing the report that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his son monitor each other’s internet browser for pornography, told Jordan that he wanted to be his “online accountability partner.”...

Republican congressman Bob Goodlatte calls for 'robust oversight' of NSA programs and that 'further protections are necessary'