The Establishing a Humane Immigration Enforcement System Act was introduced by Pocan, Jayapal, and Espaillat, three progressive House members (Pocan is the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus).
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POCAN: We actually are seeing a lot of job loss.
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" Pocan responded, per WLS-TV and video from CNN: "Wow.
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Mark Pocan (D), the chair of the House Progressive Caucus.
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Al Green, Nanette Diaz Barragán, John Yarmuth, Mark Pocan, Rep.
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Mark Pocan announced his endorsement of Sanders last week. Reps.
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Pocan said after the meeting that leadership made no commitments.
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Mark Pocan: Pocan, speaking on local progressive radio and in a call with progressives earlier this week, said if there was an "impeachment clock," Trump's firing of Comey would have moved it an hour closer.
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POCAN: Harley-Davidson is one of the biggest employers in Wisconsin.
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Mark Pocan, who is working on the bill with Washington Rep.
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"She's thinking very strategically, which is great," Pocan told The Hill.
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Mark Pocan, a gay congressman from Wisconsin, said in a tweet.
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It's a scenario that Pocan and Jayapal are hoping to avoid.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin is now working with fellow Democratic Reps.
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Pocan wrote a letter of complaint to the CDC Monday night.
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Mark Pocan as the chair of his campaign in the state.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) about whether Trump would name a czar.
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Pocan had the surgery performed at UnityPoint Health-Meriter in Madison.
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Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan talk with the media, April 11.
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"Representative Wendell must have had a committee meeting," Pocan said. Rep.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), are pushing for the legislation in Congress.
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Rose told Pocan that his mother now believes he's a child abuser.
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POCAN: The problem is he doesn&apost have a philosophy around trade.
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"The Republican leadership thinks they are too cute by half," said Pocan.
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Pocan indicated he wanted changes to broaden the lifting of the ban.
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But it's true: Just ask U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan and Rodney Davis.
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"She and everyone is welcome to crash at my place," Pocan said.
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Pocan, for one, says the "adopt-a-district" concept is just beginning.
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"All of a sudden those stats vanished," said Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat.
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Mark Pocan, one of the co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Still, Jayapal and Pocan believe they're making real strides.
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Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal, proposes at long last to change that.
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Pocan, for instance, equated Democrats in the Problem Solvers Caucus to child abusers.
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Pocan represents Wisconsin's 2nd District and is a member of the Appropriations Committee.
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In a statement Thursday night, Pocan -- along with the bill's co-sponsors, Reps.
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Pocan represents Wisconsin's 2nd District and is a member of the Appropriations Committee.
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The job is "to work on election security," Pocan said in the statement.
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Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin called it a "shameful response by the Trump administration."
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POCAN: I think if he listens to Lighthizer more, he might be better off.
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Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, as he held up a photo of his husband.
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" Congress, Pocan acknowledged, is a place "where things can be sometimes not as progressive.
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But Pocan said the group would work with President Donald Trump if they could.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) is introducing House legislation to abolish ICE in the House.
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Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal, reiterated their position that an impeachment proceedings should begin.
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Mark Pocan, who wrote a letter of complaint to the federal agency this week.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin) -- Aissa Olivarez, staff attorney for the Community Immigration Law CenterRep.
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But Jayapal and Pocan represent a group of restive progressives itching to go further.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Rep.
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Instead of trying to read the president's mind, Pocan argued Democrats should be putting together an aggressive proposal that will bring Trump to the table, but based on the minimal information they have, Pocan is concerned Pelosi's plan doesn't go far enough.
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POCAN: I don&apost work for the Mexican government, so I couldn&apost tell you.
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Pramila Jayapal (WA), Mark Pocan (WI), and Ro Khanna (CA) met with DCCC Chair Rep.
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Mark Pocan, a gay Wisconsin Democrat, spoke against the bill during the committee markup Wednesday.
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Mark Pocan, a Democrat representing a south-central Wisconsin congressional district that's next to Ryan's.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the legislation in the House.
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She is a co-sponsor for the Schatz-Pocan bill and the Sanders bill. Sen.
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I met Pocan and hoped, like his friend and former colleague from Wisconsin, GOP Rep.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, have joined in.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), a top progressive leader who serves on the House Appropriations Committee.
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Pocan represents Wisconsin's 2nd District and is a member of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), another progressive leader, said about the claims of an imminent threat.
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Mark Pocan, Jayapal's cochair on the CPC, said in a recent interview with BuzzFeed News.
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" Pocan laughed at the response, turned to his cochair and asked, "Are you crossing anything?
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Mark Pocan to abolish ICE, but opted instead to call a vote on the Higgins resolution.
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Mark Pocan, who led the abolish ICE legislation in the House, told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday.
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"We're actually setting up a meeting," Pocan replied when he was asked about the public divisions.
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Mark Pocan, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, earlier this week at an AFL-CIO event.
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The support for the rules package from Pocan and Jayapal signals the package will likely pass.
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Pocan and Jayapal said they plan to introduce legislation to end the statutory pay-go mechanism.
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Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan and Ro Khanna in the new and growing "Medicare for all" caucus.
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Pocan represents the 2nd District of Wisconsin and is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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A spokesman for Pocan, Ron Boehmer, told The Hill that the congressman was referring to Ellison.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) said they would vote for the package despite concerns over Pay-go.
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Other members of the CPC followed the lead of Pocan and Jayapal, including outgoing chair, Rep.
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Pocan also downplayed the differences, saying few outside Washington, D.C., will pay any attention to them.
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"No, I mean this is a pretty easy issue because you can proceed ahead," Pocan said.
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Pocan and Schakowsky are longtime progressive stalwarts, but Luján's co-sponsorship is a bit more surprising.
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Mark Pocan (WI), New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and House candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), the co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus and a Sanders supporter.
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Pocan also referred to a story from The Wall Street Journal last week that reported Sen.
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Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, who said that more than 270,000 children benefit from those programs.
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Y.), Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) are also bringing Dreamers as guests.
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Pocan, who is introducing "Abolish ICE" legislation, said he's looking to transfer necessary functions to other agencies.
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"This is a pretty busy week on the floor for everybody, but probably next week," Pocan said.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) reintroduced legislation to help students become debt-free within 5 years of graduating.
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Mark Pocan, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and campaign co-chairs Turner and Rep.
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"It's not even to the merits of the rule change, it's more to the timing," Pocan said.
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Pocan and Schakowsky are, respectively, the co-chair and a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin called for impeachment after McGahn's no-show for his May 21 hearing.
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"We're the core of the party, we represent the base, and the core of America," Pocan said.
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Mark Pocan, a Democrat from Wisconsin, during her Tuesday testimony before the House's subcommittee on education appropriations.
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Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, asked DeVos about how many students would be impacted by the cut.
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Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).
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Mark Pocan, a Democrat from Wisconsin, stated last week that he plans to introduce legislation to eliminate ICE.
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The sources of funding will be disclosed, Jayapal and Pocan said, though they did not yet offer specifics.
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Mark Pocan, a co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive caucus, said on Thursday that he and Washington Rep.
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"I don't know the number of kids," DeVos said before Pocan answered that 272,000 kids would be impacted.
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This week, Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin said he planned to introduce legislation to abolish the immigration agency.
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Shortly after the midterms, Jayapal was chosen to join Pocan as the new chair of the Progressive Caucus.
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"We're working very cooperatively with leadership" on taking action on the Lee and Khanna bills, Pocan said. Rep.
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Max Rose and Dean Phillips, to confront Pocan on the floor, while other members looked on in awe.
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The measure was introduced Thursday by Progressive Caucus Co-Chairman Mark Pocan and members Pramila Jayapal and Adriano Espaillat .
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the leaders of the Progressive Caucus, said in a statement.
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"For legislation to get passed, to get sponsors, you need to activate the grassroots to call members," Pocan said.
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But Gallego and Pocan both told me party leadership has been absent from discussions of "adopt a district" tactics.
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Mark Pocan accused the centrist House Problem Solvers Caucus of endorsing child abuse by supporting an immigration funding bill.
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Mark Pocan, a member of the Democratic Party, represents Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District in the US House of Representatives.
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Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, Peter Welch of Vermont, David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
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" Pocan believes that "since the first day of his campaign, President Trump has denigrated and disrespected the LGBT community.
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"We are watching what appears to be continued obstruction by this White House," Pocan said in a telephone interview.
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Mr. Giesemann (left), 28, works in Washington as a senior legislative assistant for Representative Mark Pocan, Democratic of Wisconsin.
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Mark Pocan, who serves as Jayapal's cochair on the Progressive Caucus, said in an interview with BuzzFeed News Thursday.
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" Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin said "we cannot allow the plague of gun violence to take any more lives.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, one of the surrogates in Cedar Falls who campaigned while Sanders was returning from Washington.
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Molt-West, 30, works in Washington as the deputy chief of staff to Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin.
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Today's endorsement video begins with Pocan complimenting Sanders for winning 71 of the state's 72 counties in that primary.
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Mark Pocan, built enough support among progressives to kill the bill; ultimately, Democratic leaders had to delay the vote.
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Maxine Waters, Joe Kennedy III, Keith Ellison, and Mark Pocan — all continue to appear in drop-down search results.
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And Mark Pocan who represents Madison, Wisconsin, came up with a bill to abolish ICE, and everyone was really excited.
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To which, Pocan responded: "I'm happy to call your mom and say you're not a child abuser," the sources said.
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Pocan also brought with him a "small" list of things Trump has not criticized on Twitter, including pumpkin spice lattes.
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"If you had 20 people doing it in 20 districts across the country, that would be national news," Pocan said.
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"I think today, taking a knee is becoming a broader sign of patriotism and respect for our country," Pocan said.
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"I think everybody needs to know what's in this so-called health care bill," Pocan said Tuesday in a statement.
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The movement started gaining traction on the Hill on Monday, when Wisconsin Representative Marc Pocan introduced legislation to abolish ICE.
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Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, drew a more specific parallel to family separation at the border and ICE's activities.
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A moderate clapped back that the name-caller, Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, was just chasing followers on social media.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) asked the secretary if she knew how many children would be affected by the proposed cut.
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At least two House Democrats — Representatives Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Pramila Jayapal of Washington — are pushing to eliminate ICE.
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Trump's bailout plan is similar to the response to the 2008 financial crisis, Pocan said, and he thinks it's misguided.
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So he asked the two tradesmen he knew in the House, Mr. Pocan, a painter, and Mr. Norcross, an electrician.
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Mark Pocan, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who campaigned alongside Ocasio-Cortez and Moore over the weekend.
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Mark Pocan, a co-sponsor of the House Medicare for All bill who also co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, offered a job to McCabe, according to a statement from his office over the weekend.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Adriano Espaillat of New York told the Hill and other news outlets.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Adriano Espaillat of New York told The Hill and other news outlets.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), who pressed her about the budget cuts, 272,000 children will be affected should Congress approve the proposal.
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Three Democratic congressmen—Ro Khanna, Rick Nolan, and Mark Pocan—are setting up a caucus to focus on questions of monopoly.
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For Pocan, Trump's call on Sunday to return immigrants who enter the country illegally without judicial proceedings was the last straw.
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"The Saudi explanation just doesn't pass the smell test," said Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, who helped organize the letter.
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Mark Pocan, a co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who endorsed Newman, when asked if he were following the race.
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"For three years now, Donald Trump has poisoned our nation with his failure, corruption, and xenophobia," Pocan said in a statement.
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In 2016, Pocan remained neutral through the primaries, even after Sanders won Wisconsin (and Pocan's Madison-centered district) by a landslide.
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"My offer of employment to Mr. McCabe is a legitimate offer to work on election security," Pocan said in a statement.
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"We want modern solutions to border security, not 11th century solutions," said Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).
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"People have not been included," Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Mark Pocan (D-WI) told Politico's Adam Cancryn in early June.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) announced he was introducing a House bill to dismantle ICE in favor of a more "humane" border enforcement.
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Mark Pocan, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was spotted in an intense discussion on the House floor with Democratic Rep.
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INGRAHAM: Everyone probably wants me to beat you up more, but we can find -- POCAN: I look forward to my next invite.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jayapal immigrated from Chennai, India, as a teenager and now represents a district that covers most of Seattle.
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In a briefing with reporters last week, Pocan and Jayapal said leadership's plan would only tackle the 25 most expensive prescription drugs.
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Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) were explicit about their frustrations with moderate Democrats after the border funding vote.
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Pocan, who grew up in Kenosha, says some 20 members of the Progressive Caucus are considering their own "adopt a district" events.
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" In a recent joint interview with Pocan, asked how they manage the caucus's diversity, Jayapal was quick to declare, "With great joy!
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"I'm extremely glad that the American people have convinced President Trump to do the right thing with Special Olympics," Mr. Pocan said.
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Ms. Omar spoke alongside three fellow Democrats in Congress: Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin tweeted a comparison of some of the moderate members to "child abusers," while the chief of staff for Rep.
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So let&aposs look at the party&aposs future with a sitting Democratic Congressmen who also shares that view, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
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Pocan laid at least part of the blame on a top Pelosi aide, calling out her senior policy adviser, Wendell Primus, by name.
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Progressive Caucus cochair Mark Pocan said he heard as many as 80 members did so in the previous Congress that ended in January.
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Mark Pocan, earlier this week would not say whom she's supporting, but she is listed on the women's letter in support of Pelosi.
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What's extraordinary about the Khanna-Pocan-Massie-Jones measure is that it's set to get a vote on the House floor right away.
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Mark Pocan called moderates the "Child Abuse Caucus," and House leadership fired back, tweeting an insult at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff.
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"Throwing tear gas at asylum seekers — many of whom are women and children — is a new low," said Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) took the lead proposing an immigration bill, that, among other things, would have abolished Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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" It's so opaque, Pocan said he doesn't think a single House member is involved "at the level they should be, even the committee chairs.
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Mark Pocan said they were prepared to sink the bill if Republicans or moderates tried to make any last-minute changes to the legislation.
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"That for, I think, a child who is 10 years old is a prison," Pocan said from the parking lot of the detention center.
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Pocan and activist group Forward Kenosha will be holding a town hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which is House Speaker Paul Ryan's 1st Congressional District.
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"I understand when you reopen a trade agreement there's a little risk to that, especially with a president with incoherent trade policy," said Pocan.
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Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan The co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have already raised concerns about the significant increase in defense spending.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) — knowing it would put the minority party in a difficult position.
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That list included progressives like Pocan, Jayapal and Khanna, some of whom have since contributed to DCCC or say they plan to this year.
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"As you can imagine, as a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, I find Senator Johnson's account appalling," Pocan wrote in his letter.
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But when it came time for the floor vote, CPC co-chairs Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan voted in favor of the funding measure.
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At its inception in the early 1990s, the CPC was a "social group for members" with "similar ideological views," as Pocan recently put it.
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Pocan, who represents Madison in the House, said Duffy's description of liberal voters there as "communist" who don't believe in democracy went too far.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, defended Omar, saying he was never accused of anti-Semitism when he also called Miller a white nationalist last year.
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Trying to predict what Trump will sign is a futile exercise, Pocan lamented, and a trap, he said, that his party falls into too often.
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Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) had met with DNCCC chair Cheri Bustos to make clear their opposition to the form. Rep.
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Pocan, of Wisconsin, tried to assuage concerns about Ocasio-Cortez and any of the other 20 new Democratic members of Congress endorsed by his caucus.
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"It goes too far, in my opinion, in telling people what they can or should think or say about the situation in Israel," Pocan said.
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"Because you are giving money to some charter schools that do discriminate," Pocan said before pressing the Education secretary on her stance on charter schools. .
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Thursday, a group of five House Democrats — critically including newly elected assistant leader Ben Ray Luján and Progressive Caucus Chair Mark Pocan along with Reps.
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Sanders praised Pocan following his endorsement on Thursday, citing his opposition to U.S. trade deals that have become a focal point of scrutiny among progressives.
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"Finally Congress will have an opportunity to reassert our voice on military action," CPC Co-Chairs Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal said in a statement.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, the well-liked co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and his first endorser from either branch of Congress since October.
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But Jayapal and progressive caucus co-leader Mark Pocan emerged from an afternoon meeting with Pelosi optimistic that the two sides could reach a compromise.
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"It was a very productive conversation, and a number of our priorities we think are going to be able to move forward," Pocan told reporters.
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Leaving the meeting, Pocan noted that, from a policy perspective, there's little difference between the incoming freshman and the most liberal voices on Capitol Hill.
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"Humorless is better than being senseless about Dane County providing 73% of new jobs in WI. Perhaps a $175K salary distorts your views," Pocan tweeted.
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Mark Pocan (WI), Pramila Jayapal (WA), and Adriano Espaillat (NY) — said they would vote no on the bill if Republicans brought it to the floor.
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Pocan wants lawmakers to be open to big tax hikes for the ultra-rich, new taxes on big financial transactions, and new regulation of corporations.
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Mark Pocan, claim they were told that sexual orientation and gender identity were purposely left out of the training, which is mandatory for members and staff.
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Pocan last week became the first lawmaker to introduce legislation to eliminate ICE, which was formed in 2003, over the Trump administration's handling of the agency.
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Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan added an amendment to H.R. 1, the Democrats' democracy-reform bill, that would remedy the problem before its passage earlier this year.
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Pocan said at least two other members of the House—Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva and Massachusetts Representative Mike Capuano—have said they would support the bill.
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"I think that you will see more support for it just because this really gets at addressing the core abuses by the administration," Mr. Pocan said.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Adriano Espaillat — said they will vote no on the bill if Republicans bring it to the floor.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) told Hahn, Gottlieb's successor, at a House hearing Wednesday where Democrats grilled him on the flawed White House response to the coronavirus.
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Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, released a statement following a lack of a response from the Army regarding whether the military had sufficient coronavirus testing kits.
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"He deserves the full retirement that he has been promised, not to have it taken away as a result of the President's political games," Pocan said.
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So we have to ask Mark Pocan, from a neighboring district, to tell us what's going on in Washington — and those events are just filled to capacity.
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POCAN: I think what we saw, not just that win but other wins around the country, a lot of people are progressive, especially in the Democratic primaries.
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Mark Pocan, fired off a tweet comparing moderates to child abusers, and Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff posted a now-deleted tweet comparing moderate Democrats to segregationists.
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Mark Pocan, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, accused the centrist House Problem Solvers Caucus of endorsing child abuse by supporting an immigration funding bill.
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David Cicilline, Vicente Gonzalez, Sheila Jackson Lee, Mark Pocan, and Peter Welch -- joined us on Father's Day to visit the facilities where these individuals are being held.
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Progressives won over some moderate Democrats with the promise of a Government Accountability Office study to measure the effects of the wage increase on businesses, Pocan said.
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Mr. Pocan of Wisconsin said his bill would create a commission that would examine ICE to determine which of its roles should be performed by other agencies.
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Representative Mark Pocan, who serves as co-chairman with Ms. Jayapal, said the House progressives also hope to host presidential candidates during their annual summit this fall.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bryce is hoping his attendance in the House gallery, juxtaposed with Ryan's presence behind Trump, will help amplify his campaign message back home.
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Just one day earlier, Gottlieb gave his take on the state of the outbreak to Pocan and the rest of the Congressional Progressive Caucus at their invitation.
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Legislation is also pending in the House to abolish ICE in a plan pushed by Democratic representatives including Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Pramila Jayapal of Washington.
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" Pocan said in a tweet Tuesday that he had yet to receive any information from the CDC over its decision, adding that the agency's "silence is deafening.
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"I think Trump understands real estate investments, and making a profit, and not paying his contractors, but I don't really think he understands infrastructure," Mr. Pocan added.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, the two co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Mark Pocan and Jayapal, and the two other members from Vermont. Rep.
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Pocan is one of multiple Democratic lawmakers who offered McCabe a job in the hours after he was fired so that he could receive full pension benefits.
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"I have no idea why we have an F-in' Budget Committee here period, because it does not work in any kind of functional way," Pocan said.
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Mark Pocan, a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has largely praised the way Democratic leaders, like Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, have managed the caucus.
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POCAN: So here is one of the problems that I found when I went to the Hidalgo Bridge, a legal point of entry where you can claim asylum.
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"I'm introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency's blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families," Pocan said in a statement.
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Mark Pocan, cochair of the Progressive Caucus, which, like other groups, has gone against EMILY's List in a handful of campaigns and been allied with them in others.
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Earl Blumenauer, André Carson, Debbie Dingell, Jesús García, Raúl Grijalva, Pramila Jayapal, Barbara Lee, Betty McCollum, Gwen Moore, Chellie Pingree, Mark Pocan, Bobby Rush, and Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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Mark Pocan, the cochair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told BuzzFeed News on the phone from an election night party for Democrat Tony Evers, who defeated Wisconsin Gov.
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Pocan, who expects Ocasio-Cortez to join the Progressive Caucus, said they also discussed her fundraising efforts for progressive candidates and which committees she'd like to eventually join.
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"So many candidates have proposals right now that I don't think we've been chasing the presidential candidates proposals," said Pocan, the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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In a statement accompanying the letter Tuesday, Pocan said the offensive on Hodeida could push Yemen, which is on the brink of famine, into a full-blown famine.
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" Another progressive congressman, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, turned to Twitter on the day of the vote to accuse the Problem Solvers Caucus of being "the Child Abuse Caucus.
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Pocan, who co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus and will now chair Sanders's campaign in Wisconsin, praised the senator's progressive platforms as the "antidote" to the nation's struggles.
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"I think everyone understands that he's got a message that is appealing to a lot of people," said Pocan, who joined Sanders on the campaign trail in Iowa.
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I don't think people care if members of Congress are raising this issue one way of the other," Pocan said Friday during an appearance on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers.
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Pocan said that the Ukraine story, on the other hand, is something Americans can understand by watching just a 30-second clip of Trump saying he did it.
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"Wendell apparently has an idea in his head, but last time I looked, he hasn't found a district to be elected in yet to directly impact things," Pocan said.
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" When asked about other progressives criticizing the rule change on Twitter, Pocan said, "I think there's more effective ways to get it done that I'm trying to focus on.
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In fact, I was at the very Bipartisan Program for Newly Elected Members of Congress at Harvard University in 6900 where Pocan said he first heard about No Labels.
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Beneath all the specific attacks by Pocan and others is the general insinuation that No Labels is a puppet of special interests, and pushing some sort of hidden agenda.
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"President Trump's blanket directive to round up and target all undocumented immigrants underscores the unchecked power which ICE has used to terrorize our communities," Pocan said in a statement.
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Jayapal and Pocan saw the bind they were in with their caucus and indicated that they would vote against their own bill if it were brought to the floor.
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Behind the scenes, Pramila Jayapal of Washington state, who, along with Pocan, chairs the Progressive Caucus, had reached out to Ocasio-Cortez and House Democratic Caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries.
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"We're hoping to get it done by December, if not, we'll see if it gets extended again," Pocan said of the temporary funding bill signed into law last week.
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The caucus, however, is pleased that the speaker is backing negotiation, rather than arbitration, and that the plan would cover all Americans, not just those on Medicare, Pocan said.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) Debt Free College Act would give participating states a dollar-for-dollar match from the federal government for however much funding they appropriate for state schools.
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Pocan was referring to the Republican refusal to hold a confirmation hearing for former President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court in 2016 following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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"This was a district where some of us as individuals decided to get involved," Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat who is co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told Politico.
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More than 20 House Democrats are also co-sponsoring the resolution, including progressive heavyweights Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who co-chair the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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"We think 25 a year is too low to have our constituents really appreciate" it, said Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin and a chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin: Randy Bryce, a union organizer who is the most likely opponent of House Speaker Paul Ryan This story will be updated with developments throughout the day.
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Pocan acknowledged in a recent interview with BuzzFeed News that he wasn't being as thoughtful as he should've been when he wrote the tweet — but he stands by the sentiment.
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Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), in particular, have urged Democratic leadership to expand the scope of the legislation beyond the concessions moderates made earlier this year.
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Even Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, whose questions about the program cuts on Tuesday caused the media firestorm over the Special Olympics, was surprised by the turn of events.
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As Judiciary committee chair he would do "the right thing rather than the politically expedient thing," said Representative Mark Pocan, who co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus to which Nadler belongs.
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The Debt-Free College Act, from Senator Brian Schatz and Representative Mark Pocan, would cover students' full cost of attendance, including room and board, thanks to state and the federal funds.
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But a number of younger representatives' names are floating around as well, including Congressional Black Caucus Chair Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Reps.
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"While he may cite 'tremendous medical costs and disruption' as the basis for this decision, this claim has been disproven," said Congressman Marc Pocan, who serves on the Congressional LGBT Caucus.
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But earlier, Pocan and Jayapal seemed on the verge of a showdown with Pelosi over the bill, a top priority for House Democrats that will get a floor vote on Thursday.
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The CPC, for its part, favors a bill that would allow for direct negotiations with pharmaceutical companies through Medicare, though that plan is not the be-all and end-all, Pocan said.
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"I think this is just something that people were doing kind of on their own," Pocan said when asked if other House Democrats have planned to take a knee on the floor.
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Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal released a statement saying that they had met with Pelosi and that the House Democratic leader shared some of their key priorities for the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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"Actions speak stronger than words, and there are people running on progressive issues who are not who you think of as progressives, because they realize that's what people want," Mr. Pocan said.
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"The conversation went well and I think, hopefully within a couple hours, we'll have this all resolved," Pocan told reporters as he left the Speaker's office in the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.
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"We always, as we talk to people, say [impeachment] is one of the tools we have on the table to try and get the administration to do the right thing," Pocan said.
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Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) — who she is working with to resolve a monthslong policy dispute that has flared up again as the bill speeds toward the floor.
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Earlier this week, progressives still had concerns about whether the legislation was inclusive enough, though CPC Chairs Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan were ultimately able to secure concessions that satisfied these qualms.
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"I mean they have to be able to recognize why we're upset," Pocan said, arguing the moderate Democrats prioritized leaving for recess over supporting key provisions that progressives wanted in the Senate bill.
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"Obviously, the impact of a special interest like that and contributions matter," Pocan said, though he did not go so far as to say it would keep his colleagues from crafting strong legislation.
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"Sadly, President Trump has so misused ICE that the agency can no longer accomplish its goals effectively," Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan, one of the Democrats who introduced the bill, said in a statement.
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We could even go whole hog and put a right to vote in our Constitution, a venerable idea now promoted by two Democratic representatives, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Keith Ellison of Minnesota.
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Why it matters: Earlier, Pocan and Jayapal seemed on the verge of a showdown with Pelosi over the bill, a top priority for House Democrats that will get a floor vote on Thursday.
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But the two sides brokered a tentative resolution this afternoon during a closed-door meeting that included Pelosi and Congressional Progressive Caucus co-leaders Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).
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"They have to be able to recognize why we're upset," Pocan said, accusing moderate Democrats of prioritizing leaving for the July Fourth recess over supporting key provisions that progressives wanted in the Senate bill.
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On Thursday morning, CPC members held a forum with activists to discuss the best plans to bring down costs, a move Pocan said he hopes will get the caucus's ideas into Pelosi's legislative bloodstream.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI), reintroduced an ambitious debt-free college plan this year, which would not only cover the costs of tuition, but also help students pay for extra costs like housing and food.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, introduced legislation that would dismantle ICE and create a commission to provide recommendations to Congress on how the government "can implement a humane immigration enforcement system," according to a statement.
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Pocan from Wisconsin, said that despite the facilities being clean, the 6-foot-by-10-foot quarters they're confined to are still jails for children who are allowed two hours of outdoor play a day.
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"During my trip to the southern border, it was clear that ICE, and its actions of hunting down and tearing apart families, has wreaked havoc on far too many people," Pocan said in a statement.
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"Nancy sent a pretty clear message yesterday of unity, saying she is comfortable with Bernie being the nominee," Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin and a vocal supporter of Mr. Sanders, said in an interview.
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"Representatives Pocan and Jayapal are gravely misreading the situation if they try to stand in the way of the overwhelming hunger for HR3 within the House Democratic Caucus and among progressive Members," the aide said.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and has a slew of co-sponsors, including up-and-comers Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
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Pocan argues that Pelosi and her allies are not, in fact, working to put together the boldest proposal at all and instead simply trying to pass something that President Donald Trump will be willing to sign.
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"If 40% of people can't afford a $400 emergency expense in the country ... it doesn't matter if the drug is $500 or $95,000, it's the same price: unaffordable," Pocan said this week, citing Federal Reserve findings.
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Pocan said he has heard rumors of offices where male staffers are allowed to come in to work earlier than women staffers, out of fear that they would stumble across their male boss in his underwear.
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Then on Monday, hundreds of Sanders' supporters — his Iowa precinct whips and captains; Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Mark Pocan; members of the Sunrise Movement, a group of young climate change activists; campaign co-chair Rep.
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Mark Pocan was debating how U.S. prisoners are counted on the census, he talked about a related provision that hadn't been received well by the public when it was sent out for comment, USA Today reported.
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Pramila Jayapal (Washington), Mark Pocan (Wisconsin) and Ro Khanna (California), are leading a growing "Medicare for All" caucus, a counterpart to the Medicare for All push in the Senate, led by Vermont's Bernie Sanders, an independent.
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" Of Mr. Trump's call to bar Syrian refugees from entering the country, Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, said, "That would be like saying we should all drink more orange juice and this wouldn't have happened.
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" She also deferred to the president: When asked point-blank by committee member Mark Pocan about whether she supports raising the age for gun purchases to 21, DeVos responded, "The president has indicated support for that.
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But Pocan responded that the CDC keeps track of national health data for a wide range of diseases and should be able to keep track of testing data for the novel coronavirus on a daily basis.
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On Wednesday, House and Senate lawmakers reintroduced it, including Senators Sanders, Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, and Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, and Representatives Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, and Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin.
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Pocan was later confronted on the floor by moderate freshman Democrat Max Rose of New York, who swore at the liberal from Wisconsin and demanded he delete the tweet, according to multiple people who witnessed the episode.
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The Progressive Caucus has operated with a single full-time staff member, something Pocan said has limited the number of things House progressives can focus on, and the increased staff will give them more room to maneuver.
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It has not worked out that way and Pocan has instead chosen to regurgitate a recent spate of stories – relying on illegally leaked internal documents and sourcing from a disgruntled vendor – to malign or mischaracterize our mission.
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Mark Pocan of Wisconsin said he would introduce legislation that would dismantle ICE and create a commission to provide recommendations to Congress on how the government "can implement a humane immigration enforcement system," according to a statement.
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USO closing its airport centers; evaluating entertainment toursIn the statement Pocan said his office was contacted about a military base near the Iranian border where personnel had flu symptoms but did not test positive for the flew.
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"The bottom line is, I think people are just tired of the way this president operates, whether it be when he tweets like a petulant man-child or when he's a ruthless demagogue," Pocan said on MSNBC.
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The goal is to convince other members that "their constituents want this; they should also support their constituents," Pocan said, acknowledging supporters need to spend more time educating the American public about what exactly "Medicare for all" means.
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"Bullying is a real and persistent danger for many LGBTQ students at our colleges and universities, but there is no federal legislation that specifically protects students from being targeted based on sexual orientation or gender identity," Pocan said.
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But Pocan and Jayapal said they plan to vote for the rules package because they've gotten assurances from House Democratic leaders and incoming Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) that the pay-go rule can be waived.
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All this work – to push for sensible rule reforms in a broken Congress and to finally provide some political support for leaders who operate in the political center – has been twisted beyond recognition by the likes of Pocan.
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And then, as attention turns to 2020, the hope is that the center can "be the entity that's initiating the ideas, and then the people who are running for president have to pick that up," Pocan told BuzzFeed News.
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Co-chairs Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin cut a deal with presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to increase the number of CPC members on five key committees, through which nearly all major domestic policy flows.
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Jayapal, who worked with Pocan behind the scenes for months to protest the DCCC's policy, said she realizes the so-called "blacklist" rule won't change this cycle but wants to keep a line of communication open with the committee.
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Mark Pocan, a Democrat from Wisconsin and a member of the House Appropriations Committee, submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Thursday requesting more information about the destruction and abandonment of US military facilities and equipment in Syria.
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House members Mark Pocan of Wisconsin "From conducting raids at garden centers, and meatpacking plants, to breaking up families at churches and schools, ICE is tearing apart families and ripping the moral fabric of our nation," he said in a statement.
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Khanna, the first vice chair of the CPC in the new Congress, told The Hill later on Wednesday that he is sticking to his decision to vote against the rules package, after Jayapal and Pocan said they would vote for it.
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Sessions' ouster "just makes us all the more want to make sure we have that special counsel protection bill passed or added to any spending bill that may be moving in the (end-of-year) session," said Representative Mark Pocan.
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Mark Pocan "The thing that gives the caucus power is that you can operate as a bloc vote in order to get things done," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview on the podcast The Dig not long after she was elected.
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"The bottom line for us is that it has to be big enough that you have a large number of drugs covered, happen in an efficient amount of time, and actually have a hammer to make pharmaceutical companies have to comply," Pocan said.
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" Jayapal, who along with Pocan and Khanna met with Bustos last week about the policy, said that "blackballing everybody, I think, that might take on somebody who is challenging someone causes great concerns for a whole bunch of — both political and policy — reasons.
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Similarly, the Workplace Democracy Act, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Mark Pocan, would end right-to-work laws by repealing part of the Taft Hartley Act and ban employers from mischaracterizing union-eligible staff as supervisors or as contract labor.
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"Chairman McGovern and House Leadership have committed to us that PAYGO will not be an impediment to advancing key progressive priorities in the 116th Congress," Jayapal and Pocan said in a statement Wednesday, referring to incoming Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.).
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Blue Dogs warned that the coalition would collectively block planned amendments from liberals that would increase domestic spending in the bill even further to win over the votes of Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Pocan and other liberals, according to a senior Democratic aide.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), said they will contribute tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, despite a contentious new rule that blacklists campaign consultants who work for candidates taking on sitting Democratic members.
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"While we didn't get everything we wanted, the changes we have negotiated over the past few months will bring relief to millions of Americans who would otherwise have been left out of this landmark legislation," Jayapal and Pocan said in a statement.
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A state representative, Richardson has won the endorsement of progressive groups including Our Revolution 305 in Miami and the Congressional Progressive Caucus – caucus co-chair Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan campaigned with him Friday – and boasts of raising more than $900,000 in small-dollar donations.
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Pramila Jayapal (WA), Mark Pocan (WI), and Ro Khanna (CA) met with DCCC Chair Bustos (IL), who herself has become something of a star among moderates for being a safe Democrat in a district President Donald Trump won in 2016, to express their concerns.
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Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) has offered fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe a temporary job working on election security in his office "so that he can reach the needed length of service" to retire and receive his government pension, according to the Washington Post.
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Baldwin and Pocan raised concerns earlier about a lack of testing for troops in Afghanistan after being contacted by Wisconsin military families, sending letters last week to Pentagon officials like Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperPentagon grapples with coronavirus outbreak Overnight Defense: Stimulus bill has .
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Earlier: Baldwin and Pocan raised concerns earlier about a lack of testing for troops in Afghanistan after being contacted by Wisconsin military families, sending letters last week to Pentagon officials like Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperPentagon grapples with coronavirus outbreak Overnight Defense: Stimulus bill has .
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And the House, led by Representatives Ro Khanna, D-California, Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Walter Jones, R-North Carolina, pressed for an end to US support to the Saudi war effort last year, until their initiative was sidetracked by the House leadership.
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Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) a leader of the House progressive caucus, said he's told Democratic leaders that some on the left may vote against the bill if they fail to win more concessions, adding that he's planning to raise the issue with leadership again early next week.
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"We have told leadership that there could be people who vote against the bill so they should be ready for that if things aren't included," Pocan told reporters after a meeting of the Progressive Caucus, adding that the group had not done a formal vote count.
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A cluster of lawmakers—Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ro Khanna, Keith Ellison, Mark Pocan, and other members of the House Progressive Caucus—come closest to the mark, on issues including Medicare-for-All, free college tuition, a federal $15 minimum wage, trust-busting, immigrant rights, and police brutality.
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Pocan also noted that the budget proposes a 22017 percent cut to special education grants to states and cuts to the National Technical Institute for the Blind; Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf and hard of hearing; and a federal program for print books for blind students.
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Mark Pocan (D-WI) on March 193 that, nationwide, the US had the capacity to run around 7,000 tests per day; a tracking project run by Scott Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner, suggests that as of March 18, more than 224,218 Americans can now be tested in a day.
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POCAN: I think, again, what we are trying to do is if we appeal on an economic message, I think the one thing we can all agree on is Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump ran on actually a pretty similar message about the system being rigged against them, and it resonated.
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When you watch interviews with and speeches by the five openly gay representatives currently in the House—Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Jared Polis of Colorado, David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Mark Takano of California, and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin—you probably wouldn't guess their sexual orientation right off.
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On June 25, her colleague Mark Pocan of Wisconsin — the co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, of which Jayapal is first vice chairwoman — announced that he would soon be introducing a bill that would form a new agency to replace ICE within a year; Jayapal joined as a co-sponsor.
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The new advocates included Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas, the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus; Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, a chairman of the influential Congressional Progressive Caucus; Representative Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, the vice chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee; and Representative Donald S. Beyer Jr. of Virginia.
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In an interview, Pocan said a recent series of aggressive actions by ICE had led him to conclude that it was effectively serving as President Donald Trump's "own political police force" -- a tool for creating a sense of crisis to help build support for a border wall and other hardline immigration policies.
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" Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin and a chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, scathingly singled out the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of 23 moderate Democrats and 23 Republicans who lobbied lawmakers to accept the Senate measure, asking on Twitter, "Since when did the Problem Solvers Caucus become the Child Abuse Caucus?
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A former Sanders aide said the back-and-forth knocked the team off what its message should have been this week: The co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan, recently threw their weight behind him, showing that he is consolidating left-wing endorsements and growing his campaign.
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"Indeed, as poll after poll proves, a transformative vision that fights to improve the daily lives of working people can and does resonate with vast majorities of Americans of all political stripes — perhaps most importantly, it could help Democrats reap dramatic, and necessary electoral gains," Ellison, Grijalva and Pocan wrote to the DPCC leaders.
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"President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's blanket directive to round up and target all undocumented immigrants underscores the unchecked power which ICE has used to terrorize our communities," Pocan said in a statement.
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"If he had produced a real infrastructure plan, it might have been the one major issue where he could have come out of the gate and had real big support from Democrats," said Representative Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, part of a group of House progressives who have drafted a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that relies on more direct federal funding.
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Pocan on Tuesday kneeled after delivering a floor speech highlighting people and entities that Trump has attacked on Twitter, including the NFL players, the casts of "Hamilton" and "Saturday Night Live," Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE, CNN, former FBI Director James Comey, Sen.
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K. Butterfield, D-North CarolinaDoris Matsui, D-California Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois Mark Takano, D-CaliforniaAlcee Hastings, D-FloridaDerek Kilmer, D-WashingtonMark Pocan, D-WisconsinBetty McCollum, D-MinnesotaAnn M. Kuster, D-New HampshireConor Lamb, D-PennsylvaniaRobert A. Brady, D-PennsylvaniaKathy Castor, D-FloridaJoe Kennedy, D-MassachusettsEarl Blumenauer, D-Oregon Sanford Bishop, D-GeorgiaJoyce Beatty, D-OhioBobby Scott, D-VirginiaKatherine Clark, D-MassachusettsNiki Tsongas, D-MassachusettsCharlie Crist, D-FloridaColleen Hanabusa, D-HawaiiJim Costa, D-CaliforniaEric Swalwell, D-CaliforniaAlan Lowenthal, D-CaliforniaA.
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"At the same time that this administration has cut food stamps, Medicaid and reproductive health services from everyday Americans, this president wants to add more than a hundred billion dollars to continue endless and unauthorized wars, ban transgender troops, keep Guantanamo Bay open, allow the unchecked contamination of water supplies with polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and establish a Space Force—militarizing a previously shared space by all nations and created an unnecessary sixth branch of the military," Pocan said in a statement.
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The call from Pocan came after dozens of lawmakers in both parties visited Israel on congressional delegations this month over the August recess, including House Majority Leader Steny HoyerSteny Hamilton HoyerOmar says US should reconsider aid to Israel Liberal Democrat eyes aid cuts to Israel after Omar, Tlaib denied entry Lawmakers blast Trump as Israel bars door to Tlaib and Omar MORE (D-Md.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyOmar says US should reconsider aid to Israel I'm not a Nazi, I'm just a dude: What it's like to be the other Steve King Trump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' MORE (R-Calif.).
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Representatives Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Ro Khanna of California and Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan Senator Patrick J. Leahy and Representative Peter Welch of Vermont Grass-roots organizations like Sunrise Movement, which focuses on climate justice and the Center for Popular Democracy Action, a broad coalition of over 40 progressive community groups About a dozen labor and union endorsements including National Nurses United, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, American Postal Workers Union, United Teachers Los Angeles and a joint endorsement from Local 11 — the union that tired to shut down the debate in Los Angeles — with Senator Elizabeth Warren Other left-leaning organizations like People's Action as well as the Democratic Socialists of America Cardi B and Emily Ratajkowski, a model, have both released endorsements videos with Mr. Sanders's campaign.
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Barbara LeeBarbara Jean LeeOvernight Health Care: Planned Parenthood to leave federal family planning program absent court action | Democrats demand Trump withdraw rule on transgender health | Cummings, Sanders investigate three drug companies for 'obstructing' probe Democrats demand Trump officials withdraw rule on transgender health House Democratic leadership member backs impeachment inquiry MORE (D-Calif.), Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalMedicare for all: fears and facts House Democrats urge Trump to end deportations of Iraqis after diabetic man's death 'KamalaCare' fails to address big problem: That we cannot trust insurance companies MORE (D-Wash.), Ro KhannaRohit (Ro) KhannaKing incites furor with abortion, rape and incest remarks San Jose mayor proposes mandatory liability insurance for gun owners Democrats give cold shoulder to Warren wealth tax MORE (D-Calif.), Keith EllisonKeith Maurice EllisonFormer Sanders aides launch consulting firm Minnesota AG will defend state's abortion restrictions despite personal views Hillicon Valley: House panel advances election security bill | GOP senator targets YouTube with bill on child exploitation | Hicks told Congress Trump camp felt 'relief' after release of Clinton docs | Commerce blacklists five Chinese tech groups MORE (D-Minn.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Stephen Seche, and actresses Alyssa Milano and Piper Perabo.
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