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During a press briefing on Wednesday, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) spoke about President Trump's request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran War.
In talking with reporters after the hearing, Schiff said they’ve “largely fleshed out” the federal filmmaking tax credit bill he’s been working on. He touted Trump’s interest in bringing production jobs back to Hollywood, while also arguing against his tariff idea. “It makes sense to have, simply, a tax credit, the way other countries, the way the state of California does.”
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove attended the groundbreaking and announced new federal funding for the project. “Housing insecurity in Los Angeles is a crisis, and we must allocate resources in a way that reflects that urgent need,” said Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove.
In January, Democrats, including Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, Arizona Rep. Yassamin Ansari, and California Reps. Eric Swalwell and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, said the amendment should be used after President Trump sent a threatening message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støreas part of the White House campaign to take over Greenland.
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove said workers of all sorts from her Los Angeles County district have an interest in Hollywood thriving.
“After my acupuncturist took the needles out of my back, she said, ‘Can you do anything to help bring back entertainment jobs?’” Kamlager-Dove said.
Senator Adam Schiff, accompanied by Representatives Laura Friedman, Lou Correa and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, gathered at Burbank City Hall film industry workers' concerns about the future of Hollywood. Joy Benedict reports.
In addition to Kardashian, Booker's legislation is endorsed by Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who will introduce companion legislation in the House; as well as organizations including the ACLU, Brennan Center for Justice and others.
The California congresswoman who blew the lid off of Noem’s “special adviser” relationship with Lewandowski--and the conflict of interest it raised--joined me to discuss much of what is happening.
Of course, in the days leading up to her firing, Noem was asked even more directly about the affair rumors by the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove memorably asked, "At any time during your tenure as director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?"
When Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove pushed back, Kristi reiterated it was "garbage."
As she did not directly deny the affair rumors, Representative Jared Moskowitz told Kristi she needed to "say the word 'no' into the record so that you can clear that up."