Fogbow

A note on today's Ways and Means hearing on the President's Budget featuring Secretary Janet Yellen. GOP Chairman Jason Smith raised his voice repeatedly at the Secretary, the first woman in history to hold her position, in grossly disrespectful way. It was pure theater.

Kendra wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:40 pm Quite the thread there, and there is also video on it.

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:49 pm

Kendra wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:40 pm Quite the thread there, and there is also video on it.

Wow. Just, wow. They're unbelievable, and not interested in governing at all, clearly.

In a statement released Friday, the caucus listed the conditions for its members to "consider voting to raise the debt ceiling."

Ending the Biden administration's $400 billion student loan forgiveness program.

Rescinding unspent COVID relief funds.

Clawing back funding for the IRS and climate change prevention in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Instituting greater work requirements on welfare programs.

Requiring congressional sign-off on all major federal regulations before they can go into effect.

Finding "every dollar spent by Democrats that can be reclaimed for the American taxpayer."

The big picture: The statement calls for significant across-the-board cuts in funding to federal agencies by capping spending at 2022 levels for the next 10 years.

"Significant Data Breach" Hits Lawmakers On Capitol Hill

BY TYLER DURDEN
THURSDAY, MAR 09, 2023 - 01:55 PM

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, Catherine L. Szpindor, told lawmakers Wednesday their personal information was exposed in a "significant data breach" at a health insurance marketplace.

"I have been informed by the United States Capitol Police and DC Health Link* of a data breach impacting Members and staff. DC Health Link suffered a significant data breach yesterday, potentially exposing the Personal Identifiable Information (PII) of thousands of enrollees. As a Member or employee eligible for health insurance through the DC Health Link, your data may have been comprised," Szpindor wrote in a letter to colleagues on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

It did not appear that lawmakers were specifically the target in the breach, Szpindor said. She continued:

"Currently, I do not know the size and scope of the breach, but have been informed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that account information and [personally identifiable information] of hundreds of Member and House staff were stolen. I expect to have access to the list of impacted enrollees later today and will notify you directly if your information was compromised."

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) were told by the FBI that cyber security agents found personal information from DC Health Link on the dark web, according to The Washington Post, citing a letter sent by House leadership to the health insurance marketplace. Agents found the names of spouses, dependent children, their social security numbers, and home addresses.

DC Health Link confirmed the breach and stated, "data for some DC Health Link customers have been exposed on a public forum."

Szpindor told lawmakers and staff to "freeze your credit" to prevent anyone from being able to "open a credit card, or taking out a loan in your name."

The House Administration Committee tweeted its "aware of the breach and is working with the CAO to ensure the vendor takes necessary steps to protect the PII of any impacted member, staff, and their families."

Here's Szpindor's full letter to lawmakers about the data breach:



https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/si ... pitol-hill

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:04 am crosspost

"Significant Data Breach" Hits Lawmakers On Capitol Hill

BY TYLER DURDEN
THURSDAY, MAR 09, 2023 - 01:55 PM

Kendra wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:28 am

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:02 pm What happened to no one is above the law?

Biden’s DOJ is coordinating with the Democrat Manhattan DA to arrest Donald Trump, the top Republican Presidential candidate for 2024, and charge him with a fake outdated misdemeanor charge.

It’s ALL FOR POLITICS!

This is what they do in communists countries to destroy their political opponents!

Republicans in Congress MUST subpoena these communists and END this!

We have the power to do it and we also have the power to DEFUND their salaries and departments!

Enough of this!

The American people deserve a government that actually works for them NOT a bunch of self centered communists who bail out their donors, protect the elites, and weld their power to punish their political enemies!

Foggy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:04 pm Calling people you don't like none "commies" is just so twentieth century.

@RepSwalwell
The guy who created a committee to look into “weaponization of government” is using his powers in government to stop an independent prosecution of his boss.

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:02 pm This whole concept that it is a subversion of democracy to prosecute politicians for criming is... stupid.

What happened to no one is above the law?

Why it matters: Media reports and the former president's own comments signal that an indictment from the Manhattan district attorney's office could be imminent, with Trump urging supporters to "[p]rotest, take our nation back!"

Driving the news: At a press conference to kick off House Republicans' annual retreat in Orlando, Florida, McCarthy told reporters: "I don't think people should protest this, no."

The House speaker also defended Trump, arguing he "doesn't believe that either" and is "not talking in a harmful way," though he said the two of them haven't actually spoken about the matter.

"Nobody should harm one another in this. ... We want calmness out there," McCarthy said. "I do not believe there should be any violence [in response] to this."

The intrigue: McCarthy joins a surprising hardline House Republican also discouraging protests — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

"We don't need to protest," Greene tweeted on Saturday, arguing that Democrats are "sealing their own fate" in the 2024 election if Trump is indicted.