President Trump may not be invited to deliver his State of the Union address before congress. However, it appears that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell could be getting an invitation to speak before members of congress very soon.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), who once joked White House aide Kellyanne Conway “really looked kind of familiar” kneeling on an Oval Office couch, said sexism was an “effective” tactic in the
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) offered an apology to Kellyanne Conway four days after saying she “looked kind of familiar” on her knees in the Oval Office.
Chelsea Clinton defended White House adviser Kellyanne Conway after a Democratic congressman, Rep. Cedric Richmond, made a distasteful joke about Conway being on her knees in the Oval Office.
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) said Wednesday that White House adviser Kellyanne Conway “looked kind of familiar” kneeling on the Oval Office couch.
At a press conference convened Friday morning by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) following the shootings, Richmond referred to the CBC as the “conscience” and “intellectual capacity” of Congress as he used the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling of Louisiana and Philando Castile of Minnesota by police officers, and the killing of the Dallas police officers as reason to call for further gun control measures.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—also known as the ethanol mandate—was passed by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007. Regardless of market conditions, it required ever-increasing quantities of biofuel be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply—though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does have the flexibility to make some adjustments based on conditions, such as availability and infrastructure. At the time of its passage, it was unfathomable that a decade later Americans would be consuming less gasoline, not more.
