McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry Into Biden, New Mexico Governor Faces Backlash, Chairman Comer Sends Letter to Secretary Blinken | Sept. 12

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Our colleague Fred Lucas is reporting that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy authorized the House of Representatives to move forward on an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden based on what Republicans have characterized as “Biden family influence peddling.” https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/12/mccarthy-endorsed-biden-impeachment-inquiry/ New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, is in hot water after issuing an order to suspend both open and concealed carry in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County for 30 days. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has introduced a bill today called Capping Credit Card Interest Rates Act that aims to to “cap credit card interest rates at common sense levels, bringing relief to working people across America,” according to the senator’s office. House Oversight and Accountability committee chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, wrote in a letter to State Department Secretary Antony Blinken today Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Samantha Sharis, I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal Top News for
0:06.0	Tuesday, September 12th here are today's headlines.
0:21.4	Our colleague Fred Lucas is reporting that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy authorized the
0:25.8	House of Representatives to move forward on an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
0:31.2	based on what Republicans have categorized as Biden family influence pedaling.
0:37.2	McCarthy said earlier today that I'm directing our House Committee to open a formal impeachment
0:43.0	inquiry into President Joe Biden.
0:45.8	This is the logical next step that will give our committees the full power to gather all
0:50.8	the facts and answers for the American public.
0:54.6	McCarthy said the investigation will be led by House Oversight and Accountability Committee
0:59.4	Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim
1:04.8	Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith,
1:10.6	a Republican from Missouri.
1:12.6	The Speaker noted that offenses could include abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption.
1:18.6	The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has obtained bank records that show the Biden
1:23.4	family raked in at least $20 million from foreign individuals and entities from Biden's
1:29.8	time as Vice President under President Barack Obama.
1:33.6	After McCarthy's announcement Ian Sam's senior advisor to the White House Council's office
1:38.4	tweeted that the House Republicans have turned up no evidence of wrongdoing by the President.
1:43.6	He also criticized McCarthy for not first holding a vote by the full House to authorize
1:48.8	an impeachment inquiry.
1:50.6	You will include a link to Fred's full report in today's show notes.
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