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The Brian Lehrer Show

Republicans Forge Ahead to Impeach Mayorkas

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

House Republicans have begun the process to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border policy. Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional investigations reporter for The Washington Post, explains what Republicans are thinking, how they haven't actually presented any impeachable offenses and why Democrats say the GOP is abusing impeachment and using it as a political tool ahead of the 2024 election.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and

0:17.2

Gotham Miss Newsroom filling in for Brian today. On today's show we're going to hear

0:21.8

some, let's say unappetizing news, the Health Department

0:25.8

released data that show the food safety violations in hundreds of city school cafeterias.

0:31.6

WNYC and Gothamist reporter Jacqueline Jeffrey Wollinsky will share what she found in the data

0:37.0

and tell you how you can look up your kids school.

0:39.7

Plus, later in the show, Long Time NPR Science reporter, Nell Greenfield Voice will share a bit about

0:45.3

her new book of essays that weaves her own major life moments with scientific events

0:51.0

or discoveries like tornadoes and black holes.

0:54.0

And we'll wrap up today's show with one of the perennial problems of city living.

0:59.0

Noise.

1:00.0

We want to hear your hacks on how you cope with noisy neighbors, loud bars, honking horns, and

1:05.4

other Sonic annoyances.

1:07.8

But first, history was made again at the U.S. Capitol this week. For the first time in nearly 150 years,

1:16.0

House members advanced articles of impeachment

1:18.0

against a sitting cabinet member.

1:20.0

In a marathon hearing that stretched from Tuesday morning until early Wednesday,

1:25.0

the House Committee on Homeland Security voted down party lines on two articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas.

1:33.1

The Homeland Security Secretary has been widely criticized by Republican lawmakers over

1:38.5

the agency's handling of security at the southern border.

1:42.1

Here's committee chair, congressman Mark Green of

1:44.5

Tennessee during his opening statement at the hearing on Tuesday.

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