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A new bipartisan push to expand the ability for certain non-violent offenders to have crimes expunged is gaining ground in the House. Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) is one of the cosponsors. He joins Jim on "The Final 5" to explain why it has momentum, plus how he says the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action in college admissions may have an unexpected impact on commerce.
- Trump's indictment focuses on 'alternate electors,' not Capitol riot
- Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey expressed support for the prosecutor's approach
- Ivey: Witnesses being from GOP will demonstrate case isn't 'political'
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said he doesn’t think the legal challenges former President Donald Trump faces will help the 2024 GOP front-runner in a general election.
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said impeachment articles targeted at President Joe Biden and other administration officials would lead to “dead ends” during a TV appearance Friday.
Congressman Glenn Ivey (D) is a co-sponsor of Michigan Democrat Debbie Dingell’s legislation to remove PFAS, a harmful fluorinated chemical often known as “forever” chemicals, from firefighter gear. These chemicals are persistent, accumulate in the bloodstream, and are toxic. They are linked to harmful human health effects, including reproductive and developmental harms, weakened immune systems, and cancer: the leading cause of firefighter death.
Congressman Glenn Ivey, D-Md., who represents much of Prince George’s County, Maryland, is part of a group of bipartisan lawmakers pushing for new legislation that would fund the development of turnout gear for firefighters free of PFAS, which are also known as “forever chemicals.”
“They’re already putting their lives at risk to fight fires. We don’t want to put them at risk just from the gear that’s supposed to be saving their lives,” Ivey said at a news conference last week at PGFD Fire Station 802 in Capitol Heights.
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD), ranking member of the Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari calling on him to immediately resign after he admitted during Congressional testimony to a “normal practice” of deleting “business” text messages from his government-issued phone – willful and intentional acts that may constitute criminal violations of the Federal Records Act (FRA) and DHS policy.
WASHINGTON — Isabel Jernigan is a junior at North Carolina Central University, a historically Black college. She says she chose to go there because she wanted to experience a different perspective.
"I’ve been exposed to so much more than I would’ve been if I had gone to a predominantly white university and I’m really grateful for it," she explained.