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WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: Westerman backs dyslexia month; Cotton recognizes '50s MIA Arkansan; Senator at briefing on vets' suicides Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 10/27/19 Westerman backs dyslexia month WASHINGTON -- An Arkansas Republican, U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman of Hot Springs, introduced a resolution last week designating October as National Dyslexia Awareness Month. A fellow… Read more »

Sound On: Turkey, 2020, Impeachment Inquiry (Podcast) MSNBC 10/24/19 Bloomberg Chief Washington Correspondent Kevin Cirilli delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. Panel Guests: Terry Sullivan, Partner at Firehouse Strategies and former… Read more »

Onrush stalls D.C. testimony; GOP bloc barges into interview on Ukraine ADG 10/24/19 WASHINGTON -- A group of House Republicans barged into a secure room at the Capitol on Wednesday where the latest witness in the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry was set to testify, temporarily shutting down the proceedings. The disruption delayed private testimony from Laura Cooper, the… Read more »

French Hill: Election Security Appears To Be a FB Focus Newsmax 10/24/19 Facebook appears to be making an effort to be in the right direction where election security is involved, as Americans want to have transparency behind the advertisements that are seen, Rep. French Hill, who was part of Wednesday's hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said Thursday. "I think Congress… Read more »

Why Facebook's Libra has a friend in GOP Senator Mike Rounds Yahoo! Finance 10/24/19 Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg emerged from a grilling Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where members of the House Financial Services Committee blasted him over plans to create a new cryptocurrency, among a host of other issues. Yet despite the barrage of criticism, Zuckerberg does have at least… Read more »

Zuckerberg’s Libra testimony: “not going to do anything decentralized” Ledger Insights 10/24/19 Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US House Committee on Financial Services on Libra and how big tech companies are affecting global finance. Though the six-hour hearing mainly focused on the platform’s political ad rules and privacy controversies, ahead of… Read more »

MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Hill Named Congressional Champion by In Defense of Christians for Supporting Egypt’s Coptic Christians ForeignAffairs 10/23/19 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) received In Defense of Christians’ (IDC) 2019 Congressional Champion award for his “extraordinary commitment to the human rights and religious freedom of Christian and other… Read more »

Let Prisoners Use Pell Grants Education Next 10/23/19 “Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars.” – Dale Carnegie Carnegie’s words metaphorically capture two distinctly different perspectives of inmates contemplating release from prison. What can make the difference for inmates facing an uncertain future both in and after prison? The surprising… Read more »

Brawner: What Crawford, Westerman must consider with Trump Greenwood Democrat 10/23/19 I don’t know the real reasons why people do things, including often myself. This column is about considerations. Last week, all four U.S. House of Representatives members from Arkansas voted for a resolution criticizing President Trump’s decision to let Turkey attack the Kurds. It passed… Read more »

Crypto chief: Centralised digital currencies could deter corruption Bobs Guide 10/23/19 The ability to program digital currencies could grant central banks greater control over the monetary system, according to co-founder of cryptocurrency investment platform Revix, Sean Andrew Sanders. “Physical cash has limitations in terms of corruption, terrorist financing. You have all… Read more »