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GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,584 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:32 PM Jan 2017

Hearing derailed after senator suggests colleague needs Valium

Hearing derailed after senator suggests colleague needs Valium

Steven Mnuchin’s confirmation hearing quickly went off the rails Thursday as Democrats and Republicans feuded over a GOP lawmaker's quip about giving antidepressants to the panel’s top Democrat.

Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department, had yet to give his opening statement before the Senate Finance Committee when an offhand remark by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) riled up committee members.

Roberts, who was permitted to ask a handful of questions before jumping to another hearing, jabbed at Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) after he gave a lengthy critique of Mnuchin’s experience.

“Sen. Wyden, I’ve got a Valium pill here that you might want to take for a second round,” he joked.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/315054-hearing-derailed-after-senator-suggests-colleague-needs-valium

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underpants

(182,271 posts)
1. Roberts also said "I understand that you were responsible for the Great Recession "
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:36 PM
Jan 2017

Then Sherrod Brown jumped in

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
3. This is likely the beginning of a long descent. Their sense of superiority and lack of class and
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:40 PM
Jan 2017

integrity have great depth. Far greater than their respect for the Constitution.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
4. Beginning? That was back at least in the mid-1970's.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 12:57 PM
Jan 2017

At this point the snowball is huge and is just about to crash into the village at the bottom of the mountain.

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
6. True, though in the sense of openly, flagrantly and proudly dispensing with all sense of decorum...
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:05 PM
Jan 2017

MagickMuffin

(15,888 posts)
5. So, Roberts is peddling drugs to his colleagues
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:01 PM
Jan 2017

Wouldn't that be considered a crime by the very likes of Roberts?

Newsflash: Pat Roberts is a still a dick!

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
11. Mnuchin's bank One West foreclosed on dozens of veterans
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:12 PM
Jan 2017

but they "corrected any errors." (accding to Mnuchin)

CA AG says Mnuchin "aggressively obstructed" investigation of mortgage practices---Sherrod

No process in place to help VA mortgage holders---Sherrod

"You just want to shoot q's at me"---Mnuchin

"it's complicated...and I don't have the ability to respond"---Mnuchin

Mnuchin hasn't taken time to answer q's sent in mid-Dec. by Sherrod.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
13. These people are simply impulsive with very limited control. It's not just Trump.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 01:43 PM
Jan 2017

Should have grabbed the pill from him. Then had him arrested for the illegal dispensing of a narcotic. Or at least asked how many he takes and why they so readily available instead of in his office.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
15. Pat Roberts is a POS from Kansas
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 03:12 PM
Jan 2017

Hate to claim to be from the same State. He's been on the Gov teet since the late 60's/early 70's and then bitches about BIG government. He has a rocking chair in a rental home he owns in western Kansas so he can drop in once a year and claim he lives in Kansas. Total LIE...

He came close to getting his ass KICKED a couple years ago. Probably gave that old geezer and mild heart attack.


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