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Hearing derailed after senator suggests colleague needs Valium
Steven Mnuchins confirmation hearing quickly went off the rails Thursday as Democrats and Republicans feuded over a GOP lawmaker's quip about giving antidepressants to the panels top Democrat.
Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trumps 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 Mnuchins experience.
Sen. Wyden, Ive 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
underpants
(182,271 posts)Then Sherrod Brown jumped in
Zoonart
(11,748 posts)They just can not stop being assholes.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)integrity have great depth. Far greater than their respect for the Constitution.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)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)2naSalit
(86,046 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,888 posts)Wouldn't that be considered a crime by the very likes of Roberts?
Newsflash: Pat Roberts is a still a dick!
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)without a medical license? He should be charged.
dembotoz
(16,737 posts)but alas the war on drugs is only for black folks i guess
wordpix
(18,652 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)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.
blue neen
(12,306 posts)How rude. I'm glad Sherrod Brown called Roberts out on that remark.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)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.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)WTF?
Bengus81
(6,907 posts)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.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I invite you to come to Oregon and run against Sen. Wyden. Let's see what happens.