WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday that could prevent some Chinese companies from listing their shares on U.S. exchanges unless they follow standards for U.S. audits and regulations.
Sen. John N. Kennedy (R., La.) during a Tuesday hearing listed off three things that don't hang themselves: Christmas ornaments, drywall, and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Calif.) said Wednesday there was "no evidence of corruption" in Hunter Biden receiving $50,000 per month to sit on the board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president.
Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) asked Tuesday how Hunter Biden, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, was selected to be a board member of Ukraine's largest private gas company.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) defended his proposed amendments to the crime reform bill known as the First Step Act on Tuesday. Cotton proposed the amendments along with Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.).
Republican Sen. John Neely Kennedy (La.) waded into the debate over whether the Trump administration should strip the security clearances of several top Obama-era intelligence officials by asserting that some of the individuals under consideration had acted like "buttheads" and "political hacks."