John Bel Edwards

I understand. You know, I'm an attorney.

We have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different Americas.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 762, line 3, strike ``and'' and insert the following: ``(3) analyzes the impact of the action on local…

The government's theory is wrong and says his client did not break the law.

There could soon be criminal charges against former Senator John Edwards over payments he made to his mistress, Rielle Hunter, who worked for his campaign.

Because I did not want the public to know what I had done -- very simple.

Thank you, Mr. Tonko. With that, I'd like to yield to Congresswoman Christensen.

I thank the gentleman from New York and appreciate your leadership and your being here this evening to mark this day with us for workers. With that, I yield to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen).

Thank you, Dr. Christensen. I just want to take a moment to yield to my colleague, vice chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus from the great State, my original home State of North Carolina, G.K. Butterfield.

And how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. There is 30 seconds remaining for the gentlewoman from Maryland.

Sadly, here we are in the United States Congress completely disconnected to communities, completely disconnected to young people and their aspirations for the future, cutting, slashing, burning, cutting programs that are about educating…

The shocking announcement tonight, the latest on that, how she's coping. Her estranged husband, John Edwards, now at her side.

There have been a sizable number of subpoenas issued.

Falling in love with you could really (EXPLETIVE DELETED) up my plans for becoming president.

A potential political bombshell. Reports that John Edwards may soon admit to fathering his mistress's child and that he promised Rielle Hunter an extravagant wedding.

I intend to -- to do the same thing I have always done with Elizabeth. We have been married 30 years, known each other longer than that. And we will -- we will be in this every step of the way together.

I know that it's not possible that this child could be mine because of the timing of events. So I know it's not possible. Happy to take a paternity test and would love to see what happens.

I intend to do the same thing I've always done with Elizabeth. We've been married 30 years, known each other longer than. And we will be in this every step of the way together.

Rielle Hunter in federal court today. John Edwards' former mistress there to open questions before a grand jury investigating how the former senator and two-time presidential candidate used campaign finances.

Though, it's too soon to tell just what the future holds but imagines his role would be more of an advocate, like Al Gore, rather than an elected office.

It has been nine months since former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted he had an affair with a woman he hired to make campaign videos. Now federal investigators are looking into payments for those videos to see if Edwards…

We have not asked very much, so under the Federal Rules of Evidence, what has happened is the way Rule 702 is written and has been applied, experience counts.

I don't want anyone making a decision without great public knowledge and taxpayer understanding.

Well, we are going to see that that decision isn't made behind closed doors without public attention.

I want to thank you personally, Mr. Wamp, for your tremendous leadership and a lot of the very positive accomplishments of this subcommittee last year.