Howard Mortman

@HowardMortman • 46,968 subscribers

C-SPAN Comms Director...Book: "When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill"...book info: @CongressRabbi . blue check.

Live Cam

Howard Mortman

Shorts

Boos ... “Shut up! Shut up!” ... "Next question" when Rep. Mike Johnson is asked about efforts to overturn 2020 presidential election results ...

Precision cover protection ...

"Whaaaaat?" -- NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaction when he learns a reporter didn't watch the Knicks game ...

"In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law." -- Donald Trump August 18, 2016 (Charlotte NC rally)

"Rudy Giuliani. There's only three things he mentions in sentence: a noun, and a verb, and 9/11." -- Joe Biden, 10/30/2007

"Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 3pm on Monday. Bang gavel." Sen. Fetterman then bangs gavel. Then laughs. (h/t Craig Caplan )

"Quiet. You can't yell that loud. You're louding even yeller than you used to." -- Chuck Schumer to Manu Raju

"Ladies and gentlemen, several things distinguish us Naval Aviators from our Air Force counterparts. First, we are better looking. Second, we leave on a constantly moving, 100,000 ton nuclear-powered warship."

PRO TIP: Presiding over the U.S. Senate? Read a book about the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and sons pay respects to Jimmy Carter in U.S. Capitol Rotunda

Videos

Watch Anya Live

"Rudy Giuliani. I mean, think about it. Rudy Giuliani. There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." -- Joe Biden, October 30, 2007, Democratic Presidential debate in Philadelphia

"Those cool kids on the Internet doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, and their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens

25 YEARS AGO TOMORROW: Barbara Olson's last TV appearance was on Sept. 9, 2001 ... She was killed on 9-11 when terrorists crashed her plane into Pentagon ... She was headed to Los Angeles for Bill Maher show ... On C-SPAN 9-9-2001 she mentioned her husband Ted Olson (died 2024)

January 6, 2015: VP Joe Biden ceremonial swearing-in for Sen. Lindsey Graham. Darline Graham Nordone holds the Bible.

"When war reached Norway with Nazi invasion 1940, we were invited by Roosevelt to take refuge in Washington...I was 3 when we arrived in DC and 8 when we left...I remember standing behind Roosevelt when he was sworn in 4th term" - #RIP Norway King Harald 10/31/95 National Press Club

Elon Musk arrives Mar-A-Lago New Year's Eve party with Trump

#RIP Lindsey Graham ... He set up Elena Kagan's famous "Like all Jews I was probably at a Chinese restaurant" on Christmas line that slayed her 2010 SCOTUS nomination hearing ...

"I F---ed it up. I F---ed it up. Can I go back. Can go back, please." "You can't. We're live" -- National Anthem

Barack Obama "is really messed up. I'm giving him some time because this beautiful skirt that my stylist Meredith Koop picked out that is my favorite portrait of my mom. He didn't know it existed until just a few minutes ago. I've had a few weeks to settle down" - Michelle Obama

Preventing cover from blowing off while President Trump departs NYC on Marine One ...

"Should the Defense Secretary.." Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?" "From the UK" "OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country. We have a major migrant problem. You should care about your own borders"

Pres. Trump yesterday met with World Series champs L.A. Dodgers... On October 28, 1988, Pres. Reagan told this joke involving the World Series champs L.A. Dodgers: "The Dodgers came to the White House on Wednesday. They were awfully nice. They volunteered to bring a ..."

Pres. Biden at the beach ... Rehoboth Delaware (8-10-2024)

Pete Hegseth joins service members at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for a morning physical training PT session

"My little theory about why they decided to have the convention in Chicago, is, Tim Walz has been going around saying that he served in war, and maybe they did it in Chicago so that he could actually accurately say that he visited a combat zone" - JD Vance in Kenosha Wisconsin

Today, July 1, 2026, President Trump flies the new Air Force One to North Dakota.... On July 3, 2020, he flew the prior Air Force One to South Dakota ...

Tammy Duckworth to Rubio: "When I first got to Senate I was pregnant with my daughter and trying to change Senate rules so I could bring her onto the floor so I could do my job and vote...not accessible to wheelchairs...You came running down to me 'I'm with you! I support you!"

JD Vance buys donuts in Holt’s Sweet Shop in Valdosta Georgia

MTG: "As a dog lover, I want to tell you this is disgusting and evil. What you signed off on. And these experiments that happened to beagles ..." FAUCI: "What does dogs have to do with anything that we're talking about today?"