Commitment and promise and finally, to the negotiating table. I thank you all for your attention. [applause] kyle cheney with politico, quite a significant shift in the impeachment momentum with Speaker Pelosi announcing the start of the inquiry with the testimony of the acting director of National Intelligence. What do we learn from these events . View thisdemocrats episode with a whistleblower raising flags about president trumps interaction with ukraine , that is enough to move democrats who were on the fence to forcefully in favor of an impeachment inquiry and the fact they are doing it at all suggest there will be a vote on articles of impeachment in the near future. The dni testimony lending credence to what the whistleblower said, although not confirming key details, only kept the fire lit. It did not change the trajectory. Ahead of this happening of the two week congressional break. Ahead of our interview, you tweeted this. Democrats advance impeachment effort. Tell us about wh
I dont think theres anything brazenly irresponsible about advocating for us having a deterrent to nuclear war. What the purpose of my remarks was, we need to make it clear to our adversaries, russia in particular, if we use Nuclear Weapon, he will pay an enormous price for it. I cant believe the gentle lady as opposed to that. The goal of all of this is to stop anybody from thinking they under any circumstances, to have a good outcome for them. My point on the deterrence is the russians will launch the low yield and if they dont have one they know we wont do anything because we wont want to be disproportional. It implies a low yield nuke. If this is launched. It will set off and instructive war. We want to discourage them from thinking about launching it. In that regard, nothing wrong with making it clear to our adversaries you launch Nuclear Weapon we will consider nuclear war. We have all the options on the table. I will point out as Mister Cooper pointed out we have a low yield Nucl
Reach a bipartisan agreement on the Strategic Forces subcommittee mark and that was a sad day for us on that subcommittee. My amendment would restore the authority of the department of defense to deploy the low yield variant of the w 762 warhead. Our deterrence requires that the United States have a proportional response available for any miscalculation. Low yield weapons are critical to our security because they give us a credible deterrent. Russias confidence that if they were to strike us we would have the capability and the will to respond in a proportional manners makes a strike by the russians less likely not more likely. Mr. Chairman, this is why the 2018 Nuclear Posture review included the requirement that the United States develop and deploy the low yield submarine launched Ballistic Missile as soon as possible. The npr highlighted how critical this capability is to close the deterrence gap and provide credible Response Options to russia to deescalate doctrine. There was an im
For that she served 15 years in the Michigan Health represents, she is a familiar face of this committee as she has spent her first two terms on the Oversight Committee, she replaces congresswoman of vermont and i want to welcome back congresswoman i also want to become others. And q for the warm welcome extended to our colleagues. She is the favorite daughter of this committee and we are thrilled and delighted to have her back to join us. The gentleman yelled back. Jason smith, here for the hearing for the purposes of asking questions. People about his knowledge and participation in his familys corrupt business games. At least 10 times, joe biden why do the American People they never spoke to his family about their business dealings. He lied that there was an absolute wall between his official government duties and his personal life. Let us be clear. There was no wall. The door was wide open to those who purchased what a business associate described as the biden brand. Evidence reveal
Are beyond the pale . Mr. Shapley, you said the doj was slowing down the investigation. But some of that happened when President Trump was president. And i found it strange that when my colleague tried to ask both of you these questions about when youre perceived slowness of this happened, you all struggled for a period of time to admit that it started under President Trump. Was President Trump directing that doj to slow down we will leave this program here but you can finish watching if you go to our website, cspan. Org. We take you now to the first impeachment inquiry hearing against President Biden from the House Oversight committee. Live coverage here on cspan3. We are looking into trenton, continuing to lie about the Oversight Committee. They uncovered bank wires. They were feeling how President Joe Biden, received millions from chinese company, with significant ties to chinese intelligence, and the Chinese Communist party. This originated in beijing from chinese nationals. This h