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January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this ...

Honorable kelly craft, currently the ambassador for canada and nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. First we have two distinguished guests, distinguished and celebrity guests i might add today. And they are going to introduce our nominees or were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. Usually i do senator menendez and i do our Opening Statements first but were going to postpone because i know our guests introducers have important business to do. Were pr...

Powers, and the constitutional oversight responsibilities of congress. He used every trick in the book to stonewall our efforts at every turn. You do not have to take my word for it. Declared weump are fighting all subpoenas. I do not want people testifying, and no do overs. Like a mob boss than the president of the United States. His administration is more than happy to follow his lead. Attorney general barr refused to release the full, unredacted Mueller Report and underlying evidence. The com...

Report and other materials related to ongoing investigation. Next is the 90minute floor debate starting with rules Committee Chair jim mcgovern. Cgovern mr. Speaker, this is a dark time. This congress is being tested, in this case, not by a foreign adversary, but by our own president , a president who is undertaking a Relentless Campaign to obstruction and stonewalling. We have never seen anything like this, never before, mr. Speaker, has a president of either party so flagrantly ignored Congres...

The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by rencheds jacob issac pack, beckley united pentacostal church, beckley, West Virginia. The chaplain lord, god, we want to say thank you lord for being a part of something bigger than ourselves, thank you god for trusting us with this awesome responsibility of continuing the great traditions. We thank you lord for the heritage of sacrifice that has been passed down by those who came before us. As we endeavor to continue in that ...

Related to ongoing investigations. Thanks to the debate starting with massachusetts representative jim mcgovern. Mr. Speaker this is a dark time this, congress is being tested in this case not by a foreign adversary but you by our own president undertaking a campaign of obstruction and stone walling. We have never seen anything like this. Never before, mr. Speaker, is party sodent of either ignored congresss constitutional oversight ons rity and our nati separation of powers. You dont have to ta...

Authority and our nations separation of powers. You dont have to take my own word for it. Donald trump has declared, quote, we are fighting all subpoenas, and i dont want people testifying, end quote. These words make Richard Nixon look like an eagle scout. His attorney general, william barr, is apparently more than willing to follow the president s command. Hes refused to release the full unredacted Mueller Report and the underlying evidence until a compromise was finally reached yesterday. Tha...

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By introducing you all to phil and his two interlocutors to fill the sink and fell at aei, please assert atn. A senior felw at the r street next to the pockets of tissue. He also served ase a fellow of the House Select Committee on the modernization of congress. Back in 2019. He under undistracted thes from Princeton University and is author of two books, why and to the edge, legality, legitimacy and the responses to the 2008 financial crisis. Seated at the far end of their lives daniel lipinski...

Now let me conclude my introductory time at the lectern by introducing you all to phil and his two interlocutors, phils a senior fellow here at aei previously, worked as a senior fellow at the R Street Institute and the brookings institution. He also, as a fellow on the House Committee on the modernization of congress back in 2019, he earned his doctorate politics from Princeton University and is the author of two books why congress and to the edge legality and the responses to 2008 financial cr...