Of the first Standing Committees established by the senate. It is also one of the most powerful committees, and one of the largest. We are so grateful to the generous donors who helped make this evening possible. , independentca Community Bankers of america, leonardoor america l , and mr. Terry ehrman. Thank you all so much for making tonight possible. We will begin the evening with the presentation of the colors and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated several distinguished guests have joined us this evening. Senator that cochran, chairman of the cochran, chairman Appropriations Committee, senator patrick leahy, vice chairman of the committee, several Current Community in committee members, including barbara mikulski, former chairwoman of the comm ittee. And i saw suzanne collins. Thank you for
Good evening, everyone. I am a trustee of the u. S. Capital Historical Society. Welcome to our celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Senate Committee on appropriations. This committee traces its origins to 1816, making it one of the first Standing Committees established by the senate. It is also one of the most powerful committees, and one of the largest. We are so grateful to the generous donors who helped make this evening possible. Bank of america, independent Community Bankers of america, airlines for america, leonardo drs, and mr. Terry lehrman. Thank you all so much for making tonight possible. We will begin the evening with the presentation of the colors by the Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Present. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Several distinguished guests have joined
Tweets about fbi director james comeys testimony yesterday, about whether members of the Trump Campaign with the russian government. Here is how you can call and let us know your thoughts. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans in. Or independents, 2027488002 if you want to tweet your thoughts, you can do so cspanwj or post on our facebook page. In this hearing is available on our website at www. Cspan. Org if you want to watch the total hearing. You can go to www. Cspan. Org and watch it there. It was during the hearing yesterday taking a look at russian activities into the 2016 fbi director james comey talking about the existence and nature of the fbi investigation. Here is what he had today to say. Director comey i am authorized as partrm that the fbi of the Counterintelligence Mission is investigating the russian governments efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with
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Experience with i. T. Was that it was boondoggle after boondoggle and a tremendous waste of taxpayers money spent on incompetent private contractors who never seem to be able to get things right. And im wondering if you could comment and perhaps its better now, and what impact this has on the current sense of trust among Public Officials regarding their sure. So i would say the failures are just as bad or worse in terms of government contracting, i. T. , healthcare. Gov and the electronic records archive, expensive yearlong projects that largely failed, with healthcare. Gov until it was rescued, big, massive failures. Whats changing is there are a number of people that have identified tractable, fixable problems with the contracting and the i. T. Contracting system, and so if you look at the u. S. Digital service or at 18f, these are new governmentled groups of people that are trying to change the way the government buys technology and to change the way the government builds technology