Our witnesses we proceed to the hearing and i think many of us would like to say a comment about the late john conyers who was a member of this committee for many decades who gave his life to Public Service and who passed away just a few days ago while serving his country both in the armed forces and in the congress. We do more in his passing and it would be not in keeping with our traditions to proceed without at least giving our condolences to his family and to those who sent him to congress. I would like to recognize mr. Nadler for remarks. Thank you madam chairperson. People are mourning the loss of john conyers but nowhere is his loss felt more deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee where he served for more than 50 years as a member of this committee including more than 20 years as either chairman or Ranking Member. John conyers was a true champion for civil rights and a justice for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Prior to service was on the forefront of the Civil Rights M
The president is about to arrive for a beiig rally. He says it will be on the democrats if the americans go without a paycheck this year. We need a wall and all the other things are nice to have. Without a wall, its not going to work. We can have technology, beautiful drones flying all over the place. But it doesnt work without the wall. We need a wall. We can call it anything. Well call it barriers, whatever they want. Okay. Tonight the president is making the case in el paso, which, by the way is a city that voted overwhelming for president. Only 26 of voters cast ballot for him there. So why go there . Well, tonight, team trump is releasing a video from el paso that claim the wall has made them safer. Perception is one thing, reality is a different one. Even the citys mayor is disputing the climb that the wall has cut Violent Crime in el paso. He was echoing what had been said by our attorney general a few weeks ago that was wrong. That was wrong. Well, we fact check the facts. So l