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Put you right now. Afterwardstch sunday night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. California senator Dianne Feinstein spoke about President Trumps decision to fire fbi director james comey. She made comments during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on null francisco to be. He next senator feinstein renewed her call for an independent special prosecutor to investigate russias interference in the u. S. Election. Senator grassley normally i dont start until a Ranking Member or members get here. In this parti...

President trumps decision to fire fbi director james comey. This is an hour. Senator grassley normally, i dont start until a Ranking Member or members get here. In this particular instance, i can start, but im going to stop wherever we are when the Ranking Member gets here, so she can make an opening statement. Good morning. I am pleased that we can hold this nomination hearing for three very wellqualified nominees to three important positions in our government. Noel francisco, nominated solicit...

Try to do a better job internationally, pulling people together to do more, not just in terms of money, which is part of it. But certainly in terms of resettlement, work visas, family unification, humanitarian visas. Trying to get permission for refugees to work in the places that to which theyve fled. Trying to get kids in school. Trying to get Development Assistance off the tap to help governments like lebanon and jordan, whose societies are really strained by having done the right thing. So t...

I think you would have been here. And we had to subpoena you in order to get you to come here. Mr. Pummill, you obviously were subpoenaed because miss hickey left her position, and i suspect that we may invite her to appear before us at a later date. But with that, if there are no further questions, we are now in recess. Coming up tonight remarks from president obama on the keystone xl pipeline and his administrations decision to reject the request from a Canadian Company to build it. He spoke e...

Thinking of some of you might be in retail or restaurant saint unemployment is 5 do i need to theres a halfmillion people up there that say they want to job but maybe have looked maybe i can tap into that the new be willing to take the 10 and our job as opposed to me having to go to 11 i can get the worker from the restaurant next door. Steve is calling from texas. I steve. I started working in 72. I worked for over 20 years before i ever had to file for unemployment. That was a nearly 90s. I wi...

Recently, maybe you could hold a hearing on its progress. I would welcome that. Giving alcome me in warm welcome to Veterans Affairs secretary robert donald. [applause] Robert Mcdonald thank you so much. War, the ymcal has been a friend of veterans. Forerunner of the g. I. Bill. Today i am pleased to announce the v. A. And the ymca has agreed by furthering our partnership. This makes it easier for v. A. Facilities and ymcas to help in Service Members to connect resources they need. To you and th...

Legislation did not go anywhere either. And to us, that was a bare minimum. Criticism from the Civil Rights Community and the Voting Rights community. We narrowed the bill until we excluded the states that were engaged, my state of being one of them. We were not covered. Alabama, where all of this started, is not going to be covered. What we did was we decided to use what the Supreme Court asked us to use it in a way that would and to state if you dont have any intentions to be mischievous, you ...

It is critical. Your first 30 days on the ground, you are just trying to figure out where you are, how things are operating, where the threats are. We absolutely concur with that recommendation of taking steps to ensure that the personnel we put on the ground are there for longer periods of time. And has the department been able to achieve those requirements in its practice . Yes, it has. The fact is we dont actually have any temporary facilities at the moment. I request give you an example, tho...

Idealistic effort by a young senator from illinois who we were both right to believe would achieve greatness. I have had the opportunity to serve in your distinguished cabinet and worked with a white house chief of Staff White House staff ably led by denis mcdonough. Den has done much to make real the promise of our democracy. And each of the men and women i have come to know will be lifelong friends. Whatever my accomplishments, they could not have been achieved without the love, support and gu...

Leaves a soft relationship, but it is general funds and at the same time if the hotel tax goes into dpr againroom funds and went opfaum [inaudible] you would think arts group would get a little more support. What do you think the reason is . When f we have more general funds and the arts group get less money actually i think that would be a question for the mayors budget office. The way it works everything since there is a change in the code where these are general funds revenue there is a dedic...