All persons having business before the honorable the United States court of appeals for the District Of Columbia circuit are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting. God save the United States in this honorable court. Case number 1954. Oversighttrump versus and reform of the u. S. House of representatives. Good morning. May it please the court. In april of 2019, when the Oversight Committee issued this subpoena, it had an extraordinarily broad view of its own investigative authority. According to the committee, the power of the subpoena subpoena the president s personal papers is coextensive with the power to legislate. Ordid not to give any reason legislation and it had no duty to tailor its request. That view of its own authority is reflected in the subpoena which is drafted an incredibly broad terms and is little more than a vague sentence in a memo about legislation. But the committees view of its own authority was rejected by the Supreme Cour
And now live to london for british Prime Ministers question time. Each week the house of commons is in session we bring you Prime Minister Boris Johnson getting questions from members of the house of commons wednesday morning on cspan2. Prior to question time members are finishing up other business. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. The whole house will be with the honorable member. Join me in wishing her a speedy recovery. And there will be further meetings. On behalf of my honorable friend my constituents are reeling from the 9 contraction of the economy, unemployment has skyrocketed, the highest in the country. Unfortunately we are at the same time facing the idea there could be a congestion forced on 4 million by this government. And they are placing the double whammy of covid19 and financial ruin. And i respectfully informed the honorable lady, the mayor of london bankrupted, and before it hit and it is a massive black hole, any need to make up the deficit is
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Particularly with china. I refunded . A variety of individuals and corporations. We dont accept any corporate or foreignon money. Several headlines got our attention that w says chinas military has surpassed us in ships and missiles and air defense. Talking about conventional weapons first. So what is the strength of the Chinese Military . Its very impressive. Its daunting. Remember the United States spends more on total that china has been closing the gap and exclusively focused on its own region. So that the age in the pacific the most recent is shifting in chinas direction. Thirty or 40 years ago the Chinese Military was a sophisticated force is no longer the case and they are closing the gap in key areas and that trend is continuing. Mr. Cole be the headline of the Nuclear Arsenal that tells us the china plans to double the nuclearhi arsenal. Talk about that part of the equation. The conventional event is more sobering. It is slated to doubleed in size from a low amount what is con