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A suspended sentence for making false accusations of rape. The u. S. Secretary of state has defended the assassination of the Iranian Military commander cassim saw the mahdi mike pompei a says that washington acted because of an imminent threat and that they got it right on pay insists the u. S. Will follow International Law if it targets iran in the future and he says irans culture and heritage is under threat from its leader has not the u. S. Let me tell you whos done damage to the persian culture. Its not the United States of america its the ayatollah if you want to look at who has denied r...

Crisis in the middle east. Yesterday, President Trump ordered the assassination of a top iranian general. With the leader of an iraqi militia. This is a dangerous escalation that brings us closer to another in disastrous war in the middle east. Livescould cost countless and trillions more dollars and lead to even more deaths, more inflict, more displacement the already highly volatile region of the world. When i voted against the war in feared that it would result in greater destabilization in that country and in the entire region. At that time, i warned about the deadly socalled unintended co...

The committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record, subject to the limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that today is mr. Mccauls birthday. So happy birthday, mr. Mccaul. [ applause ] im 35 years once again. Yes. Me too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy toward iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo ...

Toomey why did the administration think it was worth renegotiating nafta . Was it that an unfair and balanced agreement . Was there a lack of reciprocity . Where the tariffs to high . No. To all of those questions. Nafta is a freetrade agreement. On 97 offs agricultural goods. No quotas. No obstacles. A to me is the epitome of free, fair, reciprocal trade agreement. Pennsylvania exports to mexico have grown. I think you can make a case that since nafta was signed in 1993, a lot has changed in the economy. We have this whole digital sector. Modernizing made sense. But that is not the reason the...

Thanks for the kind introduction and thank you for hosting this and giving me this chance to share my thoughts and have a conversation about what i think is an important topic. I appreciate everybody who came out, as well. I can, and one of the messages i get repeatedly from my staff, they like to take me aside, it doesnt mean you cant give a short speech and ill keep that advice in mind as i work through my remarks and look forward to the exchange with derek. So when i think of usmca, its a starting point about nafta. Why did the administration feel it was necessary to renegotiate nafta becau...