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Three days while congress is on a holiday recess. The second session of the 100 16th session begins friday. Provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable debra fischer, a senator from the state of nebraska, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Previous order, the Senate Congress returns to work the first week of january. Here is what is ahead. The house is yet to decide on impeachment managers and send the two articles of impeachment over to the senate. Eventually, the senate will sit as a jury to hear the case against President Trump. We also expect the senate to take up the usmexico canada treed agreement know with you to smc eight was also before leaving fo ....
[inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible] Committee Welcomes order. Good morning to everyone and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess on a committee at any time. Withthat i will now recognize myself from my Opening Statements. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman of the committee on oversight and reform as we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague chairman Elijah Cummings and as i sit here today and as chair i am mindful of his Lifelong Mission to seek not only Common Ground but higher ground. With that in mind i am very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years. The need f ....
[applause] let the word go forth here and now. Bernie sanders is on the way to the white house with his progressive agenda. Be quiet for a second and look at each other, your wonderful hearts and minds. I wish you could see how beautiful you are. We are here in the name of integrity, honesty and integrity. Thing sanders is the real we are talking about somebody who is for real. [applause] i come from a people who have been hated for 400 years and taught the world so much about love. Stevie wonder, aretha franklin, and what it looks like in public. That is why we are here in solidarity at the level of our in they, and we know liberal politician when we see one. [applause] we looking for a serious critique of wall street, not hating rich folks, but hating greed, greed, greed. When somebody understands ecological catastrophe and someone understands White Supremacy and male supremacy, losing sight of humanity of and alsoand muslims p ....
While another suspect held a man at gunpoint. I am lucky to be alive. Reporter the clerk seemed in the video describe the moments that followed. No words were said. He forced me onto the ground. My head was on the floor and i was just trying to get my back straight. I have back problems. Every time i would raise up, they would push me down. The government pistol whipped him three times. They fired at the suspect as he ran away. I didnt even know that i hit him. I just pointed and shot wants. The government did not make it far. He collapsed nearly half a block away and the second man got away. He said he didnt care about the money but only fought back because he feared for his life. What made you decide to fire your weapon . Pretty much instinct. Me being in the military, that part kicked in. One of the suspects did fire at least one shot and that bullet hit a sunglass case. The victim was treated at the hospital and got stitches in his head. He said back in the 1980s and said what happ ....