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Bradberry. I rise today to speak in opposition to the nomination of Stephen Bradberry the general counsel of the department of transportation. I must say to my colleagues, the years i have been here. I never thought that we will be considering the nomination of a person who supported, who supported commission of what the Geneva Convention says his war crimes. That is a serious, serious issue. And the constitution charges the senate to give its advice and consent to Senior Executive branch nominations. As a check against the appointment of people to important government positions. Who, because ...

See it starting at 9 00 a. M. Eastern starting here on cspan3. Leo shane is Capitol Hill Bureau chief for the military times. The house is taking up the final version of the 2018 Defense Authorization bill. What do we need to know about this bill . It costs nearly 700 billion. Yeah, and thats the big story coming out of it is that they still havent really settled what this ongoing Defense Budget debate and this ongoing debate about how to rein in some government spending. So as you said it totals 700 billion. Thats about 630 billion of base defense spending but thats well above what the mandat...

Believe these young women, do you believe judge moore should be seated in the senate if he wins . And, would you introduce dojstigations by the investigating his actions . Mr. Sessions we will investigate every case as to whether or not it should be investigated. This would normally be a state case. I will say representative that the ethics people at the department of justice, and i have talked to them about it when this campaign started. It is the seat i used to hold. They advised me that the attorney general should not be involved in this campaign. I have friends in the campaign thank you, i...

Representative john larson reviews republican tax reform effort. Finally, lisa monaco talks about preventing future terrorist attacks. Join our conversation now. Host good morning, it is wednesday, november 15, 2017. The senate is in at 9 30 while the house meets at 10 00 a. M. And noon for legislative business. This is the day after jeff , fromns latest testimony everything to Trump Campaign contacts with russia to allegations against Hillary Clinton and Sexual Assault accusations against Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. Did you watch . What did you think . The phones lines are open phone ...

Evening byte last the assistant attorney general sessions yes. Asked you direct mr. Boyd to drop. Response . Direct mr. Boyd to draft that response . Was it just you or anyone else question mark mr. Sessions i think it wouldve been a direction from me. Did you review the letter before it was sent . Yes. Essions id you agree with what was laid out . So. Sessions i think and the third paragraph it says, the attorney general has directed federal prosecutors to address certain situations raised in the letter. The senior prosecutors will report directly to the attorney general and the Deputy Attorn...