War museum, is relevant today. Many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs who love to study the lessons of history. I would like to add a special welcome to some of you who are new to the preservationists who have joined us today in the audience. As we have over the decades in our existence, as the museum of the confederacy and the American Civil War center which combined to form the American Civil War museum, we have always thought that it was our responsibility to engage constructively with public issues arising from the subject of the civil war. Whether that subject be monuments, the confederate battle flag, or the discussion of slavery as the cause of the war. Our purpose today is to promote a constructive and civil consideration of civil war monuments. We have organized a program that features scholars who come from diverse academic backgrounds and bring diverse viewpoints to the subject. Collectively they will provide background and perspective on monuments and give us
If we may, we can begin our hearing. It was delayed with the arrival mr. Scalise, who was received warmly by the house, and we are continuing to pray for his continued recovery, and his family is constantly in our minds. This is our Congressional Task force on election security. Body to lookd this at some issues around what happened during the last election. A lot of us are concerned about it. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward. If we to figure out missed something, can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future . , the cochair,sly who is a Ranking Member on the house administration. A comment for the record, as the cochair, in the interest of time, im just going to submit it for the record. We are joined here by former secretary of Homeland Security, jeh johnson, and former undersecretary for for the department, suzanne spaulding. Welcome. We are going to allow you to begin. Mr. Johnson thank you for having us, for inviting us. I accepted this invitati
Homeland security secretary jeh johnson and a former Homeland Security undersecretary. They talked about russias speakinte interference in the election and how to prevent interference in the upcoming elections. If we may, well begin our hearing. It obviously was delayed with the arrival of former member scalise, which was obviously received quite warmly with the house. We are continuing to pray for his continued recovery and his family is constantly in our mind. This is our Congressional Task force on Election Security. We have formed this body to look at some issues around what happened during the last electi election. A lot of us are concerned about it. Were kind of looking forward rather than backward but kind of trying to figure out did we miss something. Can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future . We have the cochair miss br braddo braddock, Ranking Member on house administration. I have a comment for the record, miss cochair, in the interest of time, im just
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Behind james comeys firing. He wasnt doing a good job. Not doing a good job. He once praised comey having guts and doing the right thing on the clinton email investigation. Quandary that the director wrestled with. It makes me mildly nauseous we might have had an impact on the election. But it wouldnt change the decision. Critics allege it is obstruction of justice since comey is leading the Russian Investigation and possibly retaliation that trump was angered when comey refuted trumps claim he had been wiretapped by president obama. Attorney general sessions didnt respond to questions about the timing. Why fire mr. Comey now before the completion of the i. G. Report . Nevertheless it makes trump the first president since Richard Nixon to fire an official overseaing an investigation into him overseeing an investigation into him. What next . Spokesperson sara sanders pressed about the independent special prosecutor to examine connections to russia. We dont think its necessary. The appea