Sen. Graham good morning everybody. We are making progress, we are somewhat closer together now. Hello senator grassley. A little brief update and we will take up the business, next week we are having a hearing about policing, community policing, use of force, we will have two panels, it will be a long day and hopefully an important day. Last time we talked about witnesses regarding the inquiry to the Mueller Investigation to senator feinstein and her friends on the other side, i promise you if you want to call mr. Mueller or his designee, thats fine with me. Over, whenynn cases that ever happens, i want the doj to tell us why they decided to drop it and if you want to call mr. Gleason or judge , we willr anybody else do that. I think theyll be a good topic for this committee. Having said that, the business before the committee was senator feinsteins amendment. Would you like to vote or talk or what would you want to do . Like to maken id Opening Statements. Sen. Graham yes maam. Its y
Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Here is a scenario i think about a lot. Imagine soldiers or Intelligence Officers on leave with family, and over the course of two decades or more the soldier honorably defended america. Then suddenly that vacation turns into a nightmare. The European Countries National Police takes the soldier into custody, detaining him or her on politically motivated charges, a prison sentence abroad is a distinct possibility. A spouse behind bars for defending freedom, a son or daughter robbed of their mom or dad, all on the initiative of a prosecutor in the netherlands. Making sure this does not happen is the essence of american first foreign policy. Sadly, this is not a hypothetical. It could become reality if the International Court follows through with their crusade against American Service members. Many of you might recall in november of 2017, the Courts Office of the prosecutor announced intentions to investigate our brave warriors for alleged crimes ar
Order to support Economic Growth following the coronavirus pandemic. This News Conference runs an hour. Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for joining us. Our country continues to face a difficult and challenging time as a pandemic is causing tremendous hardship in the United States and around the world. People have lost loved ones and many millions have lost their jobs and there is great uncertainty about the future. At the Federal Reserve we are strongly committed to using our tools to do whatever we can and for as long as it takes to provide some relief instability to ensure the recovery will be a strong as possible and to limit lasting damage to the economy. The most important response to the crisis has come from a healthcare workers and on behalf of the Federal Reserve look me express our dedicated individuals who put themselves at risk day after day and service to others and to our nation. Let me also think the essential workers across the country who have helped meet our basic n
Calling upon the turks to exercise restraint, asking us to have humanitarian assistance to the kurds, especially the children most of them as well , as, most importantly, asking the president what his plan was to fight isis now that he had disrupted what was going on in syria. He couldnt handle it. He just couldnt handle it. 21 the republicans voted to oppose what he was doing in syria. He just kind of engaged in a meltdown. Were trying to get the answer. What is your clear plan that this resolution asks for, for how we fight, how we fight isis . It was very sad. It was very sad. Mr. Hoyer we have obviously a crisis. We had a resolution that said the policy that we are pursuing, that was taken, was not agreed to by the overwhelming number of the house of representatives. We need a reasonable, rational discussion between the president and a coequal branch of government, the house and the senate. Unfortunately, the president came in, to my observation, angry and defensive. And frankly, i
Italians have blessed our country with great art and music. Whoonor the italian voyager led a voyage of discovery to the new world, a gentleman known as christopher columbus. To me, it will always be called columbus day. Some people dont like that, i do. Today, the United States and italy draw strength from our cherished heritage as we Work Together to safeguard our people and promote prosperity as nato allies. Our countries cooperate closely on a wide range of critical defense issues, including the protection of our nations against radical islamic terrorism. The problem is, italy is only paying 1. 1 instead of the mandated 2 , which by and of itself is a low number. Only eight of the 28 nato ,ountries are paying the 2 meaning 20 of the countries are delinquent in the payment to nato. Years. Ve been for many germany is 1. 3 at most, spain is that less than 1 , turkey, believe it or not, is almost current and paid up. I want to thank the secretarygeneral because he is going around sayin