Everyone. Rning, welcome to the 2017 values voters summit. Are you ready to drain the swamp . [cheering and applause] ive got the equipment and the motivation and we are going to get it. Done get it done. This is our moment. We must seize this moment and save our republic area we must save our republic from the dangers and destructive policies that we that were unleashed by the barack Obama Administration. Today, as we begin the 12th annual values voter summit, we have folks from around the country and via the internet. We have likeminded swamp trainers from around the world. [laughter] and i want to thank you, in all seriousness. I want to thank you for having the courage to not be silent, but rather to stand up and speak out and contend with those who want to feed our freedoms to the strip the swamp monster we call government. This is our moment and we must seize it. At the conclusion of our time together, i hope you are better informed, more encouraged and motivated, with a fresh re
Are you ready to drain the swamp . [cheering and applause] ive got the equipment and the motivation and we are going to get it. Done get it done. This is our moment. We must seize this moment and save our republic area we must save our republic from the dangers and destructive policies that we that were unleashed by the barack Obama Administration. Today, as we begin the 12th annual values voter summit, we have folks from around the country and via the internet. We have likeminded swamp trainers from around the world. [laughter] and i want to thank you, in all seriousness. I want to thank you for having the courage to not be silent, but rather to stand up and speak out and contend with those who want to feed our freedoms to the strip the swamp monster we call government. This is our moment and we must seize it. At the conclusion of our time together, i hope you are better informed, more encouraged and motivated, with a fresh resolve to drain the swamp and save our republic. Defend. Ot
Authorizes to declare recess at any time. Members are supposed to follow a tax reform unveiled that i would note for the record that the mysterious tax reform bill is still not unveiled to us so we are waiting breathlessly for that. I would like to ask a notebook presence of her colleague mr. Issa issa from california and i ask unanimous consent that mr. Issa be allowed to fully participate in todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. On september 11, 2001 radical islamic terrorists attacked our country and killed thousands of innocent men women and children. These terrorists aided and abetted by the taliban used afghanistan as a safe haven and refuge. These terrorists bent heres a map in the sand plotting waiting for the chance to strike us at home. Throughout the 90s the American People watch as United States suffered terrorist attacks in new york city at the Khobar Towers and our embassies in east africa and against our uss cole. Affiliate act in the run up to 9 11 emboldened al
Afghan government is taking to identify trends among Afghan Military personnel being trained by the u. S. This House Oversight subcommittee hearing is just under an hour and a half. I would note for the record, the mysterious tax reform bill is still not unveiled to us. We are waiting breathlessly for that. I would like to ask, i note the presence of our colleague from california, and ask unanimous ssa be allowed to fully participate today. Radical islamic terrorists killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children. These terrorists used afghanistan as a safe haven and refuge. These terrorists spent years in afghanistan plotting, waiting for the chance to strike us at home. Throughout the 1990s, the American People watched as the United States suffered terror attacks in new york city, in east africa, and against our uss cole. The failure to act in the runup to 9 11 caused a more devastating attack. It had become a useful staging ground. American forces responded to the al1 attacks
Good morning, everyone. Arent you a smartlooking set this morning . The topic today is religion and the American Revolution. You recall from our last session together, i laid out what i think are some headwaters of early american constitutionalism. Thats what i was calling them. So we looked at classical republicanism, primarily roman, grecoroman, but primarily roman. We looked at enlightenment liberalism, primarily british, which included the common law tradition and some older things. Then i mentioned protestant christianity as the third of those headwaters that i believe feeds into early american constitutionalism. And we deferred that to today. So thats where we are today. You recall this image of the Missouri River and its headwaters. Great rivers main streams have head waters that flow into them and are at some point indistinguishable from one another and the river. These are the headwaters of the Missouri River, the gallitan, the madison, and the jefferson rivers, discovered by