Overseas, for trying to kill more jobs in the energy sector. Joe biden confirmed his plans to abolish the entire u. S. Oil industry. That means no fracking, no jobs, no energy for pennsylvania families, texas. He wants to go wind. Lets go wind. Lets go have he will eradicate your energy and send pennsylvania into a crippling depression. Lou president Trumps Campaign pushed this week push this week comes as his poll numbers are rising. Rasmussens dale lu tracking poll shows President Trump with 52 approval, 52 support among all americans. They also show President Trump with a 1point lead nationally over joe biden. Biden, in the same poll, held a 3point lead are, well, predebate just a week ago. And President Trump is energized, hes engaging with hundreds of thousands of voters all across the country while joe biden has chosen to, well, keep his Campaign Close to home. So close, in fact, he had plans to stay in his basement throughout the day, but his handlers did manage to convince him
Whats my name, whats my oooo n President Trump is in michigan touring a forward plan that will produce been the leaders and is excited to make remarks. This it was scheduled for 3 20 eastern time, but things appear to be running behind schedule. We will take you there lie with them tomorrow to begin here on cspan. We will take you there when the remarks begin, here on cspan. Danielle brian joining us, the executive director on government oversight talking about the president decision to find the specter general. Lets begin with the role of the Inspector General in the federal government. Why do we have them and when did they first began . Daniel after watergate and the Church Committee hearings, which your viewers were really informed on government history will remember the investigations into overreach and wrongdoing in the Intelligence Community, especially the fbi. The Congress Passed a law that was creating these inspectors general in the agencies and have 78 Inspector Generals acr
Report tensions flare in the senate as republicans wrap up their investigation into obama era officials amid public and private pressure from donald trump. Gop senators are embracing calls to use their congressional power to investigate trumps biggest grievances from the Obama Administration, including the origins of the russia investigation. Foreignt established Intelligence Surveillance act and hunter biden. The Senate Judiciary committee will hold a vote they give chairman graham broad subpoena authority to call dozens of officials to testify as part of his investigation into the pfizer court and hurricane. Russianstigation into meddling and the 2016 campaign. We will have coverage at that hearing at 10 00 a. M. On cspan, downloadg, and you can the free cspan radio app. The chair of the Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham, republican from South Carolina, spoke to reporters. [video clip] model waspoena used by senator lahey when the Judiciary Committee was investigating torture abuses
And the Church Committee hearings, which your viewers who are informed on history will remember were investigations into overreach and wrongdoing in the Intelligence Community. Especially the fbi. Congress passed a law that was creating these inspectors general in each of the agencies. They have expanded now, i think it is 78 inspectors general across the federal government. They are part of the executive branch, but they are unique in that while reporting directly to the head of the agency, they also report directly to congress. Port directly to congress. What sort of training do they need to have two how do you become an Inspector General . Guest that is a good question. It is clear there is confusion about that. In the 2008 reform act, they formalized a system where the report in 2008 reform act, they formalized a system where the Inspector General would go through a vetting process that would look at potential report in 2008 reform igs, making sure they had proper evidence of a Law
In the house impeachment inquiry. No president in history has ever done anything like this. Many president s have expressed they couldnt do anything like this. President trump did not take these extreme steps to hide evidence of his innocence or to protect the institution of the presidency. As a career Law Enforcement officer, i have never seen anyone take such extreme steps to hide evidence allegedly proving his innocence. And i do not find that here today. The president is engaged in this coverup because he is guilty, and he knows it and he knows that the evidence he is concealing will only further demonstrate his culpability. Notwithstanding this effort to stonewall our inquiry, the house amassed powerful evidence of the president s high crimes and misdemeanors. 17 witnesses, 130 hours of testimony combined with the president s own admission on phonecalls and Public Comments confirmed and corroborated by hundreds of texts, emails and documents. Much of that evidence came from patrio