Good morning. Today we are going to vote on senator sessions nomination to serve as attorney general. After we look on senator sessions, we will turn to legislation and other committee housekeeping business on the agenda. I would like to mention a few things before we proceed. Except for the Ranking Member, i will ask everyone to try to limit the remarks to five minutes. That is how i handle lynchs nomination and by my count, every democrat on this committee except for two that i know about, has already announced that the intent to oppose the nomination so there is no mystery how this thing may go today. As far as the final vote is concerned. With everyones cooperation we should be able to move forward in an orderly way. Three weeks ago senator sessions testified before this committee. For more than 10 hours. Throughout that testimony, the American People had the opportunity to hear and learn directly from senator sessions. What all of us on this committee already knew to be true becau
It happened after vietnam. It happened after the fall of yugoslavia. And now where are we today. Because of the executive orders of this president , hes called into question over a half century commitment to accepting refugees from around the world. People who have been victims of persecution and genocide and terrorism and war are to be excluded. And is it because of a real threat to our country . Exactly how many Syrian Refugees have been accused of terrorism in the United States of america . None. Not one. And when you do the lengthy history of 40 yearsplus of all of the millions of refugees who come to this country, you could count on one hand those who have done us wrong. And they were let into the country long before the vetting we now have in place. It is disgraceful the language that was used during the campaign by candidate donald rump when it came to refugees. Disgraceful. I met with these syrian Refugee Families and i welcome those who are critical of them to take a few minut
Good morning. Today we are going to vote on senator sessions nomination to serve as attorney general. After we look on senator sessions, we will turn to legislation and other committee housekeeping business on the agenda. I would like to mention a few things before we proceed. Except for the Ranking Member, i will ask everyone to try to limit the remarks to five minutes. That is how i handle lynchs nomination and by my count, every democrat on this committee except for two that i know about, has already announced that the intent to oppose the nomination so there is no mystery how this thing may go today. As far as the final vote is concerned. With everyones cooperation we should be able to move forward in an orderly way. Three weeks ago senator sessions testified before this committee. For more than 10 hours. Throughout that testimony, the American People had the opportunity to hear and learn directly from senator sessions. What all of us on this committee already knew to be true becau
California. Then we look at one of Donald Trumps most powerful advisors, Stephen Miller, a 31yearold former aide to senator Jeff Sessions. The end result of this is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned. Amy we will look at how Stephen Miller went from pestering latino students to designing trumps immigration policy. We will speak with one of his former classmates and a reporter at univision. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Washington Post reports the white house is in fullblown crisis following the resignation of former National Security advisor Michael Flynn. On tuesday, the white house admitted that President Trump new for weeks Michael Flynn had discussed center than a call on december 29 with the Russian Ambassador and then lied
Russia amidst reports that members of trumps team made repeated contact with russian intelligence officials before the november election. We will speak with democratic commerce member ted lieu of california. Then we look at one of Donald Trumps most powerful advisors, Stephen Miller, a 31yearold former aide to senator Jeff Sessions. The end result of this is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions that the powers of the president to protect our c couny are very substantial and will not be questioned. Amy we will look at how Stephen Miller went from pestering latino students to designing trumps immigration policy. We will speak with one of his former classmates and a reporter at univision. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Washington Post reports the white house is in fullblown crisis following the resignation of former National Security ad