Been done by just about every president since George Washington that that is obstruction that is our patriotic duty mr schiff particularly one confronted with a wholesale trampling of Constitutional Rights that im unfamiliar with in this country frankly its the kind of thing that our state department would criticize if we see it in Foreign Countries weve never seen anything like it and mr schiff said have i got a deal for you abandon all your Constitutional Rights forget about your lawyers and come in and do exactly what i say no thank you no thank you and then he says he has the temerity to come into the senate and say we have no use for courts its outrageous now let me tell you another story theres a man named charlie cupper men. He is the Deputy National security advisor he is the number 2 to john bull because you have to remember mr schiff want you to forget but you have to remember how we got here they threatened him they sent him a subpoena mr kopper men did what any american sho
Im chain lee director and the senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramifications ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally and perhaps even today, china tends to t
A 2 thirds vote to convict trump and remove him from office with these amendments and they need a simple majority to pass well democrats continue to push for change calling the current rules a cover i send an amendment to the desk to subpoena certain documents and records from the white house the house managers strongly support senator schumers amendment which would ensure a fair legitimate trial based on a full evidentiary record the senate can remedy President Trumps unprecedented cover up by taking a straightforward step it can ask for the key evidence that the president has improperly blocked senator schumers amendment thats just that. Republicans are refusing to allow any amendments they say the democrats request to add new evidence as proof that the impeachment case is flawed. The 1st thing that the house managers have done upon arriving finally in this chamber after waiting for 33 days is to say well actually we need more evidence were not ready to present our case we need to ha
Controlled by the Republican Party of donald trump and the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has proposed some rules that would trigger a quick a trial lets look at what those are initially he gave them we were discussing this a moment ago he gave each side 24 hours which would be split over 2 days for their opening arguments thats now been pushed out to 3 days as i guess was saying presumably 8 hours a day witnesses cannot be called until the opening arguments and even then it will be left to a vote and whats important to remember there is that the republicans as we say are in control so they would have significant powers to block any witnesses called by the democrats this is what they wanted to do and another change to the initial rules Mitch Mcconnell will now allow transcripts from the house judiciary impeachment hearing the house hearing to be submitted mcconnell has promised that this will be a fair even handed process 1st. The senate will hear an opening presentation from t
A status u. S. From the state house. At the beginning of a speech members of a group called distinction rebellion began a protest of a Climate Change, causing the legislative session to go into recess. So police could remove the protesters. , mister president , madam speaker, chief justice, members of the General Assembly, honored guests and fellow vermont people, today i welcome the opening of the legislative session, with the same optimism i had as a freshman senator from washington, nearly two decades ago. I come before you to report on the state of the state, the reflection on the work weve done, a share of asian and priorities for a future. And elected, officials is our duty to distinguish what must be done, from what we might like to do,. To work together, polling in the same direction, and make a difference for those we serve. We meet at a time in our nations history were too many elected officials on both sides, are choosing confrontation and partisan politics, over collaborati