America, today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. I commend our Committee Chairs and their members for their somber approach to actions i whh i wish the president had not made necessary. David they ask them to move fast so the senate quote, can have a fair trial. Edward lawrence with more. Reporter White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham says the democrats should be ashamed of themselves. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined in the statement that the house is protecting against threats foreign and domestic. She is saying that the house is protect the u. S. Constitution. Listen to her answer when she was asked if she hated the president . This is about the constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to president s violation of his oath of office. As a catholic i resent your using the word hate in the sentence that addresses me. I dont hate anyone. Today with the speaker announcement she has weakened this nation. Reporter that is House Mi
Continue beyd 110 a. M. Eacmember other than the majority anminority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman fromennsylvania, mr. Thomon, for five minutes mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this coming sunday of s the 26th anniversary the house of representatives passing the northern American Free trade agreement, nafta. This agreement with our two closest trading partners, canada outdated , has become as time has passed. Economies have flourished. Now, we are in desperate need of updating nafta to meet modern day economic demands. Many of us have staff who are younger than nafta, and we world hasree that the changed an awful lot in the last three decades. Needs to bring the United Statesmexciocanada or usmca, to a vote immediately to keep trade fair. Nd a vote on usmca is long overdue. 400 days more than since President Trump announced this historic agreement, and have often anada given usmca the green light
It is great to see each and every one of you, from all parts of our country. Were so glad youre here. On behalf of all the sponsors i want to welcome you to the largest gathering of advantage g evangelicals, godfearing patriots or whatever they want to call us. [ laughter ] in fact, they can call us whatever they want because it doesnt matter. [ applause ] we will not be deterred in our mission to pray, to vote, and to stand together. [ applause ] in fact, i think this weekend it is vitally important that we send a clear message to those that there are those of us who are not going anywhere. Were not going to wave a white flag, surrender on the great moral issues of our day, no matter how many lawsuits they file. No matter how many investigations they launch. No matter how many threats they make to take our Tax Exemption for believing the bible. We have counted the cost. We will not bow. Were committed to stand. [ cheers and applause ] and with that, allow me to set the stage for the 2
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the United States, donald j. Trump, and the secretarygeneral of the United Nations, antonia , accompanied by the Vice President of the United States, mike pence, United States ambassador to the United Nations, kelly kraft, and United States secretary of state, mike pompeo. [applause] good morning everyone. Across the splendid array of countries and cultures represented here, we come together this morning unit about our belief that flourishing societies are sustained by religious freedom. Sadly, this understanding is not universal. Today, all over the world, people of faith face a rising tide of persecution. In just the past year, we have witnessed horrific acts of violence committed against worshipers in mosques, churches and synagogues. We have watched the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of religious minorities in countries around the globe. And we have felt the chill of a world that seems increasingly disinterested in defendi
President ial library and museum. Im so excited for you to be here today. We are commemorating the refugee act of 1980 signed by president carter in march that year. On behalf of president carter, who was unable to be here, i just want to welcome you first, welcome you to the carter president ial center. We say center because theres two fabulous entities here, the federal entity is the Library Museum which is where you are now and a few feet away is the Carter Center which is an ngo. Together president carter looks at us as the center. We provide him with data, research, camaraderie, advice and we work really, really hard for him as well. The refugee act is an amendment to the earlier immigration and nationality act and the migration of the refugee assistant act. The goal was to provide permanent and consistent admission to people who were suffering in other nations and to provide asylum. That was the whole point of it. This is what makes it so exciting to be here today too. We are par