Day. Good morning. I am dane kennedy, director of the National History center. I want to welcome you to this briefing on congressional oversight and president ial misconduct. This is part of an ongoing series by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issues that congress is currently addressing. I should stress that the center is a strictly nonpartisan entity and is the purpose of this program and the others we do in the series are not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult ssues. Before handing this over to ames banner, i want to thank the support of the mellon foundation, which makes the series possible. I also want to thank rachel at the back of the room, the assistant director who has organized this. And i want to thank the office of congressman Jerry Connolly who booked the room today. I want to note that we will be collecting questions on not
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Look at you guys look at you guys very small sad. [ laughter ] here, hold my mangoagogo. Take my santa, hello is that you, mr. President . Of course, it is. Look, i dont have much time i ditched eric and don jr. At the disney store wont be long until they realize the thor beanbag chair i left them on isnt their real dad. [ laughter ] you came to the mall just to see santa . Thats right. Tomorrow is the big Impeachment Vote people are saying that all i can do is pray but why pray when i can come straight to you, jesus dad . Oh, im not im not. [ laughter and applause besides, i love malls, i really do. The sights, the sounds, the szechuan samples [ laughter ] but even here, i cant escape the democrats. [ laughter ] theyre very mean, santa theyre very mean. Theyre very nasty [ laughter ] theyre very nasty theyre very nasty people. They do nasty thing. They want to impeach me just like clinton and nixon and prancer and vixon. [ laughter ] but that would be very humiliating and the only per
The u. S. House at 9 00 eastern tomorrow, there will be live on cspan. As we wait for the committee to return we take you back to the beginning of the committee with Opening Statements. The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. Its unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions that the president theyve needed states have made that the excess erie. President trump withheld congressional approved a to the ukraine a, partner under siege, not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with the cranes president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, the road russia the very nation holding part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered in our election in 2016, had another meeting in the Oval Office Just last week. These are not my opinions, these are uncontested facts. Weve listened to the hearings, weve read the transcripts. And its clear that this pre
The go with the free cspan radio app. House members will have one hour to debate a rule tomorrow that sets up six hours of general debate equally divided on the house floor before a final vote takes place on those two articles of impeachment. The rules for debate were approved by the House Rules Committee earlier this evening on a partyline vote of 94. [indiscernible chatter] are you ready . The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. It is unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions of the president of the United States make the necessary. President trump withheld congressionally approved a two ukraine, a partner under siege come a not to fight corruption but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, leaders in russia , the very nation holding a large part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered with our e