clear and direct contact was necessary to avoid accidents or misunderstandings. earlier, mr xi described china s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. president biden made his comments at a news conference that mr xi didn t attend. i welcome the positive . steps we ve taken today, and it s important for the world to see - that we re implementing the approach in the best traditions i of american diplomacy. we re talking - to our competitors and the key. and just talking, just - being blunt with one another, so there s no misunderstanding, |as a key element to maintainingj global stability and delivering for the american people. - and in the months ahead, we re going to continue to preserve i and pursue high level diplomacy | with the prc in both directionsl to keep the lines of communication open, including between president xi and me. he and i agreed that each one of us could pick up i the phone, call directly- and be heard immediately. i think i kno
Testimony before congressional investigators, they say he told the Senate Judiciary committee that he personally had not had any contact with wikileaks during the campaign. He also said he could not recall anyone else on the campaign having contact with wikileaks. The Senate Judiciary Committee Earlier this week published a letter in which they say specifically that Jared Kushner not only received an email detailing his contact with wikileaks, but then forwarded that as well. That letter signed by Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Grassley also claims that Jared Kushner failed to provide them with certain key documents they requested. Some of them specifically pertaining to wikileaks. The attorney for Jared Kushner abby lowell put out a statement saying senators are asking Gotcha Questions. Heres what he told us. This is a classic Gotcha Question. Mr. Kushner was asked if he has contacts with wikileaks. Gucifer or d. C. Leaks, and he said no. He said he didnt know of any such contacts from th
The transcript had been out for two months. Maybe the ambassador thought there is nothing new here. But, shazam, last week you come forward with supposed this new information and nothing different in there than what we had on the transcript. Maybe thats the reason their star witness, first witness didnt bring it up. Youre their closing witness because you overheard the president overtalking to Ambassador Sondland. I see four seconds left on the clock. You may take as long as you need. Thank you, sir. I believe that Ambassador Taylor already knew when i briefed him when i returned from vacation on the 6th. It was not news for him that the president was pressing for a Biden Investigation. I asked why he didnt share with us. Please do not interrupt the witness any further. You may answer the question. Its exactly my point. I briefed the call and when we
come back and i referred to the call and everyone is nodding. Of course, thats whats going on. Of course the president is pressing for a
Distinguished Colleagues,Senate Secretary and Chamber Staff,Employees and Staff of the Senate,Members of the Press,Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen:The Senate adjourns today sine die for the 5th Session of the 54th Legislature. It has been a long y
so i think it s going to take a little bit more from the white house to really arm twist. perhaps it s an ultimatum. that s what you re hearing from democrats and progressives and just democrats on the hill. they feel they ve thrown the book at manchin and sinema. they ve had closed door sessions from tester to warnock to convince manchin he has to do something and still he walked out of the meeting saying, i believe what i believe. i think what we re seeing from the white house is an attempt to lever pull but i anticipate the calls for a more severe lever pull. we ll see if those calls work. rachael bade, help us understand the rules here. on infrastructure, really next up, really, in biden s agenda, the plan b has been to go to reconciliation. as they did with covid relief in which case they d only need 50 votes plus the vice president breaking the tie. the senate parliamentarian and this is hard to understand but it s essential to this question. may have made that more difficult b