Nations passed on American History tv, all weekend every weekend on the on the cspan3. Only on cspan3. Announcer 2 earlier today, Republican Rep Steve Scalise and steny hoyer discussed next weeks house agenda. They also talked about the minimum wage increase and allegations of racism and intolerance. For what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Mr. Scalise i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring to the majority leader the schedule for next week. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Scalise i would like to yield to my friend, the gentleman from maryland, the House Majority leader. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for yielding. On tuesday, the house will meet at 12 p. M. With votes postponed until 6 0 p. M. On wednesday and thursday, the house will meet at 10 00 a. M. And 12 p. M. For legislative business. On friday, the house will meet at 9 00 a. M. And last vote
End up taking away some services i want to know when we start suing European Companies to get back what they steal from our companies. Every time you get a 5 billion charge against an american tech company, lets sue them back which ones . Take s. A. P. Thats the only one they got they basically legislate innovation out of their business in europe. Well dig deeper into this. Its something the markets are focused on you think election cycles end . I think well go through an intense 18 months. Get a week off. Do we get a week . This cycle it will be about bashing tech it wont be about bashing healthca healthcare youre a good outsider looking in you have great oil and gas stuff. Good miners. You will blackberry for a while. That seemed okay you had a little tech. You admire what were able to do down here. Im a huge investor down here i know. I think the biggest trade opportunity in the next five months will be taking u. S. Dollars, converting them to canadian you would have to beloony t do
Honorable kelly craft, currently the ambassador for canada and nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. First we have two distinguished guests, distinguished and celebrity guests i might add today. And they are going to introduce our nominees or were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. Usually i do senator menendez and i do our Opening Statements first but were going to postpone because i know our guests introducers have important business to do. Were privileged to be joined by ambassador krafts home state senators today, majority leader mitch mcconnell, senator rand paul will be here soon to also introduce the nominee. Senator mcconnell, welcome to the United States foreign Foreign Relations committee. Long known for its kindness to its witnesses and for civility. Your steady and thoughtful leadership inspire us all as you sail this ship through the heavy seas we encounter daley here and we welcome hearing your considered judgment regarding th
The issues were dealing with here are challenging to say the least. I was at the Opening Ceremony opening up st. Elizabeths. And comment i made there is its pretty easy from the dais here to take pot shots, to detail out what problems arent being addressed as perfectly as wed like to see. But im convinced from all the contact ive had, quite honestly working with the men and women of dhs, im convinced the men and women are showing a great deal of integrity, dedication, digit, and courage in trying to deal with this horrific situation. And well talk a little bit more about that. I would ask that my written Opening Statement be entered in the record. This hearing really started a couple years ago holding a hearing through his subcommittee on example of servitude. More recent news stories after the robert kraft massage parlor scandal, New York Times wrote a really good investigative story just laying out the reality of these massage parlors. And often asian women that had been smuggled, tr
Nations. Well show you as much of this hearing as we can until the house comes back into session at noon eastern. Mr. Menendez i find the Staggering Amount of time away from post troubling and an abdication of leadership. If confirmed, you would be serving alongside some of the most experienced, seasoned and sometimes ruthless diplomats from all over the world. Were confronting myriad challenges in the world today, including multiplying conflicts, Climate Change, Nuclear Proliferation that cut across borders, which the United States cannot meet alone. While the u. N. And its subsidiary bodies are far from perfect institution, they have the power to facilitate remarkable achievements and leverage partnerships. If you are confirmed, i hope you address the following priorities. First, we must actively seek so balance chinas influence. This administrations pullback from the u. N. Risks enabling china to fill the vacuum by ceding diplomatic ground. China is eager to undermine u. N. Human ri