Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a
Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a
First of all i should say welcome to everybody particularly our colleagues and nominees and family and friends and citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination ofChristopher Wray. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on you nomination. This is an important day for the country considering the importance of fbi and Law Enforcement in america. Importance of fbi and i welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give omitting and then senator nunn will introduce anybody he wants to and then we will turn to questions. His Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As an accommodation to the minoritys request, we will have tenminute rounds for questions during the first round rather than the normal seven. The di
Drivers seat of our own destiny by doing this act of civil disobedience. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. Tonight on afterwards syndicated columnist naomi klein on her book know is not enough. By cofounderewed of code pink. Us how the stage was set for trump. I see this is a bipartisan process. Its about media, news coverage. The table was set for him in so many ways that all he needed to do was show up. We were already treating elections like reality tv shows. We already had a media landscape that was much more interested in interpersonal drama between candidates for an coverage of the issues. Democrats using the tools of corporate branding. Obama was a fantastic brand. It used incredibly cutting edge marketing techniques. That behind the claims that he was leading this deep change and transformation there wasnt enough change. That also helps that the typical for trump. Watch tonight on cspan twos book tv. The confirmation hearing for christopher wray. The nominee for fbi direct
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