[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements extraneous material and questions for the record subject to length limitation in the rules. We will begin, mr. Secretary. Thank you for meeting with us this morning. Weeks ago we invited you to testify about american policy towards iran, iraq and the use of force. No one doubts that case and solomon was a dangerous terrorist but its important that we look at Foreign Policy in terms of whether it makes american safer and advances our interest. Weeks later we seen attacks, injured more than 100 servicemembers, then then need to move thousands personal back to the region and remnant of our relationship with iraq and the setback in the fight against isis. I ran again pushing headlo
Welcome back for the 2019 cato surveillance conference, i am still Julian Sanchez a senior fellow here and im pleased to welcome you for the afternoon session there is more fascinating stuff happening in the world of surveillance that can be covered in fully panels and we are always glad to have a lineup of smart focus to address that range of topics in our shorter flash talks and to begin the senior counsel and director of Freedom Technology and project, this is a time where we hear a lot about the goal of putting the first but surveillance space this often creates friction with our allies when our surveillance goals may conflict and im happy to welcome that from an international perspective. applause thanks julian and hello. I am with the center for democracy and technology, ww the cdt. Org. I want to talk about the applications of America First surveillance policy. When i say America First i mean americans first, the surveillance policy on the intelligence side of the equation discr
Mcconnell spoke on the floor flf the house voted to impeach President Trump. He called the proceedings they, quote, rushed in. Inquiry. Last night House Democrats did what they decided to do a long time ago. They voted to impeach President Trump. Over the last 12 weeks House Democrats have conducted the most rushed and unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history. Now their process has concluded and the partisan president ial impeachment since the wake of the civil war. The opposition was bipartisan. Only one part of one faction wanted this outcome. The misconduct risked deeply damaging institutions of american government. This particular house of representatives has let its partisan rage at this particular president create a toxic new precedent that will echo well into the future. Thats what i want to discuss right now. The historical degree to which the House Democrats have failed to do their duty and what it will mean for the senate to do ours. So lets start at the beginning. Lets s
Concluded in the first purely partisan president ial impeachment since the wake of the civil war. The opposition to impeachment was bipartisan. Only one part of one faction wanted this outcome. The houses conduct risks a deeply damaging the institutions of american government. This particular house of representatives has let its partisan rage at this particular president create a toxic new precedent that will echo well into the future. Thats what i want to discuss right now. The historic degree to which House Democrats have failed to do their duty and what it will mean for the senate to do ours. So lets start at the beginning. Lets start with the fact that washington democrats made up their minds to impeach President Trump since before he was even inaugurated. Heres a reporter in april of 2016, april of 2016. Donald trump isnt even the republican nominee yet but impeachment is already on the lips of pundits, newspaper editorials, constitutional scholars, and even a few members of congr
Government for the rest of the year to avoid a shut down tomorrow at midnight and work on a number of judicial nominees today. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, you are our light and salvation and we are not afraid. You protect us from danger so we do not tremble. Mighty god, you are not intimidated by the challenges that confront our nation and world. Lord, inspire our lawmakers with the knowledge of your holiness that will give them reverential awe. Remind them of the many prayers they have prayed that you have already answered. Lord, you have been our help in ages past. You are our hope for the years to come. We magnify your holy name. Dont stay far off. Show yourself strong to this generatio and fill us with your peace. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge