I will a congress this recording efforts of the chief of Naval Operations, the secretary, and the senators and members of congress through leadership that is grounded in transparency and i count ability. Thank you, and i look forward to your questions. Transparency in and accountability. Thank you, and i look forward to your questions. Thank you mr. Spencer. I was just on a trip with several of my colleagues, senator warren, senator perdue, senator graham, senator whitehouse, and among other places that we spent the fourth of july as i have for many years ul and outside of kabul with men and women of the military with a number of events that we do for them with the fourth of july, a town hall meeting with a large number of men and women who are in uniform. , this happens asked aecade, and he very us to question. He asked, how many in the room were there for more than the first time in afghanistan . Majority raised their hands. He said, how many have been here more than twice . Majority
Break. A busy week ahead, we are joined with sahil kapur of bloomberg news. Covers fromdinger realclear politics. Guest good morning. Host what is the white house strategy as far as getting the senate bill done . Guest that is a terrific question. The president is very eager , almost desperate very eager, almost desperate before the august break. Challenge fora the hill and for the white house. The part of the president is to see the senate to revamp and redraft the bill. Take it to the floor and that is still a question mark. Armtwistingfar as promises, what is the white house strategy . Friday sending people to the hill . Are they talking are they sending people to the help . Are they talking to people . Guest they are trying a little bit of everything. The Vice President is spending time talking to lawmakers. He will be on the hill to say for the weekly luncheons. He tries to talk to members in the senate. We know how it is. As the president has described, as Mitch Mcconnell has des
The Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of Richard Spencer to be secretary of the navy. I would like to acknowledge the tragedy in mississippi yesterday, 16 Service Members lost their lives in the crash of a marine corps kc 130 from cherry point, north carolina. It reminds us that these brave men and women put themselves in harms way everyday at home and abroad in training and in combat and service to our nation. We are keeping their families in our hearts and prayers. Nation. We are keeping their families in our hearts and prayers. Mr. Spencer, we think you for training us this morning and we welcome your family and friends with us today as is our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce those who are joining him. It is standard for this committee to ask certain questions in order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibility. It is upon that this committee and other committees are able to receive testimony and brie
The Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of Richard Spencer to be secretary of the navy. I would like to acknowledge the tragedy in mississippi yesterday, 16 Service Members lost their lives in the crash of a marine corps kc 130 from cherry point, north carolina. It reminds us that these brave men and women put themselves in harms way everyday at home and abroad in training and in combat and service to our nation. We are keeping their families in our hearts and prayers. Nation. We are keeping their families in our hearts and prayers. Mr. Spencer, we think you for training us this morning and we welcome your family and friends with us today as is our tradition at the beginning of your testimony we invite you to introduce those who are joining him. It is standard for this committee to ask certain questions in order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibility. It is upon that this committee and other committees are able to receive testimony and brie
Lawmakers walk through their starting legislative session. We will bring you live coverage here on cspan. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. You have created us with opportunities to serve other people in their need, to share together in respect and affection