And 15 minutes. All persons having business before the court of appeals issued by the columbia circuit are to give their attention for the court is now sitting. God save the United States. Case number 195331. Committee on the house of representatives. Versus donald mcgann. [indiscernible] good morning. Good morning. May it please the court. The House Judiciary Committee seeks to serve an implied cause of action to enforce the subpoena to compel mr. Mcgahn to testify regarding his duties as white House Counsel over the objection of the president of the United States. Regarding his duties as white House Counsel over the objection of the president of the United States. Dispute over institutional prerogative bears no resemblance to the cases are controversies that could be heard under article three. Moreover, while congress has purported to authorize senate in fact, for that reason. Is there a more fundamental question now . The article three question . Article three standing and federal m
Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will trav
They have been serving about 35 of our landmass across the country. Could you name some of those companies to help us get familiar . Absolutely. We could go all the way to western south dakota, not rushmore. We could go to citizens on the mississippi river, up to wisconsin where i have telephone cooperatives. And even here in my state of virginia. We have scott county in the very tip of the state, serving the tristate area. But i have 850 of them. When you talk about landmass, you are talking about landmass and not necessarily population. Absolutely. You hit a key part of this. Is about 5 of the american population, but they are truly the providers in the most extreme and rural parts of the country. Everywhere from alaska to the panhandle of florida, so they stretch all across. I have everybody from somebody who has about 150 subscribers to probably my Largest Company that has just about 100,000 subscribers. They are serving those areas that the companies chose years ago to not provide
They are telling me to give them a second. Chair connolly can you unmute and acknowledge that you are with us . I am here, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly if you would stay unmuted so i can swear you in. Ms. Counsel, are you with us . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly and mr. Spires . Yes, chairman. Chair connolly thank you. If all three of you would raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth or affirm the same, so help you god . Let the record show all three of our witnesses in the second panel have affirmed in the positive. Thank you. If you are ready, i will call on you for your fiveminute Opening Statement. And welcome back to our subcommittee. It is good to be back, mr. Chairman. Chair connolly im sorry, i didnt see you. Go ahead. I do not have an Opening Statement. I was told to do something in the Previous Panel, with unanimous consent to enter a document into the record on supply chains vulnerability. Chair connolly yes. If you di
Pastxt, we look back at president ial Convention Speeches from the major president ial candidates president harry. Truman at the 1948 Democratic Convention in philadelphia. Our leader and the next president of the United States. [cheers and applause] president truman thank you. Thank you. President truman thank you. Thank you. All right. Please. Thank you. Thank you very much. [background chatter] president truman i cant. I have to have it up. Im sorry the microphones are underway. They have to be where they are. I have to see what im doing. As i am always able to see what i am doing. [applause] president truman i cant tell you how very much i appreciate the honor which you just conferred upon me. I shall continue to try to do deserve it. [applause] i accept the nomination. [cheers and applause] president truman and i want to thank this convention for its unanimous nomination of my good friend and colleague, senator barclay of kentucky. [applause] president truman hes a great man and a