Our heavenly father, may your holy name be honored. May your name be held in high regard in this senate. We give thanks to you for you are good, and your steadfast love endures forever. You have watched over this nation through various times of peace, prosperity, turmoil, and war. May we continue to look to you and be a people who seek your face. Draw us near, and may we draw near to you. Blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. Reveal to us our sins and forgive us. Reveal to us also your love, and enable each of us to love you with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Today, i pray that you grant to these senators of the United States the spirit of wisdom, the fear of the lord, and the courage to act by the counsel of the lord in all matters great and small. May they have your perspective on all things. May your kingdom come and your will be done here in our nation as it is in heaven, in and through these senators. Bless their families and their health. Give them your peace. O
Your unfiltered view of 308 ticks. Of politics. Each week when congress is in session we like to take time to look at the week ahead in washington. Joined by jason dick Deputy Editor at roll call newspaper and alana treene. Last weeks impeachment inquiry involved several current and former members of the Trump Administration testified behind closed doors, is that going to continue again this week and if so who is on the docket for the investigative committees . Alayna it will continue and i imagine it will extend beyond. Right now we are seeing the schedule for this week. The house committees investigating the president and ukraine and annie and propriety potentially and any impropriety, they are ramping this up quickly and moving fast. They scheduled on sundays this week, two people a day to come in and testify behind closed doors. People from the nsc, people from omb, the office of management and budget. Technically acting omb director which is a semicabinet position. We have im look
Okay. Good afternoon, everyone. Im proud to be joined by senators murray, stabenow. We returned to washington yesterday, and its clear the president s actions are putting the security of our homeland at risk and doing damage to the country in more ways than one. Abroad the president is aiding and abetting in the isis jailbreak. We have spent a decade trying to contain isis, and in one phone call it seems on a whim the president has reversed much of the progress. Weve lost lives going after isis. We spend trillions, billions probably going after isis and without consulting his military, without consulting his diplomatic corps, and on a whim, does it unbelievable. Make no mistake about it the actions have made america less safe. Certainly made the kurdish less safe and they have been such loyal allies that sends a signal to the world being a u. S. Ally at least as long as trump is president doesnt amount to much. But it hurts our homeland. General mattis, an expert, said the danger from
Okay. Good afternoon, everyone. Im proud to be joined by senators murray, stabenow. We returned to washington yesterday, and its clear the president s actions are putting the security of our homeland at risk and doing damage to the country in more ways than one. Abroad the president is aiding and abetting in the isis jailbreak. We have spent a decade trying to contain isis, and in one phone call it seems on a whim the president has reversed much of the progress. Weve lost lives going after isis. We spend trillions, billions probably going after isis and without consulting his military, without consulting his diplomatic corps, and on a whim, does it unbelievable. Make no mistake about it the actions have made america less safe. Certainly made the kurdish less safe and they have been such loyal allies that sends a signal to the world being a u. S. Ally at least as long as trump is president doesnt amount to much. But it hurts our homeland. General mattis, an expert, said the danger from
1 45 eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by robert lewis, former pastor and founder of better man, the National Mens organization from little rock, arkansas. The guest chaplain let us pray. Heavenly father, we give thanks for this new day and the hope that lies within it. We have been a blessed nation not by accident but by this. In you, god, we trust. Thank you for the men and women of this distinguished body who will again rise to face the immense challenge that will mark this day along with the special opportunities it holds for good. I pray you will make this body ready for both. In these turbulent times, empower their work with your spirit. Give them a difference making wisdom only you possess. Protect them from small ambitions. Call each heart here up to the higher ways of humility, understanding, and much needed unity. Help these leaders seek what is rig