The committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning to i want to thank amy colleagues for joinin us today. Id like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing. Shawna bashard, sean cooksy and alan dixon are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections committee. As our witnesses are joining us remotely i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, its a significant president ial nomination, and significant to the work of this committee. And i know youre proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about a couple of nominees and then im going to turn to another committee member, senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Allen dickerson is the nominee to be a member of the federal Elections Commission for a term, expiring on april the 30th, 2025. Mr. Dickersons been practicing law for 20 years, primarily in
England because their respective governments there are making such a hash of it. So actually, could the nhs be trusted under a Labour Government given whats going on in wales . In other news, well be talking about this as well. Remarkable this story so the founder story actually. So the founder for Extinction Rebellion for one of Extinction Rebellion has come out against ulez. For one of Extinction Rebellion has come out against ulez. Find has come out against ulez. Find out why in just a tick. I will also be discussing this as well. Yes stars just gratuitously wants throw one in there wants to throw that one in there at 3 pm. On monday. But at 3 pm. On a monday. But apparently been apparently theres been a startling in the number apparently theres been a stipeople in the number apparently theres been a stipeople going in the number apparently theres been a stipeople going to1 the number apparently theres been a stipeople going to pawnbrokers. Of people going to pawnbrokers. Why . Well
slowly and rightfully come to the prince charles philippe arthur george. we, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this ram, members of the house of commons together with other members of the late majesties pretty council, the representatives of the realms of territories, the citizens of london and others, we hereby, with one voice s, with the consent of tongue and heart, publish and pro claim that prince charles phillip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leach l orange. charles the third. by the grace of god, the united kingdom, a northern island, all the other realms and territories, he is king, head of the commonwealth defender of the faith. to whom we do acknowledge all of our face and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by whom kings and queens to rein, to bless his majesty with long and happy years to rain over us. given this at st. james s palace, it is the tenth day of our
Sofas were created by people, heroes are real, and so on, but in general , we need to prepare for the fact that the war can last for years and years, and this means that ukraine cannot postpone everything for 10 years, for example, for 20 years. Well, if 20 years is simply banal to repair roads, we wont have roads in 5 years, there simply wont be any at all, and then what will we do, because this is also a question of how the economy functions, and again , the economist insists that the ukrainian economy must not only work, it must develop and prosper even in the conditions of war, because if we leave it to him or there is some kind of airborne victory. And if im not talking about trump in the states , she said danilov in the direct text of plan b. We dont have one. We think they will stop giving us money. Well, i dont know. Im not very happy with what we have. Thats all the hope for the americans. Well, i mean, im saying here how to find the right balance for some reason. We criticize
Historically been a progressive state, they passed the first assault weapons ban in the nation, these giant. 50caliber militarystyle rifles are legal for sale in new jersey. The legislature this year passed a bill to ban this specific gun in the state. That ban passed overwhelmingly in the legislature. It was supported by editorial pages throughout the state. But, again, tonights breaking news, in an august friday night news dump, traditionally a time when politicians do things that they hope wont get too much notice, new Jersey Republican governor and presumed president ial hopeful Chris Christie has vetoed legislation tonight that would have made militarygrade. 50caliber sniper rifles illegal in the garden state. Now, governor christie also partially vetoed a change to the states medical marijuana laws tonight, sending that back to the legislature. And he did the same thing, a partial veto, with a bill that would require background checks for all gun purchases in new jersey. And hey,