Manager Corey Lewandowski was. Sked about the interactions on judiciary will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on president ial obstruction of president ial obstruction of justice and abuse of power. Before we begin i remind our Committee Members that we should refrain from making inappropriate personal references to protected parties, namely the president , Vice President , members of the senate, members of the house. This would include accusations of dishonesty, criminality, treason, or other unethical or imoper motives. The Critical Issues we are addressing today which go to the very core of our constitutional democracy, understandably bring out strong passions in us as they do in the American People. I hope that in what should but i hope that in what should be a spirited discussion of these issues today well stay focused on the issues and take care of to the keep our comments from being dire
Democrats want to ignore all of the real evidence of russian interference and hold this fake im because it happened impeachment because it happened under a different president s watch. This all happened under president obamas watch, isnt that correct . Mr. Lewandowski yes, sir. Mr. Chabot and it was the Obama Administration that failed to protect us from the russian interference and influence in our election, isnt that also true . Mr. Lewandowski yes. Mr. Chabot President Trump wasnt president. He wasnt the one that failed to protect the country. If anybody failed, it was the Obama Administration. Is that right . Mr. Lewandowski yes, it is. Mr. Chabot ive said it before and ill say it again. Were wasting valuable Committee Time engaging in this impeachment investigation. The fact of the matter is one thing this committee could be doing is to question Inspector General horowitz concerning the bias against the president at the origins of the Russian Investigation. We could be questioning
President ial obstruction of justice and abuse of power. Before we begin, i would remind all Committee Members that we should refrain from making inappropriate personal references to protected parties, namely the president , Vice President , members of the senate and house. This includes accusations of dishonesty, criminality, treason or other unethical motives. The issues we are addressing today go to the very core of our constitutional democracy, they understandably bring out strong passion in us, as they do in the American People. I hope that what should be a spirited discussion of these issues today, we will stay focused on the issues and take care to prevent our comments from being directed personally at the president. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays hearing is entitled president ial obstruction of justice and abuse of power. This hearing is the first one form only designated under the Committee Procedures adopted last week in connection with their inv
Those waiti tell them that their child is never coming home. Reporter doctors and gun victims and mayors are blanketing the capitol, as some republicans signal new openness to gun laws after a summer of deadly mass shootings. Im hoping that in the next few day, early next week, well have a breakthrough. Reporter gop leaders met with the president today to try to nail down what he supports. Hes very interested. I think he is learning about this issue. Reporter House Democrats arent waiting. The Judiciary Committee will please come to order. Reporter advancing bills today that would ban high capacity magazines and confiscate guns from high risk individuals. Theyre urging the senate to join them in passing universal background checks. We wont stop until the job is done. Reporter finding consensus wont be easy. Do you think that it would be reasonable to mandate background checks for all commercial gun sales . Were waiting to see how we can actually achieve something on this issue. What do
1994 federal assault weapons ban. This is two hours. All. I apologize for being late. I really dont have any opening remarks and i welcome all of our colleagues here to these introductions andill turn it over to senator feinstein. Mister chairman. As you can see we have four nominees before the committee today. Id like to welcome the majority leader, thank you for being here. We have not had a Senate Confirmed director of the atf since march 2015. And in fact, weve only had one confirmed head of the agency since the director position was subject to Senate Confirmation in 2006. So im really very pleased that members of this committee will have the ability to question mister canterbury, not only on his record but also on his priorities for combating gun violence should he be confirmed to this position. I really have been at this for so long and ive seen us experience so many endless tragedies at the hands of firearms. From parkland to newtown, from San Bernardino to sutherland springs, f