Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, oversight of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act. Ill now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used boby our government to keep us safe are consistent are our values and the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework unto which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we do not conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, it falls to us in hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that conduct accords with our values as americans. The outset, i want to acknowledge two things. First, the men and women in
Informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. Probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. Explore our nations past on American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now its an oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act also known as fisa. The House Judiciary Committee is considering whether to renew several fisa provisions including roving wiretap authority which are said to expire at the end of the year. Representatives from the Justice Department, fbi, and National Security agency testify. This is just over two hours and ten minutes. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, oversight of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act. Ill now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used boby our go
Foundation and enough to say the taxpayers Washington State as part of the building for the arts project. I looked all of our funders but especially of public funding for the arts. Im hoping this might be returned to town hall for some of you are familiar with this building but havent been back for a couple of years. During the time weve been renovating, this is still a soft launch for the space, different elements like signage and bar and cafe service have yet to come online so bear with us. September is the real formal launch of townhall with a big festival of programs we recently announced the you can see on our website town hall seattle. Org. Check us out. We are really happy to reopen and get going with the program especially in the sure which is a new space for us. Thank you for being our guinea pigs. I do know and a couple gifts that this is a little cold in here, we have adjusted the thermostats and are trying to make it more comfortable. Im sorry about that. In the meantime as
A deep division among the Democratic Party in the United States right now and thats one of the things that voters will have to decide on whether or not they want sort of some of the canvas to represent the further left wing of the Democratic Party the progressives or some of the more moderate centrist typically what you would see of the Democratic Party in recent years so this is the fissure that was exposed but it was very heated very passionate sort of on the issue of race on the issue of Border Security on the issue of the war in afghanistan there were some real policy differences very passionate debate and we expect that combative nature to continue in the 2nd round this evening yeah as you say kimberly we have round 2 which starts in a few hours time joe biden of course were trying to fend off camera as cory booker so just talk us through what we can expect in some nights debate. Yeah well 1st of all the way theyre standing on the stage may be a little bit difficult for joe biden
Good evening. Sorry for the delay. Its been an interesting day. Twentyfive ongoing criminal cases referred, seven convicted including five Top Trump Campaign Officials ten instances of obstruction. Thats some of what we heard today. I want to go through another point that at the same time we are on this path, to recognize it was prohibited from looking into the president s finance, and that is what the committees of jurisdiction have been doing a. Also investigating to litigate in court and of those cases when lower court they feel strongly about because that the condition to have oversight. To show the American People that the obstruction of justice was further all about. Im very, very proud of the Judiciary Committee and chairman jerry nadler, the Intelligence Committee, adam schiff and also joined by Elijah Cummings today the American People heard directly about with the special counsel investigation uncovered. As to russias interference in the 2016 she and the president s cooperati