Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Trump. Welcome everybody. I think we have some republicans leadership elections coming in. Can you see me, can you hear me and is working. Week social media oversight, i cannot wait have social media come to the committee and explained to themselves about their platforms. Thats on the 17th and there is a lot of support to take a hard look at social media platforms, the act is on and crossfire hurricane, he is going to appear remotely so i appreciatet him coming it will o is make an opening statement. Crossfire hurricane has been looked at in many fashions, the Inspector Generals report found 17 policies of violation regarding the way the crossfire hurricane operation was performed they rebuke the fbi and the department of justice regarding the application made against carter page, every person that we talk to, have been able to get a hold of, i know then what i knew now i would not have signed the carter page warrant application, counterintelligence investigation of the political peopl
Storms this year at least 16 people. The leader of tanzanias Main Opposition Party is arrested ahead of mass protests against the president s victory in last weeks and. So we begin with afghanistan where gun battles have been taking place inside Kabul University after multiple attackers entered the campus. Some students understood to still be inside the police have cordoned off the area and have closed the main road leading to the campus the taliban says its fighters are not responsible for the raid and lets go live straightaway to at boston wadi whos in kabul and not by tell us more any time the police said gaining control of the situation. Yes they said just a little there would have been such a ration here the Afghan Security forces are still engaged. That hackers with a number of attack us this morning attack couple university compound when the entered the compound they started to get the following with what the students were busy in their classrooms according to the ministry of in
Order to ensure everyone safety the candidates and panelist are participating from their homes the press club gives a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting to help organize the online debate. Its me the candidates. Now medical order, libertarianel hazel, a marine corps veteran and cohost of the rebellion podcast analyzing politics from a local School Global level. Serving as ceo Media Production company to investigate corruption and organized crime for international newsn. Organizations republican david purdue serving in the senate since 2015 before being elected to the senate he sat on the board of five major corporations dallas meet the panel. And tom baxter and a reporter with the news now lets get started. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer their questions and 32nd to respond to h rebuttals i will hold up a piece of paper so they know when there are ten secondsem remaining please go to the Atlanta Press club website. Each candidate will be asked to questions you g
Assistant attorney general and the office of Legal Counsel under the bush administration, was a member of the domestic policy staff under president reagan, served in the Central Intelligence agency, and was a law clerk for the u. S. Court of appeals for the d. C. Circuit judge in addition to his he did get public service, he also has ensive Service Plaque to practicing law in the private sector. He received his ma from Kobe University and a jd from George Washington school of law. We welcome the attorney general and we thank him for participating today. If you would please rise, i will begin by swearing you in. If you could raise your right hand, or lefthand. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information, and belief, so help you god. Let the record show the witness has answered in the affirmative. Thank you and please be seated. Please note the written statement will be entered into the record in its entirety.