Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
That. But what i wanted to ask, i wanted to ask you kind of the opposite argument that i hear a lot is that yes. Maybe its the democrats that are the racists because theyre constantly using the race card every year and trying to drum up hatred for white people with the black lives matter and all that stuff. But, and in addition to that, of course, the open borders which i constantly hear democrats and liberals like you say by 2050 whites will be a minority, isnt that great . And you get big applause. Its youre the racists. You want to displace the white population by 2050 if we continue these immigration policies. How is that not racism . You are the racists. [inaudible conversations] so, first, just one little piece of evidence. When you see marchers in charlottesville, some of them wearing white hoods and chanting racist and antisemitic slogans and the president says there are a lot of fine people there and says nothing after a bunch of people are murdered in a church in charleston,
[applause] i know that youre applauding because youre here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. Thats why we live here, and thats why such a wonderful destination for our visitors. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair, and we have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year. I hope that you will continue with us through tomorrow evening when the sevenday fair closes. You know, this fair just would not take place each and every year without the cooperation, the collaboration, the passion, and the volunteerism of many people in our community. Namely, the students, faculty, staff of Miamidade College. [applause] and really hundreds of high school students, middle School Stunts and others in the community. So we truly thank everyone for coming together and unifying behind this Miami Book Fair.
The other day you are the next generation of American Patriots so, appear, take a part in it. Altright, everybody come here we go. Ready . I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [cheers and applause] all right. So first off thank you for coming, and first up we have got singer and conservative radio talk show host Monica Matthews from atlanta, georgia, is going to lead us in the blessing for the day. Keep everybody safe and shes also going to sing the national anthem. So here she is. Thank you. Thank you. Honored to be. If you can stand please stand. If you have a hat on, please take it off. Thank you. Oh, say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs b
Ms. Pelosi good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for coming out is the sound working . Good . The sound working . I can hear you, can you hear us . Good evening, everyone. m very proud to hear im proud to stand with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Its not on . Ms. Pe he see look at that moon ms. Pelosi look at that moon. A new moon. Can you hear now . Good evening, everyone, im proud to stand here with the members of the House Democratic caucus, soon to be joined by the Senate Democrats as well. Sharing views in a bipartisan way with many of our republican colleagues who agree that what the president did undermines our values and is not in support of the oath of office that we take to support and defend the constitution of the United States. Ant hear . Does this work better . Staff . Sound people . Shall we sing this land is your land again until they get the sound working . This land this land is my land from califor