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Show. The report on fisa abuses under Obama Administration, senator graham promising a hearing, and what sets stage for surveillance oof a candidate. Also trying to break into the fort knox of privacy of citizens tax return, that being the president. What sets the stage . Overreach of power that critics say occurred under president obama. And 4 out of 10 voters believe that joe biden did put pressure on ukrainian officials to keep them from probing his sons business ties. , did that company purposely hire the Vice President s son to help shield them from investigations at the time when joe biden was taking the lead in fighting corruption in ukraine . And also critics say was nancy pelosi reason not to put impeachment inquiry to a full house vote, did she do that to shut down republicans who wanted to ask questions about joe biden. And more on Bernie Sanders hospitalized for heart procedure, stopping his campaign. Tonight taxes as a moral crusade. The numbers for how much americans now
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We will now proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all a good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing in the economic Emergency Management subcommittee. One of the purposes of this committee is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring they are spent effectively, efficiently and with transparency. That brings us to todays hearing which is entitled landlord and tenant. You can tell from the title that today we will be investigating fairly unprecedented situation. The federal government owns the building that houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel hotel. Since President Trump has declined, he is essentially acting as both the landlord and the tenant. Before i was elected to congress , over three decades Teaching College students about American Government and politics. Serious discussions about the legislature holding the executive Branch Accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards and that is exactly what we hope to do today. First lets start with some facts. All federal wor