Test. The House Rules Committee taking a recess on the house floor. And while we wait for the members to return, we will show you Opening Statements from tom cole and the members of the Judiciary Committee doug collins and jamie raskin who is representing the judiciary democrats in Jerrold Nadlers absence for a family emergency. The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. It is unfortunate that we have to be here today, but the actions of the president of the United States make this necessary. President trump withheld congressionally held approved aid to ukraine and under siege not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favor and President Trump refused to meet with the president of ukraine in the white house until he completed the scheme, and all of the while the leaders in russia who is holding a large part of ukraine hostage and the very nation who interfered with our elections in 2016 had yet another meeting in the Oval Office L
Deterrent. We emphasize the importance of strategic stability. The conference agreement importance of new start and the open skies treaties for u. S. And interNational Security. Maintain congressional oversight over these key arms including eements, requiring 120day notice provision before any withdrawal treaties. U. S. Leadership in cooperation with our allies is essential to accountable and to prevent an arms race. The ndaa continues to support Missile Defense while increasing oversight of critical the ams, particularly as department of defense considers new options for the next generation interceptor. My colleagues to support this bill. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas. Mr. Thornberry i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. Turner. Mr. Turner i support the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 and i thank adam smith for bringing a bipartisan bill as the final nd arch a to the floor. This continues of lowyield nuclear weapons.
The committee im proceeding under the rule. I wonder how this panel can opine as to whether the president committed an impeachment offense and the answer quite frankly is because you came in with a preconceived notion. You already made that determination and decision. Ill give you a for instance. Until the recent collocolloquy, several of you said the president said i would like you to do me a favor. But that was inaccurate. And im going to read it to you. I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot. One of you said well thats because the president was using royal we. Here the president is talking about the country. Thats what hes talking about. Its audacious to say its using the royal we. Thats royal, all right but it aint the royal we. And ill just tell you, when you come in with a preconceived notion it becomes obvious. One of you just said, mr. Feldman it was you who said, and im going to quote here, roughly, i think this is exactly what you
2 pm the saucer and moscow youre watching International Welcome to the program. Im start with a story thats developed overnight police in the u. K. Have identified a man suspected of fatally stabbing 2 people and london separately in the netherlands a man who was laid to injured 3 people in a stopping incident in the hague remains at large equals donna has the latest. Well the Key Development that happened overnight is that London Police have identified the attacker as the 28 year old man and the key thing to know about that person is that not only had he been known to the police as an islamic extremist he also had a conviction for islamic terrorism in fact he could only released from jail last december and he was still wearing his tracking tag his electronic tag at the time of the attack a reminder on friday he jumped on a few people at a very busy london therof and he killed 2 and injured 3 others those who happened to be there at the moment of the attack describe the horror and pani
A population were 85 percent of the population works for cia n. S. A. D. O. D. Or the a less around alexander and mr jinnah to the infamous espionage court. Adjudicated by the same judge as every single other National Security defendant in recent years. This is not going to be a fair trial you know that so if youre in this situation this constant threat to be extradited there and then to receive a draconian punishment of 175 years or maybe to reduce it 120 in prison in the Supermax Prison and we know what the conditions are like there this is this crosses the line of cruel inhuman and degrading treatment thats not just my opinion thats a consistent opinion of myself my mandate my predecessors everybody thats actually seriously deals with that and thats the threat scenario he faced 4 years is not being taken seriously hes been ridiculed by the press hes been mobbed by the various authorities hes been accused of all kinds of things but not given a fair chance to actually defend himself w