Everyone please sit down. Know we have people trickling in, but we are starting anyway. Ok. Welcome to the Wilson Center to those who are physically here and those who will be watching us on cspan and by other means. Harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and former member of congress who is proud of her role in helping create the department of Homeland Security. Today we are pleased to cohost ural Homeland Security Experts Group meeting with support from the miners association, american airlines, and mckinsey. It is the group of the best americann the Homeland Security. It was found over 10 years ago and is now rebooted and housed at the minor corporation. Secretary and my dear friend Michael Chertoff and i are honored to be cochairs, and rob walker is the newly minted director. Mission is to offer independence, nonpartisan advice to key government officials as they face hard security programs, raise awareness, and offer solutions. We are nonpartisan and we hope we add val
Oversight subcommittee holds a hearing to look at the Economic Impact of climate change. Watch this live this afternoon at 3 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan3 or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Lets show you the reaction President Trump had when he learned at last nights rally in battle creek, michigan, that the house had voted to impeach him. I think we have a vote coming in. So we got every single republican voted for us. Whoa. Whoa. So we had 198, 229. We didnt lose one republican vote. And three democrats voted for us. Wow. Thank you, hailey. Great job. Wow. The Republican Party has never been so affronted, but theyve never been so united as they are right now. Ever. Never. The Washington Post reports that there were 10,000 supporters at last nights rally. Heres the speaker of the house nancy pelosi after last nights votes. December 18th. A great day for the constitution of the United States. A sad one for america that the president s reckless activities necessitated us, o
Constitutional system, madam speaker, defended by our men and women in uniform, it is safeguarded that freedom for 230 years. Each one of us in this chamber bears a sacred duty, passed down to us through generations and affirmed in our oath of office to preserve and protect oui of office to preserve and protect our constitution. Madam speaker, our nations frame is recognised this republic is fragile and that extreme partisanship can be among the most severe threats to its survival. That is why in federalist 65, Alexander Hamilton road, quote, there will a lwa ys hamilton road, quote, there will always be the greatest danger that impeachment, the impeachment decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. Here, madam speaker, our democratic colleagues have been working to remove this president since the day he was elected. Searching for an offence on which they could impeach. Failing to find one, madam speaker, th
Years. Each one of us in this chamber bears a sacred duty, passed down through generations and affirmed in our oath of office to preserve and protect our constitution. Madam speaker, our nations framers recognized that this republic is fragile. And that extreme partisanship can be among the most severe threats to its survival. That is why in federalist 65, Alexander Hamilton wrote, quote, there will always be the greatest danger that impeachment, the impeachment decision, will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. Here, madam speaker, our democratic colleagues have been working to remove this president since the day he was elected. Searching for an offense on which they could impeach. Failing to find one, madam speaker, they have decided to assume one, rather than attempting to enforce their subpoenas in court, they have also decided to declare it a high crime and misdemeanor when the president of the United States a
Bears a sacred duty. Passed down to us through generations and afimmed in our oath of office to preserve and protect our constitution. Madam speaker, our nations framers recognized that this republic is fragile. And that extreme partisanship can be among the most severe threats to its survival. That is why in federalist 65 Alexander Hamilton wrote, quote, there will always be the greatest danger that impeachment, that impeachment decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by real demonstrations of innocence or guilt. Here, madam speaker, our democratic colleagues have been working to remove this president since the day he was elected. Searching for an offense on which they could impeach. Failing to find one, madam speaker, they have decided to assume one. Rather than attempting to enforce their subpoenas in court, they have also decided to declare it a high crime and misdemeanor when the president of the United States asserts his constitutional privileg