Thank you for being here. For being with us for the first two days. Were settling in for day three and day four. Welcome. Were not going to get started quite yet. Welcome. Ed to say were going to kick off loud and proud with a really special visitor that we will introduce in a few minutes. Sit tight. You can visit a little bit. Send everybody in if you have family in the restroom or over in the exhibitor hall or whatever, see if they can make their way in and were going to start the program in about four or five minutes. Thanks. Our coverage of the faith and Freedom Coalition conference will continue in just a couple of moments. In 1979, a Small Network was in a neutral name without a big idea stop let viewers make up their own minds. Cspan open the doors to washington policymaking for alda to see, bringing you and filter content from congress and beyond. A lot has changed in 40 years but now it is more relevant than ever on television and online, seized and is your unfiltered view of
Thank you for joining us both here in washington and on cspan. Of middle eastr policy here at the brookings institution. On behalf of the center of the brookings institution, i want to welcome you. We have a special event. We have a full house. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic. I think its a fair question to ask why. Why are we still on the murder of one individual . Thats a topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. Two points are worth pointing out. First, brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. We still believe that. Its controversial, but we do. We also think norms might matter or should matter. That is more open for debate on which norms and when. In that sense, i couldnt think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a very large, very important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people in washington and was, in this building many times and was in this building many times. He was known to pe
You today to testify on the president s trade jaeagenda ande newly renegotiated United States mexico canada agreement. I would like to begin by notie ingnoteing that the American Economy is growing well. Were growing substantially faster than any other g7 country. We added 5. 8 million jobs since the 2016 election. Notab notably, 500,000 of those jobs are in manufacturing. The Unemployment Rate of 3. 6 is the lowest in half a century and has been at or below 4 for 15 consecutive months. Hourly wages were up some 3. 1 over the last 12 months. And contrary to what one hears, exports are growing. Indeed, 2018 was the highest year in our history for exports of both goods and services. While agricultural exports in 2018 were not the highest in history, they were up over 2017 and 2016. Im pleased to present the trade policy agenda at the 2018 annual report of the committee. This document, which u. S. Put out usgr put out recently outlines the administrations trade priorities and catalogs rec
Hate speech, and misinformation on the platforms. They also discussed foreign interference in u. S. Elections. This House Homeland Security Committee Hearing is 2. 5 hours. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on examining social Media Companies efforts to counter online terror content and misinformation. In march, a white supremacist terrorist killed 51 people and wounded 49 more at two mosques in christchurch, new zealand. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the vic dems and their families. The motive behind the attack is not in question. The terrorist had written an extensive manifesto outlining his white supremacist, white nationalist, anti immigrant, anti muslim and baptist beliefs. His act was horrifying beyond words. And it shook the conscience. Shockingly, the terrorist was able to live stream the attack on facebook, with the video and its gruesome contents went undetected initially. Instead, Law Enf
The committee will come to order. The whole committee is convening regarding violations of the hatch act. I recognize myself for five minutes to get my Opening Statement. Today, we are holding a hearing on a very troubling report issued by the office of special counsel on june 13. It finds Kellyanne Conway counselor to donald trump, violated the hatch act dozens of times. It recommends the president fire her immediately for her violations. About right and wrong. Above the law. Contrary to claims from ms. Conway and President Trump, this is not a conspiracy to silence her or restrict her First Amendment rights. Enforcean effort to federal law. Law. Force federal ambiguity clearly, no , very clearly prohibits employees from engaging in Political Activities on federal property or while using their official position. Was issued by special counsel henry kerr. Special the office of counsel, the independent Agency Charged with enforcing the hatch act. To his position by President Trump. In 20