Many occasions i refer to the first three words of the scout oath, and we cant talk about them enough. Those first three words, on my that is so important to understand what honor is and scouting introduces them to that. But ill tell you what scouting is, its young machine, young boys having fun, outdoors. Some say today the problem with youth in america they have and they suffer from nature Deficit Disorder and dont get outside enough. They dont know how to play outdoors and stuck with their electronic devices. Scouting gets the youth of america outside, its healthy and get to enjoy themselves and learn all kinds of skills. But just the friendships that they get within scouting that over a lifetime will help them as they become the future leaders of america. There are a disproportionate number of leaders in America Today who were scouts and in fact eagle scouts. In President Trumps cabinet, we are honored to have four eagle scouts. Rex tillerson and rick perry, jeff sessions, our curr
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god, thank you for giving us another day. In your presence, dark nights of challenges are dispelled by the dawn of your love and you know our needs before we express them. Thank you for daily providing our lawmakers with guidance and strength. E pause to thank you for the courage and Sacrificial Service for our Capitol Police. Forgive us when we take their daily Courageous Service for granted. Forgive us, also, when we seem to forget that words matter and can become seeds that will bring a bitter harvest. Bring speedy healing to our brother Steve Scalise and all those injured in yesterdays shooting. Bring peace and solace to all those affected by yesterdays tragedy. Today, use the members of this peoples house as part of your peace, bringing unity from division, light from darkness, from m sadness and hope despair. Dear god, continue to bless america
Good morning. Ive asked Rick Crawford to open with a plan. Lord, thank you for the blessing of this nation. I ask that her people would strive to be worthy of that blessing. Prey for humility and temperance and all that we do be pleasing to you. Amen. In consultation with adam, without objection i make a motion to give each member seven minutes to question the witnesses. Is there discussion on the motion . Ask unanimous consent. Everybody would get seven, including adam and i. Thank you. The meet would go come to order. Id like to welcome our witness, former head of National Security, jeh johnson. As a reminder, we are and will remain in open session. This will address only unclassified matters. To our guests, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees work. Disruptions to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. Johnson, will you please rise and take an oath . Do you swear or affirm the testimony you will give before this committ
Rep. Pelosi good morning, everyone. I just came from a speak out on the east lawn here of the capitol on behalf of Voting Rights. Two bills, one introduced by john lewis, Voter Empowerment act. Another introduced by terry sewell to advance the Voting Rights in our country to correct the mistakes made by the Supreme Court on that score. I always, always, always quote Martin Luther king in so many ways, but in this score he said, the ballot, the ballot, the ballot. Legislation, legislation, legislation. Your life, your life, your life. Went on to say no one should underestimate the power of this method. We must continue to gain the ballot. So my statement there was, we would hope that we could get a Voting Rights bill passed in the congress. Members like to show up for the unveiling. The Republican Leadership likes to show up for the unveiling of the rosa park statue or to go to selma, alabama, for the 50th anniversary and come home and do nothing. Actually the day we unveiled the statue
Rep. Pelosi good morning, everyone. I just came from a speak out on the east lawn here of the capitol on behalf of Voting Rights. Two bills, one introduced by john lewis, Voter Empowerment act. Another introduced by terry sewell to advance the Voting Rights in our country to correct the mistakes made by the Supreme Court on that score. I always, always, always quote Martin Luther king in so many ways, but in this score he said, the ballot, the ballot, the ballot. Legislation, legislation, legislation. Your life, your life, your life. Went on to say no one should underestimate the power of this method. We must continue to gain the ballot. So my statement there was, we would hope that we could get a Voting Rights bill passed in the congress. Members like to show up for the unveiling. The Republican Leadership likes to show up for the unveiling of the rosa park statue or to go to selma, alabama, for the 50th anniversary and come home and do nothing. Actually the day we unveiled the statue