Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Peace deals. Heres a look. Jerry good morning and welcome. Im pleased to welcome you all to todays event, election 2020, president elect joseph biden. Following a contentious u. S. Election, joe biden will be the next president of the United States. Leaders in the middle east have mixed emotions about that result, especially those who have prospered throughout Donald Trumps presidency. The entire region undoubtedly will be following the biden team closely as it articulates its policy leading up to the inauguration in january. While there is a theory that the new administration focused on domestic problems needs to push back against major challenges from china will want to put the middle east on the back burner but it is not clear they can succeed. Major questions about the u. S. Approach to the ongoing in conflicts in syria, tensions with saudi arabia and turkey and what to do about israel and the palestinians will confront Vice President resident elected biden whether or not he seeks
A humanitarian ceasefire with the purpose of the exchange of prisoners and other people that are detained by both sides as well as for handing over the bodies of the people that have been killed since the 27th of september when this conflict started the president of toyota still in at the close state of emergency in a bid to rest following disputed parliamentary elections the military has been deployed to the camp to enforce the measure. The 2nd u. S. President ial debate between donald trump and his democratic rival joe biden has been canceled it was scheduled to take place next week organizers wanted to hold it virtually coronavirus but the president. The number of new daily corona virus infections has passed 350000 worldwide for the 1st time European Countries are seeing a spike in cases in italy the number of new infections is up to its highest levels since march and the government in spain has imposed a state of emergency on the capital madrid as it tries to limit the spread at le
Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
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