Come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the department of justice. We begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. Good morning. Today, we welcome jeff sessions, to the annual department of justice oversight hearing. Mr. Attorney general, you have a long and distinguished career of service. You continued that service by leading the department of justice, an agency that by its very nature is prone to controversy because of the varied opinions on what it means to seek and obtain justice. However, you clearly understand the department you need must have confidence of the American People even when your decisions are not always well deceived. Received. Your first year leading the department of justice has not been without difficulty, which is expected at the outset of a new administration. While much has been done to correct the Improper Administration of justice under the
The Judiciary Committee will come toward her, and without objection, the chair is to we welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the department of justice. We begin by recognizing myself for an Opening Statement. Good morning. Today, we welcome Jeff Sessions, up for the annual department of justice oversight hearing. General, you have a long and distinguished career of service. You continued that service by leading the department of justice, an agency that by its very nature is prone to controversy because of the varied opinions on what it means to obtain justice. However, you clearly understand the department you need must have confidence of the american decisionsn when your are not always well deceived. The first year has not been without difficulty, which is expected at the outset of the new administration. You dont have the improper Political Engagement under the Obama Administration. More work must be done to ensure the department is operating to impartially admin
And in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Schiff, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, on may 16, a group of Peaceful Protesters gathered at a public park outside the turkish ambassadors residence in northwest washington, d. C. They came from a variety of backgrounds, armenian, kurdish, yazidi and more. But they shared a common concern about developments in turkey, including the crackdown on political opposition and free speech in that country and turkeys continued denial of the armenian genocide. About a mile away, turkeys president , erdogan, was received warmly by President Trump at the white house. The protesters felt and rightly so that they had to exercise their First Amendment rights and raise their voices in dissent, the very dissent that has been squelch by erdogan in his own country. What happened nex
President decided he notified james mattis. Thats what you guys worry about. They are focused on the tax plan. They are prioritizing middleclass tax relief and then of course creating jobs. But all people heard is something that the president himself talked about today which was maybe the wealthy might have to pay more. I recall and im sure you guys you also during the Campaign Year and half ago he mentioned that and said i am wealthy i may have to take more in taxes. At least it appears between them in now. It has been a crazy month in dc. Not for the Federal Reserve. The latest statement on race unchanged. They did signal once again that it will start shrinking the Balance Sheet relatively soon. The markets and you can see these intraday pictures here. They started to fall and then you can see the first fall and then it started to hit a couple of peaks and now heading back down to lows of the session. Shortly after hitting session lows they rebounded. What do we see here. Guess what
Washington journal live, join the discussion. The house debated a bill to block funding for abortion. Abortion services and a formal care act subsidies for insurance courses that cover abortions. The bill makes permanent the Hyde Amendment. That bars several medical facilities from providing abortions. Strongse today and unflinching leadership on this issue. It was just write off ready to this presidency as it just began. There were millions of prolife women who were explicitly told they were unwelcome at this event. Today, the peoples house is giving them and more than 60 of americans from all political taxingions who oppose abortions ensuring their hardearned tax dollars are not used to fund the destruction of innocent life. Thats the principle numbers of both parties have supported in this chamber before. Democrats and republicans alike come together to support the bills that maintain the Hyde Amendment which prohibits the erect federal funding of abortions with limited exceptions.