These four days worth of hearings Siobhan Hughes, welcome. How did these hearings compare with ones in the past given we are now operating under the pandemic. Four days for the nominee. Caller four to guest four days is about the standard for a lot of people who have been tuning into the Supreme Court nominations only recently, it might feel a little different. That is because the Brett Kavanaugh nominations were so contentious. It did go on for longer than normal. Four days is about right. We will start monday with Opening Statements from senators. We will hear from a neat Amy Coney Barrett. Divebsequent days, we will into very intense questioning of her by the senators. Finally, there will be an outside panel that the senators will question. That is the format. That is standard. What is not standard is that we are operating in a pandemic. This is going to be a hybrid hearing. At the start, some senators are going to appear remotely. Two of them have tested positive for coronavirus. M
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. Well get started with our hearing. I want to thank mr. Comey, james comey, the former director of the fbi for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about cross fire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So give a little brief introduction of why were here and what were trying to accomplish. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a tool thats been around for a very long time. For our Intelligence Community, the fbi to make sure that when Foreign Agents, terrorists or agents of a Foreign Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if theyre doing things that are threatening to our National Security. I think this legislation goes all the way back to the 70s. And its been used a lot. Its been used in terrorist cases when we suspect someone of being a terrorist under the foreign intelligence act. We have the Legal Authority to surveil those people. And you can get a warrant u
Tips, and more information at our website. Former fbi director james comey recently testified on the republican led review of the fbis handling of the russia investigation. [gavel] graham good morning, everyone. We will get started with of the the hearing. I want to thank mr. James comey, the former director of the fbi, for appearing today before the committee to talk with us about crossfire hurricane and anything else the committee would like to speak with him about. So, to give a little brief introduction of why we are here and what we are trying to accomplish, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a tool that has been around for a very long time for our Intelligence Community, the fbi, to make sure when Foreign Agents, terrorists, or agents of a Foreign Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if they are doing things that are threatening to the National Security. Government are in our country, they can be surveilled if theyre doing things that i think this legis
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These spiritual attributes that your name will be glorified throughout our nation and world. As our senators dedicate their lives to obey your precepts, direct them to your desired destination. Lord, give them a faith that will not shrink when at times they cannot see clearly the road ahead. Help them to place their total trust in you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley imagine the people of the United States have been able to follow the demonstrations in bella rouse in opposition to the president declaring victory, since alexer chankov has con sol dated con