Raid, senators are expected to work on 2020 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. Now the live coverage of the senate. Senators are expected work on 20 20 spending on several departments including agriculture, commerce, transportation and housing. While we wait for senators to return, look at remarks on the senate floor dealing with impeachment inquiry against President Trump on the whistleblower, alex the house of representatives continues its impeachment inquiry into whether the president jeopardize National Security by pressuring the york rain to interfere with our elections, the white house , their allies in congress and the media have resorted to despicable tactics to falsely discredit individuals who have provided the house testimony. Yesterday Lieutenant Colonel alexander. Men serving on a detail in thewhite house testified before congress. In ltc vindmans testimony was announced and especially in the past 24 hours hes been
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[inaudible conversations] good morning. This hearing will come to order. I would ask consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. Without objection. I want to welcome secretary kelly. This is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time that the secretary has appeared before this committee, the second time as secretary of the department. And, again, we welcome you and appreciate your service to this country, many, many years of it. In lieu of my written Opening Statement, i just want to make a couple comments. Im, by vocation, im an accountant, so ive gone through budget meetingsing many, many times meetings many, many times. First, i want to just talk about the history of the budget of the department of Homeland Security. Were not quite ready for the chart. When you take a look at total Budget Authority when the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004, and the departments budget was thi