Good morning, everyone. This is a very important day for us. There are temporal markers that our founders, poets, and others have used over time to place us in time to emphasize the importance of time. Because everything is about time. It,we use it, how we mark and today is an important day. Today is the day that we name the managers who go to the floor to pass the resolution to transmit the articles of and,chment to the senate later in the day, when we have the endorsement, the march of those articles of impeachment to the United States senate. As i have said, it has always been, our founders, when they started, in the course of human events when it becomes Abraham Lincoln, fourscore and seven years ago, thomas payne, these are the. Imes that bind us ,gain and again, even our poets longfellow. Remember . Listen, my children, and you will hear the Midnight Ride of. Aul revere remembering that famous day and year. Its always about marking history. Using time. On december 18, the house o
Senior fellow of the john l. China center at brookings. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this important event on chinas longterm Economic Outlook and its global implications. This event is unusual in present day washington for at least three reasons. First, as it has been widely perceived, people here have been preoccupied with Current Issues and the immediate challenges. As the year 2020 has barely begun, there are already several pressing geopolitical dilemmas on which our policymakers must focus. As we cross into the new decade, it will be important to look ahead toward chinas economic progress and the challenges it will present, both for china and for the world. Chinas Rapid Economic Development has arguably been and will continue to be the most consequential global story of the 21st century, and its ramificatio ramifications surely go far beyond the economic domain. It is important to note that traditionally and perhaps even today, china tends to take a longterm perspective and t
This process. If you would like to participate ifphone, call 202 7488000 you a democrat. Republican, call 202 7488001. If you are an independent, call 202 7488002. You can also post a comment cspanwj, that is our twitter handle. They ride to that the speaker said that she would move forward next week on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate, setting the stage for the trial of President Trump. Nancy pelosi withheld the articles for several weeks as democrats sought assurances that the senate trial would include testimony from witnesses blocked by the white house. Republican from kentucky made no such guarantees and said that he mcconnell made no such guarantees. He said he would dismiss the articles against President Trump if they were not sent over soon. A dismissal as a coverup and it deprives the American People truth,ruth, get the nancy pelosi wrote. There is a lot of reaction coming into this, including this story in the Washington Examiner blunder or brilliance is the
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Two distinguished cochairs of our policy and communications committee. Clark. As katherine we had a very robust discussion at the caucus this morning on a few different topics. There will be a resolution of ruleproval related to a that has been proffered by the department of education and secretary of Education Betsy Devos that would restrict the ability of individual americans who have been defrauded as it relates to their pursuit for. Igher education there is 1. 5 trillion of student debt in this nation, it around ther aspirations, hopes, dreams, and abilities of younger americans who want to start a family, purchase a home and live the american dream. We will take action this week as it relates to that proposed rule by secretary devos. We had a discussion about that. We also had a discussion about what is taking place in puerto rico in terms of the malpractice of the administration. People of puerto rico, american citizens who have died in war after war on behalf of our great countr