Affairs laura cooper. This was the Intelligence Committee six of the impeachment inquiry. The committee will come to order. Igood afternoon. This is the sixth in a series of public hearings. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. There is a quorum present. We will proceed in the same fashion. I will make another statement and mr. Nunez will have an opportunity to make a statement. We welcome you and respect your interest. As chairman, i will make any steps to maintain order and ensure the committee is run in accordance with house rules. I recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry. David hale is the undersecretary for clinical affairs, the third most senior person in the department. Laura cooper is the secretary of isense for russia, ukraine, responsible for broad range of countries in the former soviet union. They have several decades of National Security experience. Dedicatedd from other their onlyants, priority has bee
Leadership as at all other interAgency Meetings on this topic of which i was aware the National Security Community Expressed unanimous support for resuming the funding as in the u. S. National security interest at the july 26th meeting there was also a discussion of how ukrainian anticorruption efforts were making progress do you do you reiterated what we had said and our earlier certification to congress stating that sufficient progress in defense reform including anticorruption had occurred to justify the usa i spending. I and others at the interAgency Meetings felt that the matter was particularly urgent because it takes time to obligate that amount of money and my understanding was that the money was legally required to be obligated by september 30th the end of the fiscal year in the ensuing weeks until the hold was released on september 11th i pursued 3 tracks 1st starting on july 31st and an interAgency Meeting i made clear to the interagency leadership my understanding that once
Watch prime time reairs on cspan or stream any time on demand pot cspan. Org impeachme nt. The House Intelligence Committee just concluded its fifth open hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Lawmakers heard testimony from Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian, and eurasian affairs, laura cooper. And under secretary of state for Political Affairs david hale. We will show you that hearing now in its entirety. [silence] [inaudible background conversations] [silence] the committee will come to order. Good afternoon everyone. This is the sixth in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. There was a quorum present. We will proceed today in the same fashion as her other hearings i will make an Opening Statement that the Ranking Member mr. Nunez will have an opportunity to make a sta
Mornings with maria will maria coming up exclusive interview with kentucky senator Mitch Mcconnell, mill mcb, mcburman. Joining the conversation jackie, and tom beven and pwc partner mitch roschelle. Good morning. Good morning. According to wall street journal it was huwaei and issues that kept talks to a halt. Im not surprised, their only leverage right now so keep bringing it in because if you couple those things together you cant move forward and the president wants to move forward as quick as he can. Maria the president discussing wide range of issues including progressive party, the four congresswoman, he talked about the squad, he talked about 2020 and the economy. Leaders coming from other countries, prime ministers, president s, kings, queens, dictators, sometimes i hate to say it dictators and they all start off by saying, mr. President , id like to congratulate you on the incredible economy that youve created, the greatest anywhere in the world by far. [cheers and applause] t
Preferences, everything for the war. Dont insist, okay . Please, whats next . Please, honcharenko, 189, it is very similar, so i want to explain, continue the thought, and yes, the Economic Policy that should be gives today businessman workplace, one, two, 3, 4, 5, kiss him for it. And do not touch it, forget the way to him, forget the way to babies and others to him, pays people salaries , people work in ukraine, do not run away from ukraine, no, maybe someone returns to ukraine to work, thank god, happiness, they have the opportunity for themselves to earn, to donate to the armed forces, well done, well done, Everything Else , some loans, help, what is all this for, who, who, lets take 100 ukrainian entrepreneurs and ask them, do they need money from the budget, or so that missiles do not fall on their heads, let them and their families were not killed, thats the obvious answer, thats why its all about the war and dont touch them, please, if you want to react, lets move on , on the n