The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. The full committee is convening, regarding violations of the hatch act under the Trump Administration. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give my Opening Statement. Today, we are holding a hearing on a very troubling report issued by the office of special counsel on june 13th of this year. This report finds that Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, violated the hatch act dozens of times, and it reasonable degree of medical certainty recommends the president fire her immediately for repeated violations. Rarely issues come before the committee that are so clear cut, but this is one of them. This is about right and wrong. This is about the core principle of our precious democracy, that nobody, not one person, in this country is above the law. Contrary to claims from miss conway and President Trump, this is not a conspiracy to silence her or restrict her First Amendm
Objection. Ms. Collins madam president , as the snoor senior as the senior republican woman in the senate today, i am pleased to begin a series of speeches, along with my good friend from california, the senior democratic woman senator, senator Dianne Feinstein to commemorate a significant milestone in our nations history, 100 years ago today the Senate Finally passed the 19th amendment which affirmed the right of women to vote in elections. Madam president , all of us recall that in 1775, as the Second Continental Congress was forging a new nation conceived in liberty, be a gale add Abigail Adams admonished her husband john to, quote, remember the ladies, end quote. Despite Abigail Adams advice, it took a century and a half for women to adhief their right achieve their rightful place as full u. S. Citizens. On june 4, 1919, the United States Senate Passed the 19th amendment to our constitution. The courage and determination exhibited by generations of women and men were rewarded in ju
Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3, watch live on cspan. Org or our app. And the air force National Guard over guardsman in their varying statuses who commitment Sexual Harassment, assaulter or other acts. Also Services Available who are victims of these egregious crimes. Brigadier general walker will also discuss the office of complex investigations in their role in filling the gap for the state agitant generals when local Law Enforcement authorities and or federal agencies are unwilling or unable to investigate. Also looking forward to hearing from them, their response to the findings that the independent review committee, and how the National Guard bureau intends to implement the ircs recommendations. The morale, readiness, and every aspect of service is poisoned each time a Service Member is sexually assaulted or sexually harassed in our military. The National Guard is no different. Guard personnel have fought in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, aided countless civilians in N
Youre watching live coverage on cspan 3, watch live on cspan. Org or our app. And the air force National Guard over guardsman in their varying statuses who commitment Sexual Harassment, assaulter or other acts. Also Services Available who are victims of these egregious crimes. Brigadier general walker will also discuss the office of complex investigations in their role in filling the gap for the state agitant generals when local Law Enforcement authorities and or federal agencies are unwilling or unable to investigate. Also looking forward to hearing from them, their response to the findings that the independent review committee, and how the National Guard bureau intends to implement the ircs recommendations. The morale, readiness, and every aspect of service is poisoned each time a Service Member is sexually assaulted or sexually harassed in our military. The National Guard is no different. Guard personnel have fought in the wars in iraq and afghanistan, aided countless civilians in N
They discussed increasing access to health and dental care, and modernization efforts. Also, a brief mention about cybersecurity and the investigation into the recently leak of documents by an air National Guardsman. This is about an hour and a half. Good morning, we are going to call this committee to order. Thank you all for being here to discuss your fy 2024 budget priorities, i think this is your last appearance before this committee, we extend a particularly warm welcome to you and wish you the best in your upcoming retirement, and we dont really care whether chair tester good morning. I am going to call this committee to order. I want to begin by welcoming our witnesses. I want to thank you all for being here to discuss your fy24 budget priorities. General bellon, i think this is your last appearance before this committee. We extend a particularly warm welcome to you and wish you the best in your upcoming retirement. And we dont really care whether you retire in maine or montana.