[indistinct chatter] chatter]nd chairman graham good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it be said the air conditioning in the senate works. Thank you all. We are going to have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane, and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have fiveminute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes and not cut you off. I appreciate all of the participation. Mr. Rosenstein, thank you for coming to the committee voluntarily. We appreciate your service to our country and your participation in the hearing today. And i will try to do a pretty short opening statement, then we will get right to the witness. Why are we here . I think we have a clip. I would like to play it now. This is mr. Rosenstein on may 1, 2018. Mr. Rosenstein it really does illustrate chairman graham turn it up. Stop. Mr.
First president in his lifetime who does not try to unite the American People, does not even pretend to try. You can read the entire statement at the atlantic. Com. Next, former Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein testifies processisa application and how it was used by the fbi to investigate potential ties between russia and the truck president ial campaign. This hearing is part of an ongoing review into possible misuse of the fisa process. Mr. Rosenstein was asked about his role at the time of the investigation and his decision to appoint a special counsel. Good morning, everybody. For those watching on television, it is 28 degrees in here. [laughter] is that what it is . Chairman graham i do not know, but let it the air conditioning works. Thank you. We will have a hearing today about all things crossfire, hurricane and the Robert Mueller investigation. We will have five minute rounds. As usual, i will try to make sure you are able to finish your thought in five minutes, and not c
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President trumps recent handling of the protest and called on congress to begin addressing racial injustice. Mr. Biden mr. Mayor, thanks for your hospitality, and to all the elected officials that are here, i bring you greetings. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. George floyds last words, but it didnt die with them, are still being heard echoing all across this nation. They speak to a nation where too often just the color of your skin put your life at risk. They speak to a nation where more than 100,000 people have lost their lives to violence, 40 million have filed for unemployment with a disproportionate number of those deaths and job losses concentrated in black and brown communities. They speak to a nation where every day millions of people, and millions, not a moment of losing their life, but in the course of living the life are saying to themselves, i cant breathe. Its a wakeup call to our nation in my view. Its for all of us, and i mean all of us. Its not the first time we heard t
Things in the bible that was appropriate in terms of the dignity of all people, and i was thinking about time. Commodity,important the most important collage commodity, the most finite commodity, the time that it takes to make the change necessary. They talk about a time to heal, a time for peace, let us focus on the time to heal. Had,ime to heal, we have as a rule, a president of the United States, a commanderinchief, a president of the United States, a president who has a responsibility to heal. President bush was under circumstances similar to now, this was after the rodney king beating. Following, to end the gratuitous demand brutality. Law enforcement officials cannot place themselves above the law. It was a beating rendered and re is no way in my view to president obama said, after the murder of eric garner that right now, unfortunately we are seeing too many instances where people do not have confidence. That is ae cases reality. Americans, regardless of race and religion, we re