Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
Comments. Great to get to know you. I have been reading you over the years. It has been a delight to have spent the evening with you. I am very pleased to be able to speak to you at this Hillsdale College celebration of our magnificent constitution. Ofm a great admirer hillsdale. As i was telling larry, i dont get to make very many speeches like this. I am usually talking about crime rates and that kind of thing. I wanted to speak at hillsdale because it is one of the few maybe a handful of institutions of Higher Learning where it is actually worth spending the money to get an education here. I mean that sincerely. Sadly, many colleges these days dont even teach the constitution, much less celebrate it. One out of every four americans dont know who we fought the revolution against. That is pretty with attic. That number is increasing educationalour institutions fail us, but at hillsdale, you recognize that the principles of the founding are as relevant today and as important today as e
Well take your phone calls, messages, and tweets. Live on cspans washington journal at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Next, remarks by attorney general william barr on his time in the Trump Administration, the rule of law, and state law. This is a little over an hour. Much,rr thank you very im very honored to speak at this dinner and i really appreciate your comments, larry. Great to get to know you. Ive been reading you over the years and it is a real delight to have spent the evening with you. Im very pleased to speak to you at this Hillsdale College celebration of our magnificent constitution. Im a great admirer of hillsdale. I dont get to make many speeches like this. Im usually talking about crime rates and that kind of thing, but i wanted to speak at hillsdale because it is one of the few maybe a handful of institutions of Higher Learning where it is worthwhile spending the money to get an education. [applause] a. G. Barr and i mean that sincerely. Days, many colleges these dont teach the c
, this issdale college a little more than an hour. A. G. Barr thank you very much. Im very honored to speak at this dinner, and i really appreciate your comments, larry. Great to get to know you. Ive been reading you over the years, and it is a real delight to have spent the evening with you. Im very pleased to speak to you at this Hillsdale College celebration of our magnificent constitution. Im a great admirer of hillsdale. I dont get to make many speeches like this. Im usually talking about crime rates and that kind of thing, but i wanted to speak at hillsdale, because it is one of the few maybe a handful of institutions of Higher Learning where it is actually worthwhile spending the money to get an education at. [applause] and i mean that sincerely. Sadly, many colleges these days dont teach the constitution, much less celebrate it. One out of every four americans dont know who we fought the revolution against. It is pretty pathetic and that number is increasing steadily as our edu
Break. We will see you at 12 45. Senator holly will be next. [inaudible conversations] thank you. Appreciate the break. Mr. Comey, are you with us . Yes sir. Thank you very much. Was that a sufficient rate for you, are you okay . Yes, thank you. Senator holly. Thank you mr. Chairman. Weve heard a number of things this morning and we heard you say a number of times that the oig found problems in the fisa applications across the board, but of course it was only this fisa application, these involving carter page that you signed off on that drew an unprecedented review from the pfizer court, which im sure you remember. Let me quote from that fisa court order the frequency and seriousness of these errors in the case that in a sensitive nature had an unusually high level of review in both the doj and the federal bureau of investigation have called into question the reliability of the information proffered in other fbi applications. Do you remember that order from the court . It came after i