Allow abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. It takes all the state level protections and abolishes them. Bottom, line it doesnt codify roe, mr. Chairman, becomes one of the most extreme laws anywhere in the world. Colorado, new jersey, new mexico, oregon, vermont are passing laws with absolutely no restrictions. The democratic bill is in the same ilk with taxpayer funding. Lets take a look and see how that would put us as a nation regarding the rest of the world. As you see behind me, 47 of 50 European Union nations limit abortion at 15 weeks or below. France is at 14 weeks. China, north korea, iran and a few other nations allow abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. Your bill would put us in that category. 14 week limitations, france, belgium, germany, spain. 12 weeks, denmark and norway. My proposal is having a National Minimum standard of 15 weeks for exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother, pregnancies. Why do we do this . By 15 weeks, and unborn child has te
[applause] good afternoon, everyone. It is an incredible honor for me to be here with you this afternoon an mark, thank you very much for that very kind introduction. In particular, i appreciate you recognizing our legal team in tsa. Francine is our chief council as you know. Mark called her an icon. You would call her an institution. She was one of the very first employees of tsa in 2001. Has served consistently through. She is now a member of the Leadership Council of our organization. The very top seven people in tsa that determine the course we follow going forward. I really could adopt my job without the experts of francine. She continues to serve as well. Francine, thanks very much. [applause] and i appreciate the recognition of nikki and susan too. Two fantastic members over the chief couple team. They contribute to our performance against the entire spectrum of what we do. Day in and day out. It is a privilege for me to keynote following joel. Joel is a great friend. We worked
Can you guys hear me . Can everybody hear me . Thank you for coming out. Can you guys hear me . Do i need to do this . So, good morning, everybody in thank you for coming. I know it is a busy time. [indiscernible] sorry, ok, we could not have done this without your assistance, thank you. We have an interesting and Informative Program today with speakers with deep firsthand insight into some pressing issues of the day. The Ukrainian Ambassador to the u. S. Will speak, general eric smith, a former commander, general joseph rosa be here to talk about what is going on in the middle east. Nbcs National Security correspondent has been at the forefront of a lot of these issues and will offer her insights, as well. We have a frank discussion with policy affair officials, the challenges in ukraine and afghanistan, and we have our own words terminate today and our first annual casing, so stick around for that. The first thing we looked at was journalist killed doing their jobs. 27 of them are co
Schools. Stepping down from her role at the end of this month. Thesu subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. Pursuant to rule 70 of the committee on oversight and accountability and at the discretion of chairman comber, mr. Jordan and members of the committee may participate for the purposes of questions. Ii now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Today the selected subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the centers for Disease Control r and preventions policies and decisions during the pandemic. The pandemic sent shockwaves to all aspects of american life. School, work and family, sports and faith. This was a novel virus. There was much we didnt know. And we didnt know how to react. Educated guesses were the best we could do in some cases especially early on. But throughout, i maintain hope. What should heavy and could have unite
Chair wenstrup the select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. Pursuant to rule 7d of the committee on oversight and accountability, and at the discretion of chairman comer, mr. Jordan, a member of the full committee may participate in todays hearing for purposes of question. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Today, the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to exam the centers for Disease Control and preventions policies and decisions during the covid19 pandemic. The pandemic sent shock waves through all aspects of american life. School, work, family, sports, and faith. This was a novel virus. There was much we didnt know. And we didnt know how to react. Educated guesses were the best things we could do especially early on. Throughout i maintained hope and what should have and could have united our country but did not inst