Nomination of Barbara Barrett to be the next air force secretary, with a final vote on her scheduled for 4 15 eastern. And now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by Giani Sukhvinder Singh of milbourne, pennsylvania. The guest chaplain good morning. Let us pray. One universal creator god, by the grace of the true guru. Almighty god, we call you by many names but you are one. Keep your divine hand over the members of this senate as they help steer the future of our great nation. Keep truth on our tongues, love in our hearts, and sound judgment in our minds. Remind us of our purpose to love and serve one another and create a more peaceful world. We ask for blessings unto all leaders as they work for the common good. Give all who govern this land humility and courage, integrity and compassion. Release each one of us from ego so that we may serve selflessly. Help us remember that we
Good afternoon. My name is sarah taylor and the district director of the washington and the services and mitts and honor to be here with you today to celebrate your citizenship. Its my pleasure to welcome you your friends, families and guest to the very special ceremony here at the Eisenhower Executive Office building south court auditorium. Id like to especially thank the Vice President posting here in the special place. Today we celebrate you as americas newest citizens and we celebrate Constitution Day and citizenship day as part is constitution week. We mark the special celebration by connecting the constitution in citizenship and reflecting on what it means to become a United States citizen. Too officially begin the ceremony i like to ask everyone to rise. Leisurplace your right hand over heart for the National Anthem by the u. S. Navy. [applause] thank you that was beautiful. Please be seated. Now i have the privilege of the naturalization candidates. Candidates when you hear you
Minutes. E good afternoon. My name is sarah taylor and the district director of the washington and the services and mitts and honor to be here with you today to celebrate your citizenship. Its my pleasure to welcome you your friends, families and guest to the very special ceremony here at the Eisenhower Executive Office building south court auditorium. Id like to especially thank the Vice President posting here in the special place. Today we celebrate you as americas newest citizens and we celebrate Constitution Day and citizenship day as part is constitution week. We mark the special celebration by connecting the constitution in citizenship and reflecting on what it means to become a United States citizen. Too officially begin the ceremony i like to ask everyone to rise. Leisurplace your right hand over heart for the National Anthem by the u. S. Navy. [applause] thank you that was beautiful. Please be seated. Now i have the privilege of the turalization candidates. Candidates when you
American citizen permitted to do so in the entire war. Explore our nations past on American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now, it is a u. S. National relations ceremony, and Vice President pence delivered remarks at the event that took place at the eisenhower building yesterday in washington, d. C. This is from yesterday and about 35 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Washington District director at u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ms. Sarah taylor, and associate director and directorate of immigration and also the Vice President of the United States, mike pence. Good afternoon. My name is sarah taylor and im the district director of citizenship. It is an honor to be here to celebrate your citizenship, and welcome you, your guests and families here at the special naturalization here at the eisenhower south court auditorium. I would like to thank the Vice President for hosting us here in this special place. Today, we celebrate you as americas newest citizens,
Conduct even if you were not concerned and i cant imagine what elected leader would not be concerned about a sitting president using his office to gain political advantage for the next election you surely would be concerned about the potential that the white house intervened to stop the whistleblower complaint going its lawfully identified path the path that the whistleblower statute is very clear is required whenever there are a whistleblower complaints which is that it goes to the Inspector General for intelligence and once the Inspector General general says that the complaint is both credible and urgent that from there it must go to congress and the law is one of the clearer laws that we have in the us its a rather clear example of obstruction of justice and abuse of president ial power its hard to overlook it great talking to you thank you so much for your time do appreciate it. 2 other news in the u. S. Secretary of defense has announced america will be sending a battery of Patrio