Gentleman is i am not going to recognize you now. I am introducing the witnesses. Mr. Chairman noah feldman is the professor of law at harvard law school. Hes authored seven books, including a biography of James Madison as well as many essays and articles on constitutional subjects. Professor feldman received his undergraduate degree from harvard college, doctor of philosophy from Oxford University and a j. D. From yale law school. He also served as a law clerk to Justice David suitor of the United States Supreme Court. Pamela carline serves as the montgomery professor of Public Interest law and tat stanford lw school. Shes an author of keeping faith of the constitution and dozens of scholarly articles. She served as a law clerk to Justice Harry blackburn of the United States Supreme Court and as a Deputy Assistant attorney gener general. She earned three degrees from yale university. A b. A. In history, an m. A. In history and a j. D. From yale law school. Michael garehart is a profes
Constitution from its origins until the present. Im here to describe three things. Why the framers of our constitution included a provision for the impeachment of the president. What that provision providing for impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors means. And last, how it applies to the question before you and before the American People whether President Trump has committed Impeachable Offenses under the constitution. Let me begin by stating my conclusions. The framers provided for the impeachment of the president because they feared that the president might abuse the power of his office for person benefit, to corrupt the electoral process and insure his reelection, or to subvert the National Security of the United States. High crimes and misdemeanors are abuses of power and public trust connected to the office of the presidency. On the basis of the testimony and the evidence before the house. President trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly a
Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time, this subcommittee is convening a hearing on the document production efforts on the office of personnel management, the federal bureau of investigation, and the General Services administration in response to those committees and subcommittee document requests. I now recognize myself, for an Opening Statement. I want to thank the witnesses for being here, although i know there could be more comfortable hearings to attend. I regret we need to have this hearing. We are here because opm, the fbi, and gsa have not complied with the committees request for documents from several months ago. We witnessed a stunning lack of cooperation across the administration, in response to multiple congressional investigations. For this committee to performance important constitutional oversight mission, we must have documents and information requested from agencies. That, in turn, r
Before july 7. All 12 districts reported Economic Activity continued to expand since the last beige book. Characterized the growth as moderate. The other seven, modest. Boston and richmond saw a slightly slower pace of growth. Consumer spending helping to drive much of that growth come especially in car sales and tour is him. Consumer spending continued to increase at a moderate pace since the Previous Report with generally modest growth among nonauto retailers and moderate to strong growth in be cool sales and tour is an activity. ,or districts reported robust very strong auto sales with more optimism from all districts for the months ahead. This is interesting. Richmond mentioned that recalls were weighing on car sales while chicago noted an increase thinks to the recall. Other highlights, tourism activity increased across all districts. The same story for manufacturing. A different one for real estate. There is the beige book saying Residential Real Estate continued to vary by distr
The current impact of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), which was officially launched on July 1, 2022, will be discussed by an expert panel when National Council of Legislators from Gaming States convenes its Winter Meeting, Dec. 8-11, at Resorts World Las Vegas.