Remote hearings certainly arent the same as sitting together in our Committee Room but this new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American Peoples while keeping our staff, family and broader communities safe. This is the second official virtual subcommittee hearing in the ways and means committee. As with our previous hearing i want members to know i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive debates. Even as we conduct our business from afar i will continue to work with our Ranking Member and his staff so to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for the
And ages and genders and sexuality, people are committing to building a moral fusion movement. And building power. I believe that we will win. Abouts movement is not merely saving the Democratic Party or criticizing the republican party. This movement is about saving the soul of this nation. Up to fightsing poverty. [chanting] we must do more mobilizing organizing registration educating people for the movement who vote. Cannot stand here and claim to be a follower of jesus christ and be silent about the moral outrage that is going on in our country. We are not afraid thank you, we love you half of its people is in a moral and economic crisis. We will. Do more. There will be a movement. To bring people together change the heart and soul of this democracy and this world. Almost 57 years ago, my father, reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. And now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling tranquilizingthe drug of gradualism. But now
He wants to ignore any allegation against russia and its president Vladimir Putin the Washington Post has reported that several american soldiers are believed to have died because of the Russia Program the White House Press secretary has reiterated that trump was not briefed on the alleged russian bounties there is no consensus within the Intelligence Community on these allegations and. In effect there are dissenting opinions from some in the Intelligence Community with regards to the veracity of whats being reported on the veracity of the underlying allegations continue to be evaluated glen karl is a former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for transnational sorites with the cia he says the information would have been conveyed to the president. He spent my career doing this and i know how things are funneled up the chain of command or what kind of things are in something of this importance would absolutely be briefed to the white house now did a cia officer sit down and speak direc
Cspan. Org coronavirus. Are look concludes with a visit to the sanders core center to hear about texas a m universitys corps of cadets. Texas a m and the core of today its came into existence at the same time and a lot of the things that go on here corps of cadets. A lot of the big traditions started with the corps of cadets. Welcome to texas a m university and the corps of cadets. My name is col. Byron stebbins, im a member of the class of 1970 and i would like to welcome to the core center designed to provide visitors to texas a m an understanding of what we are all about. It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Octoberm was opened on the fourth, 1876. Unfortunately, they did not have the student population to start classes. On october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it opened its door to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the united states. We have appro
World war ii memorial hosted the event. Mr. Kershaw good morning. On behalf of the friends of the National World war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. My name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the National World war ii memorial. I have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and americas most decorated platoon from world war ii. It is my great honor to serve today as your master of ceremonies. Thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. The largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in world war ii. In fact, the largest fought by the u. S. In its entire history. Friends of the National World war ii memorial is a Small Nonprofit Organization Whose Mission is to honor and preserve the National Memory of world w