35 years later during the impeachment trials of president trump, adam schiff asked, where is howard baker . Where the people willing to go beyond their party to look to their duty . Senator baker spoke to delegates. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Does anyone here think Ronald Reagan ought to be reelected as president of the United States . [applause] i have come to the right place. The democrats have come to a different conclusion. Voting for Walter Mondale. Booing] tremblingmerica is and despairing. While, i thought they were talking about themselves. [laughter] [applause] that is why america will reelect Ronald Reagan and a lot more wills why americans 1984 ct Ronald Reagan in [applause] americas choice this year is not just between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale. Between a team that has proven it can succeed. And a team that has proven it can. The Walter Mondale team gave us inflation. A punching bag for a Foreign Policy. The misery. Friends, misery has become a very i
Sure to join the conversation with your calls, texts, and tweets. Announcer as the Republican National Convention Gets Underway tonight, we will hear from prominent speakers from past conventions. Senator howard baker from 1984. Then pat buchanan in 1992. , retired general colin powell in 1996. And former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2012. Howard baker had already been Senate Majority leader for three years when he addressed the 1984 Republican Convention. He became 18 years, known as the great negotiator, including passage of the Clean Air Act and the clean water act. Senator baker was vice chair of the committee that investigated whitewater, president nixon, and members of his administration. 35 years later during the impeachment trials of president trump, intelligence chair adam schiff asked, where is howard baker . Where the people willing to go beyond their party to look to their duty . Senator baker spoke to delegates in dallas. Sen. Baker thank you very much. Late is a
Subcommittee on social sushlg held a hearing on the impact of coronavirus on Social Security. Several raised concerns about a payroll tax cut which they said would reduce funding for the program. The subcommittee on Social Security will come to order. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and audience members. Thank you, everyone, for joining with us today as we all bear up under covid19 and address technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member followed by testimony from our witnesses, and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. Well dispense of the practice observing givens rule and instead go in order of seniority for questioning. Alternating between minority and majority. Members will be responsible for muting and unmuting themselves throughout the proceedings. I thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this great time of need. With that, i wo
Will do whatever it takes to make him the next commander in chief. Harris is the first black woman in the history of us politics to join a Major Party Ticket and the 3rd woman to serve as a vp candidate for a Major Political party. She also also is of course a bay area native. She grew up in oakland and started her political career after graduating from the u c Hastings Law School back in 1989. In 1990 she was named Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County. Then in 2003 harris was elected San Francisco District Attorney where she served 2 terms. She was an elected as California Attorney general in 2010. Harris began a second term in that post when she announced she was running for us senate where she was elected in 2016. Then in 2019 senator harris launched her president ial bid. And now one year later, she is joe bidens running mate. Theres a long list of San Francisco city leaders who worked with Kamala Harris as she climbed the political ladder. Kron fours michelle kingston shows
Witnesses and audience members. Thank you everyone for joining with us today as we all bear up under covid19 and address technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Follow the by testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense of our practice of observing givens rule and instead go to go in order of seniority for questions. Alternating between minority and majority. Members will be responsible for muting and unmuting themselves throughout the proceedings. I thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this great time of need. With that, i would like to again welcome everybody to the ways and means social subcommittee virtual hearing on the impact of covid19 on Social Security and its beneficiaries. Again, let me add my thanks to the member and of course our witnesses who have joined us today at the ways an