Good morning. Welcome, everyone. This is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs. Well now come to order. I first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members. Especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. And also those who are returning. Its my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee and im grateful to chairman rowe for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look toward to working with Miss Elizabeth este from connecticut as our new member, under committee rules, miss Julia Brownly is still the committees acting Ranking Member. And my understanding is that the full committee will schedule a business meeting to familiarize the subcommittee or im sorry, formalize the subcommittee assignment and our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. But since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also we also want to make sure that we know that weve been joined by the Ranki
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. This is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs. Well now come to order. I first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members. Especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. And also those who are returning. Its my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee and im grateful to chairman rowe for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look toward to working with Miss Elizabeth este from connecticut as our new member, under committee rules, miss Julia Brownly is still the committees acting Ranking Member. And my understanding is that the full committee will schedule a business meeting to familiarize the subcommittee or im sorry, formalize the subcommittee assignment and our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. But since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also we also want to make sure that we know that weve been joined by the Ranki
Subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs. Will now come to order. I first want to take a moment to welcome subcommittee members, especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee, and also those who are returning. Its my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee, and im grateful to chairman rowe for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look forward to working with ms. Elizabeth essie from connecticut as our new Ranking Member. Ms. Julia brownley is still the subcommittees acting Ranking Member. My understanding is the full committee will schedule a business meeting to formalize familiarize formalize the subcommittee assignment and our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. But since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also we also want to make sure that we know we have been joined by the Ranking Member, mr. Tim walsh, and thank him for being here. I want to ask unanimous consent for Ranking Member walsh, r
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[ laughter and applause ] whats that . What . [ cheers and applause ] i got confirmed. Well, thats terrible news. [ light laughter ] oh, its good news. The leader of iran said today that President Trump represents the real face of the u. S. [ light laughter ] are you kidding me . Trump doesnt even represent his own real face. [ light laughter ] also right about now, the real face of the u. S. Looks like this. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] aides who traveled with President Trump on the campaign trail recently revealed that the three staples of his diet were dominoes, kfc, and mcdonalds. Corroborating this story, trumps big ol butt. [ laughter and applause ] billionaire Richard Branson recently released a video of former president obama, kite surfing with him in the virgin islands. Hey man, i get that you dont have to deal with all this anymore, but could you not rub it in . [ laughter ] this is why people unfriend their exes on facebook. [ light laughter ] im gonna see what barac