Soul and it is him was impossible to put that connection into words. Thank you, daddy. Heres a letter to express my gratitude to you for a lifetime of lessons, and memories and blessings. Recently he was my recently recently come you said my handwriting was getting too small. So like in recent times, i would like to read this note of thanks allowed. Except today daddy, all of these people have gathered to celebrate your live so its not just you and me. I hope as always to make you proud. Dear dad, over the past week, baltimore and the nation in the have celebrated your life and your contributions to our collective humanity. You were so many things to so many people. You touched so many lives. And that is because yours was one of not only duty but also of service and compassion. You truly saw people. And they saw you. No matter their lot in life or politics. No matter anything that made them different from you. You often said to me, thank you for just being you. You were the gift and i
Identity well leave the last couple of this hearing as the a confirmation hearing is being held for Navy Vice Admiral Charles Richard. Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines established for requested communications including questions for the records and hearings. I will. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests . Yes, mr. Chairman. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony or briefings. They will. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee. I do. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms and communication in a timely manner when requested by a constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis for any good faith delay or denial. I will. And lastly, have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which would appear to presume the outcome of your confirmation or the confirmation process . I h
Some of the officials from earlier today as the late maryland congressman Elijah Cummings lays in state in the capitol. If you missed any of the ceremony today held to honor him, well be showing it tonight at 8 00 eastern here on cspan. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for congressman cummings. He died last week. He served 13 terms in the u. S. House and has life will be celebrated at New Psalmist Baptist Church in baltimore. Well have live coverage tomorrow morning at 10 00 eastern here on cspan. You can also watch online at cspan. Org or listen using cspans radio app. For now, get inside the u. S. Capitol where the public viewing is under way. Just outside the house chamber. The casket of the late congressman Elijah Cummings arrived at the u. S. Capitol this morning for a ceremony before lying in state. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at New Psalmist Baptist Church in baltimore. Well have live coverage at 10 00 eastern here on cspan. You can also watch online at cspan. O
Thank you everybody for coming. Please continue to enjoy your lunch. Im tim carney, im a visiting fellow here at the American Enterprise institute as well as being a the commentary ted tor at the Washington Examiner. Were here to talk about health care. But i want to ask a specific question about health care. And its a question that some people on the Free Enterprise side, the free market conservative or libertiarian side dont always ask. Kui, bono in latin, or who benefits. I think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits . Because we see Elizabeth Warren will say a tax cut is bad because rich people benefit. But i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One, it definitely influences our debates. If you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama certainly thought it was very important to point out that he was battling, you kno
[organ music playing] is we remain standing, we prepare now for the wharq servant, theublic honorable Elijah Eugene cummings. It shall be done in a few draping ofter the the coffin by the honor guard. [horn sounds] amen. Was a cummings churchman. We sing to the glory of thgod this morning that opening hymn that meant so much to him. Bishop thomas you may be seated. Let us pray. Lord, we thankyou for your servant, Elijah Eugene cummings, assiduously, sagacious, and with integrity to preserve and protect the sacrosanct founding document of this country, from enemies both foreign and domestic. Lord, we thank you for one who stayed the same wherever he was as he ironically embodied kiplings command to walk with kings yet not lose the common touch. For ruthe praise you and robert cummings. You, thatt, we bless you lived in him, spoke through him, and strengthened him to do the work of kingdom building in the guise of a congressman and committee chair. Father, whereas we come to pay rose tha