Court of appeals judge for the ninth circuit. Confirmation vote is expected later today. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, how great you are today, lead our lawmakers in their work. May they be messengers of unity and hope. Make them productive servants who strive to honor you. Remind them to act with justice, love, mercy, and humility. May they speak words that bring life, as they seek to live with integrity. Sovereign lord, strengthen our senators to seize opportunities that bring peace, hope, and freedom. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding offic
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Good morning. This hearing will come to order. This is the hearing of the title is resources needed to protect and secure the homeland. We will review the budget of Homeland Security. We have acting secretary of Homeland Security, the honorable Kevin Mcaleenan here to testify. I want to first of all appreciate and thank you for your long service to this country. And in particular at this moment where we are grappling with so many issues. The aftermath of an unprecedented level of disasters with hurricanes and fires in california, hurricanes, you know, obviously in the gulf coast, the dister that aster oct the border right now. If we could quickly put up our chart. I think ee hawe have our chart. Not only do we have it on the chart, but we had an event in oshkosh over the weekend that required a giveaway. I produced a chart. It shows how out of control the problem is. In the first seven months of this year we have over 300, the total is actually 312,000 individuals coming either as over
Crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional. Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that too is prohibited. The special counsels office is part of the department of justice, and by regulation it was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider. Lou mueller adding nothing to body of Public Knowledge about what he did for almost two years or what he did with that 35 million of taxpayer money. The only thing that is clear as a result of his almost ten minutes of musings is that his investigation was a partisan event, a vehicle, in fact, that provided the radical dems and the national leftwing media with a constant drum beat of negativity that served to support and fuel the radical dems theft of the 2018 midterm election. And now the dems control the house, and theyre spending, it seems, every waking moment searching for ways in which to obstruct, to undermine and overthrow the pre
Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that too is prohibited. Special Counsel Office is part of the department of justice and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider. Mueller adding nothing to the body of Public Knowledge about what he did for almost two yearses. Or what he did with that 35 million of taxpayer money. The only thing that is clear, as a result is almost ten minutes of musings is that his investigation was a partisan event. A vehicle, in fact, that provided radical dems and the National Left wing media with a constant drum beat of negativity that served to support and fuel the radical dems theft of the 2018 midterm election. And now the dems control house and theyre spending it seems every waking moment searching for ways in which to obstruct to undermine and overthrow the president of the United States. More than a dozen committees now focusing