Solicitor during the george h. W. Bush administration. He was asked about safety, the minimum wage and protections for lgbtq workers among other topics. Good morning. Good morning. Should. Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will please come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia to serve as United States secretary of of labor. Let me say before i begin my Opening Statement that we welcome secretary chao, secretary, good to see you, and we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. There are so many of them i will the scalias are especially productive family, apparently, so it wont come any of your allotted time for your statement, and i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings are a not necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself more
Good morning. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Today were considering the nomination of Eugene Scalia. To serve as United States secretary of labor. Let me say before i begin my pening statement that we welcome secretary chao. Good to see you and we welcome mr. Scalias family. Well give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. Theres so many of them and i wont the scalias are a productive family, apparently, so well well it wont come off any of your allotted time for your statement nd i would say to the family members that the confirmation hearings arent necessarily a family exercise. I was before this committee myself more than 30 years ago to be nominated for education secretary and was grilled pretty heavily, i thought with my family sitting right behind me. I was accustomed to it, but they werent. But they got over it before very long. So we welcome you here and were glad youre here. Yesterday i received a letter from senator murray asking me to delays t
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Welcome to the hearing on Oversight Department of justice. Chair recognizes the gentleman from california to lead us in the pledge. Please stand. Please face whichever flag is most appropriate for your direction. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Chernow recognizes himself her Opening Statement. The fix is in. Even with the facesaving indictment last week of hunter biden, everyone knows the fix is in. 4 1 2 years the department of justice has been investigating mr. By the, an investigation run by david wiess, an investigation that limited the number of witnesses agents could interview, an investigation a prohibited agent from referring to the president as the big guy in any interviews they did get to do. An investigation that curtailed attempts to interview biden by giving a heads up. An investigation that noted run by mr. Weiss where they told the congress three
Welcome to the hearing on Oversight Department of justice. Chair recognizes the gentleman from california to lead us in the pledge. Please stand. Please face whichever flag is most appropriate for your direction. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Chernow recognizes himself her Opening Statement. The fix is in. Even with the facesaving indictment last week of hunter biden, everyone knows the fix is in. 4 1 2 years the department of justice has been investigating mr. By the, an investigation run by david wiess, an investigation that limited the number of witnesses agents could interview, an investigation a prohibited agent from referring to the president as the big guy in any interviews they did get to do. An investigation that curtailed attempts to interview biden by giving a heads up. An investigation that noted run by mr. Weiss where they told the congress three