I am pleased that it is one we can work in a bipartisan manner. I believe we all want a Strong Military and a strong private sector and a strong government that is wisely tracking taxpayers money and spending it efficiently for the purposes that it was meant for. I look forward to working with the Ranking Member in the future and i am so pleased he is with us here today. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good morning. Todays hearing will focus on the f35 joint strike fighter. A highly technical stuff fighter that the pentagon largest and most costly acquisition program. Since the 35 Program Began more than 20 years ago the department of defense has spent more than 350 billion on its development. Total cost to sustain the program are estimated at more than 1 trillion. Unfortunately, this expensive program has been plagued by challenges for years, including major problems with ma
Next, Defense Department officials testified at a House Oversight hearing on the f 35 joint star fighter jet program. They were asked about maintenance issues and concerns that prime contractor Lockheed Martin provided defective spare parts and Outdated Technology systems for the aircraft. And generalsident manager of the f35 program at Lockheed Martin corporation also joined the hearing remotely to answer questions from lawmakers. The committee will come to order. Like to all, i would congratulate Ranking Member komar. This is his First Full Committee Hearing as a ranking i believe we are want a strong private military, strong private sector that is widely tracking taxpayers money and spending it efficiently for the purposes that it was meant for. I look forward to working with the Ranking Member in the future and i am so pleased that he is with us here today. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time, and i now recognize myself for open
I know were in the greatest country in the history of the earth, your ideas matter. For more information go to our website studentcam. Org. Next, the House Judiciary Committee holds an oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Survey surveillance act of fisa. Congress has until the end of the year to renew pfizer provisionpfizerprovisions. They testify and how provisions are being used [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee of the judiciary will come to order and without objection declare recess at the committee of anytime. We welcome everyone to this morning. An oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of the most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used by our government to keep us safe are consistent with their values and with the freed
Pence and asked him about your assertions made this last week that all the president did was asked him to pause the certification on january 6th, 2021. He told me flatly, quote, thats not what happened. Your response . Thats not what i said, though, but thats okay. What is it that you believe happened between the president and the Vice President and do you have any fear of the Vice President being called as a witness in the case . No. In fact, the Vice President will be our best witness. What i said is the ultimate ask of Vice President pence was to pause the count and allow the states to weigh in. That was my statement. And what ive said is consistent with what Vice President pence is saying. The reason why Vice President pence will be so important to the defense is, number one, he agrees john eastman who gave legal advice to President Trump was an esteemed legal scholar. He agrees there were election irregularities, fraud, unlawful actions at the state level, all will eviscerate any
Two people, two others were injured. The occupiers shelled vovchansk and launched guided aerial bombs on the villages of victory and kruglyakivka residential buildings and farm buildings were destroyed, and a fire broke out in the village of borova due to the impact. A drunk driver ran over pedestrians in kyiv. A 40yearold woman died immediately. 24yearold. The man was hospitalized with serious injuries. The accident happened in the evening on the big ring road. The 36yearold driver of the bmw lost control and flew to uzbichye. After a drug test, he was found to have 0. 35 ppm of alcohol in his blood, the metropolitan police reported. The russians demolished the monument in the temporarily occupied mariupol. It is about memorial sign to the 500th anniversary of the ukrainian cossacks. He was standing near the drama theater informed petro andryushchenko, the city mayors advisor. According to him, barbarism is a common practice of the occupiers. The day before, they destroyed the monumen