Houston, we have a problem, when that message was received in control, it was Katherine Johnson who crunched the numbers to get our folks home. This was at a time when everything was going wrong and she had a cool head and ined ed incredibly brilliant mind to put this complex data together. This is not hoping the computer spitz out the right information spits out the right information. This is the long work that we all dreaded as a kid when it was simple math, and this was of the longest, most complex nature, the type of math that they had to do highly quickly. These Women Deserve the Congress Gold medal. They deserve this recognition. I support this bill and i urge my colleagues to pass this piece of legislation. And with that, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from guam is recognized. Mr. San nicolas thank you, madam speaker. I yield five minutes to the gentlewoman. The speaker pro tempore the gentl
The meeting will come to order. What were going do do is have our Opening Statements of senator reid and myself and then well recognize dr. Wilson for a very important introduction. All right . We the Committee Meets today for the nomination of general john e. Hyten to be Vice President of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank him for being here today. We welcome your family who is here and your friends, dr. Hyten. They can be introduced at the time you are recognized for your Opening Statement. And we have our boring seven or eight questions you have to respond to first. Have you adhered to applicable laws, recognitions or any conflicts of interest . Yes, sir. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify before request before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communications in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any good faith denial or
Joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and we welcome your family here and friends, doctor hyten, they can be introduced at the time youre recognized for your Opening Statement. We have our boring questions you have to respond to first. Have you adhered to the laws and regulations governing the conflict of interest. Do you agree if confirmed to testify before this committee . Guesser. Do you agree to provide a documenting for the electronic forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by the duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any goodfaith denial or delay in such documents . Yes, sir. Do you agree to give your personal views even if they are different from the administration in power . Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines for requesting the communications including questions for the record in the hearings . We will. Will you cooperate in providinproviding successes ands in response to the c
Mueller testified on capitol hill about the russia investigation. This house intelligence hearing was the second of the two hearings and focused on the findings related to russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. This meeting will come to on behalf of my colleagues i want to thank you special counsel mueller to a lifetime of service to the country. Your report for those who take the time to study it has been methodical and devastating. It tells us the story of a foreign never stare systematic intervention in a close u. S. Residential election. That should be enough to deserve the attention of every american as you well point out. Your report tells another story as well, the story of the 2016 election is also a story about disloyalty to country, read, and allies. Lies. Ed and your determination that the Trump Campaign manager donald trump himself knew that a foreign power was intervening in our election and welcomed it, built russian meddling into their strategy and used
We will come to order. At the outset and on behalf of my colleagues, i want to thank you, special counsel mueller, for a lifetime of service to the country. The outset on behalf of my colleagues i want to thank special counsel mueller for a lifetime of service to your country. It tells the story of a foreign adversary sweeping and systemic intervention in a close u. S. Election. That should be enough to deserve the attention of every american as you well point out. But your report tells another story as well. The story of the 2016 election is also a story about disloyalty to country. About greed, and about lies. Your investigation determined the Trump Campaign including donald trump himself knew that a foreign power was intervening in our election and welcomed it, built russian meddling into their strategy and used it. Disloyalty to country. Those are strong words but how else are we to describe a president ial campaign which did not inform the authorities of a foreign offer of dirt on