Im executive Vice President of external affairs at the center for American Progress and i have the immense honor of welcoming all of you here today. As we all know Robert Mueller will appear tomorrow before members of congress to detail how the russian government worked to sabotage the 2016 elections and how donald trump and his allies sought to aid, abet and cover up this operation as seemingly at every turn. The president has lied over and over again, and claiming that the Mueller Report found no evidence of collusion and tomorrow the American People will hear what the special counsel actually uncovered. This time around those findings wont only be contained within the margins of the 448 page legal document but this time around the public will hear the fact directly from Robert Mueller himself. Facts which are utterly and unquestionably damning. The Mueller Report describes at least 37 meetings and 272 contacts in total between russia linked operatives in the Trump Campaign. Those co
That was the day was the first House Intelligence Committee hearing and a day known for james comey announcing there was indeed, an fbi investigation into the Trump Campaigns ties to russia. It gave a press into Opening Statement in which you outlined what we knew at the time on march 20th and when you asked is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated and that nothing more than an entirely on happy coincidence and you said yes, it is possible but it is also possible and maybe more than possible that they are not coincidental and not disconnected and that the russians used the same techniques to corrupt u. S. Persons that they employed in europe and elsewhere. We simply do not know not yet and we owe it to the country to find out. Two and half years later what did you find out . Was this all just a random coincidence . No, it clearly wasnt. If i knew then that we would find evidence in writing of the russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton is part of w
Do not do that again, mr. Shanahan, or i will not take your name up for a vote before this committee. Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org, right on our home page or by searching the video library. And now Energy Secretary rick perry on President Trumps proposed 2018 budget for the Energy Department from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. This is about an hour 40 minutes. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. I apologize for the delayed start, but hopefully we will have an opportunity to hear from the secretary and learn of the president s views for the department of energy. Secretary perry, i want to welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan confirmation here in the senate. While it took us a little bit longer than wed hoped to get you in this role, were glad to have you at the helm. We look forward to helping you get a full compliment of folks there at the department as well. The budget request for the department of energy ta
Welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan conservation in the senate. It took us a little bit longer than we had hoped to get you in this role and we are happy to have you at the helm. We look forward to getting you helping you get a full complement of folks at the department as well. The budget request for the department of energy takes a different approach than weve seen. The president has made a concerted effort to increase funding for the nuclear. This is a portion of the department that falls outside of our community here. The administration has requested robust cleaning of Nuclear Waste. To offset those funding increases the proposed deep cuts to research and development for energy and science. It proposes to phase out innovative programs that have had demonstrated success. I understand what drop the proposal, but i am concerned by certain parts of it. The United States is the worlds leader in science and energy. We like it that way, and we want to keep it that
And the election isnt until next week so we have this lovely window of time in which to prepare professor mueller. He crashed his own revolutionary theory. When it makes testable predictions becky begins by laying out a remarkably clear explanation of the Physics Building blocks. I even understood that part. Relativity, entanglement, antimatter and the big bang which you all just been talking about. With the state said he reveals a startling way forward which i a mere mortal could not begin to explain. His new book has gotten wonderful reviews from people like Neil Degrasse tyson says its a master class in what time is an outline why we proceed with the way we do. Saul perlmutter the Nobel Prize Winner in physics said a remarkably fresh and exciting approach to the analysis of time. His usual clarity and weight he perceives from established principles but when he gets to the meaning of the flow of time and now, he forges a new path. There are also cartoons in this book. Quite fun. Tim