Ukraine investigate former Vice President joe biden in exchange for military aid. It is just under 2. 5 hours. [crowd noise] the committee will come to order. Thank you for attending today. Today, we will hold the nomination hearing on important position. The nominee today is John Jay Sullivan to be the u. S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation. We have two distinguished colleagues of ours. We will allow them to proceed with introductions. I will postpone my opening statement. I asked the Ranking Member to do likewise. Until the nominees have been introduced. We are glad to be joined today by senators dan sullivan of alaska and ben cardin of maryland. Sullivanand senator has drawn the straw to go first. Thank you very much. Its an honor to be before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee again on behalf of my friend John Sullivan. To beport his nomination the United States ambassador to the Russian Federation. Despite what his last name would suggest, we are not related. Although i oc
Many voters feel about the government. This runs about an hour and 45 minutes. Sen cruz good ever good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking you all for attending, and thanking senator hirono for working with me and my staff to convene this hearing and bring these witnesses together. The topic before us is one, i believe, of great importance the need for term limits for members of congress so that we can begin to fix what is broken here in washington politics. Before i introduce our first panel, id like to explain why we organized todays hearing. In the 2016 election, the American People made a resounding call to drain the swamp that is modern washington. And sadly this is a bipartisan problem. The American People have lost confidence in washington, and especially in congress. Enmeshed in backroom deals and broken promises, our capital has too often become a political playground for the powerful and the wellconnected, for members of the permanent Political Class looking to accumulate mor
He has a poverty summit. When you talk about using the power of the presidency to try to change and start a debate in this country of what we can do so the situations that are occurring every single day in america because children are abandoned by a system that is not focused on kids, i think we can make some real changes. Weve got about 10 minutes left. Well try to get in three more questions. Paul. Paul senator, four years senator santorum what if i filibuster . Paul senator, four years ago your family played a big role in your campaign. Youre a dad of seven. How have things changed in four years . Is it easier, harder . How do you how do you stay dad . Senator santorum its hard. Seven kids, going through those teenage years and everything its theres challenges out there. Ill be honest with you. I feel first, the biggest issue, if you recall four years ago, was our daughter bella and the Health Problems that she had. Im just were just real excited shes doing better she has ever done
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Lives at sea in the history of this maritime nation. Some of the survivors are still alive today and many of course more to those who died and was kept secret at the time for reasons of wartime secrecy, and i think it is appropriate to do in this house of commons to them all of those who survived and those who died and their families who still mourn them. Here, here. Order. Views been watching prime ministers questions. Question time is live every wednesday at 7 00 a. M. Eastern cspan2 and reairs here on cspan. You can watch anytime at cspan. Org. Like many of us, first families take vacation time, and like president s and first ladies, a good read can be the perfect companion. What better book than one that peers inside the personal life of every first lady in American History . First ladies, president ial historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. Inspiring stories of fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, a great summertime read, available from Pub