With the presentation of colors by the United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Forward, march. Right shoulder. Now, please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Campbell thank you very much. You may be seated. Our celebration this evening is possible because we have generous support from the bank of america, from grant thornton, mallinkrodt pharmaceuticals, from allergen, from the National Retail federation, from the association of global automakers, united technology, and the ongoing support of our society members. We have several of our Board Members who are here. I would invite you to stand up, anna, don, john, Board Members of the society. Thank you very much for your work. [applause] ms. Campbell we are here today to raise a toast to the Senate Finance committee
Perhaps if my colleagues had taken a more active approach to resolving their concerns, we would have avoided this situation in which additional capabilities were needed to respond to the elevated threat this emergency situation that has been posted by iran. Mr. Speaker, there has long been a consensus in this body that irans malign activities in the middle east are a threat to the United States national security. And to our partners. In the past three years alone, we have passed legislation responding to irans support for terrorism, growing Ballistic Missile arsenal, and human rights abuses. The Iranian Regime has not backed down from these malign activities and it is my sincere hope that this body will not back down from its resolve to counter irans destabilizing agenda. Unfortunately this resolution and the other joint resolutions of disapproval for the 22 sales are very much a step in the wrong direction. And with that, mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro
They acting like theyre representing the mexican drug cartels . We take that up tonight. President trump swatting away at his annoying detractors. President trump asserted executive privilege today to block the radical dimms access to census documents and the president asked what sense does a census make without a Citizenship Question. I think when you have a census and youre not allowed to talk about whether somebody is a citizen or not, that doesnt sound too good to me. Its totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. But the Supreme Court is going to be ruling op it soon. I think when the census goes out you should find out whether or not and you have the right to ask whether or not somebody ask a citizen of the United States. Lou for more on the president s executive privilege assertion, we turn to our chief intelligence correspondent, katherincatherine herridge. The House Oversight committee voted to send a contempt resolution for attorney general william barr an
They acting like theyre representing the mexican drug cartels . We take that up tonight. President trump swatting away at his annoying detractors. President trump asserted executive privilege today to block the radical dimms access to census documents and the president asked what sense does a census make without a Citizenship Question. I think when you have a census and youre not allowed to talk about whether somebody is a citizen or not, that doesnt sound too good to me. Its totally ridiculous that we would have a census without asking. But the Supreme Court is going to be ruling op it soon. I think when the census goes out you should find out whether or not and you have the right to ask whether or not somebody ask a citizen of the United States. Lou for more on the president s executive privilege assertion, we turn to our chief intelligence correspondent, katherincatherine herridge. The House Oversight committee voted to send a contempt resolution for attorney general william barr an
Sunday on cspans q a. Each year, the u. S. Capital Historical Society orders the accomplishments of the committee. Next, a tribute to the Senate Finance committee. Present and past members discuss the committees purpose and work. It was formally created in 1816. My name is jane campbell. I am lucky and fortunate to be the president and ceo of the historicales society. I just took this job in february, so this is my new but this organization has been around for more than 50 years, and we are delighted to have you all join us for a of the distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight the presentation of colors by the United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. March. Right shoulder. Now, please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right s