The irs targeting of political groups. In october, chaffetz introduced legislation to impeach koskinen. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing on examining allegations of misconduct on irs commissioner John Koskinen part one. I begin with myself. The constitution sets forth a system of checks and balances and grants each branch of government tools to shake sure no one gets too much power. The power to write the laws, power of the purse, impeachment power and other powers. They allow congress to expert oversight over branches including rooting up corruption, fraud and abuse by government officials and taking further disciplinary action on behalf of the American People when warranted. The duty to serve as a check on the other branches including against corruption and abuse is a solemn one and congress does not and must not take this responsibility lightly. That is why this committee scheduled a hearing
From nonaligned movement. You may have to stand alone to adequately defend u. S. Security interests. I hope you will explain how you plan to defend these and your ability to successfully represent the u. S. While we have the opportunity, i would like for you to discuss our governments efforts to counter smuggle something how you may use if confirmed to further ensure the security of Nuclear Material globally. I appreciate your attendance before the committee today and look forward to growing our relationship should you be confirmed. Let me also welcome laura holgate. Thank you for your longstanding public service. A as was pointed out by the previous witness, this is a family commitment. We thank you for your willingness to serve our country in this critically important position. You bring a host of kwaufrgzs to this nomination. Senior position at the department of energy and department of defense, career that prevents states and terrorists from requiring and using weapons of mass dest
There is a lot of vitriol and also not just for candidates, but even voters who participate on social media, it is a deterrent, because people are attacked and really shut down. There are people who it is almost like they are not allowed to express their views. If someone takes a opposing the, an opposing view the , discussion is really shut down. That is unfortunate. That hinders the ability for to be a platform for discourse. I am more concerned about that then siphoning people often to their own camps. What is the reward for trying to express a view and having a discussion if you are going to have that kind of response . It is worse for women because of the types of attacks and can lead to. In terms of advice, you have two options. Either you engage or you dont engage. If you decide to engage, do you types ofge those commenters or not . I think engagement is always better for all the reasons were talking about today. If you stay silent or absent, people are talking about you on soci
United states and sets a path to a responsible appropriations process this year and next. Since the beginning of this years appropriations process, democrats have called for relief fl damaging austerity budget level caps so congress can invest in our nations future. Unfortunately the majoritys budget resolution and appropriation bills would have strangled Economic Growth and not met our nations need with cuts to pell grants that help families Pay College Tuition and Law Enforcement grants, for example. The list goes on and on, from the start of the appropriations process, i urged my majority colleagues to negotiate reasonable spending caps that protect our economy and national priorities. Im pleased these talks finally happened and resulted in this bipartisan package that provides an additional 40 billion for defense, 40 billion for nondefense over two years. These investments are critical. Upon its passage, i look forward to working together in a similarly responsible manner to reach
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