[inaudible] [indiscernible] mr. Sessions mr. Chairman, if i might, friends, i would like to thank richard shelby, my colleague and senators susan colleague Susan Collins for their introduction. It was moving and touching for me. Its hard to believe the three of us have served together in this body for almost 20 years. When i arrived in the senate in 1997, i probably would not have anticipated becoming so close to the colleagues from maine. [indiscernible] mr. Sessions it took a while to understand our accents but once we did, we never had a problem. He has been a steady fast friend and we have been a good team representing the interests of alabama and the United States. I want to thank president elect donald trump for the confidence and trust he has shown in me by nominating me to serve as attorney general of the United States. I feel the weight of an honor traders and i aspire to. If i am confirmed, i will commit to do and to the American People to be worth the of the office and speci
With bob having bhn confirmed out of the committee today and hopefully coming to the senate for a full vote very shortly, that should cure one of the objections that some of the senators had, namely they were concerned about formally reopening nafta when the absence of the u. S. Trade rep being confirm the catch 22 to that is they were also slow walking the confirmation. So it was a little bit of a circular thing. But in any event, that appears to be in the process of being corrected. Will this move complicate efforts to get a good deal . Mr. Ross everything affects everything else. This trade issue as has been pointed out is not a brand new issue. Its been around for quite a while. The meeting, the next upcoming meeting of the g7 is about a month iaway, and the u. S. Is in the middle of talking to china about how to address north korea. Are you comfortable that the north korea calculus has not ham strung your ability to be as direct with china on matters like this . And is the action
Picking up members picking up members of the legacy Football Team. We go live out school with the latest. Three coaches are in the hospital as of this morning and it is a difficult day at legacy high sccool now ttat it is back to school, the football field behind me is empty, the Football Team on everybodys mind. The Junior Varsity and varsity teams were coming back from a football tournament in california yesterday afternoon when one of their buses crashed the adult woman driver was killed, three coaches were hurt, they are in the hospital but their conditions are being withheld. 15 students were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries, most of them have been treated and released. We saw one student at school this morning with a neck brace and a legacy football teacher teaaher. Homecoming reach week which is normally spirited, the student body was very active and supportive they wanted everyone to wear their legacy gear to show support. But it is not a normal homecoming week. T
Inland revenue from the beginning, properly audited and in the annual return was omitted to Inland Revenue every year. The share price was listed in the financial times. It wasnt a family trust, it was a commercial Investment Fund for any investor to buy units and get u. K. Investors paid all the syntaxes as with any other share, including same taxes as with any other shukman included income tax. There have been some deeply hurtful and profound entry allegations made against my father profoundly untrue allegations made against my father. This Investment Fund was set up overseas in the first place because he was going to be trading predominantly in dollars security. Like very many other commercial Investment Funds, it made sense to be set up inside one of the main centers of dollar trading. There are thousands of these Investment Funds, and many millions of people in britain who own shares, many of whom hold them through Investment Funds or unit trusts could such funds, including those
2005, George Herbert walker bush, senator reid made the same argument when george w. Bush was president of United States. Her to, 18 month before be bush left office, senator that there should be a presumption against confirmation. It is only fair to play by the same set of rules. Based on the conduct, based on the behavior of our colleagues when they were in the majority come up first when he filibustered judges for the first time, and later when they were in the majority before they saw the majority slip to republicans, the democratic leader packed the d. C. Court of appeals by a vote from the nuclear option, breaking the senate rules any raw display a political power in order to pack a court that many people called the secondmost Important Court in the land. For this lifetime appointment to the court is a critical check on the executive branch. A check that this administration has proved over and over again, we need desperately. And i have pointed out , this nomination will change t