Americans election part two oversight of Government Agencies. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Last month this Committee Held apart one of the series of hearings on securing americas elections. In that hearing, three witnesses have been jointly selected by the committee testified unequivocally that the nations elections are under attack. The former director on the National Security council under both president clinton and president george w. Bush warned we must take bold, decisive and expeditious steps to address the cyber threats. We must treat elections activity as an imperative for safeguarding our democracy. Secretary of state from the commonwealth of pennsylvania and moderated elections activity is a race without a finish line and our adversaries are not slowing down. This testimony has been confirmed by the leaders of our Intelligence Community. Last month the director of National Intelligence testified about the foreign actors wouldve viewed by 2020 u. S. El
Today, it is mr. Birthday. [applause] rep. Waters if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it for later. [laughter] we thank you for that, madam chair. Rep. Waters i recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Good morning. Discuss theto impact of the trump and ministrations housing reform plan. We are joined by stephen mnuchin, hud director, ben carson, and mark calabro. Welcome. Administrations housing reform plan would be disastrous for our housing system. The Trump Administration is threatening to end the conservatorship of the government sponsored enterprise. Without congressional action to provide explicit government guarantee, it is implemented in this way, it is likely it would create turmoil in the Housing Market, prevent Many Americans from obtaining 30 year fixed Rate Mortgages unblock families across the country from attaining the American Dream of homeownership. For this reckless plan administrative action on the table, the Trump Administrat
Next, officials from the fai Justice Department, Homeland Security, and u. S. Election Assistance Commission testify on election infrastructure security. And how each agency is working to protect voting systems and coordinat coordinate with state and local officials. This house judiciary hearing runs about 2 1 2 hours. On judiy welcomthe judiciarywill come to. Without objection, the chair is authorized to house subcommittee on the judiciary will come to order, without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on securing americas elections part two, oversight of Government Agencies. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Last month this Committee Held part one of a series of hearings on securing americas elections. In that hearing, three witnesses who had been jointly selected by the committee testified unequivocally that our nations elections are under attack. Deborah plunket, former
Today in a legislative hearing to hear testimony on h. R. 2694 the pregnant workers fairness act. I note for the subcommittee that ms. Bass of georgia and mr. Cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in todays hearing. Members who sit on the subcommittee and our present shall have First Priority to ask questions followed by members who sit on the full committee and only after all Committee Members who are present have gone show members who are not on the committee asked questions. Pursuant to Committee Rule seven Opening Statements are limited the chair the Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from her witnesses in her and provide all members with adequate time to ask questions that i recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. As a a mom and a policymaker hih know how important it is to havo Economic Security. Unfortunately our current laws aree inadequate in many pregnant workers are placed on unpaid leave or forcedd out of work whn they only need a
2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Do you expect the testimony of the whistleblower . Absolutely. The president says he deserves to meet his accuser. The president is the whistleblower. The president of the United States is the whistleblower. And this individual is a saboteur. Did you order the murder of Jamal Khashoggi . Translator absolutely not. This was a heinous crime, but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia. Three of the four inmates who escaped an ohio prison have been captured in North Carolina. The last inmate is still on the loose. We continue to use every asset at our disposal. Chaos in hong kong. Prodemocracy demonstrators hit the streets ahead of chinas national day. Montanas gave has declared a winter storm emergency amid record snowfall in september. All that caught on camera, a dramatic oil thanker explosion in south korea. Looked like special effects, but very much the real deal. Check out 15yearold Alan Johnston with the highla