Of that down the stage. We will see whether there is down the road, but that is for time to tell. You told the New York Times that you almost did not even run for reelection in part because of treatment from your own party. You said, quote, it is the incoming, the stress, lack of support from your own party, it is your own party thinking you are your own enemy. Do you think other democrats see you as the enemy . Do you think joe biden sees you that way . I do notiocortez believe joe biden sees me that way. And i think that is one of the reasons he won election. There is a marked difference between 2020 and 2016 in how the Democratic Party was able to unify, to joe bidens credit, before the election and get everyone on the same page to make sure we vote donald trump out of office. That being said, there are, at least in the house caucus, very deep divisions within the party, and i believe that we need to really come together and not allow republican narratives to tear us apart. As you m
For a bill combining several Clean Energy Initiatives followed by five measures dealing with veterans issues. Live now to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. Orde the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The advance of Coronavirus Infections continues to rise in a number of states around our nation, send your spirit of healing and wellbeing among those who suffer and your angels to protect the Many Health Care workers who place their own wellbeing in danger every day. Comfort those today in the Supreme Court who begin the blic mourning of a beloved colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and console those who worked with over so many years. Bless the members of this peoples house who labor today to pass bills to advance the common wheel of our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolut
In this portion a group of Business Leaders discuss the future innovation and competitiveness environment in the u. S. Good morning. Since the councils beginning in 1986, weve seen over and over and time and again how technology has transformed our lives, and unleashed new challenges and opportunities as we think about a new future for the United States. 2003 was such a period of change. 17 years after our founding, our Council Members recognized that the nation stood at a florida infliction point. We needed significant chance to enhance our innovation capacity which lead to the pioneering work of our National Innovation initiative it, and now another 17 years later here we are again, once again finding ourselves at the precipice of transformational change. Throughout the day as debra mentioned in her opening remarks well hear stories about the changes as they are foundational to our Flagship National commission on innovation and competitiveness frontiers. The commission cochaired by t
Cspan2. Former state department and National Security officials testified on the Trump Administrations iran policy before the House Foreign Affairs committee. Secretary of state mike pompeo declined an invitation to testify on the president s decision to kill iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Committee chair representative eliot engel threatened to subpoena secretary pompeo in order to obtain information on the u. S. Drone strike. Subject to limitation in the rules. Before i begin, i want to make the big announcement that todays mr. Mccalls birthday. So happy birthday. Im 35 years once again. Me, too. Pursuant to notice were here today to examine Trump Administration policy towards iran. I welcome our panel of distinguished witnesses. Welcome to members of the public and the press, as well. We had hoped to hear from secretary pompeo today, as well. After we invited him, he announced that he would instead be in california. Thats unfortunate whether you agree with this administrations ap
Week on the communicators. Mr. Purdy, what do you do for huawei as chief Security Officer . Guest my primary role is interval although ive been doing more extra things in the last six to 12 months but my responsibilities have to do with sharing a committee of the key parts of the company in the United States that tries to assess and manage and control risk, help support our overall ethics and Compliance Program so we can make sure we protect huawei, protect our customers and continue to do business and manage cybersecurity privacy risk. Host what is huaweis legal and commercial status in the u. S. Right now . Guest its kind of the moving target. We have National Defense authorization act. We have pending rulemaking pursuant to an executive order. Right now we cant sell to the u. S. Government. We cant sell to use contractors, and theres pressure for our small carrier customers, wireless and wireline customers, to rip out huawei gear. So theres legislation pending that would provide fun