Good morning, this hearing is called to order. The title of this hearing is congressional oversight in the face of executive branch and media suppression, and in particular case study of the crossfire hurricane, corrupt investigation. Ill add that. The hearing is actually quite a bit broader than that. But well certainly focus on that. I became chairman of this committee in january of 2015 and will complete my sixyear term at the end of this month. We can all be proud of the more than 100 piece of legislation we worked on together as a committee that became law. The other than more than 200 bills we passed out of committee, although not signed into law, can still serve as the basis for future legislation. Our committee and subcommittees also have broad oversight jurisdiction, and responsibilities that we have not ignored. We investigated and exposed problems within the Va Health Care system, human trafficking, National Security leaks, and systemic violations of the hatch act within the
Young african still risk their lives to make it. And many are calling it a Seismic Shift for phil Warner Brothers announces a Game Changing Distribution Plan for 2021 that has fans rejoicing but. Down in the dumps. Its good to have you with us. Lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdrawn about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. Chief in as poll is standing by in washington d. C. Good to see you how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany at all. Much more likely than a day ago i have to say congress is really movi
Opportunity for the nation to imagine itself otherwise. Where the country had an opportunity to leave behind the realitycynd how to organize our society and that each of those moments the country double down. And we saw was some call a backlash. We saw instead was an ongoing betrayal. What we think about the post reconstruction. And a lost cause and that anglosaxon and what it meant for the United States and the world as a betrayal. Think the mid 20th century the black freedom movement, law and order and the tax revolt in california, we need double down on our ugliness and here we are facing a chance to we imagine ourselves. If our history is any indicatio indication. Has there been an arc of progress . Of course. My life is not what my fathers life was and his life is not his fatherss. So what does it mean to suggest we live in the afterlife of jim crow is to suggest there has been and indication of change and i think one way is look at American History ofan democracy in the believe t
I titled it the promise land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experienced hardships and disappointments along the way that i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit union but a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post life. Im an opinion columni for the wasngton post and founding director of the race card project. For this very special conversation this mning i am ined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, schor and president of the Andrew Mellon foundation for good morning, elizabeth. Goo morning. It is wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and together we bh welcome our gue for this conversation. The 44th president of the unitedtates, barack obama and i assume you recognize that guy in the mide. Good morning, sir. Hello, guys Washington Post brought out t big guns for thi one. [laughter] we are so excited to see you. We are. I am ver
First is governor jeb bush. Forty there governor of the state of florida, first republican in the States History to be reelected. Under his government approach, he unleashed one of the most dynamic economies in the state history creating 1. 3 million new jobs and the States Credit rating. As the chair man headquartered in coral gables florida tonights guest of honor senator connie mack. Since 1982, senator mack launched a career to run for the house of representatives were serving three terms running for one of the seats in the u. S. Senate. Then served two times before choosing reelection. Upon returning to the private sector, became chairman followed by the chair as in tampa florida. With that i will handed over to governor bush to begin the conversation and keep in mind you can submit your questions later in the event. A. Thank you. Its a joy to have this conversati with a man i admire so much and ive read theook. It is a greatook. Thank you. The New York Times today had an article