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The Senate Committee held a confirmation hearing for several underground divisions including Inspector General and deputy undersecretary for intelligence and security. Some of the topics covered the Committee Hearing included whistleblower protections, election interference and servicemember misconduct. The meeting will come to order, we consider the nominations of mr. Jason, Inspector General of the department of defense. Mr. Lucas to be assistant secretary of defense that Nuclear Chemical biological and defense rooms and mr. Lewis to be assistant secretary of defense special operations. I think everyone for being here today, let me briefly say these people are and i think we have a great bunch th ....
Defense department. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Mr. Louis bremer to the assistant secretary of defense special operations. We thank everyone for being here today. Briefly say who these people are and i think we have a great bunch that is certainly qualified for the admissions that theyre nominated for. Mr. Abend, youre presently the southeastern adviser to the u. S. Customs and Border Protection and you have extensive experience leading the investigations part of the Inspector General offices for the federal Housing Finance agency and the u. S. Department of housing and urban development. Youve been former secret Service Agent with in the winter of the 2015 council of Inspector General award for ....
Fundamentally alter our national priorities, now is the time. Whether it is fighting against systemic racism and police brutality, transforming our Energy System away from fossil fuel, ending a cruel and dysfunctional Health Care System or addressing the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in our country, now is the time for change, real change. And when we talk about real change, it is incredible to me the degree to which Congress Continues to ignore our bloated 740 billion Defense Budget which has gone up by over 100 billion since trump has been in office. Year after year, democrats and republicans who disagree on almost everything come together with minimal debate to support an exploding pentagon budget which is now higher than the next 11 cou ....
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 90, the nays are 7. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton our country faces real challenges today. For example, antiamerican mobs are roaming the streets in many cities, tearing down statues of our greatest statesmen, men like abraham lincoln, u. S. Grant, and george washington, after whom this capital city is named. For the but the democrats arent doing anything about that problem. Oh, no, on the contrary, the mob is in many ways the Youth Movement of the Democratic Party. So they are perfectly content to look the other way. Or even cheer it on. I mean, have you heard joe biden, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi denounce the mob violence we see in our streets . Me either. Bu ....
Managers, run a 10minute debate and then vote. Why is it that the house votes on impeachment managers and then you see that procession on your full screen happening after 5 00 p. M. Eastern time, that procession of the house managers from the house to the senate. Why does that happen . Guest taking the last point first, i dont know that a procession is entirely necessary but it does emphasize the solemnity of theo cakes and also theres a tradition here that goes back literally centuries because this whole idea of having house managers, that is to say representatives in the lower house presenting the case for the impeachment in impeachment in the upper house goes back to British Parliament and thats exactly what happened in those days, the house managers would proceed from the Lower Chamber to Upper Chamber with the art ....