dethe vote. put de novo. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. he house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. he house will come to order. please take your conversations off the floor. he house will come to order. pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the chair will postpone further the house today will come to order. please take your conversations off the floor. pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the jerusalem from california seek recognition? i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 239, the christa mcauliffe commemorative
mr. president, what s your reaction to the testimony? mr. president, robert mueller so we in a very good day today, the republican party. our country. there was no defense of what robert mueller was trying to definite defend. in all fairness to robert mueller, whether his performance was bad one or good one, i think everybody understands that. i think everybody understands what was going on. there was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, in witch hunt that s been going on for a long time. pretty much from the time i came down on the escalator with our first lady. and it s a disgrace what happened. but i think today proved a lot to everybody, in fact some of my biggest opponents wrote things today that i wouldn t have believed knelled have written. and i appreciate that they did that. in has been a ver bad thing for our country. and despite everything we have been through it s been an incredible two and a half years for our country. the administration, our president, me
testifying on capitol hill about the russian investigation into the published report released by his office. the house judiciary hearing was the first of two hearings that focus on the reports findings relating to the trump administration and allegations of obstruction of justice. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the judiciary committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. we welcome everyone to today s hearing on oversight of the report and the investigation into the russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. i will now recognize myself for a brief opening statement. thank you for being here. i want to say just a few words about the themes today. responsible for the coming integrity and accountability. your career for example is a model of responsibility. you are a decorated marine officer. awarded a purple heart and bronze star for valor. he usurped in the department of justice and i
.. captioning performed by vitac although your report states collusion is not a specific offense and you have said this this morning, or a term of art in federal criminal law, conspiracy is in the colloquial context are collusion and conspiracy essentially synonymous terms? you are going to have to rethat for me. collusion is not a specific offense or a term of art in the federal criminal law, conspiracy is. yes. in the colloquial context no public context collusion and conspiracy are essentially synonymous terms, correct? no. if not on page 180 of volume 1 of your report you wrote in as defined in legal dictionaries collusion is largely synonymous with conspiracy 18 usc you said at your may 29 press conference and here today you choose your words carefully. are you testifying something different from what your report states. what i m asking is if you can give me the citation i can look at the citation and evaluate whether it is