Ok, here we go, you hear me . The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. The view from the Chair Seat looks a little different, and that is by design. Hearings should elicit thoughtful discussion and yet most hearings are structured to do just the opposite. Members sit in rows divided by party with senior members sitting above their juniorcollege. We look at each other in profile or even worse, staring out the back of each others heads, which i have two concerns about. One, its not the best way to have dialogue, and two, i am thinning in the back. I know you smell what im cooking. Witnesses who are there to share their expertise are often seated below us, even though they know more than we do on these issues, and a lot of interesting exchanges get cut short because of the five minute rule. There is no flow to the discussion because members are running back and forth between multiple hearings and jump between one topic and a
Ok, here we go, you hear me . The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. The view from the Chair Seat looks a little different, and that is by design. Hearings should elicit thoughtful discussion and yet most hearings are structured to do just the opposite. Members sit in rows divided by party with senior members sitting above their juniorcollege. We look at each other in profile or even worse, staring out the back of each others heads, which i have two concerns about. One, its not the best way to have dialogue, and two, i am thinning in the back. I know you smell what im cooking. Witnesses who are there to share their expertise are often seated below us, even though they know more than we do on these issues, and a lot of interesting exchanges get cut short because of the five minute rule. There is no flow to the discussion because members are running back and forth between multiple hearings and jump between one topic and a
This sharing a little over 90 minutes. Do i need to press anything . Okay. Here we go. Can you all hear me over this. Does it echo a little . No . Okay. The committee will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. So the view from the Chair Seat looks a little different today. Thats by design. Committee hearings should elicit thoughtful and productive discussion about the issues of the day, and yet most hearings are structured to do just the opposite. Members sit in rows divided by party with senior members literally sitting above their junior colleagues. We look at each other in Profile Or Eve worse we are staring at the back of each others heads which i have two concerns about. One, it is not the best way to have dialogue, and two, im thinning in the back i know you smell what im cooking. Witnesses who are there to share their expertise are often seated b
Handling of the evacuation of americans and afghan allies. This runs 35 minutes. Thank you for coming back. It has been a tragic two weeks, the culmination watching 13 of our servicemen give their lives. 18 were seriously wounded, and many innocent civilians. Today i had a Phone Call from the secretary of defense saying the military is completely out of afghanistan. They have been working to get americans out. There are still hundreds left in afghanistan. I got a text from a pregnant married woman, the mother and her children went back to her apartment. The State Department told her to go to the airport. , she was not able to. My question to the secretary was what is the plan . What is the plan now to get americans out . We asked Speaker Pelosi to bring us back in session. We are a political branch with the responsibility of oversight. We have a responsibility to our constituents. And everyone who was there, i want to thank you for doing what was asked of you. To the Gold Star families
Mask forever. President biden that was true At The time. I thought there were people that would understand that getting vaccinated makes a gigantic difference. What happened a new variant came along. They didnt get vaccinated. It was spread more rapidly and people more people were getting sick. Bill a lot of what he says there is true. A lot of it can be debated as well and well talk to Jerome Adams in a moment on that. The moment he is talking about is this Facebook Clip he posted in Mid May where he said you have two options. You can mask it or get vaxed. Dana Peter Doocy asks good questions. The president i think likes Peter Doocy and will take his questions but he seems to spar with him more off mic. If you take Peter Doocys questions, take it from the podium. It was a good answer. Instead of the audio being bad, just take peters question. Bill we should make a calendar to let you know where we were in the month of may. Now 2 1 2 months later with the variant that came out of india