and her group s campaign to train women for civic engagement. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. do you solemnly swear, that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states, now pending, people do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws? justice john roberts, mr. chief justice to the senators during the impeachment trial of president trump. he is providing with presiding with the officer yesterday, a seat that he will be taking in the coming weeks. the coming weeks of the senate trial. we will we begin we will begin with your competence level proceeding in the upper chamber. democrats, 202-748-8000. . .epublicans, 202-748-8001 independents, dial in at 202-748-8002. you can also text that 202-748-8003. you can text at 202-748-8003. or join us on social media at @cspanwj or facebook.com/cspan. we will begin s presentation of the articles of im
caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] about 20 minutes left in this discussion. a reminder, you can find it online at c-span.org/wj. the house gaveling back in. we take you now to the floor. . he house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. the hat purpose does gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: madam speaker, i suspend the house rules and pass h.r. 4920. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4920, a bill to amentitle 38, united states an , to provide for exception to certain small business contracting equirements applicable to the department of veterans affairs procurement of certain goods and services covered under the ability one program, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempe: pursuant to the rule, the california, mr. takano, and the gentleman from will each bost, control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes
university who said that he believes trump has committed impeachable offenses and speaking now is a professor from stanford a new law pamela karlan things are witness was also called by the democrats now the president commenting before leaving london after the nato summit there said that the peace from an effort against him is a cold joke and a basically criticize the proceedings underway in washington d.c. today let s go back to listening to what s happening there is no better forum to discuss the constitutional standard for impeachment and whether that standard has been met in the case of the current president of the united states as i explain in the remainder and balance of my opening statement the record compiled thus far shows the president has committed several impeachable offenses including bribery abuse of power and soliciting a personal favor reform leader to benefit himself personally obstructing justice and obstructing congress. our hearing today should serve as a
lexington. i do not know whether ending with mark means we are ending with a southerner or a northerner. he went to berkeley for his phd. or one of those famous border states. i lectured in kentucky in many times and i learned that kentucky seceded after appomattox and became a confederate state. before that, it was the united states. in a sense, that is the complexity of the history we have been dealing with. when the 13th amendment was being considered, the delegates from the house and kentucky tried to get an exemption to the 13th amendment. they did not do so. mark is working on two books, one on andrew johnson s impeachment and another on gilded age politics. imd am delighted that he has come to join us and tell us about andrew johnson. thank you. most kind of you. thank you for giving me a chance for giving me the half hour i have. we were asked and advised that we should treat this talk the way we would teaching a class as opposed to reading a paper. in my case, that
hickey, the senior analyst at the u.s. government accountability office, the non -partisan, fact-based investigative arm of the congress where he works for an international affairs and trade team. full disclosure, he is not representing the gao here today. so, patrick s going to speak to us about the relationship between dan sickles and vinnie ream, the sculptor. frankly, i know a fair amount about dan sickles, but this particular episode of his life i do not know too much about, so i m really looking forward to hearing patrick s presentation. without any further ado, let me welcome patrick hickey. [applause] patrick: i m not sure i m going to be able to hold this microphone and manipulate the mouse and everything at the same time. is there another holder? there s no other holder. patrick: all right, well. i m irish and quite loud. so, maybe ok. i want to thank john o brien and my friend and neighbor and lincoln group of d.c. member for giving me this opportunity. tracy w