This vote made it official. Donald trump s big lie has fully enveloped the republican party. Trump s big lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of lincoln. We all know what s going on here. Senate republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. Shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they re afraid of donald trump. Senator mcconnell working in what the washington post describes as a relentless effort to kill the legislation before bipartisan commission could be established. The senate gop leader functioning the same way as kevin mccarthy. The gop now loud and proud in its objection to fact finding about the deadly insurrection and the underlying threat it revealed. Namely that radicalized white supremacists and trump supporters pose a threat to the united states homeland. That threat the focus of two homeland security bulletins t
Leaflets urging young men to resist the draft during world war i. Watch on cspan or listen with the free cspan radio app. Joining us from navy we appreciate you being with us. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate having you on the show. Let s begin with the deadline, a month away, july 1. U. S. Troops moving out of afghanistan. From your standpoint, what does that mean for the u. S. , the military, and the veterans? a lot of things. It is a broad question. I think most of us would agree it is overdue. That it is overdue. 20 years of being there, we have lost a lot of men and women, spent a lot of money and it is clear that there is a limit on what we can do. We are not the best at nation building on that is what it has become. It is overdue time for the u. S. To withdraw service members. We should still remain engaged as a country, and we certainly owe a debt to those allies that served with us. The afghan translators and interpreters, other staff. Without which we truly would have been a
Our time. And the mission falls to each of us, each and every day? democracy itself is in pearl. Here at home and around the world. What we do now, what we do now, how we honor of the fallen, will determine whether or not democracy will long endure. Democracy thrives when the infrastructure of democracy is strong. When people have the right to vote. Freely and fairly and conveniently. The president s decision to frame the address around the threats to democracy and specifically to call out threats to voting feels pointed after what happened last night. Democrats in the texas state house walked out and scuttle a republican bill to severe restrict voting in that state. With the democrats absent the house lacked a quorum and the majority was forced to adjourn without voting on the bill. The texas bill was more stringent and far reaching than the voting laws enacting in several other states as republicans across the country follow donald trump s lead in perpetuating the big lie that the 20
organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. this is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. the committee will come to order. i am pleased to have this opportunity today to hear directly from organizations that work with, represent or support millions of veterans every day. this committee has gatheredli today to hear from these organizations their first-hand perspective and reasons they support our comprehensive suicide prevention legislation, s.785, the commander john scott hannon veterans mental health care improvement act. this is a legislation that is been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veterans service organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts that in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with th
committee heard from representatives of veterans organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. this is 90 minutes. . . . [no audio] [silence] [no audio] good afternoon, everyone. [audio difficulty] millions of veterans every day. this committee is gathered to hear from those organizations about their firsthand perspective and their support for comprehensive suicide prevention legislation, s. 785, veterans mental health care improvement act. this piece of legislation has been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those veteran service organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts they have in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its passage and its ability to be sent to the president. additionally tomorrow, september the 10th, is worldwide suicide prevention day, and this is our opportunity to call attention to the tragedy of sui