Meeting to order at this time and i would like to, if i may, give just a brief overview of what you can expect. We called the meeting to order that would have been an Opening Statement of the chair and Ranking Member, Opening Statements from chairwoman waters and are witnesses will give their Opening Statement and then we will have q and a of witnesses and adjournments. The title of todays hearing is protecting homeowners during the pandemic oversight of Mortgage Services implementations of the cares act. Without objection the cares authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Also without objection members of the committee who are not members of the subcommittee may participate in todays hearing for the purposes of making an Opening Statement and asking questions of witnesses. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members also are reminded that they are responsible for muting and on meeting
For the first time in our countrys history. I have been socialistic candidates in the past predict norman thomas. But they were never in the mainstream. But now, at a time when many of us thought that socialism had collapsed at the end of the 20th century. It is suddenly it is back. In his back with a vengeance. So a lot of books to take profits of this pretty so i think with these books and by and large, is it a pillow history the idea socialism has never worked before and certainly not for lack of being tried. He was tried really the majority of the world. Largest countries in the world russia and china india. Default one in a socialist direction. Dinesh dsouza so the issue is that the socialism did not were before so i wont work now. The verdict of history kind of hard use it for the problem with the argument is that the socialist, for small a lot of people dont know that history. So doesnt really get them. In the second part of it is even those who do, safe listen, work trying a ne
Delete because they are revealing National Security information. They went to court and cut that over and cia cut to 339 to 168 and at the end of the day 30 publicker put outed publisher put bold space and so much of this can be. That was process inside the intelligences community. He did go through review process. Right, the case that went to the Supreme Court was about a guy named frank who did not thats what its referring to in bolton case. Bolton is risking losing. In 1980 the Supreme Court upheld the seizure of all of royalties. He did not give the book for review. The government admitted it didnt have classified information but what they went after snip on he violated his contract and the Supreme Court without holding oral arguments without even fully briefing took away all of his royalties in the snip case and the irony is and book tv would love this is that years later when researchers got into the justices papers they found that Justice Powell drove that opinion because he was
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Authority the da has under state law as to the president , the Second Circuit is wrong and should be reversed. If not reversed the decision weapon isis 2300 local das, overwhelming number of them elected to office and thereby accountable to local constituencies. The decision would allow any da to distract and interfere with a sitting president , subjects the president a local prejudice that can influence prosecutorial decisions and the grand jury can be utilized issue compulsory criminal process in the form of subpoenas targeting the president. This is not mere speculation. It is precisely what has taken place in this case with the subpoena we challenge. In the argument just concluded we asserted the subpoenas did not serve a legitimate legislative purpose and were burdensome. Yet the da copy almost verbatim the House Oversight Committee Subpoena with an additional 13 words which seek the president s tax returns without revealing the exact same language utilized by two congressional co