steadfast hearts that will honor you. provide them with wisdom to strive to do your will. may their debates and discussions not degenerate into incivility. lord, lead them throughout life s changing scene, strengthening them for every challenge. remind them of the importance of reverential awe, which is the beginning of wisdom. grant us all wisdom and courage for the living of these days. we pray in your holy name, amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., october 1, 2018. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable roy blunt, a senator from the state of missouri, to perform the duties of the
five years just by having an election? like just an election? just by having a vote. just a vote, wall. okay. this deserves more research, i can tell. yeah, let s get into that. thank you rachel, thank you. we ll, if you try to describe donald trump in one world, you might. today you might choose the word contempt. that s the word that i would choose today. donald trump has always seethed contempt. contented me more than ten years ago when i was the first person to call him a liar, first person in this business the column a liar forwarding was saying about president obama s birth certificate. that contempt eventually spread to the entire american news media with donald trump contemptuously calling all of us the enemy of the people. donald trump had contempt for every republican candidate who ran against him from republican nomination in 2016. he called senator raphael cruz, lying to. he called mark aruba, a little marco. you give us lindsey graham s private cell phone
but, i don t know when the french electoral college meets. is that around the world day? and then, does the parliament ratified electoral college thing around best deal day? it s somewhere in there, right? when they ryan and threatened to kill the vice president as a way to try to keep the person who lost in power? i don t speak french, so maybe i m just missing it. wait, is it possible that they elected a president for five years just by having an election? like just an election? just by having a vote. just a vote, wall. okay. this deserves more research, i can tell. yeah, let s get into that. thank you rachel, thank you. we ll, if you try to describe donald trump in one world, you might. today you might choose the word contempt. that s the word that i would choose today. donald trump has always seethed contempt. contented me more than ten years ago when i was the first person to call him a liar, first person in this business the column a liar forwarding was sayi
the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess pursuant the house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good afternoon and may god bless the united states of america. four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the american people. from the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee s investigation was a partisan exercise. that s why i asked those who are skeptical of our work to simply listen. to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind. and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching a judgment. over the course of these hearings, the evidence has proven that there were a multi part plan led by former p
we will not allow it to obstruct. as i stated yesterday this committee has conducted an extremely thorough and fair process of reviewing attorney general s pruitt s nomination. that includes hearing of length, number of kwegs and timely responses. it is unprecedented to delay for incoming president to this extent. we had an election last november. the people spoke and now it is time to set up a functioning government. that includes a functioning epa. to do that this committee has to do its work. so at this time i ask for a motion to suspend rules 2 a, 4 and 8 of the rules of the environment and public works committee for the duration of this business meeting. i so move. is there a second? all those in favor. all opposed nay. and the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and rules 2 a, 4 and 8 of rules of committee are suspended for the duration of this business meeting. at this time i would like to call up presidential nomination 44 scott pruitt of oklahoma to be admini