Up next remark some congressman joe courtney, democrat from connecticut, and Virginia Republican rob wittman. They talk about defense spending and use ship and some rebuilding efforts. This is just over one hour. Good afternoon and welcome. I want to thank our cspan viewers and those who are joining us online for todays discussion at the conference it hit Hudson Institute. Im dan mckivergan, Vice President of Government Relations at hudson. Our mission is about u. S. International leadership in Public Engagement for secure come free and prosperous future. We develop policy solutions by thinking about the future outside the limitations of conventional thinking. We are honored to representative joe courtney and rep rob wittman as the latest guest in in a bipartisan speakr series, conversations a National Security and u. S. Naval power. With seth cropsey is the direct of Hudson Center for american seapower in todays discussion part of an ongoing series we held here at hudson over the last
Republicans 202 7488001. Tweet us cspanwj. Our Facebook Page is facebook. Com cspan. Here is a recent story out of hartwick township, michigan. Constituents said they were growing to like u. S. Representative elizabeth flocking until she supported the impeachment inquiry. Marshall to 61 of the vote and the surrounding county. Said congress has responsibly for determining whether the president should be removed from office for asking before leader investigate joe biden. [video clip] a week ago monday, myself and six other members of the freshman class of congress, all former military or former cia, wrote an oped in support of the inquiry. [booing] [applause] i knew that it was going to be an issue here at home. I made that decision because sometimes there are moments in life that are beyond politics, and i felt this moment was that. [applause] a foreign leader and asked him to dig up dirt on an american. [yelling] host the New York Times this morning looks at the House Republican side w
On 9 p. M. Terwords on cspan. Earlier today, the House Select Committee on the modern san diego of Congress Held a hearing on how technology can improve. Witnesses offered recommendations for email and town hall formats. His is an hour and 15 minutes. The committee will come to order. Indiscernible] i now recognize myself for five minutes. Before we begin, i want to thank the House Administration committee for letting us squat in their committee room. We are going to talk about how member offices and constituents, spoiler alert. Both think we can do a much better job. Email to congress has skile rocketed. House offices received 13 times the volume of constituent messages than they received in 2001. Keeping up with the pace is really tough and congress dead indicates time and resources to make sure constituents are responded to. New technology have more tools for contacting us. That is a really good thing because we are representatives of the people and we need to know what our constitu
Joining me on the paddle ill tonight is steve wagner, cecile peel editor ofen , the courier, the Student Newspaper at the high school. These panelists have crafted tonights questions and theyll take turns reading them. Both candidates have been provided advanced notice of the rules and have agreed to them. Here are the rules. Each candidate will have two minutes for opening remarks. The order for opening remarks as well as Closing Remarks was drawn shortly before we took the stage tonight. Following opening remarks, well begin with a series of questions. The candidates will take turns answering first with answers limited to one minute. One candidate will answer first followed by the other. The first candidate will then have 30 seconds to respond. At 15 seconds until the end, ill raise the red card. When i place it down, the time is up. This will continue for the hour we have allotted here tonight. After approximately 50 minutes, the candidates each will ask one question following the s
Question, what would they say if i knocked on their door tonight and ask them how things went today, with they say, things are going well or, things could be going better. That is the connection that is important and as i listen to folks across the district, i hear some common themes. They are argument about having a strong defense, making sure that we support our brief men and women in uniform. Making sure that we have a strong economy, making sure that thered are jobs for our children in the future and that is emphasizing career and Technical Education as much as we do college education. Making sure we are taking care of our veterans, making sure they get quality care and making sure it is accessible in every place they live. I want to make sure that government is accountable, assuring that things get done on time, that we do not have these continuing resolutions that congress does those things and my efforts to make sure we have simple reforms like my bill called no budget, no pay.