How are you doing . Thanks. Hello. As a reminder, this event adheres to social distancing guidelines. Restrictions, there will not be individual photos today. Thank you. Frmr vp biden that is assuming you would want one. Thank you, Vice President , the third here in Congressional District in one of the most fantastic places in the city and the state. You will seeally today and hear from all of these fantastic people some great stories. The residents of West Philadelphia, where we are, they things, andntastic this is a great opportunity. Tiffany, dont be bashful, the Vice President invites you, it is your chance to speak your mind. Tell me what you were telling me in the back room. How are you . I am the owner of a fullservice optical store in West Philadelphia as well as having my business in West Philadelphia, i am a resident. We have been in operations for three and a half years now. I have a lot of ideas of what should happen in West Philadelphia. Frmr vp biden i am looking forward
[general chatter] good morning, everybody. We are making progress. We are somewhat closer together now. Hello, senator grassley. A little brief update. Update, and then we will take of the business of the committee where we left off. Next week, we will have a hearing about policing, Community Policing and the use of force. We will have two panels. It will be a long day. I hope it will be an informative day and i hope good will come out of it. Last time that we talked, we talked about witnesses regarding the inquiry into the Robert Mueller investigation. Ourenator feinstein, and friends on the other side, i promise that if you want to call Robert Mueller or his designee, that is fine with me, at the appropriate time. When the Michael Flynn cases over, when it happens i want the doj to tell us why they decided to drop it, and if you want to call mr. Gleason or judge gleason, or anybody else as to why it should not have been dismissed, we will do that. That would be a good topic for this
Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Here is a scenario i think about a lot. Imagine soldiers or Intelligence Officers on leave with family, and over the course of two decades or more the soldier honorably defended america. Then suddenly that vacation turns into a nightmare. The European Countries National Police takes the soldier into custody, detaining him or her on politically motivated charges, a prison sentence abroad is a distinct possibility. A spouse behind bars for defending freedom, a son or daughter robbed of their mom or dad, all on the initiative of a prosecutor in the netherlands. Making sure this does not happen is the essence of american first foreign policy. Sadly, this is not a hypothetical. It could become reality if the International Court follows through with their crusade against American Service members. Many of you might recall in november of 2017, the Courts Office of the prosecutor announced intentions to investigate our brave warriors for alleged crimes ar
Subcommittee on how selections will come to order. I welcome my fellow colleagues and members of the committee, thank you for joining us for the subcommittees First Official virtual hearing. It has impacted how we are holding todays hearing. People are putting themselves at risk every day, from doctors and nurses to first responders, postal workers and many others, including poll workers. Congress, however has an option. Any do not. We can do our work in a safe, secure, online format. The highest levels of the federal government have already decided the circumstances of the covid19 pandemic by Holding Virtual hearings, that includes a house and senate, which of Health Virtual hearings like this one. It includes the Supreme Court, which has modified how it conducts its oral arguments. And it includes executive agencies which have recognize need forimacy and the remote proceedings by participating in those conducted by conference by congress and the Supreme Court. As we begin, i want to
Text us your thoughts at 2027488003. Wj. On cspan at cspan the discussion about confederate leaders, there was a recent poll on this topic. It asked what should be done with the statues of confederate leaders. Roughly 2 roughly one third of the voters in the poll expenses should be taken down. 44 said the statues should remain standing, down eight point since the survey was taken down two years ago after the riots in charlottesville, virginia. The poll was done with Morning Consult and politico. A history of some of those bases across the u. S. That have come into the conversation and its history such as for georgia. Ing located in it was established as a training down in world war i and was named after a confederate general who was present at the battle of antietam and gettysburg. Mr. Bragg, named after ragg. Established as an artillery Training Ground in world war i, named after a u. S. Army officer who served in the second aminal war and mexicanamerican war before becoming a Confede