And 15 minutes long. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this committee will come to rnder. Good morning, everyone. This is the first of a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the impeachment inquiry, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at the committee of any time there is a quorum present. Here is how the committee will proceed for the hearing. I will make an Opening Statement in the Ranking Member will have opportunity to make a statement. We will go to witness statements and then to questions. For audience members, we welcome you and we respect your interest in being here. In turn we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention to proceed without disruption. Man making a polymer entry inquiry. This is our first hearing under the new set of rules, House Resolution 660 gives you the discretion to allow yourself in the Ranking Member
Hour. Sec. Pompeo thank you. Well, good morning, everyone. So ive got a prepared speech and ive got some thoughts and ill mix them in this morning. I want to thank kay and the entire Leadership Team from heritage having me here this morning. We were talking back stage about the gala tonight and i reminded them that id been to the gala a number of times when i was a member of congress. This was an Important Institution in washington d. C. , on behalf of america and i value it and this administration values it and all the leaders across the United States government values it as well. Its great to be here, everybody remembers the bob dylan song, shelter from the storm, and i know there are friends here, too, people ive known a long time who are here. I want to thank you for all supporting this institution. Heritage has schooled many generations of free market believers and i was on a think tank back in kansas, the kansas Public Policy institute. We would read heritage reports all the time
Do the really most important people in the world consistently come back to heritage . You know, is it our physical location on capitol hill, which many of you toured yesterday at our open house . Is it the fact that since 1973 weve advised president s, heads of state, congressmen, governors . Thats an important part of our history, but the reason theyre here time after time is because of you. The Heritage Foundation is made up of 5300 members across the country. Thats over a thousand heritage members throughout the districts in the country. Im not saying theres a thousand members in Nancy Pelosis district, but i think you get my point. Our average contribution is a little over 100 bucks, i can tell you if youre in the Membership Office you can see sometimes a 25 check that comes from a grandmother and you can tell its a note that she left with that check that it hurt her Monthly Budget to write that check, but because she wants to save this country, shes going to stay with hair aj heri
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Fathers from migrant families at the southern border. And, we go inside japans Fukushima Nuclear complex, 12 years after a catastrophic meltdown, to check on the complicated cleanup. This is a multibillion dollar a year effort being spent at fukushima right now. Its going to take some time to complete this work. Major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by moving our economy for 160 years, the nbnsf, the engine that connects us. The walden family foundation. Supported by the john d and Catherine T Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org, and with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Vanessa welcome to the newshour. Im vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy with newshour west. Disaster Recovery Efforts ramp up across maui, so too has the painstaking search operation. The co