To receive the congressional gold medal in recognition to his service to the nation as a soldier, and statesman. He is going to be presented the medal by a part san group and congressional leaders. This is going to be in the row ton d. A. He was a only gop president ial nominee to endorse the president. The gold medal has been arranged for george washington, rosa parks to frank sinatra, and the congress highest display of achievements and contributions. Mr. Dole spent 35 years in congress and most of them in the senate where he rose the post of the republican leader, and a position that he held for a record nearly 11 years n. 1996, he was the partys nominee for president and losing to bill clinton and he lost two earlier bids for the nomination. He was are also gerald fords running mate in 1996. There you can see the capital row u ton da, rotunda, and we watching as it is preparing to begin and the remasrks are to b starting at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time. Ladies and gentlemen, your attent
She answered a number of questions on daca program. Also, President Trumps alleged longer comments. She said she did not hear the president say a vulgar word to describe african countries in haiti. This Committee Hearing lasted over four hours. We will show you three hours of it. To everybody in this room, welcome, but particularly secretary nielsen, we welcome you. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule for being here for a very important part of congresss responsibility to the congressional oversight. Door department is your department is a very important part of the executive branch, plays a very central role in overseeing our lawful immigration system besides protecting the country and our people. Oversight is a very important part of what we do here in congress. Events like todays hearing allows the peoples representatives to investigate and question the policies and the actions of the executive branch. There are important issues in your departments jurisdiction that ar
Surveillance reauthorization, 6038 was the vote. The 60th vote was needed to announce that bill. Also on capitol hill, a number of hearings we covered, a rather lengthy one on Homeland Security. A routine oversight hearing with Kiersten Nielsen kirstjen nielsen. Testified before the judiciary subcommittee on this issue. And also talked with a number of senators about the recent changes in daca and immigration. Here is what she had to say with some senator amy klobuchar. Listening to your answers under oath that you did not hear and i will not repeat this word and give it any dignity, we will collect the word shole. You testified under oath you did not hear the president use that word up a meeting. Correct. Is a possible he said the word at the meeting and you do not hear it . Anything is possible. Yes, maam. A possible he also said that wording you do not hear it . It is possible. There was crosstalk. I unfortunately was not the meeting was unscheduled. Lastminute, when i was notified,
Coalition. And we quite critical will be following up on a daily basis to make sure these strategies and efforts go forward. Secretary carter was recently in israel. Ady to discuss further enhancements to security assistance. We have a high degree of confidence that it is 50 billion. The reason the 100 billion figure has been out there is billion inare 100 foreign reserves that have been an excessive will. Some of that has been due to the sanctions, some of it because it is obligated, and some of it has been spent. It on the books, but it is not there. The funds that have been spent and are not there cant be recovered, even when sanctions are lifted. What remains is about 50 billion to come back to iran. With that, one needs to keep the spective that are regarding what they need. A final point that i want to add that 500 billion hole would be required to get the oil sector up and producing so they could bring the wealth into the country that they aspire to . Their oil minister has stat
Disapproval. The president of the u. S. Then has the right and the authority to exercise his veto, if you he wants, and i would expect that he would. Then the u. S. Congress has the right to override that veto. Thats how our system works. I would hope the u. S. Congress would not override that veto, because i believe that this plan is the most profound, the most farreaching arms agreement ever negotiated and that will keep this country, israel, and our allies safer. Senator thank you, but what i am asking is, if the congress did override that veto, why would it matter to the iranians . What would they lose . Undersec. Sherman they would lose an opportunity to have sanctions relief. They would lose the opportunity to end their isolation from the rest of the world. They would lose their opportunity to come into the community of nations. They may not care about that. And what i would expect is that if the u. S. Congress overwrites a president ial veto, which i would not expect that to hap