Ladies, the president of the United States accompanied by the Prime Minister of the state of israel, his highness, the minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, and the minister of the Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of bahrain. Hail to the chief] [cheers and applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. Please. Thank you. The first lady and i are honored to welcome to the white house Prime Minister netanyahu of israel and misses netanyahu. Thank you so much. [applause] trump and the foreign emirates,united arab uae, thank you very much. And the foreign minister of bahrain, thank you. Thank you very much. We are here this afternoon to change the course of history after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries. We take a major stride toward a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. Moments, these v
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Vote to authorize chair ron johnson to issue subpoenas to approximately 40 individuals involved in the Russian Investigation for the ranking democrat senator gary peters, said the committee should be focused on the coronavirus pandemic, not partisan politics. Good morning. Pursuant to notice on september 9, 2020, the Committee Meets to consider a motion to authorize issue of certain subpoenas and note the presence of a quorum. We are here today for two reasons. First, to overcome a ridiculous assertion by the Ranking Member regarding subpoena rules and while were at it, but on subpoena authority for some and brzozowski Additional Information second void the nomination for the investment board. Regarding the Committee Subpoena rules, senator peters has raised procedural objection based on an absurd interpretation of Committee Rules pretty Cordis Center peters with the committee authorize depositions on june 4, that vote did not include the authority to actually schedule any depositions.