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Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre ....
Our meeting will come to order consistent with policies to start on time. Well be doing that. Good morning today were considering the nomination of mark esper to be secretary of defense. We thank all for being here today. We anticipate doing your opening remarks, dr. Esper, introduce any members of your family here and other support groups. It is standard we have the eight required questions to respond to audibly to get that in record. Adhere to laws governing conflict of interest. Yes, sir. Assumed duties taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercise legislative oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate kmtsz if congress received testimony, reports, recordings and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, if confirmed, to and and testify before this committee when requested. Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, document, < ....
January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this committee, subcommittees, and other appropriate committees if congress received testimony briefings, reports, recordings, records, and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, it is confirmed, to testify before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, documents, Ele ....
Convince these kids that i was an actual my has an being with real feel skpeugz cared just as much as they did and further more the solutions i had in mind did actual real good and theirs didnt. Who is the real compassionate person here. If you feel good about something that does harm and i does something that does good that may not be attractive politically who is the real person . Who has got the real virtue . Once you Start Talking to people they think maybe there is something to this after all. And they start thinking about the arguments and its game over. I couldnt flip the whole country. I could flip 97 . There are 3 that are the true believers that understand these ideas destroy freedom and prosperity. They want to rule over the ruins. Those people we cannot flip but the rest of them we could and we have to do it by being honest and by being emotional and connecting to the emotional argument. We have obamacare. As a national ....
Where did all that money go . It disappeared in the air. All the warehouses are down, people are not getting paid. They are 120 days behind getting their money back for doing services. Everything in this whole administration has been a smokescreen of lies. You have a Bloomberg News thing every day about the fake unemployment number. Why dont they tell us how many people have been dropping out of work . Guest longterm unemployment is a major problem that is not captured in the unemployment number. That does not include a lot of number of people who have to opt out of the labor market after months and months of searching. A lot of newspapers have reported on it. It is expected to be in the millions. Your point about the debt is an important point. Something that states are grappling with too. These longterm entitlement programs. Pensions are big, medicaid is big and these are two things at the state level and federal level that are ....