Washington. Squirrel through and spend a few minutes on cspans points of interest. Defense secretary lloyd austin made its first public appearance since he was hospitalized for complications of a procedure to treat Prostate Cancer to give the opening remarks at a Virtual Meeting of the Ukraine Defense contact group. This is just over five minutes. Good day everyone. Thanks for working across time zones to join us for the 18th meeting of the Ukraine Defense group. We are eager to enter this new year with new energy and we are all here to reaffirm our support for a free, secure and sovereign ukraine. And to ensure we continue to give ukraine the capability it needs for the winter and beyond. Ukraine is not alone. Around the world ukraine france has stepped up to help ukraines brave troops resist putins aggression. We formed a historic International Coalition rooted in shared interest in common principles. The United States remains determined to support ukraine its fight for freedom im es
Court. The verdict was one you probably would agree with, given these attempts to prevent the u. S. As leading opposition lead a drum from being elected president lin running and in november, i know you supported by them in case anyone thinks your grades of what your donald trump as well uh, in my pipe test i award bananas uh on a scale of 1. 00 to 10. 00 toward a banana republic, and i had gotten up to 6 bananas based on the 4 charges that were made against donald trump. But when the Supreme Court refresh the colorado case, i eliminated one of the banana. So were down to 5 now. And i hope we dont get up to 6 or 7 democracy is at risk of both from the election of donald trump and also from attempt by trumps enemies. To assure that voters cant vote for him, or that he is not on ballots or is prosecuted before the election. So i see trash from the democracy on all sides. Just for our international audience. Explain how a victoria is donald trump, but the outcome you wouldnt want to have
That were made against donald trump. But when the Supreme Court refreshed the colorado case, i eliminated one of the banana. So were down to 5 now. And i hope we dont get up to 6 or 7 democracy is at risk, both from the election of donald trump and also from attempt by trumps enemies. To assure that voters cant vote for him, or that he is not on ballots or is prosecuted before the election. So i see trach from the democracy on all sides. And just for our international audience, explain how a victoria is donald trump, but the outcome you wouldnt want to if uh, if you one like socialist eugene debs, he could still become president and pardon himself while he was in jail. But then that would be a problem if it was a federal conviction, as opposed to state conviction. What exactly happens, the resale pardon itself, the mistake conviction. And so if there is a conviction or even new york or fulton county, florida, he couldnt pardon himself. And the law is that clear as to whether he could p
Bring opiates into the country. Senator rob portman chairs this subcommittee hearing. This is two hours and 40 minutes. Thank you for being here. Talk about the work to combat the opiate epidemic that scooping our communities around the country. Last year we talked about opiate a related product abuse then buying illicit opiates over the internet and shipping them to the United States to the mail. The opiate crisis sadly continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported more than 63000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses, those numbers increased in 2017. These steps are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My home state of ohio were told recently is the second in the country in terms of overdose death. Heartbreaking. Increasingly, these are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions offense at all, a drug that is 50 100 times stronger than heroin. In ohio fat knowledge variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last y
Thank you for being here. Talk about the work to combat the opiate epidemic that scooping our communities around the country. Last year we talked about opiate a related product abuse then buying illicit opiates over the internet and shipping them to the United States to the mail. The opiate crisis sadly continues to get worse, not better. Last month, the center for Disease Control reported more than 63000 americans died in 2016 from Drug Overdoses, those numbers increased in 2017. These steps are shocking. The number of deaths continue to grow. My home state of ohio were told recently is the second in the country in terms of overdose death. Heartbreaking. Increasingly, these are due to a synthetic heroin, illegal versions offense at all, a drug that is 50 100 times stronger than heroin. In ohio fat knowledge variations were involved in 60 of the Overdose Deaths last year. The number one killer in ohio. The mature door these purchased online from labs in china and then shipped to the Un