shaheen in the introduction of the senate companion, senate joint resolution 10. and i wanted to take just a few moments this afternoon and speak to my rationale for not only my statements but for my support for terminating the national emergency. it is certainly not based on disagreement over the issue of border security on our southern border. i recognize full well along with, i believe, all of our colleagues here that the situation on the border is one where the humanitarian issues that face us, the issues that face us with the level of those coming across our borders is not a sustainable situation and certainly the drugs, the influx of drugs we see in this community must be addressed. but rather my concern is really about the institution of the congress and the constitutional balance of powers that i think are just fundamental to our democracy. it really comes down, in my view, to article 1, article 1 of the constitution. article 1, section 7, clause 8 states no many shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriation. and this provision along

shaheen encumber extend down the way that modeling has been weaponized and turned against folks. we've also got automating inequality by virginia eubanks, which looks at the ways that technical systems are used to police, profile and punish the poor people is also god algorithms of oppression, which is about racism embedded in search engines. so, for example, when you google white girls, you will find images of the girls were as if you google black girls you get born. profound inequality. and then finally we have program inequality which is about how britain lost its committee or edged out its community of women programmers after world war ii. and another thing we can do is we can start having conversations. we are a democracy. we can empower ourselves to no longer think technology companies get past because they're doing this fancy thing that i don't understand if we can understand. we can about ourselves and then we can have conversations as members of democracy about how we want to be governed, what kind of world we want to live in, and we can start to ask the question, should

chairman. >> thank you, senator shaheen. senator ernst. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you, gentlemen, for being here today. on behalf of the american public i would like to say thank you because much of the work that is done within your commands, the american public will never know about nor will they be able to appreciate. so thank you very much for that. general thomas, i would like to start with you and what i would like to do is basically give you an open floor or a moment to reflect upon your time in command. there have been many innovations in your time in command you have brought forward for special operations command and i would like to give you the opportunity to talk about some of those innovations, why they have been so important to our special operators and if there's anything that is not yet finished, what you would like to see continue on in your absence. >> thanks, senator. dangerous to give me an open mic. i'll try to stay focused. i humorously joke with contemporaries whether in the armed forces or private sector the one problem we do not have in

suhail shaheen said the two sides have agreed to discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistane on how to prevent terror attacks against other countries being launched from afghan territory. lawyers for michael flynn — president donald trump's former national security adviser — have asked a judge to delay his sentencing for 90 days. michael flynn was found guilty for lying to the fbi during the investigation into possible collusion between trump's campaign and russia during the 2016 presidential election campaign. american officials insist the boeing 737 max 8 aircraft is still safe to fly even though india and the european union have become the latest to ban the aircraft from flying over their airspace. it comes after an ethiopian airlines plane crashed on sunday, claiming the lives of 157 people — the second fatal accident involving the 737 max 8 in less than 5 months. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the story. this plane was just allowed back into manchester this afternoon. but this ultramodern, boeing 737 max 8 arriving from marrakesh, has now been grounded. uk

suhail shaheen said the two sides have agreed to discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistane place on how to prevent terror attacks against other countries being launched from afghan territory. lawyers for michael flynn, president donald trump's former national security advisor, have asked a judge to delay his sentencing for 90 days. michael flynn was found guilty for lying to the fbi during the investigation into possible collusion between trump's campaign and russia during the 2016 presidential election campaign. the us—backed syrian democratic forces say 3,000 islamic state fighters and their families surrendered on tuesday in their last small syrian enclave of baghouz. they've been subjected to three days of air strikes and artillery fire, with interludes to allow them to surrender. the sdf says that once everyone who wants to capitulate has done so a final assault will be launched against the few hundred fighters still thought to be in baghouz. ramzan karmali has more. the syrian defence forces bombing baghouz — is‘s last enclave in syria. for three days in a row now, t

senator shaheen: thank you. it's just awful and reflects, again, the fact that in conflict areas that it's women and children who usually bear the brunt of that conflict and this is another example of that and i think another reason why it's so important that legislation like the women, peace and security act that asks women be at the table when we are negotiating are so important because we know that that means that whatever is negotiated lasts longer and it means there is a less -- lower likelihood that women then will continue to be placed in positions where they are the victims of so many of the issues, sex trafficking, sexual assault, all of those concerns. so, again, thank you, both, very much for what you're doing. senator rubio: senator kaine. senator kaine: thank you for a very helpful testimony. i want to just acknowledge and applaud the release of a virginia journalist, cody, virginia tech alumni who's been in venezuela reporting independently there for a number of years. was arrested, interrogated an

suhail shaheen said the two sides have agreed to discuss the withdrawal of foreign troops from afghanistanl also take place on how to prevent terror attacks against other countries being launched from afghan territory. a judge in australia has sentenced cardinal george pell to six years in prison for sexually abusing two teenage boys more than 20 years ago. cardinal pell — a former advisor to the pope — is the most senior catholic clergyman ever to be convicted of child sex offences. hwyel griffiths sent this report from melbourne. it is hard to overstate the reverence in which george pell used to be held here in australia. he was the highest ranking catholic in the country and became one of the highest ranking catholics in the world but now his fall from grace is complete and he is due to be taken to prison to commence a six—year prison term. the offences relate to his time here as archbishop of melbourne when after one of his first masses in charge he came across two choirboys in the back of the cathedral, inflicting sexual abuse upon them, described in some detail in the court. the card

with me faiza shaheen, the director of the class think tank. have you with us., there was a very honest second referendum, is labour party policy and yet no labour mps voted for it? political tactics, that is what is happening right now. it seems above my pay grade! essentially the sequences really important. even alistair campbell, who is not a fan ofjeremy corbyn, said today is not the day for a people's vote. what we needed to do today was have extended and unfortunately with the amendment by hilary benn that failed to put forward some other ideas, to listen to parliament and see if there is something we can coalesce around. but what the numbers revealed on the second referendum is there is not majority right now will there ever bea majority right now will there ever be a majority or has this vote but the nail in the common coffin? it's this deal or the referendum and a lot of people will say that we will prefer lot of people will say that we will p refer to lot of people will say that we will prefer to go back to the people, it isa prefer to go back to the p

senator shaheen. thank you, mr. chairman. let me welcome both, you mr. toler and thank you for being willing to consider taking on this difficult post at this very important time. i would like to begin with you, and general abizaid and add my support for everything that senator rubio said and add one more concerned to back, that the united states still is a $331 million in saudi arabia for air refueling that we provided the coalition in yemen. i think the list of human rights violations is so long it's hard to comprehend what's going on there. i would like your assurance is as ambassador that you will consistently raised the issue of human rights violations >> ambassador to hold countries accountable to ensure that the saudi's no what we believe and what the relationship needs to be to move forward. i will ensure that those ideals, those values, those mutual interests, are conveyed as clearly as i can to the government of saudi arabia and i look forward to working with them not in the adversarial way but in a way that promotes our ability to have a partn

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the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, are you concerned that senator jeanne shaheenyour committee? >> i'm thrilled that she is on the committee. she is an invaluable member of our committee. of course, to the extent that members seek out assignments, it's not because i think that the democratic leadership hasn't created opportunities for women on the committee. i think that the women have largely chosen to find other places in which they want to make their mark. i hope more women as openings become open on the committee will join us. i think jean has been invaluable in our overall context in europe, but in driving the message of the rights of women internationally, about challenging heads of state when we meet with them privately, about the advancement of women in their societies and those voices are incredibly important. >> it sounds like you would see more of them on the committee. >> absolutely. >> thank you for your time this morning on all of this. >> that would be a good thing. >>> we are following breaking news. the house will vote today on an ant anti-semitic

forces shot and killed 2 palestinian men in 2 separate incidents tuesday. 23-yeaear-old mohammad shaheen was shot during a raid in the city of salfit, while at least 40 others were injured. in the city of hebron, israeli soldiers killed yasser fawzi shawki near an illegal israeli settlement, after an alllleged knife attack. the united nations reports at least 535 people were killed and tens of thousands displaced in western congo over a 3-day period in december in what could amount to crimes against humanity. u.n. investigators say the chiefs of opposing factions helped plan and carry out the violence in response to an alleged territorial dispute, and local authorities failed to intervene to protect residents. the un warns that more acts of violence are likely unless the government acts to ease tensions between rivaval factions. 2 2 weeks of talks between us -- u.s. and taliban officials ended without an agreement tuesday but with negotiators saying they've made progress on two key issues.. the u.s. said the 2 parties have reached a draft plan for a future withdrawal of u.s. troops from

jeanne shaheen wrote secretary pompeo, "the group from china is increasingly feeling isolated and leftby the state department." the state department declined an interview, but in a statement to "60 minutes," it said, "we will continue to provide our colleagues the care they need, regardless of their diagnosis or the location of their medical evacuation." a state department official told us that the cuba patients are victims of an attack, but state hasn't made the same determination for the china patients. the department has asked the national academies of science to assist in the medical investigation. the f.b.i. is also investigating. intelligence sources told us that in addition to cuba and china, russia is a suspect. but if microwaves were used, the technology is not rare. it could be, more than one country is using it. u.s. intelligence is still debating what caused the injuries. you were in harm's way and you i 't i'm afid thaothers may be in harm's way and may not know it. i don't know what the future looks like for me, but i would do anything in my power to prevent this from hap

, specifically the national defense authorization act in section 1290, which my colleague senator shaheen and i worked on. there's a provision in section 1290 which requires the secretary to certify that the governments of saudi arabia and uae are undertaking a number of actions. the provision also includes a detailed requirement for yemen related briefings to congress and requires the administration to submit to congress a strategy for yemen. i have not yet received, congress has not yet received a credible certification from the administration. i don't intend to remain silent on this. this is the law of the land. i want it to be followed. so general, would you commit to providing myself and other members of this committee a monthly update on the following, a description of saudi arabia military and political objectives in yemen and whether the united states' assistance to the saudi led coalition has resulted in significant progress toward meeting those objectives, an assessment of the need for existing secondary inspection and clearance processes and transshipment requirements on humani

jean shaheen -- jean in new york. maybe mark warn other from georgia. sina smith from minnesota.t's classic wedge politics. we're hearing from some of the dem yachts including those running for president saying i agree in principles. this plan. forth by and the freshman democrat. >> yeah, that's right. mcconnell just said in the clip you played. they're going to have an interesting time explaining this. i mean, the primary voters in knock.st four contests they safered the green new league deal. on. i think she's 6%. 47% have a strong favorly view of the green new deal. >> numbers are very strong. here are these democrats. they're not look to pursue a. what is this all about. what grames they playing? and i think that's what mccollin is trying to do. maybe to the average voter, but not vote for it. in our podcast this week. who knows the senate. exception maybe the late senator robert c. bird of wf. i think it's a classic move. i think it's signature mcconnect. using the floor to draw differences between him and his opponents and the democrats. i mean, this is an early inside kay

i will say, you know, here in new hampshire, today senator shaheen and -- they led an effort to say the list of projects that could be imperilled by the president wanting to pay for his wall came out, and one of them was a shipyard in portsmouth, so i'm going to be talking about that tomorrow when i'm in rye. you can just see people are still focused on these bread and butter issues that affect their jobs ask their livelihood. people can step back a bit and say none of this is going to work if we don't have a working democracy. that is really why i think we keep getting asked about it and people are going to be -- i cannot imagine what will happen if he doesn't release this report. there's bad signs based on his 19-page memo that he did before he had his hearing to the white house in which he showed this broad view of executive privilege. all of these things make me concerned. i am glad that he released the letter today, and we hope that there is more to come because the american people have a right to know. >> senator amy klobuchar of the great state of minnesota, 2020 democratic presi

i will say, you know, here in new hampshire, today senator a shaheen and -- they led an effort to say the list of projects that could be imperilled by the president wanting to pay for his wall came out, and one of them was a shipyard in portsmouth, so i'm going to be talking about that tomorrow when i'm in rye. you can just see people are still focused on these bread and butter issues that affect their jobs ask their livelihood. people can step back a bit and say none of this is going to work if we don't have a working democracy. that is really why i think we keep getting asked about it and people are going to be -- i cannot imagine what will happen if he doesn't release this report. there's bad signs based on his 19-page memo that he did before he had his hearing to the white house in which he showed this broad view of executive privilege. all of these things make me concerned. i am glad that he released the letter today, and we hope that there is more to come because the american people have a right to know. >> senator amy klobuchar of the great state of minnesota, 2020 democratic p

. >> senator shaheen? >> thank you, and thank you all for being here. secretary geurts i was pleased to hear you say to hirono that you recommitted the shipyard restructuring optimization plan. as you point out, the average age of our dry docks was 60 years old. he also acknowledged the biggest shortfall we have is with our attack submarines. and, as senator kaine pointed out, and we all understand that the better job we do on maintenance means that we can have more ships at sea. so, i was really surprised when projects from the port's naval shipyard showed up on the military construction list of projects to take money from for the president's border wall. and, i was particularly surprised, because i know you're at the portsmouth shipyard last fall, you were briefed on the projects, which directly relate to our ability to expand the drydock capacity there and allow us to, at the shipyard, be able to do maintenance on more ships. so, can you explain what the thinking is here? why we would take money from those projects that would backup our ability to ad

. >> thank you senator shaheen. let me inform you that it's -- some of the k-c-46s have been delivered. in fact i flew the right seat of a k-r-46 from seattle, washington to altus. senator sullivan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and gentlemen, thank you for being here and your service. general scaparrotti, i want to talk about a few things. first there is a narrative that i think played out a lot in the media that the administration or what you are doing in your capacity is somehow being weak on russia and putin. remote -- i just want to talk about a few actions that under your leadership we have been taking, because isn't it true that the one thing that putin understands more than anything is power, right? >> would you agree with that. >> i would agree. >> power military forces, energy production, not words but actual power. >> um-hum. >> does it help that we have now forces -- our forces deployed in countries like poland and the baltics and the european reassurance initiative which in committee has supported in a bi

i'm not aware of any shared with, and i senator shaheen that i would follow up with her also on this after i have a chance to investigate. i'll do the same with you. >> i would deeply appreciate that. the right way to do this is to science.e >> right. >> the right way to do this is not to set a standard based on limit liability. >> right. >> i know that there is -- we're gonna have a big price tag attached to this. there is no question about that. but we're also gonna have a very cost associated with this. and i'll just give you one example. the farm was closed -- forced to close its doors in new mexico after 25 years as a local business. thisonths, because of contamination, they had to dump milk0 to 15,000 gallons of per day. that's enough to give a carton lunch to 240,000 kids. thisis one example of how is impacting the communities aboutave been enthusiast hosting our air force and other military establishments. going to need to get in front of this. and i don't think it is -- it has received adequate attention from the pentagon. so i look forward to working with you on that. front

first off, senator shaheen, i don't believe secretary wilson was able to answer the question about the inspection, but the air force is also reaching out and making sure they are all given an opportunity. it is that that they are marching in every home. if someone doesn't want their home inspected, the presumption is they are satisfied with it, and many of them are. we try to characterize them as visits, not formal inspections. i want to make sure the families do not know they are not coming in for some home inspection. i appreciate the outrage. but it is just these mechanical things that drive me crazy. when you hear in one of the cases when we were down at fort surveysomeone did this that there is this pressure to have a positive predisposition because these housing providers want a good score, so they get a bonus allocation. so, the negative sort of cynic in me says the only reason you auld ask someone to sign nondisclosure is that you want a better review. maybe i'm wrong. but happy to talk to the housing provider that thinks that practice needs to stay in place. the secretary espe

faiza shaheen is director at the centre for labour and social studies, a left—leaning think tank.brexit do you think that what happened yesterday, do you think a delay to accept is now inevitable?” yesterday, do you think a delay to accept is now inevitable? i think it was inevitable anyway from last week. —— bee mac. ——it is frustrating for the public. it do you think the prime minister is in a wea ker you think the prime minister is in a weaker position yes. the speaker grandstanding you cannot reintroduce the same motion several times in the same parliamentary session. but to introduce amendments as well. we saw an amendment on a second referendum failed, on a softer brexit fail and the country, whatever the view, most people want their mps to come to a decision now. bercow blocking that. some people saying bercow and is position and using it to upset mps. when you look at the law... you can be persuaded to think that but there isa be persuaded to think that but there is a blame game going on ultimately it looks like this week at least it would not pass. and even if it did, it

. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just thank you both first of all for being here today and for what you're doing in this very difficult situation. i just want to follow up on senator udall's question just to be very clear, because i didn't hear either of you answer it in this way. are either of you aware of any plans within with the administration for any military action in venezuela? mr. abrams? >> no, not in the sense you mean it. there are always contingency plans, how much to get into this in an open hearing, but for every u.s. embassy around the world there are always such plans, but we are not pursuing that path. >> mr. green? >> i am not. >> the discussion this morning has been very eloquent about the terrible tragedy happening in venezuela and the humanitarian disaster there. but the status of women has not been mentioned and i think it's important to do that because there are more reports coming out about the violence that women are facing in venezuela that women are facing as they cross the border into co

now that i have had a chance to count to 10, as we close out the hearing, first off, senator jeanne shaheen, i don't know that secretary wilson can answer your question about the inspection. i know the air force is reaching out to make sure they are all given an opportunity. it's not like they are barging into every home and if someone says they don't want the home inspected, the point is they are satisfied with it and many are. about the number of inspections i would assume they have a challenge they want to look at. >> we tried to characterize these as visits not inspections. >> that's why i want to make sure the families know they are not coming in for some sort of a home inspection. i appreciate the outreach. these mechanical things drive me crazy. in one case at fort bragg someone saying that they do a survey to figure out where they are and what the satisfaction level is. they have an annual event where they come in and maybe win a $500 certificate. there is a pressure to have a positive predisposition. why, because the housing providers what a good score to get the bonus allocation.

shaheen in the introduction of the senate companion, senate joint resolution 10. and i wanted to take just a few moments this afternoon and speak to my rationale for not only my statements but