this is a hallmark that clearly the pull of our country by the united states of america. the united states has seen and .ill remain our key ally effortsappreciate president trump and his administration have placed. we are grateful for your , warranting the illegal annexation of crimea. i expressed hope that the united states of america will be in thetively engaged east of ukraine and occupation of crimea thanks to the appointment of the department of state on this matter, and we are grateful to the united states of america for cooperation with nato, and particular the relationships between key have in washington are invariably strong, because the ground work , long-lasting strategic influence, it is important that inaine enjoys bipartisanship congress, in the united states, that is confirmed by the amount 2020, amounting to $700 million. theould separately note assistance insecurity which make million u.s. and will significantly boost our defense capabilities. we appreciate your support in equipmentfunds and for ukraine. ukraine is ready to develop new forms of partnership

, in the name of itself, and of the people of the united states of america, against donald john trump, president of the united states of america and maintenance in support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article one, abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives d all have thee sole power of impeachment. and the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct ofio the office f the president of thes united states, and in violation of his constitutional oathex, simply to execute the office of president of the united states, and to the best of hisol ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. and in violation of the constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the tewers of his high office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine and the 2020

as a german because of our history so maybe it is just too much overreacting but the united states of america with the whole world order can organize because of the united states of america. and germany uniting those two countries that the american president that tells you something when i was very very young and the russians came into the czech republic. i lived in a little village 15 miles away the world ended for us. this was really bad. then they came in and you could literally hear i was a little boy. and my grandmother who was raising me my grandmother said the americans will help us. so this is how i was growing up this country helps the world. so that is how we look at united states of america from germany. >> then you see this type of stuff but it is also motivation but the whole social ceos is not just about value or ego so young people, young talent if you want them to get into the economy is not the greatest in the world or the most effective combine with that proficiency. >> then you say you're saving lives and defeat cancer. and then you say oh. i did not know. so people say how

in the united states of america no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. that is what this moment is all about. as we all know, congress is a separate and coequal branch of government. we don't work for this president or any president. we of course work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch. that is not the democratic party playbook. that is not the republican party playbook. that is the playbook in a democratic republic. james madison once observed in federalist 61 that the congress should serve as a rival to the executive branch. in my humble opinion, why wouldn't madison use the word rival? is because the framers of the constitution, i think, did not want the king. they did not want a dictator. they did not want a monarch. they wanted a democracy. the constitution is sacred the obligatory upon all. it is through that lens that we proceed today. for the next few moments i will discuss donald trump's july 20 fifth phone call with you crane's newly elected lead

the national security interest of the united states of america. at the beginning of the call, president zelensky mentioned u.s. military aid. and he states, i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. the great support in the area of defense including the security assistance passed by this congress on a bipartisan basis. that donald trump held up in violation of the law.

caught in this regional rivalry between 2 political and military mights iran and the united states of america where does iraq see what does it see itself in the near future sides even more with iran or trying to carve out a neutral position. i think this is very difficult to question because you know between both because america is the great power and. iran it's the neighborhood and iran it's have many historical and religious should do that with the iraqi even between the people of both people and the politest between the in our care and under bullets then we know that in our key is the venue critic situation now because they cannot be with what side against the other then i think is the best way to be the mediator ought to be a between them but i think it's very difficult now because a iran needs it within their own all the american forces and they don't want an admission ship with american and that many can want to go into government be away from the admission ship with iran down they want to make iraq as a base for or to attack iran or to to stop any and it of lobbying for any things in i

strike a balancing act it says that this is that absolutes unchartered waters for the united states of america of the middle east i think it is absolutely on chart it and i think even the administration's our lies they're saying you know it might have been much more prudent to restrain all the retaliatory strikes for the death of the contractor and cook cook and even for the breaching of the u.s. embassy keep all that retaliation in syria and keep iraq out of this keep the fight out of iraq unfortunately that ship has now sailed and we are where we are with regard to the russian forces i both agree and disagree with with our rainy and friend here gree that these are not purely proxy forces that they do have their they have their own agendas they have their own agency but at the same time they are prominent allies of the iranian state so to make an analogy you know were tomorrow strikes to come from the british and the australians onto iranian soil i don't think they'd be impressed with if we said well you know what do we have to do with that it's well known there are permanent allies and that

gonzalez: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for ne minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to pay respect and honor to my reat teacher, lee ann doherty, passed away on december 5, 2019, and taught me a history class more than 20 years ago at polley prep. a mentor, survived by her husband, francis, her children, max and sophie. her students, myself include, recall each and every day approach the classroom with wisdom, grace, compassion, incredible wisdom, and intellect. i can say without a doubt i would not be a congressman today without mrs. daugherty. there was only one person in all of america being honored on the floor of the united states represents today and that is leann, and

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opportunity to serve at president obama news cabinet and to around for president of the united states of america. that is america. that is the possibility of our country. that is the story of so many people in our country. and now, i am here because i believe in a person is going to make sure that they will give the same caned kind of opportunities that my brother and i will blessed with. emma so many people here as well have been fortunate to have a good education, of the chance do you get a good job. do you get decent healthcare and to be able to reach for your dreams that we make that possible for every single person in this country in the years to come. [applause]. i had the opportunity to see all the candidates. in a one time, we had 25 candidates that will running in the cycle. twenty-five. i have the opportunity to see all of the candidates. and they get to know many of the candidates. to understand them. this is what i understand about elisabeth warren. she is he fighter. for everyday americans. [applause]. she is he fighter because she has also struggled and lived that american dream. e

in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article i, abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives "shall have the sole power of impeachment" and that the president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." in his conduct of the office of president of the united states -- and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed -- donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency, in that: using the powers of his high office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020

and that, my children, is what you pledge allegiance to the united states of america and to the republic contained in that constitution of the united states. so we take that oath. and when we become members of congress or other public office, we take an oath to protect and defend that constitution of the united states. and the president of the united states takes an oath to preserve and protect and defend the constitution of the united states, an oath that he has blatantly violated and for this reason, he was impeached by the house of representatives. . for this reason we thought it would be helpful to have not overwhelm the strong case for impeachment and removal that was put forth in this house, but to know that more was to come. we didn't make it come because we said we are going to wait until after christmas to send this over. they would have liked to send it over on christmas eve so they could dismiss it. perhaps they don't realize that dismissal is cover-up. but that has been one of their trains of thought. dismissal is cover-up. i was so disappointed the other day, last friday, th

we are here to transform the united states of america and create an economy and a government that works all of us, not just the one percentage -- 1%. that is what the political revolution is. it says we need millions of people to step up to the plate, to stand up and fight for justice. what is our program about? for america, the wealthiest country in the history of the will, we will end the gross disparity in income and wealth that exists today. we will not accept three people only more wealth than the bottom half of american society. we will not accept the top 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 92%. i have been all over this great state and i have talked to workers. i spoke to a woman here in des moines. she was raising three kids making 10.25 per hour at a fast food place. you can't raise a family on 10.25 per hour. we believe that if you work 40 hours per week, you should not be living in poverty. [applause] that is not a radical idea. that means that we are going to raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 per hour. it means we are going to do away with the absurdity of wom

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foreign military presence in their country specifically from the united states of america however that was a bill that was passed without any of the sone m.p.'s or the kurdish m.p.'s president so what that means is that there isn't a national consensus on whether these troops should be there or not. cameron joy greenberg from your point of view has nato abandoned trump already if i can put it like that and we've heard from him in stilton berg that he said it was rather nebulous that need to could contribute to more regional stability in the fight against terrorism but what does that mean yeah that's a very good question i wouldn't go so far as to say that nato has abandoned trump and i think if you had reversed the question has trump abandoned nato you would get a a much more readily positive answer i think from the point of view of the nato countries not just calling it obsolete but in many actions and and rhetoric about money among other things has very much stepped away from nato including from the article 5 and you know joint self-defense and so i think that you know the relationsh

it's not the united states of america it's the ayatollah if you want to look at who has denied religious freedom if you want to know who has denied the persian culture is rich and steeped in history an intellect and they've denied the capacity for that culture to continue if you go back and look at the holidays around cyrus the neuros they've not permitted people to celebrate they've not allowed people that they've killed that qassam somali killed they've not allowed them to go mourn their family members the real risk to persian culture does not come from united states of america that there is no there is no mistake about it i know. it was at that briefing at the state department washington he's with us now live what else did the secretary of state have to say alan. well it was a very packed briefing many people want to hear what my palm peers saying in the state department for the 1st time since he did a run to the sunday talk shows here in the united states he was asked again about the intelligence and the fact that the united states has been saying there was an imminent threat to amer

i also started one of the largest grassroots organizations in the united states which is called nexgen americai think we are on 41 campuses in the state of iowa. we have been here -- i believe this is our seventh year in the state. nexgen -- in, 2018, nexgen went into 38 republican districts, more than doubled the turnout of young people and 38 of -- 33 of the 38 districts went to democrat. [applause] mr. steyer: when people talk about being a grassroots person, i actually am a grassroots person. nexgen has partners in the labor movement and together, and the last two cycles, the organization we put together has knocked on 25 million doors. we actually -- when people talk about how we are going to win, i know how we are going to win, because i've been doing it for years. we are going to do it by being grassroots people and getting people out to vote. and that is exactly what nexgen has been doing. . and that is actually what i believe in, which is otherwise called democracy. this strange idea in the united states that people are going to participate and take back this government from the corpo

states is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump president to the united states of america in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors article one abuse of power the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors in his conduct of the office of the president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office president trump solicited th

states, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president to the united states of america, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article 1. abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct of the office of the president of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional oath, faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states, and to the best of his ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j. trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his high office, president trump

,oyfully, fully, passionately introduce you to that leader, the next president of the united states of americar bernie sanders! [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ♪ introduce you to that leader, the next president of the united states of america, senator bernie sanders. [applause] sen. sanders: let me thank vickie for their music. let me thank the great superviser from lynne county stacy walker for all of his great work. let me thank lena for her remarks. jeff for the great work he is doing in the legislature and for his support. nick salazar is doing a great job for us. barb for all of her good work. chris. let me thank senator nina turner. [applause] sen. sanders: senator turner has been doing some of the most important work that anybody can do. it is something all of us have got to do. she beens all over this country young people,ple, working people, people of color, into the political process. getting them to stand up and fight for justice. senator turner, thank you. [cheers and applause] and let me thank jayapal,woman pramila not only for her support. not only for being here this

the technological needs and the no missions have been mentioned in this as iraq of the not the states of america have agreed at the table of the us forces withdraw will lose and. there was role has been done in 2011. message for sure but almost as about if the former. foreign minister in 2014 to the un secretary general presented to the un secretary general by the iraqi permanent the present to severely iraq the message he has explained the difficult situation here in iraq because of the operations of us and iraq has asked for assistance he met each. in order to defeat that action and to protect our tend to our people and iraq as the member states to train our forces and to give us the from the necessary weapons according to the situation in order to prevent the terrorist from and making use of our weaknesses in iraq and also the message we have as it betty said that. at that moment iraq was thing. seeing the threats from the international terrorist organization that's why the international community to assist us. according to the biological agreement of the multi parties agreement with all resp

there is only one country in the world that can lead the solution, and that is the united states of america. there is no second choice here. and the numbers i like to use to illustrate how big an international problem not within the borders of the united states is, we have 237 coal plants left in the united states. we've closed 290. we'll close the other 237 because they make no economic sense. there are 1,500 coal plant in the world. and there are plans to build 1,200 more. if they build 1,200 coal plants and we close 237, we lose. everybody loses. who could actually lead a moral, technological, commercial, and financial charge to clean up the way we use energy in the world, other than us? nobody. so the fact is we are going to have to think about this internationally. we're going to have to think about it in terms of how our government works and how we relate to other people. in fact, let me say this, i was saying before, this is not bad. having a purpose as a country to stand up for what's right and to save the world is not a bad thing. [ applause ] and let me say, that's what they inven

our founding fathers said the idea of unity was the key to america's future in 1782 on the first seal of the united states of america they said in threest simple words out of many, one. this federal government and the nation seem to have forgotten plat essential american principles so in this turmoil let's new york state reminded thremind thenation of who we aro the seal of the stadium to proclaim at this time the simple truth without unity, we are nothing. [applause] what happened is intolerable and we will not allow it to happen in this state. we have no tolerance for racism or discrimination or n at stereotyping or anti-semites. when someone attacks one of us, they attacked each of us and all of us. when they attack muslims they attack me if you. they attack the en end q. and wn the attack asian-americans, they attack me and they attack you and when they attack african-americans, they are attacking me and attacking you. when they are attacking puerto ricans, they are attacking me and you only try to divide the great state of new york, we will stand up tall, we will stand up unified, we will stand up an

the commander-in-chief of the united states the united states of america and we learn about three weeks ago. he was talking to instead of respecting our troops, there was a report that has been released and no one has denied it, that he went over to the pentagon and what they call, anyways, he went to the pentagon to meet with the flag officers and generals, and he referred to them is losers, dopes, and babies. i honestly got can't think of any time in the past or any president has ever looked at our lawyers who said things like that to them, allegedly to their faces. my mother would, say i don't know who died and left him, boss no, but think about it, think about it, i talk about character, ladies and gentlemen, and then we learned,, we leave at 34 of our warriors who were stationed in iraq where my son's been here before he passed away,, by sound and all of those wars where they, are 34 of, them station in, iraq during the missile attack by the iranians and 34 have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and what did president trump say? he said nobody really got hurt, it wasn't ve

it is a movement for true solidarity in the united states of america. movement to transform our public policy so the united states can finally anance ideals and embody advanced first century human rights. that is really what this campaign is all about. that is why i am here. i am here because 10% better is not going to cut it for most americans. it is not going to cut it. , and weay, wages are up are looking at 3%. what is 3% of eight dollars an hour? what is 3% better on an $8,000 deductible? what is 3% better when people are being incarcerated for decades? what is 3% better when people spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt? what is 3% better when children are being incarcerated at the border? we do not need 3% better or 10% better, we need fundamental change in the united states of america. [applause] that is why i am here. that is why i am here. what it is going to take is for us to change our politics as well. it is going to require us to grow asm and individuals. it is going to take fighting for someone we do not know. that

opportunity to serve as, in president obama's cabinet and to run for president of the united states of america. that is america. that is the possibility of our country. [cheers and applause] that is the story of so many people in our country. and now i'm here because idealli believe in a person who is going to make sure that those same kinds of opportunity that my brother and i were blessed with, and that so many people here as well have been fortunate to have, of a good education, of a chance to get a good job, to get decent health care, to be able to reach for your dreams, that we make that possible for every single person in this country in the years to come. [applause] and i had the opportunity to see all the candidates. i went to remember with 25 candidates that were running in the cycle. 25. i had the opportunity to see all of the candidates, to get to know many of the candidates, to understand them. this is what i understand about elizabeth warren. she is a fighter for everyday americans. [cheers and applause] she's a fighter because she has also struggled and lived at the american drea

there is a substantial racial undertone and aspect to virtually every policy area in the united states of america. people talk about criminal justice in terms of race, and it is absolutely there from policing,, to how we treat people who are incarcerated. when i talk about climate, i say to people, i am the only person who makes climate my number one priority. but i start in terms of environmental justice in the communities, basically black and brown communities overwhelmingly, where you can't breathe without getting asthma and you can't drink the water without getting sick. people think that climate is a straight up environmental issue. to me, there is a substantial racial undertone to it that needs to be addressed in terms of justice. what i have said is this -- policy comes out of narrative. i know you said i am a door, and i believe i am a door. that is what i believe my whole background says -- i know you said i am a doer. i am for reparations. but the way that i get to them is this, i would start a formal commission on race on my first day to retell the story of the united states from the p

this moment the impetus on the part of some of our democratic colleagues to blame the united states of america is unacceptable. we reject that as americans. we ought to be united. in particular the speaker's assertion that somehow the activity that's going on in iran is a result of action that the administration took requires a willingness to completely disregard the history of the last 40 years. and the attacks that have been launched against the united states and our interests every since the iranian revolution. we look forward to the united states being unified behind the president. we look forward to the president's remarks. we will continue, certainly, here as republicans in the house to be unified as a body as well. we are joined this morning by two of our members who have direct personal experience and i'd like to turn things over first to dr. brad wenstrup to talk about the impact of iranian activities throughout the region. mr. wenstrup: thank you. let's make no mistake about this. what occurred in the last few days. this was a defensive strike against a terrorist. a terrorist that wo

have you watched how the united states of america build software? it's just amazing. when you go to the commercial sector and watch how we build software is so fast. look at google or facebook or amazon web services or any of the small startups in cambridge and silicon valley and seattle and here in washington, it's amazing. you ever walk into a defense contractor building software? we know how to build software? we are the leading software nation in the world. we just haven't translated that to the department of defense. and by the way, there is a jroc requirements process that has to be changed in order to allow that kind of thing and there is statutory requirements that drive the jroc, but the jroc is an industrial age model. not an information age model. we have to change the structure we have to change how we are going to do business across those lines. that will translate into the acquisition business. that will translate and the biggest thing with doing the acquisition business is real simple, we have to allow people to take risks and delegate responsibilities t

[cheers and applause] 47 percent of all new businesses in the united states of america created by hard-working people of color god bless president trump for that in this family and what they have been able to accomplish. [applause] and the family that asks for nothing back in return but they take it every day nothing stops them or slows them down because they believe it is an honor and a privilege to fight for this country and to connect with the base that understands hard-working people across this country there is no better than donald trump junior. let me tell you some of those best moments of those staying at his house weather in iowa on the pullout bed or anywhere across this country it is inspirational to see the connectivity how people are transformed together and it is so incredible he has shared this moment the incredible journey and front row seat i am so happy you are here tonight for the president and this incredible country this is everything we all have together to fight for. thank you for honoring them and supporting them for buying his book and being in a fight with us every st

ocasio-cortez: i'm here because we need true immigration justice in the united states of america. heers and applause] and i am notortez: here to reform some of these systems when we talk about immigration, i am here because senator sanders has committed to breaking up ice and a cbp. that's why i'm here. [cheers and applause] because i'mcortez: sorry, once you are at the point of caging children and separating families, there is no going back from that. wholesale, re-imagination of our immigration system that actually honors human rights and treats every person as a human being and with the dignity that every person deserves from the right of their birth. [cheers and applause] rep. ocasio-cortez: i'm here because every person in this country deserves to be paid a living wage. that's why i'm here. i'm here because earlier today, we were in cedar falls and a woman stood up and told me that her wages and her paycheck is being garnished due to her medical bills. right.s not but unfortunately, it is more normal than we would like to admit in this country. it is more normal for people to

syracuse gets more snow than any major city in the united states of america. 196 inches of snow.nd it's cold. the prettiest days it's not colder when the snow is coming down, right? i tell you what, man. i went to syracuse to prepare me for being able to campaign in iowa. [laughter] so great to see you all. thank you so much for being here. -to-be thank the soon senator. i've -- these guys have heard me say this, this is ahead of the international firefighters association, good, good friend of mine. been great help to me my whole career. god made friends. man and made a few firefighters and they are all crazy unform, because who would run into a fire and not run away from it. in they are always there and my case it is a point of personal privilege and saved the lives of both my sons. when i got legitimated in 1972 as a 29-year-old kid and i was down in washington on december 18, god love you, how are you doing -- on december 18 and i got a phone call from a first responder and she said you have to come home and i said what's the matter. our wife and daughter are both dead. my fir

and his death tonight was a major victory, not only for the united states of america, but also for the cause of stability in moderation in the middle east. >> ari, what's your reaction to what you're seeing tonight? >> i just remember when osama bin laden was killed, and all americans came together and cheered that event where the military was able to carry that action out. and i hope the same thing happens here with the death of soleimani. he's the world's leading terrorist. he's been active with hezbollah, hamas, yemen. and as karl pointed out, he has blood on his hands from the killing of more than 600 americans in iraq. the other really important thing to keep your eye on in terms of what comes next are the streets of iran. the iranian people have been leading a revolution, a rebellion against their government knowing what dictatorship it is, one of the youngest, most pro western europe throughout the middle east, the persian community in iran. and i'm curious to see, they're going to celebrate this as well. because you know, many of those protests have said, end the iranian aggres