lead the united states navy. in this time of watchful peace. and for the first time ever to appear in inaugural parade, the cadets, the newly constituted air force academy, the backbone of our vital defensive air arm. and a public display on the latest weapons in our defense arsenal. the guided missiles, awesome and foreboding in appearance yet comforting in the knowledge that they stand as deterrent to aggression from any source weapons of defense relying upon a retaliatory so devastating that aggression will serve no purpose. new jersey's blow reminding everyone of the fight against polio was awarded the title most unique georgia. the ike's favorite golfing retreat in. augusta, georgia. the best design award was captured by flower with this very beautiful and the usual pretty girls girls. liberty and strength through the consent, the governed was portrayed in the theme float of the 1957 inaugural parade, the longest float of any ever to appear anywhere. it measured 407 feet long, representing states and many in

united states was not involved. is this an indication of a more robust and engage strategies for policy in real deep dispute? well, i would say china's effort to achieve a refresher bond between saudis and the radians. it was a turning point in chinese diplomacy. why? because the full decades shouldn't have very good relations with saudi arabia on the one hand and with the wrong. on the other hand, many times so these will tell china, well, given our special relationships, why them to downgrade your relationship with the wrong kind of said know, china. so what do you, relations are very important about china? uranium relations also very important and to launch the same thing. but sooner or later, trying to reach the point and trying to sense, why couldn't i bring michael relations with the saudi arabia and my relations with iran to the same table. bring the 2 great countries together and convinced them that refreshment is better. i think that's the turning point and it so fortunate that both the saudi arabia's and t

so we are much more vulnerable to trade sanctions from the united states than the united states as vulnerable to us 1st. and as i say, this is a result of decades of needing and government policy. what we should have done was we should have diversified our trade relationships, even particularly with the major countries in bricks. but instead we just got more and more reliant upon and vulnerable to united states. and i think trump is quite cognizant of this vulnerability, and he's going to use it in order to make the gun, the country more subservient than the number of ways, including militarize in our border. which is precisely what a true though did with the support of a number of provincial premier's as soon as trump. yeah. making noises about a 25 percent tariff in fact we don't get it off tomorrow. lago within 2 or 3 days of trump, the screen this thread and basically capitulated, came back to canada and said he was setting up something called the joint strike for us to enforce the board or not. so i believe that we are headed into a period of even greater our canadian subservience to was

as our incoming lawmakers swear today to protect and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, may they also make a personal commitment to you to depend on your guidance that will keep their feet on the path you have chosen. lord, inspire them to strive always to do what is right, as you give them the wisdom to discern it. mighty god, open your hands to bless their work, supplying their needs out of the bounty of your celestial riches. we pray in your majestic name. amen. the vice president: please join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. 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. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: leader schumer. mr. schumer: i would just like to welcome our chaplain back. we're glad he's with us and in good health, and wish him and all of us a happy new year. the vice president: the chair lays before the senate the certificates of the election of 32 senators elected for six

do solemnly swear to support the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservations and you will well and faithfully discharge the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations. >> thank you, reddy, one, two, three. >> you too. [inaudible] you ready? what are we doing? raise your right hand please. do you solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic , and bear true faith and allegiance to the same without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? congratulations. >> one, two, three. >>. [inaudible] do you solemnly swear to support and protect theconstitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, bear true faith and allegiance to the same , without any mental mental reservations or purpose of evasio

the old guard, the united states marine honor guard from marine barracks, washington. lors have always been one of the most important elements of a military unit. at the center of our formation is an armed forces color guard bearing the national colors and the service flags of the army, marine corps, navy, air force, space force, and coast guard. following is an element from the united states navy guard from washington, d.c. the next is comprised of a flight of the united states air force honor guard from the joint base. and last is a element of the united states coast guard honor guard from coast guard station alexandria. ♪ >> troops in review. ♪ ♪ >> distinguished guests, please stand for the advancing of the colors and remain standing for the playing of the national anthem. >> colors, forward, march! ♪ >> present arms! [the national anthem plays] >> please be seated. >> ceremonial. >> at ease. >> the distinguished public service medal is being awarded to joseph r. biden jr. president joseph r. biden jr. is recognized for distinguished public service as the 46th presi

into the united states. it's people who could take on sort of tech roles and middle, and middle income, middle wage, middle class positions, particularly the sorts of jobs that the h one b visa program would allow. so the business solely to the united states are going to now use the trump administration, in order to massively increase the number of low wage workers coming in to displace the american work well and the preferred alexander, as with the this is america. first policies, i'm being facetious, of course. that's one of the things we're gonna find out, michael, before we go to the break here. do you remember what joe biden said when he was an upgrade? what kind of foreign policy he wanted to have you met? i mean, this is not a trick question. um, but he said that um, his administration will have a middle class foreign policy. do you remember that? what happened to that? i have to confess. i don't remember that. well, i mean, we're going, we're, we're going to quickly forget the buying in ministration.

and indeed 50 years of independence president james monroe invited him to return to the united statesduring the 13-month tour along with his son appropriately named georges he visited all 24 states. the second session of the 18th congress speaker of the house henry visited -- invited lafayette to his house. lafayette addressed the house "i am faithful to the american principles of liberty, equality, and social order." even today, we appreciate our french heritage in south carolina. we are very grateful in my home community. we have the largest michelin tire manufacturing plant in the world. it's 2000 jobs. over and over again, good things happen with our association and beloved france. god bless america. thank you. >> ladies and honorable chris coons, u.s. senator from delaware. sen. coons: good afternoon. i too am a cochair of the french caucus honored when you briefly. it is easy to forget how young he was. but when he arrived in delaware marching north from south carolina he celebrated his 20th birthday in delaware. it was just off of today's i-95. of the not very majestic, but reg

president 40: i think it is in the best interest of the united states as a whole that the united states negotiate rather than go back to a cold war with the soviet union. i do not look at the picture as completely as you have indicated. i believe the united states has had many successes is -- in recent years in recent months. we have been successful in portugal we are a year ago it looked like there was a very great possibility that the communist would take over in portugal. it did not happen. we have a democracy in portugal today. a few months ago. i should say maybe two years ago, the soviet union looked like they had continued strength in the middle east. today according to the prime minister, the soviet union is weaker in the middle east than they have been in many years. the facts are, the soviet union relationship with egypt is at a low level. the soviet union relationship with syria is at a very low point. the united states today according to prime minister rabin of israel is at a peak and its influence and power in the middle east. let's turn to for a minute to the southern afri

because a china is a head of the united states in many areas. these other states is head of china in many areas, but natural endowments for china and the united states are completely different. on the other hand, tunnel will continue to grow. i remember the 1990 is when i was practicing investment banking with morgan stanley in new york. and the on call us was about 8 times as big as china in terms of the size of the economy. now, time that is handled the united states, if we use purchasing power parity and you for use a nominal exchange rate, china is anywhere between 65 to 70 percent of the united states. however, if you listen to you don't mask who is very influential of these are the president he liked. uh, i don't know. trump, he keeps saying that by the middle of the century, the size of the challenge is economy will be doubling the size of the us economy. i think you may have some reason to save is and i see china will continue to grow sooner or later channel will be larger as an economy compared to with united states using officially exch

they are undoubtedly a net plus to the united states. and at the same time because for the first time in our history most immigrants to the united states are not like, -- white peer with much more conscious feeling of a different kind of people among us that's causing social anxiety, cultural anxiety and again the panic that companies, idea that america will be a nonwhite majority nation in the future has led us to some places where the way we handle immigration, the way we set policy about immigration hasn't really been best for the country are best for the immigrants. >> , i want to read from the book from our viewers "we are home." the idea tha dark force of engineering democratic change in the united states to the detriment of white european origin by encouraging high rates of immigration to shift the balance of clinical power in the united states has moved from the fringes of americans ideological battles to some were much closer to the emotional center. as dr. koek also to climb the greasy pole at fox news channel he frequently tol

the brigade midshipmen of the united states naval academy at annapolis passes in review. next come the cadets of the united coast guard academy. men of the marine corps, a march down the broad avenue, which today is the parade ground for branch of the armed services. the 82 of the flying boxcar lead, one of the greatest air armadas ever to fly over the capital. more than hundred planes in all. i giant b 36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of american life. the president's home of missouri has several displays. one of them a wagon drawn by mule. other blows depict the product and of the various states. this is kentucky the vice president's home state? state, texas float moved down the avenue. the district of columbia display features reproductions of the capitol and the washington from the float honoring early american settlers who landed on the of that state. if of uncle sam striding down the avenue and. living civic business labor and fraternal organizations representing millions of their members from all over the country

secretary, message message from the president of the united states. the secretary: imdirected to deliver to the house of representatives messages in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr.smith: i yield as much time as he may consume to the the gentlewoman from oklahoma, mr. hern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hern: combatting the c.c.p.'s influence demand strong partnerships and a sturdy backbone. our partnership with taiwan is critical to that goal. in 2023 i led a delegation to taiwan and met with the former and current president. we saw the or tans of an economic partnership between our great nations. not only in economic terms but in true friendship and goodwill we share. taiwan is the very thing that our founding fathers did, freedom and opportunity. taiwan does not ask for our support without bringing their own strengths to the table. they have increased investment in domestic research and development to improve their deterrence capabil

united states army.onspicuous at the risk of his life beyond call of duty and distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond call of duty while serving as the company commander company e second battalion third infantry division on the 15th, 1953 in the division of korea. on the nights of june 14th first lieutenant led his company in a raid on an entrenched enemy outpost with mission of destroying personnel and installation there on. during the initial attack first lieutenant led his men through intense enemy mortar and artillery fire upon entering trenches fierce close combat ensuedhe in which directed heavy fire on the enemy in their positions. when an extremely intense enemy mortar and artillery barrage hit his position first lieutenant withdraw and regrouped his men and twice more led through enemy fire on assault on enemy position f destroying vital personnel. during the entire assault first lieutenant gave effective command and words of encouragement to his men. andav by his personal ex

former speaker of the ohio house will be right at home in the united states senate. ston will be right at home in the night statete senat. he will be at home on day one. finally let me say i won't miss this very good man. the state of w ohio will miss ts excellent lieutenant governor. we are gaining a strong advocate for us in washington d.c. we gain someone i've ever confident will serve people of the state of ohio very well. >> thank you governor. my family is gatheredil here, my with tina, son alex, daughter katy, mother-in-law and then kathleen else's wife and our daughter not granddaughter or your mom to go. a governor want to say thank you. it's my honor to accept the appointment to serve the people the state of ohio in the u.s. senate. i appreciate your place so much trust in me first of all as a running mate and then as lieutenant governor and appointee to the senate. tos my friends and supporters ad the people across ohio we have worked to make ohio great again. i look forward to remove work wh president trump, jd vance to make america great again. this decis

of state will be the united states. it will be furthering the national interest of this country. these given us a very clear mandate, president trump's made it very clear, everything we do, this is true in government, but especially at the department of state, everything we do must be justified by the answer to one of three questions. does it make us stronger? does it make us safer? does it make us more pruss pruss? if -- prosperous? if it doesn't do one of those three things we won't do it. that's the goal and task and promise he was elected to keep and that's the phropl miss he will keep and we'll help him keep. it's a transformational moment. the united states is now as president trump pointed out last night and i believe deeply, we are eded into a new era that will make the world a safer place. we had a president who yesterday, president trump, made clear in his inaugural speech that one of the primary goals of american fortunately *r foreign policies is the promotion of peace. peace through strength. peace and alwa

ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states capitol police ceremonial unit, a performance of the national anthem of the united states by ms. laura hyde. the performance of the national anthem of france by the choir of the embassy of france in the united states. and the retiring of the colors. for. copper. city. de la. what's so cool here? the last living room was crushed right. oh, great. oh, the swing watched. least history. it got on. was still there. oh, sit. that's scandal. oh. oh, oh. wow. order. know i don't hold up on. this. order. oh. oh, no. oh, you. oh. oh! oh. um. oh. oh. oh. so. oh, sure. oh. go up. oh. oh. ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the invocation delivered by dr. margaret gunn, kevin, chaplain of the united states house of representatives. pray with me. holy and eternal god. rare is the opportune pity, though we are all men and women of your divine creation to enjoy and celebrate an individual of such character and virtue. that time itself cannot contain his influence on peoples and nations. most especially

display this week in the russell rotunda to commemorate the ties and wars between france and the united states such legacies serve as a great source of inspiration. amid today's challenges, they remind us to stand united and remain true to our nation's shared history and ambition. god bless america if evil calls. ladies and gentlemen. mr. chuck schwab, executive director of the american friends of lafayette. thank you. thank you very much. first and foremost, i'd like to thank speaker jeffries and speaker johnson and, leader jeffries, for hosting this event. i'd like to thank our president, the president of the american friends of lafayette, alan hoffman, for your leadership in all your help, your support. and two important members from our d.c. committee, craig metz and elizabeth reese. thank you very much. when lafayette returned to the united states 200 years ago, he was greeted with great fanfare. we estimate over 4 million people. so lafayette, during the grand tour of 1824 and 1825. he was america's first rock star, much more popular than the beatles. the outpouring of love and affection

then another among the united states, japan and the philippines. ing closer of pacific allies to defend our shared security and prosperity. we brokered a defense pact known as aukus among the united d states, australia and the united kingdom, connecting the atlantic pacific allies as only america is able to do. i have taken the quad to the next level. united states, japan, austria, australia and india and when we had the first meeting i was dumbfounded when they all called and said can we do this at your house? you think i'm kidding. i like said no problem. back it was during the u.n. beating them without we're going to do it in new york. and wanted to do it in delaware. i said said we can let people know we are really friends. our democracy, vibrant economies working closely, security, supply chain, technology and so much more. in the red sea we brought together more than 20 countries to perfect, to protect civilian ships attacked by the houthis. defending freedom of navigation, one of the world's busiest waterways, and with strength partnerships a

. >> you swear you will defend the constitution of the united states for for all enemies and bear true faith ... [inaudible] >> congratulations, there we go.you are ready. >> everybody ready? okay, come on, let's pretend like we know each other . do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith, that you take this obligation without any mental reservations and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help me god . congratulations. and into the whole family, none of us can do this without our families so thank you all. >> thank you. >>. [inaudible] >> congratulations. >> of the office you are about to reenter. congratulations. >>. [inaudible] >> thank you all. >> okay, hey guys. what's up? hi, my god. >> raise your right hand. do you swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic. [inaudible] and you take this office freely without any reservations

and in the united states that sold is biting. putting that somehow, even though and people don't know anything about the war because of the media doesn't tell them the origins of the war. they don't tell them that this has been provoked by nato, and that we've wanted this war. they don't, they don't tell them that we blew up that noted string pipeline. but the thing that is really the most shocking to me. aspen is that europe goes along with this. that why would you, why would germany, you know, the economic engine of europe? what, why would they allow the united states to blow up there, the pipeline which gives them cheap power, whereas it, ohio, i don't know what it serves them. i just don't understand. i was, i was in germany earlier this year in april and the people in berlin, the same, the people who i but anyway you come to my shows. i seem to be pretty awake to what exactly going on. and that their government is just under the some of nato in the united states, for whatever reason. i really can't figure it out as so hopefu

initiatives by the chinese and their expansion needs to be met with an aggressive response by the united states. easy for me to say or maybe for texas when you're coming from a trade-dependent state. the issue is we did not have an ambassador for five years in panama. for all of my colleagues who hold up ambassadors, you should rethink your strategies. holding up ambassadors put us behind the eight ball. expanding exports to 95% of the world's consumers and roughly 3.5 billion people i believe is a good idea. i hope we can have a more aggressive strategy in latin america. i think the proposals by senator cassidy and bennett, the americas act, is also a like-minded thing of latin america's that we can join together in sort of u.s.-mexico canada free trade agreement and i believe that a free-trade agreement of the americas that link modernization of all of our fdas in latin america and the caribbean would help along with an aggressive strategy on saying no government backdoors on making the kind of invest boards -- investments the export impact -- making the kind of investments the export impact

is a problem i see, and i have would leave it at that for now, which is the, the issue with the united states for i think more than a 100 to us as being the way they define the sphere of influence. and that's a separate issue there. might that states as a state, and i think it's the only one on the planet. i'm sure it's the only one that defines the limit as it's fear of influence, right? so to get a system, the national break powers of national interest sort of respect each other, right? you get a month to pull up balance. you would have the united states would have to learn to think of its fee of influence as not to drop. that is one thing, right? they would have to think, ok, china has some asians fields in phones. russia has been your pre income asians feel, for instance, somewhere. and we have, well, it would be once again, the monroe doctrine, right. they have lived in america. maybe they have going on to buy, not the don't think it's all business. what happens in australia, for example, right? and that would have to happen. so united states would have to turn itself into a region or he

, and it was unfair to the united states.: meredith crowley is professor of economics at the university of cambridge. she has advised banks and companies in the u.s., the u.k., and europe. he talked openly about tariffs today. by now we know that he means it. what we don't know is whether he is thinking of a universal baseline for tariffs or whether it is going to vacillate betting on which country you are in. do you think it is a negotiating tactic, or does he not really know? >> i think it is a negotiating tactic. i think he is threatening the universal tariff because he wants particular things from particular countries. he has long said he wants european union, nato members to increase their spending on defense. i think the threat is a high tariff on european imports, and he will back down from that. in the 2018 e ra he did threaten canada and mexico with high tariffs. he got some concessions from them in the revised trade agreement with canada and mexico, called the usmca, and so he backed down on that that's a fire tarif

and this is what the united states has been reduced to. it's a vassal state of israel, and trump understood that to his credit, perhaps from a campaigning perspective. and took advantage of it during his campaign and now we're going to read the consequences of that during his administration. you know, michael is alexander, brings up a good point. i'm not necessarily, i don't think i really necessarily agree, i mean as a facile of state. it seems to me that america, the american foreign policy once the continued hedge of money, particularly in the middle east. and israel is its proxy and well they commit. so uh, a jet aside, but the base continue are had gemini. i think it's more like that kind of relationship right there. it's, yeah, it's because the americans want to maintain, had gemini and deny countries like around influence. they're willing to go along with the most growth test acts that humans can commit against each other. it's more or less how i look at it. what are your thoughts, michael? yeah, i'm in agreement with you on this wit

united states. it's, it's something to be investigated more deeply. now, why the u. s. pays and that way. what, why? i mean, uh, that's a curb to for change to do that. how do you understand this ultimate motive to come and impulse? some conditions on the country that do not only facilitate the actual you know, human mystic development, but also oftentimes do not produce the results desired by the west itself. us as a militaristic society, as, as a militaristic mindset and to, for example, the data, diet data, things live in washington dc was very unpleasant. all sort of electrician, even i'm talking outside the, the math in the math. one thing i noticed, which amazing me even when brazil had agreement to the us on certain positions i agreement was difficult to work with them because they always think that they don't need that support. they don't need alliances. they need, they need fast cells. they need satellites, that's the way they, they think. unfortunately. so cooperation with them has become,

he invited khrushchev to come to the united states. and, again, you may recall in 1959 khrushchev comes to the united states, quite a sensation. goes to disneyland, had a new york visit. it was a big event, and what eisenhower really wanted more than anything was to give the ability for people on both sides to at least get a sense of what the other side was. to kind of bring down the tension, bring down the -- you know, people you don't know and people you've they have seen are far scarier and far more imposing than people that you have seen. i can give you one example of what i mmean. in 1981, this was, you know, the height of the cold war, if you wish, 1981. i received a full bright, and the full bright program in the soviet union was very much started by the eisenhower administration. and i came to moscow one week before the inauguration of president reagan. you could imagine dark, not only cold and dark in leningrad at that time, but the political climate in the united states and the soviet union was dark and gloomy. but yet our pr

special musical score by the united states marine band captain albert w shelford. director music composed and conducted by sergeant donald huntzberger staff special musical score by the united states marine band, captain albert shelper, director. composed and conducted by the staff arranger. in the fall of 1956, our hand cameras were allowed to briefly cover a meeting of the joint inaugural committee as they met to discuss plans for the coming inauguration. chairman of the committee, senator styles bridges of new hampshire, speaker sam rayburn of texas. senator theodore francis green of rhode island, house majority leader john mccormick of massachusetts, senator john sparkman of alabama, house minority leader joseph w. martin jr. of massachusetts. secretary to the committee and to the senate minority, mark trice. installation of the special steel platforms for television and newsreel cameras was immediately begun. approximately 540,000 feet of lumber was used to provide seating for 12,000 of the invited guests. on january 3, 1957, the flag flew over the capitol as

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which has foolishly been given to the country of panama after the united states united united states. and think of this spent more money then ever spent on a project before and lost. 38,000 lives in the building of the panama canal. we've been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made. and panama's promised to us has been broken. the purpose ideal and the spirit of it has been n tototally violated. american are being severely overcharged. and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form. and that includes the united states navy. >> and above all, china is operating the panama can now and we didn't give it to china. we gave it to panama. >> and we're taking it back. above all my message to americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor. and vitality of history's greatest civilization. so as we liberate our nation, we will lead it to new heights, a victory and success. we will not be deterred together. we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy and disease free. the united states will onc