later, to the southeast and the golds, where virginia city is, more gold was found. that was one of more predominant gold strikes. story was one of those who heard about and viewed this valley and came to realize this was a fertile valley for agriculture. a lot of people who would come up the bozeman trail and make it through on the bozeman trail over the bozeman path and into this valley, they may have originally intended to go to the gold fields an virginia city, bannock, maybe last chance golds up where helena is, but once they got a view of this valley and realize the agricultural potential, they decided to file their claim 160 acres and just stay right here. story realize that. he was not really a big farmer, per se, but he had some ideas for mercantile store, a cattle herd, and that was the main impetus. virginia city, like most mining towns, pretty rough place to live great he and his wife, ellen, were starting a family, so it really was not the ideal location to live in. so they came over here to bozeman. from there, the first he did was he went down to texas

to virginia. it's great to be here today with former governors, now senators mark warner and tim kaine. former governors mcdonald -- i also want to recognize lieutenant governor justin fairfax. attorney general, congressman bobby scott, congresswoman elaine luria. house of delegates speaker, kirk cox. members of our legislative black caucus and other elected officials. i want to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make this commemoration a reality. fort monroe authority director glenn otis. board of trustees chairman jim moran. members of the fort monroe authority board. national superintendent terry graham. the national parks service. kathy spangler, nancy rodriguez and the team from american evolution. i would also like to thank the 2019 commemorative commission for all the hard work they've done around these events in our own city. we are here today for a commemoration. and a reckoning. today is a time to reckon with the fact that 400 years ago, enslaved africans arrived for the first time

near it, to the west, was virginia city. so montana's history is bound up in mining. those miners who jumped across from idaho and earlier, california, in 1850's, jumped across into montana and those miners spread out looking for the gulch is as they called them. so they looked in yellowstone, but they did not really make a gold strike. that was fortunate for yellowstone. it probably saved the national park, the fact that there was not a gold strike. or we would have had a gold strike there instead of a national park. so bozeman pretty early became an outfitting point for yellowstone, as did virginia city. and i think that is the key connection. is that those two towns, as early as 1880, were in a kind of competition. and virginia city quickly lost that battle of being an outfitting point. they were too far away. bozeman, only 75 miles away for the north entrance, one that battle - won that battle. yellowstone was already effectively the first attraction for tourists in the interior of the american west. that is pretty significant. that is a big deal. part of that imp

i appreciate being here in beautiful northern virginia. it's an honor to be here to talk about such an important talk such as drone and u.s. countermission. this is part and parcel to some of the emerging threats, some of the emerging trends we see when it comes to protecting critical infrastructure protection from attack. when we're talking about protecting from the overhead attack, we're really talking about this particular issue. and so today it is important to us. we thank you for the invite. and inviting us out. so, as elaine just mentioned, we come from a background known as the national protection and programs director. say that ten times fast. bonus points if you even knew what that meant. but today with a name like the u.s. cyber security infrastructure security agency, we have that value proposition. we understand before we even walk in the door what the value is that we're going to bring to the table. so, the name like that, while we still pass around business cards, while we still create relationships, there's still a recogniti

the citizenship process in virginia. individuals that are american citizens being declared noncitizens by the state election officials. and being removed from the roles. this is a problem iris needs to address because the voter system is broken. not working because of technology changes in the last 30 years since it was passed, it is important i believe that only citizens beyond the roles, easy ways to fix that. cooperate with state officials, the federal government state officials cooperate through post registration to verify citizenship. allowing space to do some form of the citizenship verification is not interested. easily solved. chairman, back to my time? >> thank you mr. klein. you are recognized. >> thank you. the ranking member suggested i have to differ based on experienced commonwealth of pennsylvania. most a decade ago the pennsylvania controlled legislator passed a number of voter suppression measures struck down been wildly gerrymandered electoral amount, this legislation was neutral but it has disparate im

in virginia, the problems were worse than getting on the rolls. it was cans levelled through the citizenship process in virginia and individuals who were american citizens were being declared non-citizens by the state election officials and being removed from the rolls. this is a problem that congress needs to address because the voter motor system is broken and it is not working because of technology changes in the last 30 years since motor voter 25 years since was passed. so it is important, i believe, that only citizens be on the rolls and there are easy ways to fix that. cooperate with state officials, federal governments and state officials cooperate to post registration verify citizenship. allow states to do some form of citizenship verification that was non-intrusive and it's easily solved. mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you, mr. klein. >> miss scanlon, you're recognized. >> thank you. >> the ranking member suggested in his opening remarks that evidence of disparate impact is not proof of discrimination and i ha

virginia continued in this piecemeal fashion of writing slavery. and it should be said white supremacy, into law. it was not until the beginning of the 18th century, however, that virginia developed a full-fledged slave code. even before there was the united states, slavery was in place as was a racial hierarchy that has stubbornly resisted extinction. we know, that the vast bulk of the millions of people torn from africa and brought to the new world ended up in south america, brazil particularly, and the west indies. scholars estimate that only around 750,000 africans came to the mainland of north america. out of the millions who were torn from africa. by the time of the civil war, that number had gone to over 4 million people. that number has continued to rise to over 13 million people today. it is fitting that we take note of the journey of africans to north america. we have made progress. but there's no doubt that we are still grappling with rules, ideas, and notions that were already put into place in 1619, about who africans were and what pla

announcer: watch the entire three-part ceremony commemorating the 400th anniversary of the virginia first assembly starting monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you're watching american history tv. announcer: next on lectures in history stony brook university , professor paul kelton taught a class about abraham lincoln and native americans. he talked about the dakota wars in minnesota which resulted in 38 executions, the removal of the navajo, and the 1864 sand creek massacre. prof. kelton: so, good afternoon everyone. thank you. today's lecture will be on abraham lincoln. many few probably do not think about abraham lincoln in context of american indian or indigenous history. that is what we're going to talk about today. after all, abraham lincoln had a lot on his plate. when he was president. the civil war. and that dominated most of his attention. but underneath the surface of the civil war, lay some important events involving american indians. events that might make abraham lincoln more of a problematic figure than he ordinarily is. so let's consider some u.s. events in american indian affair

and kentucky -- virginia to kentucky in the early 1780's. lincoln only mentioned this family history in passing. it doesn't appear his willingness to engage in combat occurred due to a desire for revenge. lincoln seems to have been driven by something more useful to him. a desire for perceived. after the black hawk war, he would use his perceived in the military to run for elected office, or state legislature in illinois. he lost. he would be involved in many other elections. some he won, some he lost. the ultimate he won, the presidency. he was a member of the whig party. that was during the indian removals of the 1830's and 1840's. he seemed to say very little about indian removal. one thing he did say was a criticism of the democrats for being inefficient, or spending too much money on removals of groups like the cherokees and wars against the seminoles. scott, theinfield military commander who oversaw the cherokee removal. coming to his defense, winfield scott was actually a wig. he was ordered to oversee cherokee removal by president ma

virginia continued in this piecemeal fashion of writing slavery. and it should be said white supremacy, into law. it was not until the beginning of the 18th century, however, that virginia developed a full-fledged slave code. even before there was the united states, slavery was in place as was a racial hierarchy that has stubbornly resisted extinction. we know that the vast bulk of the millions of people torn from africa and brought to the new world ended up in south america, brazil particularly, and the west indies. scholars estimate that only around 750,000 africans came to the mainland of north america. out of the millions who were torn from africa. by the time of the civil war, that number had gone to over 4 million people. that number has continued to rise to over 13 million people today. it is fitting that we take note of the journey of africans to north america. we have made progress. but, there's no doubt that we are still grappling with rules, ideas, and notions that were already put into place in 1619, about who africans were and what pla

founded in 1607, jamestown virginia was the first english settlement in north america. summer of 6019 marked the arrival of the first african slaves and the first meeting of the general assembly which established representative government in the colony. american history tv to a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the first virginia general assembly. >>

griffin from virginia, the great state of virginia for five minutes. >> thank you. assistant secretary evans, you and i spoke last year discussing pipelines and some of the concerns that my constituents have, and i was going to ask you some questions on updating me on what you all were doing related to pipeline, cyber security, and coordination. you answered those questions earlier when ranking member upton was asking questions. i appreciated the answers. i'm going to skip the questions i would have asked because i don't believe in asking the same question over again just so it gets on my video clip. if anybody back home is watching this, i encourage them to look at your answers and mr. dodge's answers to ranking member upton in regard to the coordination you're doing, and it sounds like although it was classified, it sounds like you all are headed in the right e direction. are you doing the same kind of coordination on physical threats to the pipelines as well? >> the short answer is yes, sir, and that then is also then demonstrated through the exercises and that i

>> we get those calls all of the time in fairfax, virginia, and for my colleague, it is an open/carry state, and the key is to train the officers and the call-takers to understand and get as much tactical information as possible, because that, too, is a tragedy, and because if the officers and the dispatchers are not trained to get the information, we could unfortunately take the wrong action. so it is difficult and creates fear in the community. >> i can imagine. mr. chairman, my time is up. i yield back. >> mr. acosta, you are recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for your leadership in this very important hearing and committee along with the speaker for her comments earlier during the hearing. i am one of the co-chairs of the victims rights caucus, and the victims rights caucus is a bipartisan effort here for years deals with the effects of gun violence across america. and clearly what this committee is trying to do is to not only pass meaningful legislation in congress, but to shed a light and to try to coordinate a strategy that involves all of our society in america,

is my belief that the citizens of virginia and -- have most certainly welcomed this method of establishing laws, grounded in english common law, and political institutions including this newly formed president of assembly that will certainly -- representative assembly. today, as we mark that first assembly -- that first meeting of that general assembly that took place on the same day years passed, someone say that as near as may be, we have brought virginia to the laudable form of justice and government that we all knew in england. i call upon my good friends and counselor, and a man that i appointed speaker for that first meeting of our general assembly, for his recollections of that gathering. speaker? >> thank you, governor yardley. i remember when you and i, along with a few appointed counselors, folks began elected meeting together on this very date, july 30, during the torrid and sickly summer of 1619. our first legislative session was held in the choir of the church here in jamestown, as it was the most convenient place we could find to sit. 'tis true, the governor appointed me from

in greater barker, the associate superintendent of mcdowell county schools in west virginia. she is in her 16th year as an educator, she is -- as a high school administrator in charge of -- at riverview high school. two of my youngest happen to be public school teachers dr. barker. currently she works as an associate superintendent in mcdowell county schools and serves as the counties -- and title ix coordinator and works extensively to support the development of copperheads of student supports in the county. dr. barker earned her bachelor's degree from lafayette in english and french and completed a master of arts degree from west virginia university and dr. barker is -- received her doctoral degree at marshall university. miss joy hoffmeister, the state superintendent of public instruction in oklahoma was originally elected to serve as state superintendent of public instruction november 2014 and began a second term as oklahoma state superintendent in january of this year. since taking office the state has revealed its ineffective state exams, released a more memorable and u

from virginia governor northam, u.s. senators mike warner and tim kaine and house of delegates speaker -- the curator shares stories about individuals who lead slave revolts, educated fellow free people and took part in the abolitionist raid on harper's ferry. then the institution in washington dc. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c- span3. >>> watch c-span's campaign 2020 coverage of the democratic presidential candidates at the new hampshire democratic party convention. our live coverage is saturday at 9:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> next, and oral history interview with woodstock cocreator, artie kornfeld. he talks about how the three- day rock concert came together, how he signed the musical artist and the creation of the documentary film. he is the author of "the pied piper of woodstock". this is courtesy of the robert h. jackson center. the center's cofounder, greg peterson, conducted the interview in 2014. >> i would have liked to

bractney is the chief of police in charlottesville, virginia. she was the first african-american woman to oversee a special operations division. she received her b.a. and m.a. from ca carnegie mellon univers kristin rand is the legislative director for the violence policy center. before joining the center in 1994, she served as the counsel for consumer's union. she received her b.a. from university of southern california. amy swearer is a senior legal policy analyst in the center for judicial studies at the heritage foundation. she held position with the lancaster nebraska public defender's office. she received or bachelor of science and her jd from the university of nebraska. dana mueller is the founder of the grass roots initiative to bring one woman from every state to washington, d.c. to meet with lawmakers. previously she served for 22 years in the tulsa police department. she received a bachelor of science in criminal justice and psychology from the university of central missouri. david chip is a senior policy advisor and is a member of th

then virginia senator mark warner and former homeland security secretary discuss the dangers to democracy regarding digital disinformation campaigns. after that a senate hearing on the banking challenges cannabis store owners and sellers face in states where marijuana has been legalized. the house judiciary committee held its oversight hearing on the foreign intelligence surveillance act known as fisa. the committee was considering whether to renew several fisa provisions including wiretap authority, business records authority and the lone wolf provision which were set to expand at the end of the year. this is about two hours, 10 minutes. >> committee on the judiciary will come to order. we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on oversight of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. the judiciary committee is holding today's hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. to ensure that the tools used by our government to keep us safe are consistent with our values and with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. thi

next, the associate superintendent of mcdowell hunt schools in west virginia. she is in her 16th year as an educator. she is dedicated to teaching at sandy river middle school and high school administrator in charge of the curriculum and instructions at riverview high school. two of my youngest happen to be public schoolteachers. but currently dr. barker works as an associate superintendent. she also serves as the county's testing and title nine coordinator and works extensively to support the development of comprehensive student supports in the country. dr. barker earned her bachelors of arts degree in english and french and completed a master of arts degree from west virginia university in secondary education. and dr. barker received a doctoral degree at marshall university. mrs. joy halfmyselfer, the state superintendent of public instruction in oklahoma. she was originally elected to serve as state superintendent of public instruction in november 2014 and began her second term as oklahoma state superintendent in january of this year. since taking office, th

american history tv with programs commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first africans arriving in virginia. >>> watch c-span's campaign 2020 coverage of the democratic presidenti presidential candidates at the new hampshire democratic party convention. our live coverage is saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "lectures in history," the california gold rush and the environment. at 10:00 on "reel america," the 1977 film on italian newspaper journalist marino de medici. and 4:30 p.m. eastern, scholars on the u.s. policy toward iran and iran's nuclear program. at 6:00, historian dan albert talks about his book, "are we there yet? the american automobile." >>> acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan testified recently on president trump's 2020 budget request for his agency. members also asked about the administration's immigration enforcement actions, efforts to protect migrant children, drug interdiction efforts and fema's response to recent f

it was in august of 1619 that odd negroes landed in virginia. this date is indelibly associated with the beginning of the 400 year transatlantic slave trade. for centuries, african women men ,nd children were kidnapped placed in shackles, and marched onto ships that waited to take this human cargo across the atlantic ocean. one african writer wrote wrote f such crossings. the shrieks of the women and the grounds of the dying rendered almostle scene inconceivable. the african women, men and managed to survive the horrific conditions on slave ships were offloaded and placed on auction box. blocks, where they were sold to the highest bidder. thus they began a life of enslavement, working on plantations wherein overseers -- where and overseer's backacross a black man's asked that he picked more cotton and a faster rate. and that the right of a slave owner included that women work alongside men, cook, clean and serve as nannies to his children. women do what he said they must do. in the darkness of night. slavery was a tremendous economic boom for am

. >> in charleston, west virginia, one of the school districts held a demonstration on a new safety lighting system that illuminates the path students take to the bus in the dark. it has been extremely helpful to students and other drivers on the road. have you noticed a trend in the amount of off the bus accidents at night? >> it has been a long-standing trend that more students are injured and killed in the loading zone than on the bus itself. of course, you know that school bus operation changes throughout the year. sometimes it is in low light conditions. and with these crashes that we're looking at in three states i mentioned earlier, 55 miles per hour roads, low light conditions, there's a variety of counter measures that investigators are looking at, and we're looking forward to bringing the recommendations to the board in the near future. >> is there anything you think congress can do to work on this issue? >> i think there's a variety of aspects, and certainly having this hearing is one of them because our state partners have a variety of counter measures that they're already implem

in the state of virginia and variable tolls on all lanes on i-66 during rush hour. i never thought i would see what has resolved it. people are paying. tolls as high as $47 for a single 10 mile trip. excessive tolls race significant facet. particularly the impact on low income drivers. they are likely to divert traffic onto nearby roads and neighborhoods. people are not wanting to pay $42 plus. we can't gloss over those impacts as we look at the new strategies. i am particularly interested and how it can resolve congestion. autonomous vehicles for example. can they reduce congestion or do they increase congestion when anybody can hop into a cargo anyplace they want. we should be asking the same questions and connected vehicles. finally, i think it is critical and do not intend to neglect the robust -- systems we need. and reducing congestion. and the national capital region. the roads would be impossible. dense urban areas rely on subway service while rapid bus transit will greatly reduce congestion and not to mention hot lanes which are becoming more popular. some

meadows. >> i just want to thank all of you i want to thank the gentleman from west virginia and the chairman and i yield. back >> thank you must. meadows any more questions seeing none i'd like to thank the witnesses and your contributions has been very informative, very helpful. i would ask now the record of today's hearings remain open as far as such time as witnesses have provided answers and made. -- unanimous consent records remain open submitted by members or witnesses to be included in the record of today's hearing. without objection, if the members have anything to add then subcommittee stands adjourned thank you

the gentleman from virginia, mister riggleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman i hope i can have 60 minutes to question the panel please. and you. it's good to be here, miss washington, thanks at the beginning when you talked about mybirthday is march 17 to michelle vance, st. patrick's day? look at that. anyway. no one. so, my goodness. so, i want to get my background really quickly, because i am actually excited about this stuff, my background was, military intelligence, 26 years combined in the military doing this, tracking identities without them volunteering information. so i might come at us a little differently. it is also a bridge between technology and operations and how this could happen. my questions might be more esoteric and more fun i would hope. so, right now, i have about 50 written down i would try to go quickly i always have too many to go quickly and, miss alban had said something beforehand i will start line of questioning there, and, i want to start with the bottom line up front, and then we go back to the technology. the fbi would be a crit

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the gentleman from virginia, mister riggleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman i hope i can have 60 minutes to question the panel please. and you. it's good to be here, miss washington, thanks at the beginning when you talked about my birthday is march 17 to michelle vance, st. patrick's day? look at that. anyway. no one. so, my goodness. so, i want to get my background really quickly, because i am actually excited about this stuff, my background was, military intelligence, 26 years combined in the military doing this, tracking identities without them volunteering information. so i might come at us a little differently. it is also a bridge between technology and operations and how this could happen. my questions might be more esoteric and more fun i would hope. so, right now, i have about 50 written down i would try to go quickly i always have too many to go quickly and, miss alban had said something beforehand i will start line of questioning there, and, i want to start with the bottom line up front, and then we go back to the technology. the fbi would be a cri

meadows. >> i just want to thank all of you i want to thank the gentleman from west virginia and the chairman and i yield. back >> thank you must. meadows any more questions seeing none i'd like to thank the witnesses and your contributions has been very informative, very helpful. i would ask now the record of today's hearings remain open as far as such time as witnesses have provided answers and made. -- unanimous consent records remain open submitted by members or witnesses to be included in the record of today's hearing. without objection, if the members have anything to add then subcommittee stands adjourned thank you this is one hour. >> good afternoon, how is everybody >> good afternoon how is everybody doing. i really appreciate the opportunity thank you for the opportunity is great to see. you also want to

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for alabama, california, florida, georgia, hawaii, south carolina, north carolina and virginia. we have not seen any updated estimates for the 2018 storms. are you aware of any updated estimates from your economists for 2000 $.18 the 29th -- >> i am not and if there have been i have not seen a number. >> i'm not either and that concerns me greatly. again i apologize for moving so fast, but, for example, and i have the breakdown by commodity group, by state. your economist, the usda economists of the georgia cotton loss was $260 million. indemnity estimate was $111 million and $148 million would end up as the net uninsured loss. according to our ag institutions, the university of georgia. the land grant institutions and economists, you have $260 million in that slot. we show it as $550 million. you show it as $70 million. we show it is $260 million. again, these are land-grant institution economists that we have provided this information to the usda and asked for updated estimates on what the losses are. my concern is, when we went, when congressman bishop and i were arguing for

of $1 billion for alabama, california, florida, georgia, hawaii, north carolina, south carolina, and virginia. we have not seen any updated estimates for the 2018 storms. are you aware of any updated estimates from your economist for 2018 since november 29th of 2018? >> i'm not, and if there have been i have not seen what a number would be. >> i'm not either and that concerns me greatly. i, again, apologize for moving so fast, but, for example -- and i have to break down by commodity group by state. your economist, usda's economist said that the georgia cotton loss was $260 million. indemty estimate was $111 million and $148 million would end up as the net unsuinsured loss. according to our ag institutions, the university of georgia, the land grant institutions and their economists, while you've got $260 million in that slot, we show it as $550 million. i can go down to pecan trees. you show it as $70 million. we show it as $260 million. again, these are land grant institutions economists that we have provided this information to the usda and asked for updated estimates on what the losses are

nazis and then the day after he was inaugurated he paid a visit to cia headquarters out in langley, virginia, and he stood in front of the hollowed ground of the memorial wall where the names of cia operatives, men and women, american citizens, have given or commemorated those are people who have given their lives, the untold numbers. we don't know how many. but that's what that wall commemorates and it's hallowed ground out there. and instead of while he was there speaking about the sacrifice of those brave men and women who have given their lives to protect us, the president talked about his crowd size at the inauguration and he bragged about winning the election. and since then he has continued to do everything he can to destabilize public opinion about our intelligence professionals and the work that you do. and you've had to work through that. and so i appreciate you coming here today. i appreciate you continuing to do your work without political bent of mind, but strictly and single-mindedly for the protection of the american people, and i thank you for that. this hearing is about over

nazis and then the day after he was inaugurated he paid a visit to cia headquarters out in langley, virginia, and he stood in front of the hallowed ground of the memorial wall where the names of cia operative, men and women, american citizens have given or commemorated, those are people who have given their lives and we don't know how many and that's what the wall commemorates on its hallowed ground out there and instead of while he was there speaking about the sacrifice of those brave men and women who have given their lives to protect us, the president talked about his crowd size at the inauguration and he bragged about winning the election and since then, he has continued to do everything he can to destabilize public opinion about our intelligence professionals and the work that they do and you've had to work through that. and so i appreciate you coming here today. i appreciate you continuing to do your work without political bent of mind, but strictly and single-mindedly for the protection of the american people, and i thank you for that. this hearing is about oversight and should not be

we have ray, who is currently a professor of public policy at the school of virginia. he served for 28 years as executive director of the national governor's association from 1983 to 2011, which included three recessions but we're only going to ask him about two. and tom hanson who say shareholder in a law firm in minneapolis. during the great recession he served as minnesota's federal stimulus coordinator, one of the stimulus zar. >> i was a czar. >> and while also the commissioner of minnesota's management and budget. so, ray, i actually wanted to start with you because we heard from the governors already and we heard that mark zandy was part of a precoordination effort. i know you were as well. i want you to describe what that was and how it involved the governors and the federal government. >> sure. i might say at the beginning that this -- my 28 years at nga, this was probably the best coordinated activity between federal and state governments. so i need to start with that. basically what we did was governors association and nasbo had weekly telephone calls and ea

the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from west virginia. >> thank you, madam chairman, and all members in the room. i want to thank you for sharing your life stories and experiences that you have had. it has helped to shed light on the plight people are facing and the clarity of the immigration system. i want to reiterate what the gentleman from north carolina and texas are expressing as well. we need the clarity, and we need to understand how to move forward in a positive way. mr. homan, i would like the direct my questions to you mul hearings in this committee on the topic of immigration. has all of this rhetoric helped move the ball forward on solving our nation's larger immigration issues? >> i missed the last part of that question, ma'am. >> i said has all of this rhetoric helped move our nation into solving the immigration issues? >> no. >> how would you characterize the trump administration's response to this southern border crisis? >> i think he's doing the right thing. i think he's the right guy doing the right thing. the numbers are down 56% from the high only because of his

. >> the gentleman from virginia may inquiry. >> willingly for you to be here, voluntarily, i doubt the others have as much political theater as this one has had. i appreciate you being here today. this hearing is yet another grand display of political theater we've seen from this committee over the last several months. the mantle should be focused on sound congressional oversight, in particular ig report about abuse in the fbi. we should be having a hearing with the inspector general but desperate attempts to keep this impeachment at all costs narrative alive. i don't know what they're calling it today. is it an inquiry, an investigation, a proceeding? whatever word that google thesaurus throws back at them when they type it in, that's where we're at. it's embarrassing, as a member of the judicial committee, to have you here to have to go through this. but the majority is propping up this mueller report like a bad remake of "weekend at bernie's." it's impeachment based on the mueller report is dead and everybody seems to know it except the chairman and several members of the party conf