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On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Chad Wolf to serve as the secretary of homeland security.
You can watch a livestream of the hearing here and below:
Eisenhower never initiated a major armed conflict. Still, his administration offers critical insight for modern war powers questions.
On Thursday, September 17, at 9:00 a.m., The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland.
On Friday, September 11, 2020, at 12:00 p.m., The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a hearing on the U.S.-Saudi security and intelligence relationship. The committee will hear from Dr. Agnes Callamard, special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the United Nations, as well as Mr. Bruce Riedel, senior fellow and director of the Intelligence Project at Brookings and Mr. Ali Soufan of the Soufan Center.
The Constitution gives Congress a broad, and underappreciated, power to structure the armed forces, assign duties to offices and regulate military chains of command.
Right now, the Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act may seem like a prudent idea. But the new bill would have dangerous ramifications for American politics moving forward.
On Thursday, August 6, at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on Department of Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests. The committee will hear testimony from Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security.
You can watch a livestream of the hearing here.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a second hearing on oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The committee will hear testimony from Sally Yates, the former deputy attorney general and former acting attorney general.
You can watch a livestream of the hearing here and below:
House Republicans have sued to enjoin the use of the House’s proxy voting system. Will the case break new ground?
On Thursday, July 30, at 8:45 a.m., the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the State Department's fiscal year 2021 budget request. The committee will hear testimony from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
You can watch a livestream of the hearing here and below: