the united states stands with israel now, tomorrow, and always. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. god bless israel. good night. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >>> please welcome aipac managing director for policy and politics, annie christiansen. >> good evening. our next guests are two leaders in congress who show how democrats and republicans can cooperate to strengthen the u.s.-israel relationship. they work closely on pro-israel legislation in the house of representatives. and just last week they co-sponsored new legislation to impose sanctions against iran for its ballistic missile program. [ applause ] they also make time to travel to israel every two years with new members of congress to see firsthand the challenges israel faces. and they continue to join us on this stage for which we are very grateful. please join me in welcoming house majority leader kevin mccarthy and democratic whip steny hoyer. [ applause ] ♪ >> welcome. >> thank you. good to be here as always. >> with everything you have to manage, it must be a relief in front of an audience that just wants you

. let's watch. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. on behalf of the president of the united states of america, today it is my great privilege and honor to administer the oath of office to the 20th united states ambassador to israel, david friedman. [ applause ] we're joined today by his beautiful family beginning with his wife tammy, their five children, and five of their beautiful and highly animated grandchildren. grandchildren. it is really an honor to have with us david's counterpart as well. the israeli ambassador to the united states, ambassador ron dur her. mr. ambassador you want to come up. [ applause ] >> thank you all for being here, this historic occasion. you know, it's the greatest privilege of my life to serve as vice president to president donald trump. [ applause ] >> the president of the united states of america say life-long friend of israel and the jewish people, and under his leadership if the world knows nothing else, the world will know this. america stands with israel. [ applause ] one of the clearest signs of the president's commitment to the state of israel and to its peopl

expand that you are participation in the fellow programs in the united states of america. african-americans pay taxes like everybody else but never received our fair share from the federal government. these institutions here responsible for the creation of the black middle class. there's no question about it. the african-american museum would not be where it was today if it were not for black college graduates who have fueled this economy, done so much. fallen to wars. we've done everything and finally america is everything what it's supposed to be. we're grateful and thankful for this moment in history. i looked in the oval office and said more african-americans in the oval office than ever before in the history of the united states of america. who knew that it would take president trump to make this happen? we are thankful and we look forward to helping the federal government realize the promise of the executive order. it's not over yet. we still got to get our support that we deserve. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm marcia from bleu field, west virginia. this is an

ties between our peoples. in the words of perez, we need the friendship of the united states of america. and of course he knew that feeling goes both ways. and there's no question that friendship and our partnership must be unwaivering. and i believe that israel must be -- the teleprompter has stopped and i will catch it back up. i believe israel shall never be a partisan issue. as long as i'm the united states senator i will do everything in my power to ensure broad and bipartisan support for israel's security and right to self-defense. >> i believe that the only viable resolution is two states and two people living side by side with peace and security. i believe this conflict cannot be imposed. it must be agreed upon by the parties themselves. peace can only come through reconciliation of difference differences and it can only happen at the negotiating table. i believe that when any organization delegitimizes israel we must stand up and speak out for israel to be treated equally. and that is why the first resolution i cosponsored as the united states senator was to combat anti israel bias

strong. but we must do everything in our power to make sure the united states of america will forever be a beacon of hope for its friend and ally israel. there is some who would have the united states retreat from the world stage. they even borrow from charles lindberg's isolationist campaigns of the '30s. i believe this attitude is very dangerous for the united states and for israel. the united states should not shirk our responsibilities to our friends around the world, including and especially the state of israel. a strong america in the world is very good for israel. [ applause ] >> that's why i strongly support robust security assistance and missile defense funding for israel, fiercely oppose proposals that would slash our state department's budget by more than 28%. [ applause ] >> i join aipac in opposing that cut. and engaged america is particularly important when it comes to iran, which continues to broaden its influence in menacing ways throughout the region. as iran souz instability by continuing to provide funding to people in the region, flagrantly aboousz buz huma

fundamental understanding of history in the united states of america, especially as it relates to education. is there anything that was more important in the history of our country than the struggle for equality in education? is there anything that is more important than recognizing and understanding that for years in this country, young black people could be punished for learning how to read? that they would be told you're not welcome, even if the universities were public universities. so shame on secretary devos, shame on her, for not understanding history, for not trying to shoo horn. the racist history in our country into her talking points about school choice. that's wrong. and it should be corrected. i hope that it was an oversight and if it was, i hope she will admit her mistake and acknowledge that historically black colleges and universities in america were not about choice. they were about racism. they were about trying to provide an opportunity, mostly a movement largely led by ministers and the most fundamental of opportunities that must be afforded every single citizen. so no,

acknowledging the trail of tears, what settlers did to native americans delegitimizes the united states of america. but i didn't come here today simply to revisit a history that all of us are familiar with. or to say one historical narrative is wrong and one is right. my question here today, and i think the question on all of our minds is, okay, what now? what do israelis and palestinians do from here on out? what should be u.s. policy to end this conflict that has gone on for so long to end this 50-year long occupation and to create a better, more secure and more prosperous future for jews and arabs, israelis and palestinians alike. as i think all of you know, this decades long conflict has taken so much from so many. nobody gains when israel spends an enormous part of its budget on the military. nobody gains when gaza is obliterated and thousands are killed, wounded or made homeless. nobody gains when children, children and young men and young women are trained to become suicide bombers. nobody gains when year after year, decade after decade, the talk is about war and hatred, rather than peace and de

sending a clear and unequivocal message to the world that the united states stands with israel now, tomorrow and always! god bless you. god bless the united states of america. god bless israel. good night! thank you! thank you. ♪

clear and unequivocal message to the world that the united states stands with israel now, tomorrow, and always. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. god bless israel. good night. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> please welcome aipac manager director for policy and politics, arnie crist yenson. >> good evening. our next guests are two leaders in congrs who show how zrats and republicans can cooperate to strengthen u.s./israel relationship. they work closely on pro israel legislation in the house of representatives and just last week they cosponsored new legislation to

have the unit united states. i believe this attitude is very dangerous for the united states and israel. the united states should not share your responsibilities around the world and including state of israel. the strong america in the world is very good for is real. [ applause ] that's why i will strongly support missile defense -- i join aipac in opposing that cut and particularly important when it come to iran which continue to broaden its influence in ways throughout the region as iran's continue to provide funding to a proxy of regions and flagrantly abused human rights of its own people and in justly imprison foreigners. we must work with our partners in the regions to counter iran -- we must support sanctions again. at the united states of america. [ applause ] finally, finally, americans across the political spectrum, democrats and liberals and republicans, conservatives must stand united. our politics may never be polarized than ever these days. we cannot afford back to weaken our bipartisan support that israel has always enjoyed. that's because the jewish state is too important. i grew up hearing stories about my great grandmother in 1941 when the nazi invaded the crew ukraine -- they came, little babi

for sending a clear and unequivocal message to the world that the united states stands with israel now, tomorrow, and always. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. god bless israel. good night. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >>> please welcome aipac managing director for policy and politics, annie christiansen. >> good evening. our next guests are two

fact is the president of the united states of america ran successful on a trade agenda. he said two things that he wanted to get done. one, he wanted to reduce the trade deficits. and the second, he wanted to throw out those "dumb" agreements that were made by "stupid" officials. and nafta was numero uno on the list and said on day one -- >> >>>. >>> we're leaving this recorded program now which you can see any time at c-span.org. up next, live remarks from speaker paul ryan, house ways and mean chair congressman kevin brady and energy and commerce chair congressman greg waldon on the gop health care plan. >> -- it keeps our promise to repeal and replace obamacare. it delivers relief to americans fed up with skyrocketing premiums and fewer choices. it moves us away from the broken status quo toward a better patient-centered system. that means lower costs for hard-working families. it means more choices and competition so that you can buy the plan that you need and that you can afford. it means greater control over your health care. as you know, this is the culmination of years long

the united states of america, and that is what he did. the real stars and their families are the ones who fought in vietnam and their families. it was built with their sacrifice. we got a generation of peace. let's think about what we got from mr. nixon. he shocked the world by traveling to china to meet mao zedong. he made peace with china. by doing that, he was showing the russians that they could not win the cold war, and thus made possible the end of the cold war and the end of the soviet union under ronald reagan and george h w bush. he crafted the first strategic arms limitation treaty with russia during the height of the missile race. only nixon could do that. only nixon, because no one doubted his hostility to communism, and because no one love of freedom. iny nixon could end the war vietnam and start strategic arms stocks and treaties with russia. after he performed these foreign policy miracles, he was performing breakthrough domestic actions on a political level. he was creating and made real 80 the southern strategy, which the southern states into the gop camp. this was so

of the united states of america, president donald trump. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> thank you. she shelly. thank you very much. [ applause ] i guess they like what we're about to sign, huh? i knew they were going to like this one. well, thank you very much. i very much appreciate it and thank you to our great vice president, mike pence. i'm thrilled that everybody could be here with us today. i want to give special thanks to administrator scott pruitt, secretary ryan zinke and heck tear rick perry for your remarks. i told rick, run it the way you did texas and he did a great job. honored to have all three and i'm really honored to have our vice president. because mike pence has been outstanding. hasn't he been outstanding? [ applause ] together this group is going to do a truly great job for our country. we have a very very impressive group here to celebrate the start of a new era in american energy and production and job creation. the action i'm taking today will eliminate federal overreach, restore economic freedom and allow our companies and our workers to thrive, compete and su

wanted to bequeath the united states of america, and that is what he did. the real stars are the ones who fought in vietnam and defended their families. their sacrifice, we got a generation of peace. let's think about what we got from mr. nixon. he shocked the world by traveling to china to meet mao zedong. he was showing the russians they could not win the cold war, and thus made possible the end of the cold war and the end of the is only at union -- soviet union . --crafted the first verse strategic arms limitation treaty with russia during the height of the missile race. only nixon could do that. only nixon, because no one doubted his hostility to communism, and no one doubted his resolve. nixon used to say over and over, and only he could go to china and end the war in vietnam and start strategic arms socks and treaties with russia. these foreignrmed policy miracles, he was performing breakthrough domestic actions on a political level. and made real 80 southern strategy, -- a southern strategy, which rocked the southern states into the gop cap. this was something no one that could hap

than dealing with a person who puts their life on the line for the united states of america, and they get killed doing it. they lose their life. the supata family deserves some answers. wonderful family. hymai was one of five children, five kids. all those brothers serve in law enforcement in various capacities, and i don't know that the suppata family is here. i'm hoping they're able to watch on television. i think they are. it breaks your heart when you have somebody that young who is serving their nation and they are life is taken. it was violent. many people believe it was preventible. it's also a responsibility, i believe, of the united states to -- and the congress to understand what happens so that we can try to help prevent it and make sure it never happens again. it's also, i think, an imperative in my heart to give answers to the family so they can understand what happened and what went well and what didn't go well, and as you'll hear me say time and time again in this committee, we're different in the united states. we are self-critical. we do take a good hard look at

states among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. consider those words once more. a rank due the united states of america. allow me to translate that language from 1789 to 2017, it means put america first. last month i had one of the greatest experiences of my lifetime as i joined so many in a solemn and dignified ceremony steeped in tradition on the steps of our nation's capitol, in the inauguration of our 45th chief executive. and the mainstream media chose largely to mock and taunt the image of our nation laid before us by our newest chief executive. they desire to convince we, the people, that his vision is dark. no, it's not. yet those that held the office before president trump would rise up from their graves and not in agreement with the importance of our shared effort and potential for reward that president trump offered us when he said, "we the citizens of america are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country, restore its promise, not for an elite few, but for all of our people." he said, "together we will determine the course of america and the world for many years to come." preside

of the united states of america. becoming the president of the united states, everything else doesn't p matter, it's secondary. days like wisconsin, they were tough. days where we lost elections, they were real tough. >> you're kind of known for driving a tight ship. you're known for having an edge. is that a persona? you seeped to be b rather enjoying the post campaign period, but a, you have a little bit of a general patton persona. what zbl what i told our staff was every single day, donald trump would give up and give us his very beth and if we're not willing to do that, we shouldn't be here. that is man who worked 18 or 20 hours a day without blinking. never complains. never did he say to me, corey, why am i going to mobile, alabama in august to give a speech in front of 35,000 people. just said i'm going to go because that's what you told me to do. it was an amazing amount of responsibility to dick kate his cal lar like that without any questions. what i didn't have a tolerance for, never vaa tolerance for wu for some staffer to say to me, i was tired and showed up at 9:15 today

united states of america. and you know what? if we do all of that, if we repeal obamacare and we see fundamental reg are reform, and fundamental tax reform, and we confirm a strong conservative the supreme court 2017 is going to be a blockbusterer year. so every one of you can turn to your neighbor and say thank you. because it is each of you that got us here to where we are today that has put us in a position to recapture the country and it is each of you that is holding us accountable to keep our promise to defend lib erty and to defend the constitution and to defend the united states of america. thank you and god bless you! >> let's get a picture. senator ted cruz! right out the crowd. hey, is eric canter speaking today? all right. he got voted out. they say that you can't primary these guys out. you know, they are the only people who can run government. that happens. it is live radio. i love the fact that ted cruz is literally walking through the crowd right now shaking hands. that is why you love him. whenever there is a primary challenge, the establishment always laughs, ri

is your moment, this is your time, and this the united states of america is your country again. >> so with hope in our souls and patriotism in our hearts, let us now recite these words, are you ready? , together, we will make america strong again. we will make america. we will make america proud again. we will make america safe again and we will make america great agai again. thank you, thank you, kentucky. god bless you, thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> gentlemen from tennessee. mr. speaker, on this historic day, the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televised coverage. i wish to congratulatioe you fo your courage for making this possible and the committee that's worked so hard under the congressman to make this a reality. television will change this institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch, but the goodwill far outweigh the bad. from this day forward, this body must ask himself or herself how many americans are listening to the debates which are made? when the house becomes comfortable with changes brought by tele

allegiance. >> with the flag of our nation. our pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of the america to the republic for which it stands, one station under god, indi visible with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you may be seated. >> welcome to the 57th annual commander call, before you leave, we hope you will be inspired, motivated and educated. our goal is to empower you with everything you need to carry the american legion message to capitol hill. with the knowledge you have with 2 million veterans their familiar and their votes behind you. we are most respected in the nation. we are the american legion. like to begin by introducing first speaker. he has been asking us to carry the legacy forward. he contributing to that legacy by fiercely advocating for veterans and their families. our retired veteran of the war, he first member to lead our organization it is my pleasure to introduce the national commander charles e. smith. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you chairman oxford. good morning american legion family. hoo raw. we have an new

its future on north america. we saw massive marches last weekend against the united states. the leftist candidate has locked in the top spot in national polls. if we continue to antagonize mexico, we risk our neighbor turning its back on us and turning its back on decades of strategic cooperation. today as the two secretaries arrive in mexico and in the coming months, this center will continue to play a constructive role in suggesting ways to move this relationship forward. on march 7th, we will welcome a leading candidate for president and former secretary michael chertoff to discuss strategies for the future. as we kick off today's discussion about the way forward, nobody can begin to do that job better than a very distinguished guest, a dear friend and somebody who knows a thing or two are trade and u.s. jobs. secretary carlos gutierrez. thank you, carlos, for hosting this event. then there will be a panel discussion by my colleague, jason marzak. we are lucky to have a panel of impressive experts. paula stern, our atlantic council board member and former chairwoman of the in

, they lose the ability to control the culture in the united states of america. >> that's really well said. [ applause ] >> and one of the worst sort of counter arguments against school choice that we saw when they were opposing devos on n the senate, congressman chris murphy from connecticut, he said well, i turned out great coming out of a public school. and i came out of a great public school too. and what's the term the left uses? check your privilege. i looked up where chris murphy went to public school. it was right down the road from loomis chafee, the private school. he went to the public school. guess what? to live in that school district where chris murphy went to school, you have to be a lot wealthier than you do to send the school to the catholic school where i send my kids. so it's a privilege that it's a more walled, gated community, these really wealthy suburbs with really nice public schools. and what we're doing is we're threatening if we offer a voucher, we're threatening to send in the deplorables from outside that wald community into their public school. that'

that accordingly. so specifically what can the united states do, what can the ambassador for the united states do to hold countries accountable to, as you said, to address the fact that many of them don't have america's back at the u.n.? >> you want to see my list, don't you? >> we have a little bit of time. >> basically what it comes down to is i'm not there to play. and what i wanted to make sure of was that the united states started leading again. leading isn't saying and doing things when it's comfortable. leading is saying and doing things when it's not comfortable. so the goal was have the backs of our allies. never again do what we saw happen with resolution 2334 and make anyone question our support. [ applause ] when resolution 2334 happened and the u.s. abstained, the entire country felt a kick in the gut. we had just done something that showed the united states at its weakest point ever. never do we not have the backs of our friends. we don't have a greater friend than israel. [ applause ] and to see that happen was not only embarrassing, it was hurtful. and so what i can tell you is everyone at the united nations is scared to talk to me about resolution 2334. and i wanted them to know that, loo

what is going on in the 1960's with that which transpired between the united states and latin america in the 1980's as well any papers. what we would like to do is i contestantsce the -- excuse me, the presenters. we are going to have the two papers on central america first. then we will turn our attention to south america because it is two different things. south america is dealing with the end of military governments, long-term military governments. then there is this act of newly installed leftist revolution in nicaragua that will take up our attention. we will do that first. then we will follow along with -- on southn the america. thatis interesting here is we have papers that are based upon u.s. sources and also based upon sources from latin america itself. we get a little perspective of those who are recipients of the initiatives the united states in latin america and the response to them. contestantsduce our -- [laughter] >> i like that. >> james cameron is here to my right. general -- rioey de janeiro? >> sao paulo. >> and eric mccormack from southern methodist university. longle

the unparalleled freedoms of the united states of america, a country where every one of us is guaranteed the right to free peespeech and frem of religion. but less than 100 years later to their dismay and the dismay of so many of you in this room free speech has practically been thrown out the window on college campuses. at ohio state's law school campus i myself was the target of attacks for writing a column in the "washington times" about an issue that i feel is very important in today's society and that's abortion within the black community. i was threatened. i was harassed. but i didn't back down. and i know i'm not the only one in the room who's been there. i know so many of you like me have dealt with this or have seen your children, grandchildren, friends or family members deal with this on their campuses. you've seen the snowflakes and you've seen the negative effects that safe spaces have on college campuses today but the reality remains the future of conservatism is at stake, the future of our nation is at stake and our future leaders will not be produced from safe s

greatest apostle of brotherhood in the united states of america. instead, lincoln must be seen as the embodiment not of transcendence of the american tradition which is as we all know a racist tradition. bennett speaks for a generation of middle-class african-americans who do not understand why they should render homage to a white man who seems so far below the level of their own expectations. there is this perception that good old lincoln and a few others gave freedom to black people rights eric armstrong dunbar. the real story is black people and people like frederick douglass wrestled their freedom away. even barack obama can read in 2005 that as an african-american, i cannot swallow whole the view of lincoln as the great emancipator. there are i think three reasons why lincoln has taken such different beatings at so many different hands. one is emancipation from the perspective of 150 years later seems so unremarkable. even inevitable. another is that few people apart from technical constitutional scholars understand today when a tremendous legal risk lincoln was taking and emanci

across land and sea to experience the unpar reled freedoms of the united states of america, a country where every one of us is guaranteed to free speech and freedom of religion. but to their dismay, and so many of you in this room, free speech has practically been what i would say has been thrown out the window on college campuses. i myself was the target of attacks for writing an article in the "washington times" that i feel is important to today's society. and that's abortion in the black community. i was threatened and harassed, but i didn't back down. i know i'm not the only one in the room who's been there. i know so many of you like me have dealt with this. or seen your children, grandchildren, friends or family members deal with this on their campuses. you've seen the snowflakes and the negative effects that faith base has on college campuses today. but the reality remains that the future of conservatism is at stake, the future of our nation is at stake, and our future leaders will not be produced from state spaces. there are no state bases. so i think it's important to have yo

home, on january 11th, president trump, our president, the president of the united states of america announced he would place control of his assets in the hands of his two adult sons and a longtime associate. the plan would also supposedly terminate new foreign deals. undermined by a recent renouncement that the organization would move forward with expanding its golf course in scotland. i'm not a golfer, mr. chairman, so i don't know too much about that. trump wemt on to assert that being president exempts him from having conflicts of interest. how in the heck do you like that. the director of the office of government ethics, certainly no lackey, recommended divestiture from his business holdings. and said, trump's efforts were meaningless, saying, quote, i don't think divestiture is too high a price to pay to be the president of the united states. and i'm sure you agree with that, mr. chairman. but i won't ask you. trump continues to benefit from his business empire, regardless of who is in charge of the day-to-day operations. as long as this is the case, the possibility that outside actors w

throughout the united states of america on health care issues and what they need to do on health care and workforce development and infrastructure. we have brought in cyber experts, businesses both large and small. these discussions have kturned into memos. in october we held our first regional summit in boston. it was sold out within four hours. we had 26 states come. every state was allowed to bring four people. it was a great working session. we will have our final one for the other remaining 24 states that will be coming up in california in march. so we now have the cyber center set up. we'd ask that the governors continue to work with it. we have in front of every governor will be given a card. you will see that card. nobody else has seen your card. that is for you. that is we've gone through your state and you have different color codes to determine how your state is doing on cyber security. i will tell you even as chair, i have not shown your card. two governors are showing their cards over there. that is your choice if colorado wants to share with rhode island. it's important that

the united states of america. >> would the gentleman yield? >> no. this oligarch paid him $10 million a year for this work. it's right in front of us. manafort also was the primary architect at the republican national convention last year, which mr. trump changed the party platform to the most pro russian since before the cold war. as in any good investigation, mr. chairman, we must follow the money. the financial times reported that an investigation he conducted uncovered evidence of ties between one trump venture in an alleged international money laundering network. using the title deeds, using bank records and correspondence. investigations found that the family accused of laundering millions were in the building partly owned by mr. trump. pursued business ventures with one of his partners. i submit the october 19th financial times article "dirty money trump and the -- connection." we know following six bankruptcies, mr. trump had trouble getting loans and financing for his real estate business. german bank deutsche stepped in when wall street stopped lending, giving at least $300

and the benefits of it for the united states were misunderstood in large parts of the united states' population. pressurent thought on his part. so he asked us to focus on north america to try to develop a body of work that would push back against the idea that north america, north america and economic integration, nafta, have been harmful for the united states. we feel very strongly they have been positive for the united states. and that there are still more benefits to be had from those relationships with our immediate neighbor. on the screen are quotes from the president's remarks, and a presentation we made right after the election in november where we presented our north america analysis and our north america recommendations. he is committed to the idea that it is a win-win-win and that the relationship -- the economic relationship among our partners has been positive for our country. so in analyzing this problem, we did -- we did two kind of data-driven things and one more policy-driven thing. the first data-driven thing was our competitiveness score card. you can find it on our website, bush center.org/score card. and it is an amalgamation of four databases of ec

, there is nobody else to stand up for the least of humanity in the world except the united states of america. he did not want to retreat in the little america. he wanted a big america that would be well armed and aiming at peace, and a strong america that would not allow communism to expand if he could help it. it was his view that there had to be a power balance. as i said a moment ago, by 1971, there were only three major players, and the strongest militarily might have been the ussr, but it could be counterbalanced by the u.s. and china together. that would be a power balance that would make the russian leaders think twice before they acted. when rn offered the hand of friendship to mao zedong in 1972, he created a world in which russia, as it was then known, the ussr, would have to make peace. a strong america and nato on one side and a fiercely independent china on the other. the arrests had been for a long time have to them. -- the rest had been for a long time game. the ussr, as we later learned, was on the path to oblivion, and china was on the road to capitalism, all with one masterstro