With Democrats in the House of Representatives formally moving to draft articles of impeachment against President Trump, the top Republican on the committee that will author those articles is saying the White House should participate in the impeachment inquiry. But participation should happen only, he says, “when there is an actual opportunity in which it is a situation in which they can present, do the presentation that they need to.”
In a forceful critique of the impeachment inquiry, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, accused Democrats of making White House participation all but impossible by not allowing for “a robust set of hearings.”
“At the end of the day, if people don’t believe what you’re doing is fair, then it doesn’t matter,” Collins said in an interview Thursday with All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly.
Speaking from his office on Capitol Hill, Collins said Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are not being given the opportunity to question the fact witnesses who have testified before the House Intelligence Committee since the start of the impeachment inquiry in September. Republican members of the Intelligence Committee were present for those testimonies and were allowed to question the witnesses.
The White House has blocked key witnesses from testifying in the inquiry and declined to participate in this week’s Judiciary Committee hearing but has left open the possibility of participating in future proceedings.
Collins argued that Democrats are presuming guilt and creating a scenario for the president where “you have to prove your innocence … and that’s just not the way our system works.”
Photo: Mhari Shaw/NPR Caption: Democrats have failed to allow for “a robust set of hearings” on impeachment in the House Judiciary Committee, says Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the committee.
At Luxor (ancient Thebes), the ceremonial barques would pass along the Processional Colonnade of Amenhotep III. At its end was the shrine where rituals were performed. Scholars believe they confirmed the passing on of the king’s divine aspect, known as the royal ka.
Scientists in Norway and Switzerland have proposed that “Solar Methanol Islands” could use solar energy to recycle atmospheric CO2 into methanol fuel.
The idea arose when scientists were trying to find a way to provide electricity to future off-shore fish farms without access to power grids. Solar energy could power hydrogen production and CO2 extraction from seawater, which would produce gases that could be reacted to form methanol.
The team of scientists wrote:
“Humankind must cease CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning if dangerous climate change is to be avoided. However, liquid carbon-based energy carriers are often without practical alternatives for vital mobility applications. The recycling of atmospheric CO2 into synthetic fuels, using renewable energy, offers an energy concept with no net CO2 emission.”
Currently, the team of scientists is working on prototypes for the floating solar islands.
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