Capitol hill for a house immigration subcommittee. Live coverage on cspan. Dedicated to circulating motions or written materials that members may want to offer as part of the hearing. If members want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. I ask all members to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to help prevent feedback and technical issues and of course, amuse yourselves anytime you seek recognition. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I would like to welcome witnesses and the members of the immigration and citizenship subcommittee to todays hearing that will explore the initiative by the Current Administration to support noncitizen servicemembers, veterans, and family members. Immigrants are important to society. They provide key support to u. S. Military. Currently, immigrants account for apart approximately 3 of active duty
Interest that is defending itself, that is defending its right to pollute, that is endistinguishing its ability to compromise our atmosphere, compromise our health, compromise our great oceans and waters. This should be an easy struggle. This should be an easy struggle. But its not, and it will be a mark of shame on this generati generation, and it will a mark of shame on this buildin buildit i have goin the choice between the clear information from the that given the choice between the clear frftion from the scientists shall the clear experience of what is happening in all of our states and the power of the special interests, we ignored the first and we yielded to that power of those special interests. Mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse i ask that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 146, Senate Resolution 156. The presiding officer the clerk will report.
Members would like to submit materials, please send them to the email address that has previously been distributed to your offices. We will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we possibly can. Also ask all members to please mute your microphones when youre not speaking, to help prevent feedback and other technical issues and of course, unmute yourselves anytime you seek recognition. I know will recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Id like to welcome our witnesses and the members of the immigration citizenship subcommittee for todays hearing, which will explore the initiatives by the Current Administration to support noncitizen Service Members, veterans and their family members. Immigrants are important to our society and provide key support to our u. S. Military. Currently, immigrants account for approximately 3 of active duty Service Members. Additionally, 13 of veterans or 3. 4 million people, are of immigrant origin, meaning that either they or their par
We learned this is certainly the preparation that boston undertook in november on a terrorist exercise of planning it has saved lives. That is the point that should be made. The Emergency Response thereafter is about as good as it possibly could be ian been restorer confidence. A terrorist attack is traumatized. I was in london for the bombing in 2005 and they missed all the signs of that bombing which is pretty startling but from the moment it took place the ridges to response was firstrate and terrific and restore Public Confidence within 24 hours. When i talk to First Responders in boston the way the would treat irish using Grant Funding from vhs to london 60 wounded they could have easily blood out in the street in they saved everyone and it is truly remarkable. With that i recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania. I feel compelled to respond to the comments to the gentleman from california. It is hypocritical he would extolled the virtues of the Current Administration continuatio
World. Theyve been able to sketch out and have interesting conversations over the last decade about what they have learned and how they worked well together, what they didnt like about the post 9 11 world, about the global war on terror, about the bush years, but theyre having trouble defining kind of the new agenda, their new Foreign Policy framework, the new strategy for everything thats coming at them in the world. Im going to be issuing a report next week. We dubbed this the era of compounding complexity. It doesnt roll off the tongue, but i think this is an environment that is so incredibly complex, that i think europe and the United States are just really struggling to cope with the number of challenges that are coming at them. Just to cite a few, we have not just the emerging rising powers, but we have all of the arrival of the variety of nonstate actors, individuals, corporations that are now playing a huge role in crafting National Security agendas, how we use state craft, how