Said it committee to order. Over the last several months, i, along with Ranking Member stabbed know and colleagues have been working on a new farm bill. Ranking member stabbed and now debbie , and colleagues have been working on a new farm bill. We have held hearings on eight titles. Todays hearing covers the nutrition programs for the farm bill. Two topics remain. Progresshorization affords us the opportunity to review the full range of usda programs to ensure that they are operating efficiently and effectively. Program needs a major overhaul, but many programs can benefit from increased efficiency, improved integrity, and the production of waste. They are about ensuring our and aboutonomy assisting the vulnerable among us who cannot help themselves. Part of a thorough review includes a verifying that the programs are being administered and implemented properly at the federal and state levels. Unfortunately, we have learned of some significant issues regarding be administration and ov
Next the House Homeland Security committee holds its first open meeting to examine these up security procedures and what can be done to strengthen prevention of a terrorist entering the us. We hear testimony from several federal agencies including customs and Border Protection and the state department. This is an hour and a half. The Committee Tax course on denying terrorist entering the eye states will come to order. The test for submitting to examine a visa process and the Visa Waiver Program. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I welcome back our expert witnesses to the capital and thank you for being here and doing double duty. I look forward to following up on some of the broader themes for the briefing. In order to inform the American People of the security of the visa process and Visa Waiver Program. I want to thank chairman mccall for prioritizing this task force in its commission. Last congress on combating terrorist and foreign fighter travel was not only successful
And white house officials on may 20th, 27th, 29th, memorial day, and june 3rd on cspan and cspan. Org. A Bipartisan Committee held its first open meeting this month to examine visa security procedures and way to strengthen terrorist entries into the United States. Members heard from officials with federal agencies including customs and Border Protection, immigration and Customs Enforcement and the state department. Wisconsin republican congressman Mike Gallagher is the chair of the task force. Its about 90 minutes. The committee on Homeland Committee task force on denying terrorist entry into the United States will come toerd. We are examining the security of the visa process and Visa Waiver Program. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. I want to start by welcoming back our expert witnesses to the capital and thank him for being here doing double duty for joining us yesterday for a classified hearing. I look forward to following up on some of the broader themes of briefing
Dont need fallujah and our ticket to fallujah so the two are so that was the explanation. No military reason to take fallujah in order to get to mosul. Every city in iraq is going to get cleared. Thats a we are here for. We are here to clear daish, clara isil out of iraq so we are going to every city sooner or later. Its just a question of sequencing and that sequencing and then i said if i remember it having established that fallujah is not necessary for mosul, the sequencing then becomes political and of course all of this is part of politics. War is part of politics and an extension of its of course we understand this professional soldiers that political component and we understand theres going to be a political component and we understand that bigger the comp country is make decisions more pure military necessity. We understand that perfectly well. And of course given recent unrest in baghdad, given the rash of bombings in bag dad certainly that changes the photo will it was for th
Houston area projects could compete, more than 82 million more than provided in the fiscal year 2016 act. Additionally the Committee Report directs the corps to consider the severity of risk of flood thoring frequency with which an area has experienced flooding when deciding how to allocate the funding provided. Because the amendment does not actually change funding levels and so does not upset the balance of priorities in this bill i will not oppose this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentlelady from texas. Ms. Jackson lee i thank mr. Simpson and ms. Kaptur, mr. Simpsn for recounting that information, and ms. Kaptur for the leadership shes given and the understanding of the plight were in. Flood control is critical to dams and harbors and most critical of all as infrastructure. That is what the Construction Funding will do. We understand that this now will give us the opportunity for long overdue projects t