Mrs. Ernst mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mrs. Ernst mr. President , i rise today to urge Senate Democratic leadership to end their reckless Government Shutdown. Its no secret that over the years ive made clear that i dont like funding our government from one shortsided bandaid bill to another. We must establish a path forward to responsibly fund our government for the long term. Its responsible and right thing to do for our military, for future generations, for our veterans, and for the American People. But rather than finding a longterm funding solution to ensure stability in our military, the Senate Democratic leadership has decided to shut down the government. So what does that mean for our military . Well, for starters, critical defense projects have come to a halt. We can also see delays in maintenance of our critical aircraft, ships, our weapon systems at a time when our adversaries are becoming more aggressive and more advanced. And our Service Memb
Cspan. The bill before us does three every democrat and republican should be able to support. First, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. Second, it extends Health Insurance for 9 million vulnerable children. Third, it will enable congress to resume serious bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation. Federalthat, the government is beginning to reopen after a weekend shutdown that moved into a third day. Welcome to washington today on cspan radio. Scully. Ve 17 days until government funding runs down. Todays agreement is a shortterm continuing resolution that expires on february 8. In exchange for ending the stalemate, republicans have promised to take up the daca issue, deferred action for childhood arrivals. Here are your other monday headlines. Steve scalise of louisiana returning to the capital after undergoing another round of surgery, part of his recovery from the shooting that took place last year at a baseb
The built before us does before usgs bill does three things that every republican and democrat should be able to support. First, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through february 8. Second, it extends Health Insurance for 9 million vulnerable children. It will enable congress to resume series bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation. What do that, the federal government is beginning to reopen after a weekend shutdown. Washington today on cspan radio. 17 days until the government funding runs out. Todays agreement is a shortterm continuing resolution. In exchange for ending the stalemate, republicans have promised to take up the daca immigration issue. Here are some of your other monday headlines. Steve scalise of a louisiana returning to the capital after undergoing another round of surgery. Part of his recovery after a shooting that took place last year. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issuing a ruling on the states congression
Reopen after a weekend shutdown that moved into a third day. Welcome to washington today on cspan radio. It is monday january 22. Thanks for being with us. We have a new countdown clock. 17 days until the government funding runs out. The c. R. Expires on february 8. In exchange for ending the stalemate, republicans have promised to take up the daca immigration issue. Here are some of your other headlines. Steve scalise returned to the capitol after surgery that was part of his recovery from a gunshot suffered at a congressional baseball game ractice. The Court Ordered pennsylvania lawmakers to redraw their congressional map ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections. In israel, Vice President pence announced the u. S. Embassy will open in jerusalem before the end of the next year and he said the door is open for palestinians to enter negotiations. We begin with this headline. Heres how this transpired earlier today. Senator schumer i expect the majority leader to abide by this agreement. If h
A big cloud makes a big bang, which makes a big cloud. And climbing higher and higher, and makes a big cloud. And climbing higherand higher, and back makes a big cloud. And climbing higher and higher, and back down again. This weekend, the Worlds Toughest sailing race begins. Held every three years, the volvo ocean race sta rts three years, the volvo ocean race starts in alicante, in spain, and ends in the hague, in the netherlands. Now, that doesnt actually sound very far, but in the middle there is the small matter of 45,000 middle there is the small matter of 16,000 nautical miles, taking in 12 cities 115,000 nautical miles, taking in 12 cities in six continents, and with broken masts, capsizes and icebergs almost guaranteed, this is no luxury cruise. To try and make this journey even possible, technology inevitably raise its head. These are some of the most advanced sailing yachts ever designed, and we were given special access to one of them during crew training. 22 october sees t