Buy a security but a couple of you mentioned misinformation we have seen with the outbreak so far and i am worried about government to engagement to fix the problem to address those concerns about getting a the correct messaging in the understandable way to the affected communities. What is the level of engagement and how is that going . And how critical is it done correctly in this timeframe for success . Thankyou. I would be happy to talk to that. With regards to the issue mr. J remember there have been conflicting messages within a the government. There are opposition parties and political opposition but we have seen a term in that. And with the political consortium and maybe not so accurate. But still dealing with messages from groups groups you may not immediately suspect bike from nigeria and that is something weve tried to fight against but that being said it is essential to work to religious leaders in the area but with that armageddon like situation people are flocking the lar
Happening in terms of natural gas in the production generated in this country that is far less polluting than coal, and i think on that. Eed to focus we need to look at the carbon generating coal fire plant and make sure that we are not having to dramatic and impact or having a dramatic impact on rate payers, and also, we have to be concerned about the economy in the areas that are dealing with this. I believe we have to get away from carbon generators as the primary source of energy in this country, and this is one way that needs to be explored to do that. Like the nlrb, the epa is another agency thats out of control. Certainly, our Coal Companies in the state of virginia know that. The policies my opponent discusses are killing our coal industry, and then he is not supporting things like offshore drilling, the keystone pipeline, and other ways we can have more Affordable Energy. The way you get an economy moving is to have Affordable Energy. Our gas prices have gone up. If you are th
For the gop. And that is just the start of it. Lets look at some of these individual races and remember for the western time zones, its going to take a little longer. And in the begich race, the democratic incumbent in alaska, its going to take longer still. Too early to call is what were calling this late race. North carolina senate. To some of the calls that came in late here on the east coast, kay hagan, the incumbent democrat gone, tom tillis is your new senator elect. Arkansas, mark pryor, son of a senator, a senator himself. Gone, tom cotton is the senatorelect. He received a call from the president tonight. Cory gardner, whats believed to be one of the best run campaigns in this Midterm Election turning away mark udall who could not hang on to the democratic seat in colorado. In iowa, another big one, a huge republican pickup, a history maker, an iraq war veteran, 44yearold senator elect joni ernst. First woman elected in iowa statewide office electoral history. In kansas, senat
In Public Service will always come from the contributions of those who served either under my command in the marine corps or on my staff. Our country has heard and will continue to hear from these talented men and women wherever they go and however they choose to serve, and a good number of them have made the trek over here the during a busy workweek to join us today. We did great things during those six years. They continue to show us that they are allstars in a multitude of endeavors, and id be praised if they would stand or wave and be recognized right now. [applause] there have been a lot of things going on in the last couple of days, and im sure im going to be get questions about them, but what im ready like to talk about in my opening remarks is whats going on in our country and what we can do to make things better. And let me begin by stealing a quote by gore vidal, one of the most irascible minds of the postworld war ii era. He once wrote you never know when you are happy, you
Office. I no longer travel with an entourage that maybe once existed. And were simply trying to make very visible that this is a different dullture. Are you sort of like the pope . You know, travel in a little tiny car. Im much less than that. Remember, im on the bottom of the pyramid. Im flying coach. I have to say, i sympathize with my colleague. I wish you could do something about that. Fix that. Id certainly appreciate it. We talked with Ranking Member michelle in his office about this. Again, the veteran should not be published or punished for having a barrier between va and dod. The veterans should not be punished for having nine different maps of organization structure. You know, these are things that weve got to simplify so that every ill give you another example. We have 14 different websites that require different user names and passwords. I dont know about you, but i hate keeping track of user names and passwords for all these website. You should be able to plug in the va in