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Gray out there in spots. We are tracking heavy rain moving out of Putnam County. Already the damage has been done. A flood advisory in effect for western Putnam County until 6 45 this morning. Weve seen heavy rain in the Hudson Valley. Heavy rain is the trend for today. You can see in the future forecast, 74 outside. Winds are calm out of the east long. Scattered storms through the morning and this afternoon. It wont be raining all day, when it does rain, it will rain heavily like yesterday. Its...

Improve wea message content, delivery, training and outreach. With respect to message content, we would increase the maximum message length from 90 to 360 characters for 4g, lte and future networks. Wed significantly improve the quality of information that alert originators are able to transmit by requiring participating wireless carriers to support embedded urls and phone numbers in all wea messages, including amber alerts within one year of the rules publication in the federal register. This w...

It is a large document. It goes back and forth. There were iterations that did not come out until late last night. People need time, you know. Regarding todays vote on individual programs, d. C. Do something that should be set forth . Well, its a notice and comment preceding. There will be a notice. There will be a comment period, then there will be a reply comments carried, then there will be how to make sense out of all of that. I do want to set an arbitrary date to it i dont. A small question...

In terms of favorable and unfavorable opinions same thing well see here in terms of the opinions of most hispanics tend to favor the democratic party, and you would think well game over. We dont need to discuss this any further. Well, not exactly. Because weve seen how different candidates have done very well in different races, and i have given just three, three hispanic republicans that have done well in their respective states. Actually Governor Martinez and sandoval are extremely popular in ...

Our Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank you for your testimony today. As chairman one of our priorities as the state Department Reauthorization process. I want to thank senator menendez for beginning that. I think its critical oversight tool and a healthy exercise to take an annual look at the authorities that need updating. We passed an authorization bill out of Committee Last year for the first time in five years. We hope to build upon that progress with another bipartisan ...

Fraction of a second. As the seat comes out and hits the wind blast, it begins to decelerate. If you wait just a fraction of a second before you put that main chute out, the seat has decelerated enough so when the force of the parachute comes out isnt as severe. To get to that solution, we are putting a switch on the side of the ejection seat, so when the pilot climbs up into the cockpit, can set that at heavyweight or lightweight. There are a number of ways we could have solved that problem. We...

Innocence of death and the imperative of replacing hate for something better. The middle east today, my friends, is still marred by the sounds and spectacle of violence, but it need not be. Because the region is also pulsating with life. It is the home of populations that are energetic, youthful, forwardlooking, and far more interested in plugging into the World Economy than slugging it out with historic foes. It is in them than we place our faith. It is for them, and for their horizons that we ...

Operations. But even though were doing more than weve ever done before, its not enough relative to the need. Contributions are urgently needed. The second prong of our response is diplomacy on humanitarian issues. For several years, we have engaged government officials in the region to encourage them to keep borders open, allow refugees to enter their countries, authorize the work of leading humanitarian organizations, and allow refugees to pursue normal life, as normal as possible given what th...

Have been suffering from fatigue. I felt in the last year or two that their contributions while increasing were not keeping pace with the needed increases. Certainly europe now is very focused on needing to provide more assistance to help the refugees who are in the middle east and are displaced inside syria and also refugees in the surrounding neighboring countries. Then for a couple of years now we have been trying to encourage gulf states to become routine regular donors to and through United...

We need them most. Second, universal access. No matter who you are or where you live in this country, for a fair shot at 21st century prosperity, you need accesccess firstrate modern communications. That means we need policies that foster deployment and adoption in urban areas, rural areas and in between. Third, competition. Competition increases innovation and lowers prices. Fourth, Consumer Protection. Communication services are multiplying, but the marketplace is also bewildering to navigate....