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Today, particularly the republican delegation and every thursday, we have lunch together. Talk about whats good for texas. But what was always a thing that we always looked forward to, we couldnt wait until ralph got there so that we could ralph could share a funny story. And you know, one of the things that ill miss most about ralph is those times when hed be on the floor or he would be at lunch, sharing those stories. Now one of the things about ralph is that as he got older, he got wiser. And...

Bases as for jobs in so many congressional districts. And i have heard very conservative members of congress say government doesnt create jobs, it destroys them, and all that sort of thing. It doesnt apply to the military base in my district. If we lost that, we would lose jobs. Is there anyway around this . I dont know how, other than a fundamental change. I remember seeing many years ago, a map of where the subcontracts were, i think it was the b2 bomber. There was a pin the companies are smar...

Our live capitol hill coverage continues tomorrow with the confirmation hearing for the next defense secretary, ashton carter. Live coverage of the senator Armed Services committee will get underway tomorrow on cspan3 starting at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. This sunday on q and a, david brooks columnist for the the New York Times on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year. The sidney awards. Sidney awards are given for the best magazine essays of the yeesh, an...

Onal security argument for it. And it turns out last month the u. S. Army sent 100 tanks back to europe in response to the ukraine process. And maybe thats the evidence that we made the right call. One year they wanted to discontinue the global hawk and rely instead on the 50yearold, and the next year they proposed exactly the reverse. They asked to retire the a10 and then sent it to fly attack missions in iraq and syria. The navy included no money in this years budget to begin to refuel the geo...

The departments relationship with Small Businesses that can take part in the sbirsttr program and it encourages the secretary to enter into agreements with the program at the National Science foundation. Our National Labs have been at the cutting edge of Technological Development and we must always ensure that development is in the national interest. A discovery lost in the labs is a discovery wasted. Thats why id like to thank my good friend, mr. Kilmer, for partnering with me in this effort, a...

That a couple of things that we were told, specifically by the Service Members is that theres theyre concerned about the service to their country and the gi bill. Those are two things that were very important to them in terms of why they would come in, what they were looking for. Get an education benefit, be able to take advantage of that, which is a strong recruiting tool, and then move on to something else. Very good. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you all for being he...

Thank you for taking my call. This is an example of conservatives saying they will thing, and that is not presented. Bill at the end of the session. An omnibus bill is being debated, and the government will be shut down at midnight. The president wants the bill passed because he does not want to the reached at christmas time, where federal employees will not receive checks before christmas. You can understand the white position, but i understand the democrats position. You are two main rider. Sh...

Im going to assume everyone has a program. When it gets a little too loud im going to stop. Because this is a very important occasion. We have waited a long time for this. All you have to do is look around the room at the portraits, and its going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over at all these individuals and all these individuals looking over at the congress. Im bill madison with serious xm radio, the american view. I will get started right away, as we should start. Tha...

Force behind the creation of southern california. He became the first chief judge of the District Court serving in that position until he was appointed to the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Judge carter judge keep graduated from the San Diego School of law as its valedictorian, becaming the first female judge for the Southern Court of california and later the first female chief judge. And this honors judge john rhodes who served as a federal judge in san diego for 22 years and was widely respec...

Thanks for the lookahead. Tomorrow, the u. S. National intelligence chair will talk about changing National Security needs. The event is hosted by the Atlantic Council and live coverage begins at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Next, a forum examines how to get citizens more involved in their communities. After that, discussion concerning crimereducing programs that offer alternative incarceration. Then, q a. Civic business and education leaders talk about activism and corporate responsibility. D...