The more youre able to invest. The most certain thing you can have that it makes sense for you to invest in education and setting up a business is you know you are on your path to becoming a citizen of the country. If you work hard and play by the rules. So i cannot off the top of my head think of an economic study that has asked the difference between the two of these because its not like theres a lot of empirical variation. You want to take one country and a run at one way and another another way look what happens. Adored not able to do that. But i know from economic logic would tell me you want a pathway to citizenship. I want to followup on that question. [inaudible] you see it as reform . Certainly the president has through his entire administration always paid for his ongoing initiatives and always believes they should be paid for an certainly you see in the budget howard he would propose to pay for this. In answer to your second question, there is no reason you need to do a broa
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from mississippi. Mr. Cochran mr. President , i would ask the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. The senator from georgia. Mr. Chambliss i rise today to address the persistent and Significant National security threats stemming from irans unchecked nuclear program. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment to s. 1982 from the senior senator from north carolina, which include provisions to strengthen our sanctions against iran should they fail to comply with their obligations under the joint plan of action. Last november, the Obama Administration without sufficient consultation with congress committed to an interim Nuclear Agreement with the Islamic Republic of iran. Under this agreement, we are granting to iran over 7 billion in sanction relief in exchange for their commitments to decelerate their nuclear program, commitments which will be difficult if not impossible to verify or enforce
Cspan. Org. We must deny entry to terrorists, drug traffickers, human traffickers, Transnational Criminal Organizations and other threats to National Security and Public Safety while, and i emphasize this, continuing to facilitate legal trade and travel. In this regard, i, too, congratulate our Law Enforcement and National Security partners and the government of mexico for the capture and arrest this weekend f guzman on february 22nd. D. H. S. Must continue efforts to address the growing cyberthreat to the private sector in the dotgov networks shown by the ongoing series of attacks on public and private infrastructure. Many in con depress have expressed a willingness to help in cybersecurity. We appreciate that. Have studied h. R. 3696 out of this committee. We think bill is a good step forward. We want to continue working with congress on this and other legislation to improve this and the nations overall cybersecurity posture. We must continue be vigilant in prepping for and respondin
Gentlewoman from florida, ms. Minutes. So, i want to thank all of you at American Enterprise institute for the great work that you do when the opportunity to be with you today. As mckenzie said, secretary haeckel recently announced a number of recommendations and proposals that will be contained in the Defense Department fiscal year 2015 badges admission. It goes about pain that make in spending choices as having more losers than winners due to the fact that budgets are tight and could get even tighter is no way to win a popularity contest. In many respects, there is something in the package to set up just about everybodys alarm bells and on which meter. From my perspective and as i hope my remarks will make clear, the two categories of stakeholders most protected from these changes are people we should all feel the most accountable to. The average American Fighting man woman in the average american taxpayer. To best take advantage of our time today as well as this informed audience, i
Legislation was in the sanders veterans bill last week, and it was in the burr alternative. It was in both the democratic and the republican veterans packages. Neither of those packages passed. The sanders bill was defeated on a budget point of order, which i supported, because i dont think its properly paid for and is sustainable both in terms of our budget and, even more importantly for veterans, how the veteran system works and handles its current patient load. The burr bill never even got a vote. We have disagreements about those larger packages. Those are real substantial disagreements. But in the midst of that, mr. President , i would hope we can agree to what we can agree on. And these v. Clinics certainly and these v. A. Clinics certainly fall into that category. We have cleared all objections to this v. A. Clinic piece specifically. We have addressed all issues having to do with these v. A. Clinics, in part through my amendment at the desk. The only possible objection i know o