Tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland, mr. Hoyer, for five minutes. Mr. Hoyer i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Hoyer thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, beginning this week literally hundreds of thousands of civilian workers are being furloughed and particularly at the defense in marylands fifth district, across the street, and around the country. That means as of monday morn
The opportunity to talk a little bit about what we have been doing on the Energy Committee for the past year in an effort to really focus on where we have been with Energy Policy and really helping to move forward in a way that is not the same old same old, but really real imagining and refocusing where we should be has been an important opportunity for us to really put some considered thought into the proposal. What you have in front of you is better than airplane reading. There are some suggestions in this energy 2020 document that people will look at and they will argue and they will say that is one persons view. That is true, that is true. But while we are trying to do is not give you a legislative package starting with initiatives that we are going to kind of clicked off as we move forward. This is really designed to be a discussion blueprint. We want to try to change the conversation. One of the reasons we have to think about changing the conversation is because the Energy Paradi
The public and industry. Posed, it isat is the first resolution to identify proliferation of wmd as a threat to International Peace and security. It has all sorts of ramifications and un lingo to do that. Its there. There has to be an understanding to reach out to various communities and it gets over this issue of each being suspicious of one another. A lot of what goes on in the notroliferation world may be a state, but it may be accompanied. It might be an individual research lab or scientist. Is more of an understanding and i think more of an effort. The big change in communication techniques, for instance, that i noticed the between the 2007 report and our current report is that almost all the agencies now average four or five different forms of social media use on these issues. Engaging in trying to find new ways to engage more stakeholders. I dont know how effective that dont dobut if we that, it wont work. . Are we safer today maybe we dont want to know the answer to that questi
Say the city of detroit needs to work it out with their creditors, are you then ruling out any federal aid of some sort . People and others ask the question of are we going to solve this problem, it has been made clear by local leaders and that leaders, and by us, the broader issue is one that needs to be resolved between the city and its creditors. We will, of course, as we would with any city in this country, work with that city and have a policy discussions with leaders in the city and make suggestions and offer assistance where we can. I think it is important to that the broader issue say, i have as i have several times already today, when the local leaders say the matter of insolvency is one that has to be resolved between the city and its creditors, we concur with that. We are going to work with detroit, moving forward, to help it move forward, but i do not have a specific idea to present to you today. Pensionederal guarantee youre asking the wrong person. Maybe you will need to
In 2006 president bush signed the bill on the lawn of the white house with members of congress from both parties there in large numbers. We reaffirm our commitment to build that same type of coalition for the necessary legislative response to the Supreme Courts action. And we reaffirm our commitment o do that today. Hi, im Wade Henderson with the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. I just want to acknowledge some of the leaders who are here today who joined in this really important and constructive meeting with the president. Theres cheryl, the president director council of the naacp, Legal Defense and educational fund. Barbara who is executive director and president of the Lawyers Committee, the civil rights under law. Which by the way is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year having been founded by president kennedy in response to violence against those who sought to register voters in the past. Tom, who is president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and educatio