Ileana roslehtinen to act as speaker pro 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 7, 2014, 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 but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones madam chairman, thank you very much. Im on the nor again today to talk about on the floor again today to talk about afghanistan, the absolute waste of life and money. A lot of people dont realize this, but if you go back to 2001, the war in iraq and afghanistan, we have spent over 1. 5 trillion which averages out to about 11. 2
Part of the program, that will give us a chance to hear from everyone and have maybe more than one round of questions. I am going to recognize the members in order of seniority. Those that were here and the latecomers, we will recognize them based on their arrival. E will go back and forth between the parties. I think most of you know that the 2014 appropriation cycle tested our endurance. It was only after the fiscal year started and after we had a Government Shutdown that the Budget Committee came to an agreement on the Discretionary Spending. Once we have that agreement enacted, we will do our sleeves and we went to work quickly and got a bipartisan on this appropriation bill. It is and thanks in no small part to our distinguished chairman, mr. Rogers, who is with us today. We hope this year will go more smoothly. We have got an agreement on the total Discretionary Spending that is in place. By that, i mean the way we are supposed to work and we will mark up our bills and subject th
Compliant issues and just what attention is being paid in that area . Mr. Rademaker . Israel is obviously concerned about the Iranian Nuclear program and with good reason. Iran and iranian need leaders have made comments about how israel should be wiped from the face of the earth or wiped off the map of the earth. So for a country like israel thats obviously alarming that you have those kinds of statements coupled with technological activity that seems aimed at producing a Nuclear Weapon which would enable them to do precisely what they are saying they would like to see happen. So the United States has a lot to be worried about and irans other neighbors in the Persian Gulf Region have a lot to be worried about. Israel has a lot to be worried about. Israel is paying a lot of attention to this problem. My understanding is theres a great deal of apprehension and israel about the current course of the diplomacy. As i said earlier its eyes been possible to negotiate a deal with iran just ag
The presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the vote is 53 yeas, 45 nays. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President Shall be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate will resume legislative session. Under the previous order, the chair lays before the senate the conference report to accompany h. R. 3080 which the clerk will report. The clerk conference report, the committee of conference on the disdwreag votes of the two houses on the amendment of the senate 0 the bill h. R. 3080 to provide for amendments for rivers and harbors and water and related resources and for other purposes, having met have agreed the house recede from its amendment and agree to the aim with an amendment and the senate agree to the same signed by a majority of conferees on the part of both houses. A senator madam president . Madam president . Madam president
And the voice. Josh kaufman wins it for team usher on a night packed with stars, the voice crowns its new champion, so whats josh kaufman going to do now . Hes making his way to our plaza today, wednesday, may 21st, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And, good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And when we say josh kaufman is making his way to studio 1a we really mean it. Literally making his way. Took the red eye overnight. Expected to perform. He is the voice. You are not the voice this morning. Battling the voice a little bit, but looking forward to meeting him. It should be great. We want to get to todays top story, the intense storms wreaking havoc on the midwest. Al, they are on the move this morning. They absolutely are. Check out this video just out from chicago. Really amazing Lightning Storm going on. High winds, a lot of rain, a real mess. And in fact, some amazing Lightning Pictur