Subcommittee will come to order. Good mompg and welcorning and w todays subcommittee. Our oversight entitled home loan turning practices and how taxpayers could be affected. This is the second hearing. As many london with the department of Veterans Affairs discusses in his testimony, the v. A. Is guaranteed over 2 million loans in excess of 2 trillion since the 1940s. That represents millions of veterans, Service Members and their families who may not have otherwise been able to achieve the American Dream. While this program is one of the more well run programs at the v. A. And i have some thoughts about why it is, mainly because they guarantee it but the lenders are involved and they underwrite it and more people involved in administering it in the private sector. They had concerns about certain activities being conducted by some lenders. Potentially unscrupulous lenders which have the potential for harmful outcomes for veteran home buyers. We have seen reports of what may be deceptiv
The government. This came after weeks of acrimony and no shortage of hostility here on the senate floor and elsewhere. And while most of the recent debate has been focused on the future of immigration policy, another vitally important priority and a bipartisan priority, no less, was also addressed this week. Im talking of course about the sixyear extension of the Childrens Health Insurance Program which was included in the funding bill. Its a shame really that this bipartisan accomplishment has in some respects been overlooked while more attention has been given to partisan squabbling over more divisive issues. Since its interception, chip has been a bipartisan program. In 1997, senator kennedy and i came together to create chip in order to provide Health Insurance to vulnerable children. It was a Republicancontrolled Congress working with a democratic president that brought this program into existence. The year before that same Republican Congress and democratic president worked toget
Without freedom or liberty. May they be instruments of justice for all americans. May your spirit live with them and with each of us and may your grace around us and those we love that in all things we may be the people you would have us be in service to this great nation. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. P senator santorum the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california mr. Mcnerney. Mr. Mcnerney i ask everyone to join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Senator santorum the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the g
For continuance inadvertently the yosemite fish patch is continued was left off the calendar it is being continued indefinitely and will be renoticed for the benefit of the public further on your calendars commissioners item 15 for case on rosie after a discretionary review it has been withdrawn and will not be considered on todays agenda i have nothing further you might want to take Public Comment. On Public Comment no items proposed for continuance. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Commissioners that place us under consideration of the definite minutes for july 16, 2015 i have i have no speaker cards. Okay. Any Public Comment on draft minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed commissioner moore we received an email regarding is an omission on the minutes i didnt receive a copy of draft minutes myself and no notification i hope other commissioners Pay Attention to the email and just want to bring it to our attention. We checked that theyre on is july 2nd and 16
Mr. Thornberry mentioned about ack which situation reform and making sure the system works better. I thank the chairman who has taken the lead on this issue. I think we have made significant improvements while acknowledging that we still have a long way to go to get the efficiency out of the pentagon budget. I think this bill does a great job supporting the troops and their families. Its basically the case we recruit a Service Member but you retain the family, and that means you have to provide for them. We support the 2. 5 pay raise in this bill and support the troops and their families in many different ways. This is a very good product. I also want to say, and i want to thank representative langevin on this issue. This bill states that Climate Change is a National Security threat. We make that the policy of the United States congress to acknowledge Climate Change and the impact that its going to have on our National Security. And representative langevin was tireless in making sure t