You to indianapolis the state of the state address before the general session of indianas assembly. Representative kathy richardson. Representative sheila klinker. And representative Melanie Wright [ applause ] speaker boswell president protem long. Senator lannan representatives members of the General Assembly distinguished 2k3we69s, my fellow hoosiers, tonight on the eve of our bicentennial year i stand before you as your governor, to proudly report that the state of our state has never been stronger. And if we keep faith with the character of our paem, theres nothing we cannot accomplish in our next century. [ applause ] indianas on a roll, and im not just talking about the colts, how about those colts . [ applause ] but seriously, indianas blessed. We have the best state legislature in america, and together weve made indiana the fiscal envy of the country we balanced budgets, funded priorities you can maintain strong reserves and still we were able to pass the largest state tax cut
David w. Jolly 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 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Berra bera for five minutes. Mr. Bera thank you, mr. Speaker. Today i rise to honor the memory of Sacramento County sheriff deputy danny oliver. Deputy oliver served the citizens of Sacramento County for 15 years when he paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty this past october. Later that day the sheriff investigative junior was shot by the sa
The first time i went to the kingdom, it was in a prior job. The first call i made was to fran to say, what can you give me for advice . I would echo what fran says. The key factor is, youre going to represent the president. Whether it is saudi arabia, which weve had a close, terrorism partnership, or, frankly, yemen, which ive been to more than anybody in the administration in the last year for sure. Very different environments, but the key point is, i have been sent as the president s emissary, and that is important to the president with whom im meeting in yemen are going to turkey are going and seeing the king of jordan. The same doors are open because i am going at the request of the president with a message from the president , with specific things to discuss on the president. And that is the key. Annemarie slaughter wrote one of the best covers. To be fair, i dont think she was thrilled with the title. Nonetheless, it sold a lot. She is a book deal and it is working well. Michele
Broadway musicals and can we see you on washington d. C. Stages . As to whether i will appear on stage, i know my wife is hoping very much not, that we will not be appearing on this stage. She was a performer in her earlier life, and she put up with me as we did annie and a piece from guys and dolls. There were some others. We did a great jazz song fever. [laughter] would you like to come up, lau ren . No. My love for musical theater came from lauren. She introduced me to the classics. It has been a great part of our time together and it was a gift that was given to me by my wife. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you, chairman adams. I have to say, thank you all for coming today. We are adjourned. Next, indiana governor gives his state of the state speech. Then, president obama and Steve Russell with the weekly addresses. After that, president ial nominee mitt romney speaks at the Republican National committee winter meeting. On newsmakers this weekend republican senator of north
Do it. When we go into these situations, were not thinking very much about what life is like when we come out of them. And now that were coming out of them, we are confronted with these very complicated questions about veterans, about their lives, how they get reengaged in civilian life. And those kind of questions need to be on our minds at the beginning as well as at the end. We are almost out of time. But before asking the last question, we have a couple of housekeeping matters to take care of. First of all, i would like to remind you about our upcoming luncheon. On january 27, chairman of the federal Energy Regulatory commission will speak about the challenges her agency faces to maintain the reliability of the nations electricity grid and reasonable prices for consumers. Next, i would like to present our guest with the Traditional National press club mug. And the last question, on a lighter note, you and your wife were known to have taken to the stage while you served as president