Mindboggling statistic, i know, n vietnam, proportionately speaking, more puerto 18, the declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the urther consideration of h. R. 2824. Will the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Duncan, kindly ake the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h. R. 2824, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a billtomend title 5 of the Social Security act to extend the maternal, infant, and literal childhood Home Visiting program. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 4 printed in ouse report 115331 offered by the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. Murphy, had been disposed f. Nfinished business pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 115331, by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pascrell, on which further
Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Im the director for the center for free markets and regulatory reform. The Heritage Foundation. I would ask for those of you in the audience to please make that last little check now of your cell phones, to make sure that they wont interrupt proceedings today. And we will get started right now. The event today is really designed to celebrate the special report called a Government Policies that hurt the poor and how to address them. The United States is a very compassionate country and we have an awful lot of government activities that affect poorer members of our population in one way or the other. We have welfare programs, welfare spending of one kind or another that adds up to well over a trillion dollars tuesdays. That can be in things like health care, direct income supporters of one kind or another. We are not here to talk about those policies today. We want to talk about another set of Government Policies. Those that are put in place offense fo
Good morning and welcome to the Heritage Foundation. I am the director of the center for free markets and regulatory reform. Here at the Heritage Foundation. I ask for you please, those in the audience to please make that last little check on your cell phone to make sure that they will not interrupt the proceedings today. And we will get started right now. The event today is really designed to celebrate the publication of a new heritage special report called Big Government policies that hurt the poor. And how to address them. United states is a very compassionate country and you have an awful lot of government activities that affect poor members of the population and in one way or another. We have welfare programs, welfare spending at one time or another that adds up to well over 1 trillion. That can be in things like healthcare, directing supports of one kind or another. We are not really here to talk about those policies today. We want to talk about another set of Government Policies
Positive solutions to save and strengthen and secure medicare, medicaid and social security. And i cant wait to have our new members on the Budget Committee sink their teeth into these wonderful issues that are so important to solve if were going to get our fiscal house in order and create an economy that will thrive and grow. Third, i think that we have on the conservative side, we have either ignored or put on the back burner come back in, everyone grab their seats. Well begin our next session. We are excited to have congressman jeff duncan talk about his xpand act and the broader topic of energy across the country. I know senator demint is particularly excited the South Carolinaen on stage. I think you all know that jeff duncan has been a consistent conservative voice since coming to washington in 2010. That really, really important year of 2010. That class was really huge because it was a tea party surge sent here to washington to reform washington. And well hear later this afterno
That increase highquality Educational Opportunities for every child. As chair of this caucus, ive had the opportunity to visit Charter Schools private schools and Online Learning Centers Across the country. One of the most impressive experiences i had was right here in washington, d. C. At basis Charter School. Basis teaches an elite advanced liberal arts curriculum utilizing latin, algebra and advanced science concepts in the fifth grade. The results of the school are off the charts. Theyre educating kids from every single zip code in the washington, d. C. Area. I participated in a question and answer session after these classes with the students, and they were smart talked a lot about hard work, extra hours after class and the challenges of their curriculum. They were proud of their opportunity. But their number one concern was how we could ensure that their friends, neighbors and relatives had the same kind of opportunity. Thats powerful. These kids recognized that the freedom to ch