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Dealt with that advocates and legislators talk about ats major things . Well, basic reality was that a hundred years after the civil war and the war was unfulfilled and equality in the eyes of the law was not a reality in large parts of the country, and it was awkward for john kennedy even has the 6162 went on, there were commemorations of thissing act and anniversary of that, and when it came around, he was very stymied on what to do because he didnt want to do because he didnt want ignore it o...

Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley mr. President , i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley merkley thank you. ,mr. President. I wanted to make a few comments on what has transpired here on the floor of the senate. First, some enormously good work has been done with regard to addressing the disaster caused by hurricane sandy. I know in a number of states, unprecedented devastation has o...

Ms. Warren mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from massachusetts. Ms. Warren i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators the presiding officer the senate is in a quorum call. Ms. Warren i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Warren thank you. I ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding o...

Answer, but we have that big mission, how many contractors do we need to deliver that mission . We have got 6 million to 7. 5 is a large workforce of contractors who help run the federal government, or deliver the services for the federal government. The goods and so forth. We need them, we have to have them, nobody wants to change. We dont want to give up anything and we are satisfied with duplication and overlap in government. We are satisfied with the difficulties in hiring and operating our ...

So, yes, there may be some people who want to stop these changes or at least argue for them to happen somewhere else, perhaps away from their backyard. But let he tell you this let me tell you this, we have a plan for the long term, and we will stick to the task. Finally, everyone knows that we need a bigger and more prosperous private sector to generate wealth and to pay for the Public Services that we need. That means we need to support, reward and celebrate enterprise. That requires a fundame...

Honeybees are threatened by quality class disorder. A crisis created by humans, via pesticides, harmful bugs and Climate Change. Hungry people are the most socially vulnerable of humanity. We design ourd backyard because f our trust in the holy one. We are to renew the faith of the planet. Right now the planet is poor from climate pollution. There is a greek word for house or household. It is the root for the word ecology and economics. For christians of the ancient church, it is not limited to ...

Just with construction, with the numbers for 2013 . Um you can get back to me in writing. Yeah. Im going to let tom look this up for me. [laughter] all right. And how about veterans unemployment . Be do we know where that is . Yes. Okay. Um, okay. Gulf war era veterans had an Unemployment Rate of 7. 3 in december, and this is down from 10. 8 a year earlier. Uhhuh. In december of 2013, there were 2. 9 million gulf war era veterans, and they served anywhere in the world since september 2001. Okay....

Try to passntons healthcare reform, the complaint was that they had handed the law down on high, and they had ignored the prerogatives of congress, and so the approach this time was different. Framework, a bipartisan framework, largely because it had been built on the republicanrom the alternative to hillary care, and they thought that if the details were worked out, they would be able to do something in a bipartisan way than if it were a president handing things down from on high. Theink they u...

Of what is around the corner if they make the effort. You were positive on their intent. Youve taken us through Family Planning and the nuclear deal. We really appreciate the work that was done with the wilson center. We look forward to tomorrow as well. I think your parents will be very proud. Very proud. Thank you very much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] the white house says the president will announce next frid...

I have come to genuinely apologize to him. If he doesnt want a meeting, i dont know what he means what were the words . Premature and disruptive, i dont know how the meeting between two elected officials and the premature and disruptive. That is his choice. I will meet with other people in fort lee. [inaudible] i have no knowledge of that. We would consider that in the normal course of business. Certainly not something that i am prepared to talk about now. Can you explain why [inaudible] i think...