Later, jeff mauer will discuss world oil and gas prices. Washington journal is live each morning at 7 00 eastern. We also take your phone calls Facebook Comments come and tweets. At the same time Hillary Clinton was speaking at the center for American Progress this morning, ted cruz announced he is running for president. He made the announcement of Liberty University in lynchburg virginia. [applause] sen. Cruz thank you so much president falwell. God bless Liberty University. [laughter] [applause] sen. Cruz i am thrilled to join you today. At the Largest Christian University in the world. [applause] today, i want to talk with you about the promise of america. Imagine your parents when they were children. Imagine a little girl growing up in wilmington, delaware. [applause] during world war ii, the daughter of irish and Italian Catholic families, working class. Her goal ran numbers her uncle ran numbers in wilmington. She grew up with dozens of cousins the kaiser mom was the second young
And so we require there to be mandatory ethics training on that acquisitionrelated interaction so its clear what you can and cannot do. Secondly on Acquisition Strategy, we require every Program Start out with an Acquisition Strategy. It has to be done in writing and upfront and dated as needed. This strategy would consolidate at least six different requirements into that upfront strategy and has to include what is the most appropriate type of contract for this particular acquisition. This is another area where one size clearly does not fit all. It has to consider whether multiyear is appropriate and include Risk Mitigation strategies just like commandants have to have war plans, and we need to have it for our plan. And it has to consider incentives. So, for example, one of the things we want to consider is shared savings on Service Contracts, which are not currently allowed. And the third area, we want to simplify the chain of command tore acquisition decisions. So a number of require
It with your wisdom and truth. Give them a spirit of enthusiasm and joy in their worthy efforts, and may they find fulfillment in their service. As they seek to advance the common good guide them in making right decisions, and carrying them out with true justice helping them to be particularly attentive to the needs of those who cannot fend for themselves or who struggle with little hope. May the work of this house help advance a Peaceful Society in our nation and foster unity in mutual good will so that in all things you may be glorified. We ask all this in your most holy name, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair thanks the guest chaplain from belmont abby from belmont, North Carolina. 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 North Carolina, mr. Pittinger. Mr. Pittinger i pledge allegiance to
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 each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Defazio, for five minutes. Mr. Defazio well, last week in an unprecedented new transparency, the Obama Administration sent up special traded a bass dore froman and lu about the Transpacific Partnership. If a member of congress wished to see that secret agreement they would have to go to a special secure room. Were not allowed to take notes and couldnt talk about it. At the same time its shared in real time with 500 multinational corporations dont h
And they cant figure out where to hard the smallpox vaccine. You have people jumping over the fence at the white house, our secret service is in disarray, the v. A. Cant figure out how to pay claims. Can we see what is happening . They are trying to do too much, they do very little well. They need to do things at the federal level that we cant do for ourselves. And give us the responsibility toll come up wlt solutions once they establish the goals. That will help us get to a balanced budget and help reenergize our state, community, and people. It was a pleasure working with you when i was in the house. And we worked on the commission that tried to cut 2 from the federal government budget and we failed. What i enjoyed about you then was that you were always a straight shooter. I want to give you an opportunity to be a straight shooter with us here this morning. Gov. Kaisich i dont know i like where this is going. I would like you to tell us what are your detractors saying about you, why