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Start on an issue that all of us i think are coming together on, no matter what party were in, and thats whats been happening to our military families. On sunday, as noted by the senator from kansas a few moments ago, Sergeant Patrick hawkins from carlisle, pennsylvania, was killed in action in afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an i. E. D. He was moving to the aid of a wounded range whefers killed. Due to the shutdown, Sergeant Hawkins family cannot receive the death benefit freu provi...

When you go around, and this is a reality in delaware as well as rhode island. You ask about the state department. Its trillions of dollars a year when in fact its a very small fraction. Now theyre beginning thoint that no, this is about something more fundamental. This is about the basic social contract that people have worked all their lives, paid into Social Security, will get Social Security benefits. This is about the social contract that if youve worked, youve paid into the medicare system...

Republican offer before midnight. However, hes told if reid rejects, they could offer something else. Angie is in chesapeake, virginia. Chesapeake, virginia, yes, republican line. Hi, angie. Hi, thank you for having me on. Mmhmm. Caller i have to say a statement first. This is the most partisan administration in my in my im almost 50 years old. This is the most partisan ive ever seen a president be. We have allowed that to happen here in the United States. We have in the last i would say last ei...

Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the question on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. The question is on agreeinging to the speakers approval of the mrs. Christensen of the Virgin Islands for today, september 30, and tomorrow, october 1, and mr. Rush of illinois for today, september 30, through october 3. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the requests ...

Thank you for being here. Thank you to the men and women who serve our public. This is not only about the men and women who serve their country every day in the civilian work force and military, it is about the people we serve. We are their Public Servants. Lets be very clear about the shut down. Get three bytes of the apple in our constitutional system. You pass a bill or you defeated. You can challenge it in court. They lost that round out the Supreme Court. And then you can take it to the bal...

Avenue. It is the position he will take until the republicans do the right thing, right . Why not just open the government at funding levels that they were very content with and that demands ofesents the the president. That is our position. What about the decision of the Security Council will that anyway affect the push by the administration to raise americas profile in asia . The cancellation is another consequence of the house force aansdecisions to shutdown of the government, and it is comple...

This esenable work should continue as we wait for the president to join in a conversation to resolve our differences. I urge my colleagues to support this bill to ensure that the f. D. A. Has resources to get the job done. Lets stand together in support of food safety and drug approval. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california. I yield two minutes to the member of the wales committee, mr. Levin. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized...

President say today what would you have liked to have heard the president say . My biggest concern with the Edward Snowden thing, which he notissed i saying it was it right disclosures and wanted to acknowledge that Edward Snowden tried internally to blow the whistle and remind his peers about weaknesses administratives structure. That is one of the main reasons that he did what he did. He needed an outside perspective. To be honest i do not think our has done structure this very well. Theyd nee...

Today is the recall of disproportionate share funds to Public Hospitals who take care of uninsured and underinsured individuals. Mr. Kingston if i could, i want to ask you a question , on page four a little bit on the end of page 3, but the authority under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer nonpersonnel related administrative expenses. It seems pretty straightforward. My understanding is within the budget for the...

Of changes to the controversial programs. But a president ial Advisory Panel did not call for them to w you the most important once. First of all, ending of storage of telephone records, metadata that is kept millions upon millions of phone calls. Next, new limits on what data government can demand from private companies. We saw this when hezbollah of companies came to meet with president obama. Theyre worried about the trust of their companies and theyre worried about their businesses. This is ...