Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin
Statement, you outlined Real Progress thats been made within isil in terms of limiting their Financial Resources and the reality of inspired terrorist attacks that have global reach including here in the homeland as we have seen this week. What progress is being made in degrading isils ability to inspire terrorist acts through the digital or even traditional media and how have we learned how to measure that progress . We are trying to go up stream and find out who is responsible for spewing the information into the internet that inspires these individuals to carry these attacks. And working with our military partners, we are trying to make sure that the appropriate actions are taken in syria and iraq where a lot of this emanates from. In addition, we are trying to share as many information with Global Partners because its not just upstream activity but the downstream of this but it also gets to issue that we were talking earlier about which is what is the governments role as far as bei
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Everyones information there will not be endorsements from the panelists today one important thing i want to clear up because i think it is important for context of this discussion is that the impression you have in organizations in working on this because in washington d. C. People say on the 6 00 news on the sunday talk shows where is the compromise . Where are the people in the middle that can split the baby and come up with legislation . I think that youre going to hear loud and clear from us but is this about compromise or is this about working towards shared values of principled people on both the left and the rig right . All the reasonable people thought this was the way to respond to everything. Left right coalitions and criminal Justice Reform have been successful. Work because curved led so if they led the same fight it wouldnt work. Im not sure i trust everybody but on a right Left Coalition there is no compromise on principles. We are working to do the same thing perhaps for
I serve as vicechairman of the House Veterans Affairs committee. And i represent the people of floridas 12th congressional district. Today, on behalf of my constituents and behalf of all republicans, i would like to deliver a message directly to americas veterans, our true american heroes. America is what she is because of you. We are free because of you. You have borne the battle, and we have vowed to take care of you and yours. I only wish that your government always lived up to this promise. It has been nearly two years since va secretary Eric Shinseki resigned, amid a series of scandals. At the time, the president said, and i quote, the number one priority is making sure that problems get fixed. But problems have not been fixed, and its not clear whether its a priority for this administration. Despite receiving more funding, the va is still taking too long to process claims. Wait times are actually worse. Despite receiving more authority to clean up the bureaucracy, the va has held