Host good morning. My name is mark krikorian, executive director of the center for immigration studies, and we have done a series of interviews with important players in the immigration issue, whether in congress or in the administration. This morning touching guest is senator cotton, the junior senator from arkansas. Senator cotton is a harvard law grad, served as an Army Infantry officer in iraq and afghanistan. Hes on several committees, banking, intelligence, Armed Services but we are going to talk about todays immigration. Hes been a leader on immigration issue even before the president kind of raise its raised its profile. I appreciate, senator, you coming in and giving us some time. He will have to bolt for a meeting on the hill, so we will cut this off at 815 a. M. My first question is that you are as i understand six , a generation arkansan. Arkansas has been attracting more immigrants than it used to, but it is clearly not a leading immigration state. What attracted you to ge
Congress can responsibly fund our government and uphold our commitments to American Families. Unless congress and the president act, the united 125 billion ce in devastating cuts that will hurt American Families and weaken our National Security. Thats why this Bipartisan Legislation, to avoid this fiscal cliff, is so critical. It thoroughly rejects the president s slashandburn Budget Proposal which would have pulled the rug out from under families and communities by decimating initiatives and services that make a real difference in peoples lives. Instead of reckless cuts, democrats were successful in securing the largest ever increase in base funding above sequestration levels. With these more reasonable budget caps, we can undertake an orderly appropriations process to invest in critical domestic priorities for the people. While this bipartisan deal represents a compromise, i am proud that it ends the senseless austerity of the budget control act once and for all. I urge support for t
Prior to the vote on the house floor. E minutes. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i rise. N support of h. R. 3877 for months, noise democrats have insisted on raising unworkable budget caps so congress can responsibly fund our government and uphold our commitments to American Families. Unless congress and the president act, the united 125 billion ce in devastating cuts that will hurt American Families and weaken our National Security. Thats why this Bipartisan Legislation, to avoid this fiscal cliff, is so critical. It thoroughly rejects the president s slashandburn Budget Proposal which would have pulled the rug out from under families and communities by decimating initiatives and services that make a real difference in peoples lives. Instead of reckless cuts, democrats were successful in securing the largest ever increase in base funding above sequestration levels. With these more reasonable budget caps, we can undertake an orderly appropriations process to invest in critical domestic priorit
Patterns, soil moisture, and potentially melting the polar ice caps. There was no legitimate debate over the science when i started in 2012, and there is no legitimate debate over the science today. Indeed the science has only strengthened. And with each passing year, as senator merkley said, we rely less on complicated climate models and on scientific forecasts, and unfortunately more on straightforward real time measurement of the changes. Today we observe with our own eyes what recently was predict predicted, glacial collapse and retreat, Sea Level Rise, arctic warming, and increasingly extreme weather. Another constant since 2012 is the fossil fuel industrys remorseless campaign. A, to block Climate Action and, b, to do this while hiding its hands behind front groups. I have delivered dozens of these speeches about the dozens of climate denial front groups. Indeed weve had whole groups of senators come to the floor to talk about the web of denial that the fossil fuel industry has c
Arkansas. Senator cotton is a harvard law grad, served as an Army Infantry officer in iraq and afghanistan. Hes on several committees, banking, intelligence, Armed Services but we are going to talk about todays immigration. Hes been a leader on immigration issue even before the president kind of raised its profile. I appreciate, senator, you coming in and giving us some time. He will have to bolt for a meeting on the hill, so we will cut this off at 8 15 a. M. My first question is that you are as i understand, a sixth generation arkansan. Arkansas has been attracting more immigrants than it used to, but it is clearly not a leading immigration state. What attracted you to get involved in this issue and become something of a thought leader and a debate leader . Sen. Cotton first off thanks for having me here. Thanks for the center for hosting this conversation and also the important work the center does on immigration. Immigration is a central issue for the United States, really for a lo