We have these two binding obligations. To make sure that when they go out there, they have the best equipment. We want to satisfy both all of the time. But were increasingly at the point where its muscling out those other parts of the budget. At an event, recently, undersecretary of defense for president obama. You know she talks about it through her own personal experience. The benefits there are important. And she says that concerns me far more. Im much more worried about having all the right equipment and all the things they need to accomplish the mission and survive and i am about a marginal decrease in the benefit. Thats not often what a congressman is going to hear because theres a huge amount of pressure. They dont want to have their benefits cut. Well leave it on that provocative note. Thank you for getting our conversations started today. My colleagues fpi s around to all of you for joining us. [ applause ] i believed in you. I believed in the power of millions of courageous c
I hereby appoint the honorable Cresent Hardy to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, 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 the list submitted by the majority and minority leaders for the 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 the debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Amidst the troubling picture coming out of the israeli elections, there was some good news from the middle east for a change. The Israeli Government announced that it would double the amount of water it sells to gaza from five million to 10 million cubic fe
She was very excited. My name is hellen and welcome to cleveland. We love this city, hard working city and hard working county. So thank you for coming. I have a twopart question. First, who is in your bracket . I wasnt that creative. I think kentucky is going to take it. But you know i had the one in i havent won since my first year in office. Clearly im not spending as much time watching College Basketball as i once did. So i wasnt necessarily wouldnt necessarily take my bracket and copy it. Although i expect im not the only person picking kentucky. I have, too. The second part of my question is since youve been in office, what has surprised you the most . Thats an interesting question. Whats surprised me the most. Ill start by saying what has not surprised me. Im not surprised by that desensey and determination and grit and resilience and hard work of the American People and the fact that they are not as divided as washington would seem to reflect. Because i travel around the countr
The Police Commissioner said he will not resign in spite of calls for him to do so. And the mayor of that city said results of an investigation will be turned over next week. Now, prosecutors will decide whether charges will be filed against any of the six officers who have been suspended. I still want to know why none ever the officers called for immediate medical assistance despite mr. Grays apparent pleas. Those officers have been suspended with pay. Thousands of people expected in baltimore tomorrow for a rally and march to city hall. Freddie grays funeral will be held on monday. We all bleed when we lose an american life. Those are president obamas words today to the men and women who spend their days trying to prevent the next terror attack. The president s remarks come one day after he exposed that a drone strike killed an american hostage. Those remarks come as we learn that al qaeda also plotted an attack on the vatican. Steve handelsman on capitol hill with the latest. Steve
Saying what she saw inside the house, inside the family. We have more on all of it in just a moment. Now to the largest Public Health crisis in the modern era of the United States. Tonight our country continues to lead the world in coronavirus. We represent 4 of the global population. We have 25 of the coronavirus on the planet. In the last 24 hours, this country saw another 73,169 confirmed cases. Thats another singleday record if youre counting. Along with the escalating rate of infection, in about 40 of our 50 states, the number of people hospitalized now rising. Covid tracking project says its now over 56,000, 56,000 people in hospitals just about six months after our first ever hospitalization. That said, the greatest Public Health crisis as we say in the modern era was again today not the lead topic at the white house. The president did stand between two trucks today for an event about deregulating american industry. And again today he tried to convince the country how great thin