Services Committee Members will have on today were joined by congressman Anthony Brown democrat from maryland also a retired colonel in u. S. Army reserve the ploy to iraq. I want to start with sears and a to the president s remarks yesterday aboutar the quote great out, that he achieved in syria. His remarks were remarkable in terms of sort of creating this phantom victory of accomplishment where its really anything but. I rarely agree with Mitch Mcconnell but i think here i will certainly adopt his characterization, which is this is been a great strategic mistake on the part of President Trump withdrawing troops, u. S. Troops, a small footprint from northern syria. And it leaves a lot of Unanswered Questions and increase risk for america, isis, the possible reemergence of isis. Isis. Yesterday we did note po hear mh about how were going to counter that. We didnt hear anything yesterday about what steps will be taken to prevent ethnic cleansing as turkey has promised to return press u
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Sea level rise and so the question came, how do we protect it . We put together a bond that went to the voters and in 2018 to say, we have risk, we have trouble, help us. The leadership behind me made that bond happen. With that bond, we began to work and advocate that same year, we amazingly got a new start from the army corp of engine and say said we will study this problem, well figure how to fix it and if we find federal interest well build with you to build the project and today we are celebrating the draft plan that has come out of that process. It involves 6 years of work, very deep analysis and investigation. This is not a easy problem to solve. But now you will see and it the public will see this work lead to key answers to the puzzle of how to protect this waterfront. The remarkable leaders behind me took very very very bold steps with persistent commitment to the long game and to addressing sadly what we must address, to make this day possible. We mark this milestone as a gr
Protect it . We put together a bond that went to the voters and in 2018 to say, we have risk, we have trouble, help us. The leadership behind me made that bond happen. With that bond, we began to work and advocate that same year, we amazingly got a new start from the army corp of engine and say said we will study this problem, well figure how to fix it and if we find federal interest well build with you to build the project and today we are celebrating the draft plan that has come out of that process. It involves 6 years of work, very deep analysis and investigation. This is not a easy problem to solve. But now you will see and it the public will see this work lead to key answers to the puzzle of how to protect this waterfront. The remarkable leaders behind me took very very very bold steps with persistent commitment to the long game and to addressing sadly what we must address, to make this day possible. We mark this milestone as a great achievement and i want to acknowledge the peopl
Successful road, and we are very proud to stand here with the army corp of engineers. The question we had in 2018 when the leadership actually right behind me came together was, how do we protect this waterfront . We have big areas of the city that the sea wall protects from flood, big public systems, regional systems like bart that has serious risk of flood from Sea Level Rise and so the question came, how do we protect it . We put together a bond that went to the voters and in 2018 to say, we have risk, we have trouble, help us. The leadership behind me made that bond happen. With that bond, we began to work and advocate that same year, we amazingly got a new start from the army corp of engine and say said we will study this problem, well figure how to fix it and if we find federal interest well build with you to build the project and today we are celebrating the draft plan that has come out of that process. It involves 6 years of work, very deep analysis and investigation. This is n