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And that also and this is very important and this gets back to the earlier discussion of sequester if its in the base budget, it is the base upon which we build our future budgets, and we need stability. We need a horizon so that we know what our budget is going to be not only this year but in years to come. Otherwise, we cant spend it efficiently, and we cant spend it strategically. We need that kind of horizon and sequester is what robs us of that, and thats why its bad in a manage yearal sens...

Deeper impact because you have to get the money where you have to get it. You cant shed it quickliness. You cant shed excess infrastructure quickly enough. You cant terminate contracts because of the penalties involved. Even if youre taking more than you should out of readiness. I think readiness suffers more than you think. Thank you. Mr. Secretary, i share in the terms of my colleagues and the other o if i believes in the detriments of sequestration. But im also skbresed in efficient ways. Spe...

Military level over there and things at the political level, both of which are change inging. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And general dempsey, i join my colleagues in sending warm wishes your way and thank you you for your more years of serving o our great nation. Mr. Mccord, i would like to chat about the budget thats upcoming. The House Budget Committee chairman proposed boosting the Defense Budget with an increase of allocation. Is an oko dollar just as useful as a base budg...

All our states are hit by the slew of proposed epa rules aimed squarely at the fossil fuel industry and folks that work in that industry. I would like to highlight a letter from the governor of wyoming to the epa administrator on april 28th i ask that letter be entered into the record, madam chairman. In this letter the governor highlights a study by the center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at university of wyoming entitled impact of the coal economy on wyoming published february of thi...

Been given one year, thats a very real problem. But there are real costs being expended by the states and also i believe this administration is not interested whether the rule is finalized so long as the marketplace moves away from them. If coal fired power plants have to be retired quicker than baseline, then theyre going to accomplish the goal, even if this regulation never is upheld in courts. Thank you i want to follow up on this. Ill wait until the second round. Senator markey. Thank you ma...

Goes to her doctor, who orders a lung ct scan and a new blood test developed through research supported by the Precision Medicine initiative to look for dna and other biomarkers circulating in her blood. The ct scan detects a tiny spot that could be inflammation from bronchitis or cancer not clear, but the biomarker test clinches the diagnosis, revealing a genetic mutation that occurs only in patients with cancer. In 2015, today her prognosis from this cancer would be pretty grim. But in 2018 th...

Administrations budget request and a number of other of other issues that are before us. I would say one of the Key Takeaways the last few months has been the growing number of threats to our technological superiority. We have had classified and unclassified sessions on that and to me, it is one of the key challenges that we chase that we face. As i mentioned secretary, i was perusing my bookshelf, and i came upon a very brilliant edition called keeping the edge, looking towards the future and t...

Secretary, section 123 of the Atomic Energy act requires all significant agreements must he be approved by both houses of congress. Last year, Congress Approved two such agreements. One with south korea and one with great britain, our allies. In this case, what we are dealing with is the leading sponsor of terrorism. The position of this administration is that should not be subject to approval by the u. S. Congress. I dont quite understand that distinction. Can you explain that to me . Mr. Blink...

We will never stop working to make sure that jews boys have somewhere to go. He will never stop working to make sure that israel has in edge, and whomever the next president is, it will be the same. Because the American People are committed, the American People understand. So i say happy birthday, israel. Happy independence day. May god bless you and may god bless and protect the United States of america. Thank you all very much. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015...

Celebrates its independence, we give thanks for what we have overcome and how far we have come. We also give thanks to the American People, to their representatives in congress, and president s from harry truman to barack obama, for all of the help you have given us along the way. [applause] ambassador dermer we give thanks for all america has done to make israel stronger, safer and more prosperous. For support that has enabled israel both to defend itself by itself against any threat and to for...