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Lord, infuse our senators with a spirit of humility. Enabling them to refuse to become legends in their own minds. May they ultimate v8 they cultivate esteem for others, seeking opportunities to practice the golden rule due unto others as you would have them do unto you. As they work to find common ground, give them your wisdom and peace. We pray in your strong name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag o...

North korea continues down today poses a direct threat to the United States and our allies, particularly south korea and japan. We must go further and take action to punish the north korean regime and those who aid and abet in its provocative actions. The legislation before us today would significantly enhance our ability to curb the north Korean Nuclear program. The bill requires the president to sanction anyone who knowingly supports the north korean regime, whether by if you are furnishing ma...

This needs to be a comprehensive, ongoing, sustained effort. We have to stand strong against our adversaries and stand strong with our allies, and we have to do it consistently and we have to do it over time, and we have to be steadfast. Thats the type of Foreign Policy that can be effective. Thats the type of Foreign Policy we need to undertake. Thats what were trying to accomplish with this legislation, and i commend the sponsors of this legislation who are here on the floor today. I hope furt...

[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] health and Human Services kateri Sylvia Burwell on capitol hill tomorrow morning to brief lawmakers on the president s 2017 budget requests. Well take it to the Senate Finance committee herein live at 10 00 a. M. Live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan three. The reality is the best president s, the greatest president s have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and to surround themselves with ...

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Missile threat from north korea. There is no Silver Bullet solution but it is clear that Congress Must play a proactive role in providing more robust tools to the executive branch to confront this threat. There has been a lot of attention on north korea in the weeks following north koreas fourth test. But senator corker and men gardner worked on this issue before it got this far. They came together with a robust piece of legislation. I want to thank you for your leadership. You are new to the co...

Has almost eight times more sanctions with then we have a regime that does possess a Nuclear Weapon we have more work to do there is a great step the also the United Nations disappointment. I think it is good you bring up the fact when we begin putting the sanctions in place there was a lot of push back for these to work properly to make the biggest difference of outcomes and when we began the process it was unilateral and well we stress on the front end aware that originated to put in place eff...

We will have votes in a couple hours. We want to make sure we move quickly through this. Before i start, i want to acknowledge that our good friend and Ranking Member of the committee, frank palone is not with us because his father died. We keep his family in our prayers. I did not personally know his father, i know he raised a good son. So we thank him for that. We will continue on from there. Next, joined today also with my colleague who is wearing Denver Broncos orange. Congratulations for a ...

Next, a Senate Hearing on u. S. Preparedness for biological threats. Then Gina Mccarthy talks about the clean water act and the clean power plan. After that, new mexico governor sus Susanna Martinez gives her state of the state address. Now a house hearing on the nations preparedness for biological threats. It comes following the release of recommendations from a special panel on biodefense. This is just over two hours. Good morning. We will begin this hearing. We will have votes in a couple hou...

You indicate, attempting to quantify the benefits of safety and soundness regulation is very difficult. Mr. Brown who would have wanted this to take longer . Ms. Yellen you indicated that those who are regulated mr. Brown dont say what i indicated but who in this town, who in this country wanted this to take long her ms. Yellen we know banking organizations are concerned with regulations and the burdens they impose. Mr. Brown let me shift to another question, i think senator shelby will be back ...