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Impact on every Single Family in this country. It has an impact on my families that i represent and that is why i am so proud to stand here and support this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady from california is recognized. Mrs. Napolitano thank you, mr. Speaker. May i inquire the amount of time left on both sides . The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california has eight minutes. The gentleman from washington has 13 1 2 minutes. Mrs. Napolitano thank you, mr. Speaker. I would now yield four minute...

First got elected was the issue of the National Guard came up and i was on armed services. A lot of those guard folks were being deployed multiple times. And it was very, very difficult for their families. And a number of us recognized that what we needed to do is build facilities, upgrade facilities, get rid of those old facilities and replace them with Readiness Centers to train and equip our troops in the event that we had to send them overseas on a mission, which we id many, many times. But we needed to construct those facilities also for their families, for their spouses and for their chi...

What can drone users and the American People what is a realistic deadline for that integration . I would answer that right now we do have a level of integration. For public aircraft, they are flying every day. Nasa does research. We have Unmanned Aircraft. For civil applications, we are working closely with the faa to verify and validate these Key Technology barriers, the radio communications, the displays for the Ground Control stations to allow the faa to determine minimal operation standards. When can we expect the faa to propose some roles . The faa is working closely with our Administrati...

The key now is to get more employers to recognize the skills of our veterans. So michelle and jill biden through their joining forces program, have been able to recruit companies all across the country, major corporations like honeywell and smaller companies, to not just do job fairs, but make concrete commitments. We are going to hire a certain number of military spouses. And hundreds of thousands of folks have come through these programs. The challenge we have still got is that we have got to find ways for veterans to upgrade their skills through this process. And that is where things like a...

Its my great pleasure and honor to welcome all of you here. With respect to our guest of honor, ambassador rice i want to welcome her back to this premises. She is a former colleague of martin index and mine both here at the Brookings Institution and in government during the 1990s. And special welcome to her mom, how about that . Her mom has come out [applause] to hear her daughter speak on a very important subject. I have to say just a quick word on lois rice. Im quite sure 99 year history there has only been one motherdaughter team both senior fell lows. One in Foreign Policy and susan and l...