I noticed in your statement you said weve set up the joc in baghdad. Im glad we have. I just wonder why it wasnt set up sooner. You said, i think, six weeks ago it was set up. This thing has been going on for a while. Why didnt we work with the iraqis to try to thwart that . Im concerned about our friends in the kurdish region. Im concerned that theyre going to get surrounded. We didnt lose a single American Life in the kurdish region during the iraq war. Not a single american. Because theyre friendly. So i want to ask this about the kurdish region. Whats the administrations position on kurdish oil exports and what actions are we advising American Energy companies that might be operating with the krg to take . Our position on Energy Exports from iraq is very clear. We support getting as much oil out of iraq as possible and on to International Markets from north to south. We also support doing that in a way that reinforces the overall stability of all iraqi regions. We have an obligatio
The interruption. Thank you. Is your micrmicrophone . I was reminded to turn it on before i started, too. Good morning. Thank you chairman whitehouse and senator grassley and the members of the Judiciary Committee for holding this important hearing. My name is elvin daniel. I am a republican, i am an avid hu hunter, a gun owner and i enjoy using by guns for target practice with family and frie s friends. I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and nra i believe. I believe in common sense sensible gun laws. I am hear today to speak for my sister xena because she is not here to speak for herself. Xena loved life. All she wanted to do was be a mother to her two daughters. She loved disney world. Rick springfield. And helping other people. As a matter of fact her last moments in this spot she was begging her estranged husband to leave the people alone. She was a beautiful person full of goodness and some good will come out of her death. On october 21st, 2012 i received a phone call
Misdemeanors to the index and they have submitted 20 or fewer and a smaller number of states have submitted regards regarding restraining orders. 19 states have submitted dome Domestic Violence restraining orderers and of these nine states have submitted ten or fewer end of quote. I note that rhode island has submitted zero Domestic Violence misdemeanor arrest and also for hawaii, illinois 10, minnesota, 162. New york, 02 and vermont, 20. Iowa ranks near the tops of the state but i can confess we have do a better job in my state. 79 of the records submitted come from three small states. As the report says, quote, if all states submitted records of misdemeanor convictions at the average rate of these three states we can project there would be 2 million records and more than 40 times the number currently submitted end quote. This means that large numbers of prohibit person under the law can purchase a firearm because the instant background check fails to identify it as such. Our system i
Obviously its congresss constitutional prior if to rearrange priorities but in so doing please to not carve money out of our readiness account. Readiness is key, and ready to get those goals up. Please lift sequestration. Fees choices were troublesome, all on your hands. It will get worse and more difficult. This is a message that i wanted to repeat today. We need to get full Spectrum Readiness up. Now that i talk about todays readiness, let me shift to the future i also told, i think we will have greater reliance because obviously you know our numbers have been coming down. Right to leverage their reserve more. We have to maintain a technological edge. We have to be remaining ready with topnotch people. We need to become more agile. So what does all that means . It means a lot of things. We need to keep working diligently of our top three programs. The new fighter, the new tanker, the new bomber. In the general would give you some updates on the street. These and other technical inves
They are less protected than any other time. Ive offered legislation to close this loophole and require a period after the Domestic Abuser becomes subject to a temporary restraining order. During that period when a judge has found that someone possesses, someone poses a threat and issues a temporary restraining order, the subject of that order should be barred from purchasing or possessing a gun, and the Justice System should be helping the potential victim. Unfortunately and tragically and unacceptably, most victims are still at the mercy of their abusers rage despite the kind of courage that lori jackson demonstrated in breaking with an abusive spouse. Ive also introduced a measure, the gun homicide prevention act, to make sure that there are incentives and resources and grants available to states so that they will enforce these laws. These states are provided with grants under this legislation that encourages them to get illegal guns out of the hands of dangerous people and away fro