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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by aj fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine, and Historic Sites through its people. Pe more at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. B ppp supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at orlanellerfoundation. Orgfe Carnegie Corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engag ....
The committee will come back to order. I want to thank our witnesses for being here today, and i think we will move into the questions and answer period. Im going to reserve my question time and i will go to mr. Brady. You all recognized for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And a thank you for all of those who are here. Your testimony is very helpful. One, clearly america will pay its debt. That is made clear by republicans and democrats in congress. We always have, and i hope that those who choose to be melodramatic about it can say to gain political advantage, if you would please stop, that would be helpful. Secondly, there is absolutely no chance the president s request to have a permanent, unlimited debt ceiling will kerr. This is constitutional will poker. As we have seen in the past its also been a helpful tool not only on checks and balances but to enact spending reforms and restraints that can be helpful, although in my view have not been helpful as they have in the past. ....
Colonized in some ways is because of a bunch of old white end men in europe couldnt get it up. [laughter] so there you have sex, drugs and International Relations in a nutshell. [laughter] but i tell the story because what we consider drugs is important. And so when the mostly white males of european ancestry who drafted this 1961 International Convention got to exempt all of their favorite drugs, the ones they were partial to and got accustomed to; coffee, alcohol, tea, you know, all these things that they loved to do. But coca was manager that indigenous was something that Indigenous People used, indians. And it was those racist attitudes that made them say, you know, this is forbidden. This is terrible stuff. But, in fact, coca in its natural form is, actually, i think, a very beneficial plant an ....