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Positive solutions to save and strengthen and secure medicare, medicaid and social security. And i cant wait to have our new members on the Budget Committee sink their teeth into these wonderful issues that are so important to solve if were going to get our fiscal house in order and create an economy that will thrive and grow. Third, i think that we have on the conservative side, we have either ignored or put on the back burner come back in, everyone grab their seats. Well begin our next session. We are excited to have congressman jeff duncan talk about his xpand act and the broader topic of e...

Feelings about the loss of dean carol lancaster. Carol was a great colleague over the last years. I traveled with her, worked with her, and when i was secretary, we looked for and created a lot of partnerships with the school of Foreign Service and so my thoughts and prayers are with carols family and friends and the entire university community. She would really love to have been here because she would have heartily approved of this gathering, and she was instrumental in the creation of the first ever anywhere in the world Georgetown Institute for women, peace, and security. So for me this is ...

That increase highquality Educational Opportunities for every child. As chair of this caucus, ive had the opportunity to visit Charter Schools private schools and Online Learning Centers Across the country. One of the most impressive experiences i had was right here in washington, d. C. At basis Charter School. Basis teaches an elite advanced liberal arts curriculum utilizing latin, algebra and advanced science concepts in the fifth grade. The results of the school are off the charts. Theyre educating kids from every single zip code in the washington, d. C. Area. I participated in a question a...

Enemies than what we already have, and we want to bring many of them over to our side. So we have to be careful, i think, how we approach that. And you all know this better than i do but i think we need to learn more about other countries and other peoples and other cultures. My favorite example of that, i was privileged to be a joint chief of staff. And every year admiral lyons and the rest of us would order us to go down and steam around haiti. And every year we would go down and steam around circles in haiti and every year some Phi Beta Kappa on the joint chiefs of staff would announce were...

As we stop putting our heads in the hand and think we are above everyone else it is shameful we have not done that. What will come behind that are reforms that will make a profound difference. Finally, what we have to do is demand from our elected leaders that they not simply be tough on crime, but they be smart, that they care about Public Safety and what we included Public Safety. Things like the health of our poorest and the quality of education and the opportunity for people to be safe and secure in the neighborhoods and communities. We have to ask the questions. Sometimes it does not take...