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Weather appears to be the new norm. Events like superstorm saturday which came to my shores and our shears in the mid atlantic a year or so ago, recent wildfires in ore parts of the country other parts of the country, dangerous tornadoes, historic droughts. They may well be just the tip of the iceberg of whats to come. And even today the east coast is preparing for yet another snowstorm while the west coast is experiencing a historic drought. And increased fire danger with no end in sight. I have a friend of mine who is from australia, and he tells me theyve had the hottest weather in their hi...

May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost. Fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done and not seek to rest. And labor without seeking any reward other than knowing that you are doing they are doing your will and serving the people of this great nation. Bless them, o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceed...

This morning, we are asking you what you think about that 1 trillion budget spending plan. Give us a call. The numbers are on the screen. Also contact us through twitter, facebook, or email. If you havent had a chance to read that 1600 budget 1600 page budget, we will do our best to break it down for you over the next two hours ahead of the action on the house floor expected on that bill. Here is the front page of the Washington Times membersculation about of congress and what happens today and a few others with the spending bill. If you want to talk about what is specifically in that bill, tu...

The work opportunity tax credit expired. Why not extend that, not only to those groups who qualify now but also to people who have been unemployed for a long time, to encourage employers to take a advance on them, to bring them into the back into the work force where they want to be. We could also include other provisions. For example, i have a bipartisan bill with senator donnelly and senator manchin and members on my side of the aisle that would fix the definition of fulltime work under obamacare so that it would be 40 hours a week and not 30 hours a week. We would go back to the standard de...

Proactively preparing for potential disasters and readily responding to a situation as it occurs. Across the department, from fema, to mppd to science and technology, we work with a wide array of government, private and nonprofit faithbased organizations to build and foster resilience. Not as a concept, but as an applied reality. Fema is leading implementation of the National Preparedness system. My colleague here today will discuss our Critical Infrastructure, security and resilience programs, and in my office, the office of policy, we coordinate resilience initiatives and policy across the d...