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I want to mention a couple of upcoming events. On december 4th we have a news maker with Sheldon White house and on december 9th a headliners coffee and conversation with lonnie bunch. And i would like to present miss abrams with down of the most highly coveted items in washington d. C. A National Press club coffee mug. And finally, before your race, one of the things you were known for was writing romance novels. Is there another novel in the works . Oh im glad you asked. I technically still have to write the third novel in the trilogy that i stopped writing when i became democratic leader. Im going to get that one done, because i dont want to hear from my mom or sister again about this. Im working on a new legal thriller, and that should be coming out sometime in the near future. But its going to be under stacey abrams, because the other name is kind of known. Thank you for ....
Done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full morning, but we certainly welcome all the good comments. So senator cassidy. Madam chair, what a wonderful way to t ....
So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would like to proceed. We do have a full complement here this morning and a full house behind you. Hopefully the introductions do not consume our full morning, but we certainly welcome all the good comments. So senator cassidy. Madam chair, what a wonderful way to tell me to be brief. But its a privilege to represent my fellow ....
And haggling between grown men. Put bluntly, your elected officials are wasting time while the clock ticks. House Speaker John Boehner announced his plan b to let bushera tax cuts expire for earners making more than a Million Dollars a year. And he wants to replace automatic cuts in defense spending set to start early next year with unspecified cuts elsewhere. The speaker pulled his socalled plan b for lack of support from his own party because many republicans still beholden to Grover Norquist and that ridiculous pledge want no compromise at all. The debate between the two sides centers around a balanced approach to the budget. Republicans say president obama wants too much revenue. Thats taxes in normal speak. And not enough cuts. At some point we have to address the spending problem we have. We cant cut our wa ....
We are now live with Condoleezza Rice and former chancellor of new york city Public Schools. They will discuss americas Education System and its impact on security. It is part of a event hosted by the excellence in foundation for education. Right now we are listening to introductory remarks. The first africanamerican woman to hold that post. Shes a former National Security advisor under president george w. Bush. She is also the cofounder of the center for a new generation, which is an innovative afterschool enrichment program, and she is the coauthor of numerous books, including two bestsellers. She is an undergraduate degree from the university of denver, a masters from notre dame, and a phd from the university of denver. Mr. Klein and doctor rice are going t ....