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The speaker good morning. Our government has no higher responsibility than to support our men and women who are in harms way. For months now we have been working to get our military the resources it needs to keep the peace. This budget agreement delivers on that commitment. It fully funds our National Defense at levels that secretary mattis has requested. It provides what the pentagon needs to restore our militarys edge for years to come. As secretary mattis said yesterday, i quote, congressional action will ensure our military can defend our way of life. That mission is hard enough, especiall...

Whole bunch of statistics, you hear me do this every week, this is a statistic that gets to me. In 2017 we lost 80 Service Members in accidents and training incidents, nearly four times more than we lost in combat. In 2017, we lost 80 Service Members in accidents and training incidents, four times as many people we lost in combat. Think about that. With better training and equipment, many of these deaths could have been prevented. This is a sad and tragic state of affairs. And this is why we can never allow anyone to politicize our military or use our troops as bargaining chips. The stakes are...

Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is titled kwoek broken, can the senate save itself and the country. Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institu...

Institution. Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is titled kwoek can thed, broken senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he rever...

Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of oh you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an...