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Have made to washington, d. C. , over the years. The the doors that they have knocked on, the efforts that they have contributed are just are just considerable. And you start to name names. You start thinking about tara sweeney and the folks that have been there year in and year out. Those who have been supportive, either traveling back here or those who call, those who write. It really is it really is its gratifying, its heartwarming, and it is it is a its a reality that you can never say thank you for the efforts that you have made over the years. So to know that as you as you spoke as alask...

Senate on cspan2. Today the Senate Waiting for action from the house of representatives on shortterm Government Spending legislation. Current government funding expires friday night many the government will shut down without action by congress. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Answer us, eternal one, as we lift our hearts to you. Have mercy upon our lawmakers and hear their prayers. Remind them that you have set apart the godly for yourself, surrounding them with the sh...

Seriously considered. Senator mccain has already referenced them. One is i think we have to take a hard look at overhead. The army but not just the army but the military across the board, all of the services to include department of defense are very very Large Organization with a big bureaucracy with a significant overhead. A second is acquisition. As already previously mentioned, theres a considerable amount of cost and in many cases waste in the acquisition process. We need to get that under control. And the third and final piece that i think is worth taking a look at theres a wide variety o...

At the v. A. Have any accountability or any responsibility at all for this happening . If so, how much . Of course we do. As was laid out in the last hearing on the same subject just a few weeks ago, there are many reasons that we are where we are. I think we all share some of the response ability. We have a new program called the Choice Program. We have seven different ways of providing in the community. Im sorry. Did you want to interrupt . My time is limited. You have described with the layout of the land is. Is going to show you what accountability we half. Ok. Do you have any role in this...

Did you have a sense at all of whether the cabinet secretaries were speaking to the whole house in their briefing, or maybe just to the concerns of a crosssection of democrats who would be the ones to protect the white house . It was a classified discussion of a very important treaty. I dont see any other motives except to exploited in the way that would encourage us to vote for. Was there any part of the briefing that was contentious or disrespectful . One of your colleagues says john kerry was in respectful. I did not see that at all. All i can tell you is that if we pass this treaty, you ca...