Further to that point of order, two words. Well done. Back in the u. S. , Mcdill Air Force base in tampa, florida, President Trump made his first visit to a u. S. Military command, visiting the heads of Central Command and the special Operations Command and speaking and having lunch with soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, heres part of his comments earlier today. Ladies and gentlemen, introduce the president of the United States, commander, United StatesCentral Command, general joseph votel. Please, please, sit down, theres actually somebody more important than the sent come commander here today. This is a than the centcom commander here today. The commands here at macdill have been extraordinarily busy over the last 15plus years. Those in favor say aye been responding to crises on almost a daily basis in the most volatile and important regions of the world. Our mission is to protect americas interest and keep its citizens safe and the outstanding men and women, military, civilian, and contractors, have done and continue to do extraordinary work on behalf of our nation and in support of our partners and allies. We are very, very proud of all of you and of course of our families. As some of you may know, today is president Ronald Reagans birthday. He was born february 6, 1911. In his words, and i quote, we americans dont want war, and we dont start fights. We dont maintain a Strong Military force to conquer or coerce others. The purpose of our military is simple and straightforward. We want to prevent war by deterring others from the aggression that causes war. If our efforts are successful, we will have peace and never be forced into battle. There will never be a need to fire a single shot. Ladies and gentlemen, that remain ours focus today and we are enormously grateful for the strong support we received from our national leadership, starting right at the very top with our commander in chief. We are incredibly fortunate to have him here with us today. President donald trump has been in office for just over two weeks, 18 days, to be exact he wanted one of his very first trips to be here to Macdill Air Force base to visit the commands and spend time with our men and women in uniform. I cannot overstate this, this is a very big deal and a real testament to how important you are to him. He holds our military in the highest regard, and we are enormously grateful for the president and the first lady and the entire first familys strong support for our troops serving around the world and their families. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a very loud and warm reception for the 45th president of the United States, and our commander in chief, president donald j. Trump. [applause] President Trump thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Its so nice, a lot of spirit. Great spirit for this country. Thank you all. We have tremendous spirit and i want to thank you. We had a wonderful election, didnt we . And i saw those numbers and you like me and i like you. Im honored to be here today among so many of our really and truly great heroes. I want to begin by thanking general votel and general thomas for their distinguished leadership and service on behalf of our country, very, very outstanding people. Id also like to thank general dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Thats big stuff when you have the chairman. Where is joe, stand up for a minute. This is one of the great people. [applause] thank you. Also, commander vogel and everyone serving at Macdill Air Force base, quite a place. Were going to be loading it up with beautiful new planes and beautiful new equipment, youve been lacking a little equipment, were going to load it up, youre going to get a lot of equipment. [applause] so important also, let me thank the Coalition Partners and their representatives assembled here today. We proudly, very proudly, stand with you and we will be fighting for your security, theyre fighting for our security and freedom. Let me recognize our great governor and very good friend of mine and somebody who endorsed me that makes him a better friend of mine, if they dont endorse, believe me if youre ever in this position, its never quite the same, ok. You can talk but it never means the same. But this man is a great, great governor and has done a fantastic job, rick scott, governor, stand up please. [applause] thank you, rick. Finally, on behalf of the entire nation, let me express our gratitude to all members, and i mean all members, of our military serving in the United StatesCentral Command and the United States special Operations Command. We salute the army, marine corps, navy, air force, coast guard, along with our civilian defense personnel who are so important to the success of what were doing. Let me also recognize the military families and spouses who bravely shoulder the burdens of war. I want every military family in this country to know that our administration is at your service. We stand with you 100 . We will protect those who protect us and we will never, ever let you down. As your president , i have no higher duty than to protect the american people. Highest duty we have. I said it the other night. Great, Great Supreme Court nominee you all saw that. I said to myself, perhaps the only thing more important to me definitely is the defense of our nation. Supreme court so important but we have to defend our nation. And we will do that, believe me. [applause] we will do that. And each and every one of you are central to that mission. The men and women serving in centcom and socom have poured out their hearts and souls for this country. Theyve really experienced things that very few people get to experience. Youve shed your blood across the continents and the oceans. Youve engaged the enemy on distant battlefields. Toiled in the burning heat and bitter cold and sacrificed everything so that we can remain safe and strong and free. Our administration will always honor our sacred bond to those who serve and we will never, ever forget you, believe me, we will never, ever forget you. We will ensure that the men and women of our military have the tools, equipment, resources training, and supplies you need to get the job done. Youve seen me say, weve been depleted, our navy is at a point almost as low as world war i, thats a long time ago. Thats a long time ago. Not going to happen anymore, folks. Its not going to happen anymore. Not with me. But we will ensure no taxpayer dollars are wasted. I have already saved more than 700 million when i got involved in the negotiation on the f35. You know about that. And i want to thank Lockheed Martin and i want to thank boeing and i want to thang all the companies that have really opened up and when icy opened up, rick when i say opened up, rick scott understands this, opened up and cut their prices because thats what they did. Weve got that program thats going to be back in really great shape from really being very troubled. And we are going to be taking care of our great veterans. We will make a historic Financial Investment in the armed forces of the United States and show the entire world that america stands with those freedom. In defense of we have your back every hour, every day, now and always. That also means getting our allies to pay their fair share. Been a very unfair been very unfair to us. We strongly support nato. We only ask that all of the nato members make their full and proper financial contributions to the Nato Alliance which many of them have not been doing. Many of them have not been even close. And they have to do that. Central command and central Operations Command are at the very center of our fight against radical islamic terrorism. America stands in awe of your courage. Those serving at centcom have bravely fought across the theater of war in the middle east and bravely battled a vicious enemy that has no respect for human life. Today, we express our gatt tude to everyone serving overseas, including all of our military personnel in afghanistan. Socom has dispatched its legendary warriors to the most secret, sensitive, and darings missions in defense of the United States of america. No enemy stands a chance against not even a orces, chance. They dont have a chance. And thats the way were going to keep it. And youre going to be better off because youre going to have the finest equipment known to man. Going to be better off. The proof that our nation has been blessed by god for proof that our nation has been blessed by god look no further than the men and women of the United States military, they are the greatest fighters, the greatest force of justice on the face of the earth. And that the world known. The challenges facing our nation, nevertheless, are very large, very, very large. Were up against an enemy that celebrates death and totally worships destruction. Youve seen that. Isis is on a campaign of genocide, committing atrocities across across the world. Radical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland as they did on 9 11, as hey did from boston to orlando to San Bernardino and all across europe. Youve seen what happened in paris and nice and all over europe its happening. Its got ton a point where its not even being reported. And in many cases the very, very Dishonest Press doesnt want to report it. They have their reasons and you understand that. So today we deliver a message in one very unified voice to these forces of death and destruction, america and its allies will defeat you. We will defeat them. We will defeat radical islamic terrorism and we will not allow it to take root in our country. Not going to allow it. Weve been seeing whats been going on over the last few tais. We need strong programs. So that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. Not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. Cheers and applause] thank you. Freedom. Security and justice freedom, security, and justice will prevail. In his first state of the union message, president George Washington wrote that, to be prepared for war is one of the most effectule means of preserving effectual means of preserving peace. Almost 200 years later as the general was also speaking about ronald reagan, he said that wisdom comes in three very, very strong words. Peace through strength. Ive said it many times during the campaign, speaking in front of tens of thousands of people at one sitting and id always mention, america first. A phrase that you probably never heard, make America Great again. Anybody ever heard that. [cheers and applause] and peace through strength. The men and women of the United States military prvide the strength to bring peace to our troubled, troubled times. We stand behind you, we support your mission, we love our country, we are loyal to our people, we respect our flag, we celebrate our traditions, we honor our heroes. You are our heroes. And we are prepared to fight and we pray for peace. Thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. Thank you very much. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Hank you, general. On the president s comments in that speech on terror attacks and the press, quote, the very, very Dishonest Press doesnt want to report it, end quote, cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto tweets this statement is false and in making it, trump cites attacks in boston, orlando, paris, and nice cnn covered walltowall with enormous resources. Mean why, the president s cabinet nominees are the focus of the senate this week. Thats senator stabenow sneeng senate floor about betsy devos. Final vote on her nomination is expected on tuesday. We expect a quorroum vote at 6 00 p. M. Eastern for the path ahead on the nomination. You can follow that on cspan2. Live coverage now on cspan2. The house is in today, members on both sides of the house and senate are talking about the nomination of betsy devos. Maxine waters, quote, i want her to be denied confirmation, a weet from daniella diaz. Maxine waters earlier today held a News Conference with nancy pelosi looking at the order, the executive order, issued by President Trump rolling back some of the doddfrank financial law. Well show you as much of this News Conference as we can until the house gavels in at about 4 45 eastern. Ms. Pelosi good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here on this monday morning. I am honored to be here with our Ranking Member of the National Services committee, maxine waters, another member of the committee, mr. Brad sherman from california, and congressman gonzales from texas, a new me