Transcripts For CSPAN US House Of Representatives Special Orders 20160321

Time the North Koreans have issued or launched missiles for decades. The rogue nations of iran and north korea have been working together since the 1980s on missile development. In the 1990s, they started developing long range Ballistic Missiles. By 2008 they were giving North Koreans Sensitive Data from their own tests to improve north Korean Missile tests. North cree already had the ability to attack south korea and iran has the ability to attack israel. These longrange missiles are intended for the United States. The American People should understand the threat we face, we should be prepared. Our nation must sanction these belligerent powers and develop a robust Missile Defense system to protect our homeland and thats just the way it is. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition . Without objection, the jerusalem is recognized for the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise to address an issue of grave concern to my constituents, last weeks unprecedented closure of the entire metrorail system demonstrated metro ose ongoing safety failures. This week the federal Transit Authority launched its safety blitz of metro, focusing on the training and oversight of inspectors as well as the management of defect day tafment paul widenfeld, the new manager of of metro, released a report identifying many problems, including management problems and first and foremost he said, and i quote, the Safety Culture of metro is not integrated with operations nor well rooted at all levels. For example, he noted that and this has been noted already, there were red lights more red lights blown through in 2015 y our operators than in either 2013 or 2014. Clearly were going in the wrong direction and need to improve melt row so i look forward to working with my colleagues on this important measure to protect the Nations Capital metro system. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Last fall it was reported that sexual abuse of children by members of the Afghan Military has been rampant for years and in some instances u. S. Service members have been punished for attempting to stop such abuse. As our mission in afghanistan reaches 15 years, our troops shouldnt feel that our strategy undermined by Afghan Forces committing Human Rights Violations against innocent children. Along with 94 of my colleagues in the house and senate i requested a full inquiry into the u. S. Governments experience with allegations of sexual abuse of children by members of the after began security and police forces. Mr. Rooney this investigation has been launched by the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction who will evaluate the defense and state departments policies and procedures for ensuring u. S. Funds dont support human rights violators. Sexually harming innocent children should not be condoned in any part of the world and the children of afghanistan deserve the same protection as any of gods children. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair lays before the house the following requests. The clerk leave of absence for mr. Chaffetz of utah for today and the balance of the week, mr. Al green of texas for march 21 and 2 , ms. Jackson lee of texas for march 21 and march 22, mr. Jeffries of new york for today, ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson for today and tomorrow. The speaker pro tempore without objection the requests is granted. Requests are granted. For what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . I move that the house do now adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The motion is adopted. Accordingly the house stands was. Host for more than three years, theyve been and his wife have studying american cities. There is a tradition in america, writing about road trips, what you learn from it. What makes yours unique . The timing of it and the vehicle. We had been living in china and we heard all about the u. S. The other was a vehicle we chose. I have been a pilot of small propeller planes. It is a plane with a parachute. Hearing of towns that had an interesting economic story or interesting challenge and how they were able to recover from the word we have been going from city to city. Went more than 25 spent extended visits in more than 25 cities. Trip we have a map of your as part of the article in the atlantic. How did you choose your cities . We were looking for places that were not a big place that had d a challenge. Please tell us about your town and why we should go there. We got more than 1000 responses and about 700 where these full essays of why this specific town. Could spend several years were alive during these things, but we want to several places that seems to be in a moment of crisis. We went to some of the midwest states that were underrepresented so far. What town have you seen that is in the moment of crisis . The place that was in a news with San Bernardino, california. The town of redlands. We were able San Bernardino last year, which is profound political and economic shocks. The city council is paralyzed and they are technically bankrupted. Howe trying to figure out he did it a challenge to tout, young people were saying were tired of being the losers of america analyst california, will start improving your cities in this way. Some very interesting Business People, successful politically conservative Business People have got into the Public Schools which have a mean latino student base, admittedly white Business People saying we will reform the school so these kids can have a future different from the present. Host we are talking with James Fallows, a correspondent with the atlantic about his threeyear journey. , theu want to call in numbers are on the screen. I want to start about the signs you together that a town or city will succeed. There is a list of about 11 in the magazine. Guest often on cspan programs democratic,ublican, independent call in loans. Now you have regional call in lines. It is significant with National Politics is as devices as it has ever been in my lifetime. Things are getting done, in cities you do not find that. Here is a brief illustration. We spent a lifetime in greenville, South Carolina and burlington, vermont. That is where Bernie Sanders had been the nonchemical socialist nondemocratic socialist candidate. They were on the opposite ends politically, but you would think they were the same place. The City Government worked with the schools and businesses to get things done. This idea of National Politics being walled off from local events was one side. Another intangible that we recognized his people is that if people know the story of america, even if they disagree fromit, the opportunity around the world. Office, ohiorating is that we are big enough to offer anything, but we are small enough that you can get anything done. Was wesouth dakota story come from smaller cities around we have become part of big city life will help the hardships of chicago, l. A. , or whatever you one final one, the fresno, california area is least stylist city stylish city in california. I say that because they know i love them. They said we are tired of people looking down on us so we will have a tech center and an arson. And arts center. So when we first get to a city we had a set routine. We talked with the newspaper editors, the library with the Public School people, the mayor, and one of our early questions was tell us who makes this city go. Any city where you can tell things are going to have it, they would say it is following six people. Guy runs a foundation, the skys changing the school, and it did not matter who the answers were, but that there were answers. There were some cities where we ask the question and the person with it there for a while. That is a sign the city had deeper problems. Whether there were people that felt that the city of people coming in mattered to them. Host lets start with lydia, in woodstock, illinois. Caller i want to put illinois on the map. It deserved be there. First. Is rated i am sure chicago will be represented in your coming concern. I want to recommend the following book, corrupt illinois. Theust recently came out, subtitle is h h, cronyism and criminality. I recommended it last week to the council. At woodstock, just like a lot of ther small towns, we have of corruption. I would like to invite you to , where a manse from gds attended last week, and his program on st. Patricks day was pointing out that we have a lot of corruption. Our recommended the book to him to review on his program. You, as ake to invite red,ble gas, with all the perhaps you can come to and not only represent your article and your interest, but look to our city as a possible template for the process that you are now considering. Host you get a lot of recommendations. Frustration and have is we are not able to see 100 times more cities i enable to do. Were going to go through the midwest this summer. Point is that we know the City Government has been through history, often very corrupt. At this moment i think the effectiveness of City Government is relatively stronger the National Government. National government has disagreements that you discuss on your channel rescue these from happening. People cannot stand to be paralyzed that way because there is something we have to do. They can say there is this park thereeeds to be redone, is an infrastructure system that needs to be redone. The article is titled how america is putting itself back together by James Fallows. It is in this months issue of the atlantic. A threeyear journey by a single renewallane, revealing and held the second gilded age might end. Edward is in quincy, massachusetts. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Guest good morning. Go ahead with your comment or question. Nobel we found them Laureate School is, when we Laureate School visits, when we bring them to , itols all over the country inspires them. In life and achievement. Thank you. To communicate and coordinate and being in touch with you. Guest i think the ways to get in touch with us are on the. Ebsite for the atlantic we have seen things like that. Not quite as impressive of nobel laureates, but greenville, South Carolina, they are often in the news. Is a manufacturing center, and right in the center of town in a historically underserved startedhood, they have something called the agent Wittenberg Elementary School for engineers. Little gradeschool students who are learning engineering. Of the very accomplished engineers from the tea plant and others nearby comments talk with his kids. We have seen examples of the surrounding country. I would like to learn more. Host where do you go to learn about a town . If he what we would do spent two makes an attempt to do not know everything, but you know more than a day or two. Almost every place in u. S. Has a tiny airstrip, so we would lead to talk to people there. Initially there was a hotel in the center of town. The first calls would be our justified out our reliable sources of information. We started saying for the young people coming back into town . Who is somebody who has lost a child . A job . The marker he had not known to look for until we began this journey was the Ambitious Community college. We all know that Americas Research universities are the dominant impact the u. S. Has in the world but i think that the Community College its really on the way this stage of our economic history, where there is so much pressure on the middle. It is happening all around the world, and happening here too. Community colleges are the way people can get trained for higher wage jobs that actually exist now. In northern mississippi, in a place called the golden triangle, there is a place called east mississippi Community College which is training very poor local people, some of them with difficult backgrounds, for jobs in these highways industrial plants. , they alle them feel have problems, but they are part of the state and are going in the right direction. Host from twitter, if the politics could get out of it, we could heal in full together. Were speaking with James Fallows from the atlantic about his 54,000 mile trip and the u. S. Around learning about these talents. You can call in on our regional lines. Mary is in potomac, maryland. Good morning. Caller i am calling about america going into china and listing 400 Million People out of poverty. That means 400 Million People across the world have suffered the consequences. There is no difference in human rights. Even yesterday there were headlines that a columnist in china is missing. Bolster acontinue to regime that is so impressive so oppressive and continues to growth in inhibit hong kong . Host we are about this trip around the United States. How do these issues from around the world, how are they playing out . Guest i will give you a 32nd answer on china. For the past 30 years the trend in china has been dramatic economic improvement and until recently there has been some political improvement internally. If people look back 15 years ago they felt better. That has changed in the last for years. The question that all people observe in china is how serious is this change . There have been moving this movement in an opening direction. Now it is in a reverse direction. That is an issue. Lets go to our next caller. Good morning. Caller good morning. On the campaign trail, many candidates are talking about international trade. They are saying other countries are taking our things. But companies are not doing what theyre supposed to do, taking trade as they talk about their own side of what they want. They dont create jobs here, which the export of goods is supposed to do. Trade asthey do not abide by run those countries either. The governor of florida said he has low unemployment, but that is not true. Us are out of work and , 8, 9 years ofed people who are not employed because of the same thing. Incentive forets companies to come to florida. Guest the trends that she is discussing are important and real ones. This economy has become more polarized. Itself it has enriched by disproportionate amount to the top. Most americans do not realize that this is true in every single country of the world. This is a question i have put on china. This is a worldwide challenge of industrialization. The u. S. Has actually proven. Tself more resilient manufacturing but is starting up a lot of places, they have role of this movement of dispersed manufacturing. People are tempted to dismiss the best some boutique, small thing. But it has become an important source of jobs and entrepreneurial activity. I will mention one other fact. Called thegroup Kauffman Foundation that has proven over history than the of jobs in the country comes almost totally from new firms, firms that have just started rude walmart employees, and wanted people over time, they are hiring and laying off, it is new firms for the job growth. It is important that the u. S. Improve the conditions for a ownership and we have seen it happen around the country. Host are there wasted to improve the chances that they become the location of choice for these upandcoming companies . That is a good question. A lot of people were talking with us as they travel around is cutal lowbrow answer the taxes, have a race to the bottom of who is going to be the cheapest waste operate or have the environmental regulations relax. That seemed to be part of it but not the main part tha. Themain part is showing City Government can help you get things done, rather than not get things done. The schools will work with a plan to train all. The University Skin to Corporate Research programs. There is a very important point in this Election Year of the cities are attracting the most al qaeda copies that is comfortable for people to comment, whether it is investors from other countries, whether it is people of different races or backgrounds, feeling they are open, rather than closed societies. Host lets go to sinai, new york, a caller. Caller thank you. Has your study or research looked into the destructive patterns of industry and the money in politics on the environment . It seems we have had various industries, whether it is oil, breaking,pelines little to do coverage on the news, but these Destructive Forces on america, whether it is clean drinking water, you have a river in michigan that cannot even be pumped to the water system because it is so corrosive it leaches lead. 2010 year student camera winners were proponents of nuclear energy, and only nine months later we had three melted down Nuclear Reactors in japan. Thenderstanding is that quarry has escaped the site and they cannot get near it. Could cspan do some soulsearching, the grand Prize Winners of 2010 were proponents of nuclear power, saying how safe it was, redundancy of safeguards, that nothing of this could ever happen. It seems as though the regulation by our government has much sopromised, so that we have so much Nuclear Waste and theres no place to put it and is growing every day. I wondered, had those student so powerful,een what they have had grand prize winner . The possible task of containing, or keeping it out of the environment, because it is just a matter of time before our environment becomes so inundated with these byproducts and off gases from these plants that life will no longer exist on this planet. Know,for those who do not this is a way for students to engage in Public Policy issues. Thousands of submissions come in each year for our process by which we go through that and pick our winners. You can find more information on our website. The first book i wrote was about the struggle for Environmental Protection down in savannah, georgia. In the history of american development, the struggle between Corporate Power of one kind of another, and protecting common welfare has been a very important theme in our national see and the places where we it most often was in appalachia, where the aftermath of the coal and chemical era has affected that part of the world. Oregon,ral part of where they are trying to maintain International Environment and rebuild the economy, and the just the climate issues in general. I agree with your premise that this is part of what America Needs to be aware of to succeed and be bold. We are ahead of most asian countries, we are behind some european ones. Host one of the signs that his city will succeed, according to your study, is that people can pick out the local patriots. Fort walton beach, florida. Who are the local patriots in your community . Do you know who makes Fort Walton Beach run . Caller not really. I am relatively new here, and i am part of the process. Thank you for taking my question. Can america put itself back together . That presupposes that we have been together. I cannot think of a time except for Warwick Police have pulled together. Except for war winky bullhead when people have pulled together. I think i can speak for most of us we do not think america has ever been together. You read the article, which is available, for free on our website, you can see that i try to deal with the question of comparing this. It mean tohat does say the United States is going through a time of trouble now, and how does that compare with previous times . In a college like studied American History and i would to graduate school for economics. Im aware of the effect that if you know about American History, you do not believe in this golden age, because we had the original founding amerian ,mericans believing in slavery and we had fights over that through the articles. What we have right now is a combination of economic and political pressure. The economics is what it was in the late 1800s, with somewhat benefit of a new technological order going to people at the top. The other is a National Government which is more paralyzed and it usually has been in our history. Toally they have been able get things done, and that is not the case now. In the article i addressed the things beyond how we can find ways to put the different strains and components of america to use. One final short point, i spent a lot of my life living outside of the u. S. What i most appreciate about being in america being an american is that we are a nation of different peoples. We only become the truest version of ourselves when everybody feels that he or she has the chance to do whatever is the best potential they can realize. Age t proposing gold the golden age in this article, i am saying what can we do about strains . Steve, next caller, good morning. Caller good morning. I know this is slightly offtopic. Using thegued about general aviation platform in your travels. I am wondering if you can discuss unique perspective in that in any particular unique badies either good or among your travels. Guest thank you for the question i. General aviation are anything that are not the airlines. Lookedut 20 years i have flying around the country in a single ai engine airplane. Described in this article there is the view you get of the United States from low altitude flying that is absolutely unique. When you are in an airliner five or six miles up, you are too far away to see things. When youre down on the road rethink everything about america stores, and big box roads because that is where you can go in a car. When you can fly over the country at low altitude, you can see the roads are these little rivers going through territories that is mainly not reachable by road. You see the u. S. Is mainly forest on the eastern one third and farms in the middle one third and hazard and mountains on the western one third. There are lots of places you can reach by these little tiny airplanes that are so difficult to get to otherwise. Places in northern montana, central oregon, or very far down east main. E. Because we had so many unusual parts of america in the years we have been flying around, we wanted to use this as a vehicle to get to places that would be hard to otherwise, and to give people a sense of one more way of looking of their country looking at their country. Host orlando, florida, caller. Caller thank you for a fascinating topic. See if he haso read these books. One is called the new geography. It talks about how jobs are actually locating in different locations raised on a whole set of factors. If youre in a certain type of city youre going to see certain type of job. If youre in another type of city you will see a different type of job. Also, general aviation. Guy named alex maclean flies around and takes photographs from the air, and they are absolutely brilliant photographs. He did a series on detroit where these tractors met while he was flying above. I look forward to reading the article. Guest thank you very much. I am chagrined to say i have heard of but not immerse myself in the aerial photos. You can be sure when i leave today i will track that down. Of jobs, igraphy have with that, and there is a fascinating field of study of lots of other people saying why is work going to places it is . There are some things that are concentrating, we know the San Francisco area in its tech field, here in d. C. Of the governmental fields and all the rest. There is something we talk about in the article, which is a counter movement. Opposite of the big sort, where in duluth, minnesota, it has become an interesting center of aerospace technology, medical technology and outdoor Space Economic things in the fresno area of california they are making themselves and agricultural base in the technology field. We have had these interesting dispersions of regional smaller nodes. What is left out of this is the really small places, the city of a thousand people. World historye and technological history above but you can see a diverse ecology of where people go forward. That is what were trying to have people be aware of. It is not just go to the biggest city where you can have a job. Is dyingthe city fo for any reason, and people are trying to get out, do they look back or move on and not look back . Guest this is a question over the decades i have reported for the atlantic as i have got to pittsburgh and chicago and parts of detroit. People who cannot either move there are and start a workable which is a trauma in it self. Americans are immobile country but people are from someplace and like to have those feelings. Your contradictory realities of American Life are some cities can go down and then revise. Buffalo, new york is in the process of doing that, fresno, new york. Something in the place they want to be. Others are dislocated and always feel bad. They had to leave where they were from. This has also been a long story in our lives. Remember in college many years ago reading the study of the barrel making industry in upstate new york before the civil war. People were called coopers. War the industry changed and the people who have this concentration of skills had to go other places as there were not the same number of barrels anymore. Host lets go to cleveland, ohio, john is up next. Caller good morning. It is a pleasure to talk to you. Old, and i want to is somee, is there level of gentrification, moving into the innercity area, are you representing small areas, or big cities like pittsburgh . Of the manysm lineal people of the millennials people speaking . Also, do you think this will be a Lasting Development . Nothing is permanent. Im 81 years old, i know that. I am just wondering if it is idealism, or out of desperation , the wall divide street shenanigans. See someleasure to revival, but are they pockets only . The southwest has picked up steam, and the globalization is affected. But i see a certain amount of idealism in the younger crowd. Like questions that i would love to talk about for 10 hours. But i will give you the shorts answer i can. On the idealism and younger people, i think this is very much a factor. Something i had not appreciated until we traveled so much is how many cities across the country you have these downtown revivals where the still existing from 19thcentury downtown which is very lovely is being revived, and mainly younger people are moving down there. They like to work downtown, the like to live downtown. Vacancy artist districts and retail and residential. The same widespread development, much more than i had imagined. It is partly a sense of idealism, people caring about their communities. In your mid20s you have a longer time ahead of you that i do that you can make your town a certain way. Nothing is permanent, as you know, but i do think one message i had after living outside the united dates for most readers and viewers in the americas that the u. S. Is fundamentally better positioned than almost any other terms of our scale, our adaptability, our openness to tell it from around the world, resources, etc. Our only distinctive problem right now is our pearlized National Government. Our National Government is less functional than most other countries. Most other countries are in better shape. The u. S. Government is a multicentury story of adaptation which will continue. We will continue to discuss this cover story in this months atlantic magazine. If you are 7488000 in eastern or central time zones, it is 202 7488001 if youre in the mountain or pacific time zones. This fallows making around the journey country o. Whoer i speak as someone started in a trade union back in when 27 of america was union. You could invest in Social Security and invest in your Union Pension plan, and you could have peace of mind. That was the American Dream. Viewed and lived through the time of the dwindling of supportnd the lack of the donothing congress that has claimed that austerity is the way to prosperity and that tax cuts for the rex and a stagnant economy are good for america. In a sense, im going to read your article, i have not read your book will but i will. But in a sense, the American Dream is at risk. The constitutional dream. Thatng that i could say encapsulated in the better than this there are corporations that are leaving america. They invert. , these onesions american corporations are still using the market. They are collecting state, federal Social Security taxes from american citizens, and they are not american corporations. There should be a law against corporations collecting taxes from american citizens, and having that type of influence they have in washington. Guest these are serious and multiple points you bring up to deal with the last one, in case familiarrs are not with the term of corporate aversion, it has been the trend of the past decade as a tax to watch for Corporation Tax dodge for corporation to set up their headquarters in ireland and dodge see the u. S. Taxes. Democratsissue where and republicans agree that this needs to correct it. It is just the process of our politics right now that is not allowing this. It needs to be corrected, you can see politicians on both sides saying that. Point of the change of the American Economic structure, it is certainly true that over the last few generations the Union Movement has declined in the United States. I personally believe that is a bad and destructive thing, and is part of the pressuring you see in the United States and again in every other country of the world of having more pressure on people in the middle and more rewards going to people on the top. Numeral see this anyplace you go. In plastic in past eras of u. S. History where you had this pressure like the late 1800s, that is what gives rise to the Progressive Populist Movement to begin the Union Movement in its origins. We will see Something Like that begin in an accident game, where we have an economy that is growing overall, but if benefits are not including as many people as it should. To find a way to redress the social balance. What local discussion is going to be about. The other point i make is that the time in the two or three decades after world war ii, when there was this kind of social discussion about Union Households and steadily rising income, that was not the norm in American History. That was a particular time in American History before which and after which it was a much more trouble to us economy. People rising and falling. The question is what can we due to recapture the American History. That was a particular time in American History that we need to find ways to return to as much as we can. Host richard is in lake placid, florida. Caller good morning. Both parties have become one, they basically want the same thing. There are just small, individual things that they put out there so people will either vote democrat or republican. , or are afraid independents the government will go back to the people. Donald trump is the bridge over the swamp to the people. This quagmire of the career politicians, the snakes in the they will never give the power back to the people unless we can get away from washington dc. Borders get some control, and we get the economy going and what i wonder i have over 30 years in the military. Program in the mideast, we cannot win a war over there. I have flown in there and flown out the air force. They are killed and wounded, for what purpose . Until we get rid of the career politicians in washington, the country is going to stay the same. Go. A health care has to there are many policies and laws that are on beneficial to the people of this country. The government is supposed to work for the people, it does not. Host he brings up border control. Immigration is a key issue you talked about in this story. Guest let me make one more point. Some ofe surprising to your viewers. We were traveling for a couple of years before donald trump entered the race last summer, making immigration a very big. Theme. What surprised us is that of until this point, this has been part of the normal american disruption of coping with immigration as opposed to some kind of emergency situation. Ofmuch of arizona, we know sheriff joe, and his efforts. Much of the change of the border had been seen as a reality, but less of an emergency. A related point on borders is the last few years in net flow of mexicans between the country of mexico and the United States as many leaving us coming the past two years. Is through make here American History immigration has always been disruptive. Whether with the arms for the germans and italians, the polish, vietnamese, whoever. They have found ways to accommodate and adjust. City by city, that is mostly what is going on now. Accommodateto changes. Host harrisburg, virginia, helen. Caller i wanted to make a comment about the caller who was against nuclear energy. We no longer have enough plutonium to power the probes that we send in. We are running out of this energy and we have to use something called the chemical energy. It only less for a short time and it would never power a probe beyond the outer reaches of the solar system. We have to go back to making it. I want to see my greatgrandchildren going to the stars. One of the things i love about cspan is you always learn something new did not expect to see why. I had not thought about that implication. Host justin from illinois, good morning. Caller good morning. I love the idea of what you and your wife did by going to the local communities at the local level, especially considering all of the elections going on. We forget that that is the important level of politics. Is, i am a criminology major, and i study recidivism programs at the state and local levels. You talked about aerospace manufacturing. You talked about a couple of other industries that are the heart of these political efforts. I wanted to find out if you could give some insight on the criminal justice side of what local communities are doing to thist this, whether it is a division, retention, drugs. I appreciate it. Guest thank you. An area of relative weakness has been on policing and things like that. Our initial focus has been mainly on economic development, social cohesion, and libraries and schools. We have looked less into that and other things. We have seen places where the products of the criminal justice system, people coming back out after time inside, communities are figuring out how to adopt them. In the very small town of holland, michigan, on the michigan on of the lake, they are a Strong Manufacturing center. There are families there with a Strong Community sense, and many have taken it upon themselves to bring in people with criminal backgrounds and say we are going to train you so you can have a working record again. In mississippi and northern mississippi, the golden triangle, parts of georgia as well. When you have cities that are a scale that people can say we see the effects of the city, of this trend within our own boundaries, and we can do something about it. We can have Business People and faith leaders and ngos and School People say somebody is coming out of the correctional system and needs to have some sort of job. Heres a way we can get him a skill. Here is an indicted employment program. This era of over incarceration, we did see a lot of city by city efforts to incorporate as many people as they could back into productive life. Host jeff is in frederick, maryland. Good morning. Caller how is everybody to get . Today . I have two questions. Juste my flying probably flying privileges revoked because of two points over on the Blood Pressure. Greenville was one of my solos. Trip is oneng your and are you a proponent of a third class medical reform, and do you feel that general of the asian place a big part in the local economy that general aviation plays a big part in the local economy . Guest the third class medical reform, for those who do not know what we are talking about, if you are a private pilot you need to get two or three years a medical examination, it is not class one that pilots have to get on major airlines. The piecesacks are like the caller, where if you have a minor on Blood Pressure infraction, you can have them revoked. You need to have a common sense guideline. Im in favor of that reform, i hope it happens to i think that general aviation is a big factor in these towns, because if youre not on an interstate or near a hub airport, where people can get in and out to do deals, it is important to have these little airports. I am an employee of the atlantic, as i have been for many years. My wife has been doing this as a volunteer, and for our many expenses we have had different advertising contracts for a website and the magazine. There is no hidden funding, were just doing features for the magazine, advertisers place ads on those features, and use that to buy gas. Host lowell, from fredericksburg, virginia. Caller every time i go out i run into Illegal Immigrants every place i go. I am amazed that the blacks and the whites are extraordinary incked together friendship because of the invasion of aliens from other countries. 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James fallows dan American Israel Public Affairs Committee Held an annual policy meeting. On tuesday, worked on womens history month. Then democratic congressman Darrell Connelly of virginia, who is the cochair of the democrat coalition, on im a poor released designed to promote a domestic american prosperity agenda, and the economy, and achieving political consensus. We will also talk about the hearing on heroin and opioid abuse, and president obamas trip to cuba. Is live at journal, 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Israel publicn Affairs Committee holds its annual policy conference this week in washington. Coming up tonight, we bring you remarks by the president ial candidates, speaking at that event. First, democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, then remarks by republican candidates governor john kasich, donald trump, and senator ted cruz. During campaign 2016, cspan takes you on the road to the white house, as we follow the candidates on cspan, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton gave the keynote at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Annual policy conference. She focused on the importance of strengthening the u. S. Israel relationship, and criticize republican candidate donald trump. This is 40 minutes. [applause] Hillary Clinton thank you, so much. [applause] it is wonderful to be here, and he so many friends see so many friends. I have spoken out a lot of aipac conferences in the past, but this has to be one of the biggest yet, and there are so many young people here. Thousands of College Students. [applause] from hundredsn of campuses around the country. I think we should all give them a hand for being here, and beginning their commitment to this important cause. [applause] Hillary Clinton you will keep the u. S. Israel relationship going strong. You know, as a senator from new york, and secretary of state [applause] Hillary Clinton i have had the privilege of working closely with aipac members to strengthen and even american ties with israel. We may not have always agreed on every detail, but we have always shared an unwavering, unshakable commitment to our alliance, and to israels future as a secure and democratic homeland for the jewish people. [applause] your supporton helped us expand security and cooperation, developed the Missile Defense system, build a Global Coalition to impose the toughest sanctions iran,story on the run and so much more. Since my first visit to israel 35 years ago, i have returned many times, and made many friends. I have worked with and learned from some of israel great thinks, although i dont someone ever forgive me for banishing him to the white house balcony when he wanted to smoke. [laughter] Hillary Clinton now i am a candidate for president. [applause] Hillary Clinton and i know that all of you understand what is at stake in this election. Our next president will walk into the oval office next january, and immediately face perils we mustth meet with strength and skill, and opportunities we must seize and build on. The next president will sit down at that desk, and start making decisions that will affect both the lives and livelihoods of every american, and the security of our friends around the world. We have to get this right. Understandmbers, you that while the turmoil of the middle east presents enormous challenge and complexity, walking away is not an option. [applause] Hillary Clinton candidates for president who think the United States can outsource middle east security to dictators, or that america no longer has Vital National interests at stake in this region, are dangerously wrong. [applause] be ary clinton it would serious mistake for the United States to abandon our de thesibilities, or ce mantle of leadership for global peace and security to anyone else. [applause] Hillary Clinton as we gather e, three evolving threats irans continued aggression, a rising tide of extremism across a wide arc of instability, and the growing effort to delegitimize israel on the world stage, are converging to make the u. S. Israel alliance more indispensable than ever. [applause] Hillary Clinton we have to combat all these trends, with even more intense security and diplomatic cooperation. Israel must bend closer than ever, stronger than ever, and more determined than ever to prevail against our common adversaries, and to advance our shared values. [applause] Hillary Clinton this is especially true at a time when israel faces brutal terrorist stabbings, shootings, and vehicle attacks at home. Parents worry about letting their children walk down the street. Family live in. Fear. Ilies live in a few weeks ago, a Young American veteran and west point graduate was murdered by palestinian terrorists. These attacks must and immediately. Immediately. [applause] Hillary Clinton palestinian leaders need to stop inciting violence, stop celebrating terrorists as martyrs, and stopped paying rewards to their families. [applause] Hillary Clinton because we understand the threat israel faces, we know we can never take for granted the strength of our alliance or the success of our efforts. Today, americans and israelis face momentous choices that will shape the future of our relationship, and of both our nations. The first choice is this are we prepared to take the u. S. Israel alliance to the next level . This relationship has always been stronger and deeper than the headlines might lead you to believe. Our Work Together to develop the iron dome saved many israeli lives, one hamas rockets began to five when hamas rockets began to fly. I saw its effectiveness firsthand in 2012, when i worked with Prime Minister netanyahu to negotiate a ceasefire in gaza. If i am fortunate enough to be a weperate elected president , will ensure we have a strong and Enduring National Interest in israels security. [applause] we will nevern allow israels adversaries to think a wedge can be driven between us. [applause] Hillary Clinton when we have do,erences, as any friends we will work to resolve them quickly and respectfully. We will also be clear that the United States has an enduring interest in and commitment to a more peaceful, more stable, more secure middle east, and we will step up our efforts to achieve that outcome. Ofeed, at a time unprecedented chaos and conflict america, America Needs and israel Strong Enough to deter and defend against its enemies, Strong Enough to work with us to tackle shared challenges, and Strong Enough to take all steps in the pursuit of peace. [applause] Hillary Clinton thats why i believe we must take our alliance to the next level. I hope a new 10 year defense memorandum of understanding is concluded as soon as possible, to meet israels security needs far into the future. [applause] that will also send a clear message to israels enemies, that the United States and israel stand together, united. President , iy, as will make a Firm Commitment to ensure israel maintains its qualitative military edge. [applause] the unitednton states should provide israel with the most sophisticated defense technology, so it can deter and stop any threats. That includes bolstering israeli Missile Defenses with new systems, like the arrow three and david sling. And we should Work Together to develop better tunnel detection, technologies to prevent flooding, kidnapping, and terrorist attacks. [applause] Hillary Clinton one of the first things i will do in office is invite the israeli Prime Minister to visit the white house. [applause] Hillary Clinton and i will send a delegation from the pentagon s to israelnt chief for early consultations. Lets also expand our collaboration beyond security. Together, we can build an even more vibrant culture of innovation, that tightens the link between Silicon Valley and Israeli Tech Companies and entrepreneurs. [applause] muchry clinton there is americans can learn from israel, from Cyber Security to energy andrity, to water security, just on an every day people to people level. It is especially important to relationshipsring between american and israeli young people, who may not always remember our shared past. They are the future of our relationship, and we have to do more to promote that. Many of the young people here today are on the front lines of the battle to oppose the alarming boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, known as dds. [applause] particularly at a time when antisemitism is on the rise across the world, especially in europe. Tomust repudiate all efforts malign, isolate, and undermine israel and the jewish people. [applause] i have beenton sounding the alarm for a while now. As i wrote last year in a letter to the heads of major American Jewish organizations, we have to be united in fighting back against this. Many of the proponents have demonized israeli scientists and intellectuals, even students. To all the College Students who may have encountered this on campus, i hope you stay strong, keep speaking out. Dont let anyone silence you, you, or try bully to shut down debate, especially in places of learning like colleges and universities. [applause] Hillary Clinton antisemitism has no place in any civilized society, not in america, not in europe, not anywhere. Work, defending israels legitimacy, expanding security and economic ties, taking our alliance to the next level, depends on electing a president with a deep, personal commitment to israels future as a secure democratic jewish state, and to americas responsibilities as a global leader. Tonight, you will hear from candidates with very different visions of American Leadership in the region and around the world. You will get a glimpse of a potential u. S. Foreignpolicy that would insult our allies, not engage them, and embolden our adversaries, not defeat them. For the security of israel and the world, we need america to remain a respected global leader, committed to defending and advancing the international order. Effortsca able to block to isolate or attack israel. The attorney did the alternative is unthinkable. [applause] yes, we needon steady hands. Not a president who says hes neutral on monday, proisrael on tuesday, and who knows what on wednesday, because everything is negotiable [applause] well, mylinton friends, israels security is nonnegotiable. [applause] Hillary Clinton i have sat in israeli hospital rooms, holding the hands of men and women whose bodies and lives were torn apart by terrorist bombs. I have listened to doctors describe the shrapnel left in a ahead a, or even head. Feel so strongly that america cant ever be neutral when it comes to israels security or survival. Whennt be neutral, rockets rained down on residential neighborhoods, when civilians are stabbed in the street, when suicide bombers target the innocent. Some things are not negotiable. And anyone who doesnt understand that has no business being our president. [applause] the second choice we face is whether we will have the strength and commitment to thatont the adversaries threaten us, especially iran. For many years, we have all been rightly focused on the existential danger of iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. After all, this remains an extremist regime, that threatens to annihilate israel. Thats why i led the diplomacy to impose crippling sanctions theforce iran to new negotiating table, and why i ultimately supported the agreement that has put a lid on its nuclear program. Today, enrons irans enriched uranium is all but gone, thousands of centrifuges have stopped spinning, their potential breakout time has increased, and new verification measures are in place to help us deter and detect any cheating. I really believe the United States, israel, and the world are safer as a result. As i laid out in a speech at the Brookings Institution last year, it is not good enough to trust and verify. Our approach must be distressed and distrust and verify. [applause] Hillary Clinton this deal must come with vigorous enforcement, strong monitoring, clear consequences for any violations, and a broader strategy to confront irans aggression across the region. That tehranset fingerprints are on nearly every conflict across the middle east, evan ia, lebanon, t to yemen. The guard corps and its proxies are attempting to establish a goan,ion on the go on on which they continue to fund palestinian terrorists. In lebanon, hezbollah is amassing an arsenal of increasingly sophisticated rockets and artillery, that well may be able to hit every city in israel. Tonight, you will hear a lot of rhetoric from the other candidates about iran, but there is a big difference between talking about Holding Toronto accountable n and actuallytable, doing it. Our next president has to be answer consequences for even the smallest violations of this agreement. [applause] Hillary Clinton we must maintain the legal and diplomatic architecture to turn all the sanctions back on, if needed. If im elected, the leaders of iran will have no doubt that if we see any indications that they are violating their commitment not to seek, develop, or acquire nuclear weapons, the United States will act to stop it, and we will do so with force if necessary. [applause] Hillary Clinton iranian provocations like the recent Ballistic Missile test also are unacceptable, and should be answered firmly and quicklym including with more sanctions,. Missiles were stamped with words declaring, and i quote, israel should be wiped from the pages of history. We know they could reach israel, or hit the tens of thousands of american troops stationed in the middle east. Danger, and itus demands a serious response. The United States must also continue to enforce existing sanctions, and impose additional on iran and needed, the revolutionary guard for ir sponsor said sponsorship of terrorism, illegal arms transfers, Human Rights Violations, and other illicit violations, like cyberattacks. We should continue to demand the levinson,n of robert and all american citizens unjustly held in iranian prisons. [applause] Hillary Clinton we must work closely with israel and other partners to cut off the flow of money and arms from iran to hezbollah. The arab league can designate all of has brought as a terrorist organization, certainly it is time for our friends in europe and the rest of the International Community to do so as well, and to do that now. [applause] Hillary Clinton at the same time, america should always stand with those voices inside iran, calling for more openness. Look, we know the Supreme Leader shots, and the the hardliners are intent on keeping their grip on power. But the iranian people themselves deserve a better future, and they are trying to make their voices heard. They should know america is not their enemy. They should know we will support their efforts to bring positive change to iran. [applause] of course, iran is not the only threat we end israel faces. The United States and israel have to stand together against the threat from isis and other isisal jihadists, and affiliates in the sinai is reportedly stepping up a tense attempts to make inroads in gaza and partnering with hamas. Israeliday, a number of and other foreigners were injured or killed in a bombing in istanbul that may well be linked to isis. Two of the dead are u. S. Israeli dual nationals. This is a threat that knows no borders. That is why i have laid out a plan to take the fight to isis from the air, on the ground with local forces, and online where they recruit and inspire. Our goal cannot be could contain isis. We must defeat isis. [applause] Hillary Clinton here is a third choice. Will we keep working toward a negotiated peace, or those forever the goal of two states for two peoples . I remainany setbacks, convinced that peace with security is possible, and that it is the only way to guarantee israels longterm survival as a strong, jewish, and democratic state. [applause] it may beinton difficult to imagine progress in this current climate, when many israelis doubt that a willing and capable partner for peace even exists. But inaction cannot be an option. Israelis deserve a secure homeland of the jewish people. Palestinians should be able to govern themselves in their own ande, in peace and dignity, only a negotiated two state agreement can provide those outcomes. [applause] Hillary Clinton if we look at the broader regional context. Converging interest between israel and he arab states key arab states could make it possible to negotiate on the issue. Israelis and palestinians could continue toward greater cooperation between israel and arabs. I know how hard all of this is. I remember what it took just to convene Prime Minister netanyahu and president of us president abbas for the facetoface peace talks in 2010 that i presided over. But israelis and palestinians cannot give up on the hope of peace. That will only make it harder later. All of us need to look for opportunities to create the conditions for progress, including by taking positive ,ctions that can rebuild trust like the recent constructive meetings between the israelis and palestinians finance ministers, aiming to bolster the economy, or the daily on the ground Security Cooperation between israel and the palestinian authorities. But at the same time, all of us must condemn actions that setback peace. Terrorism should never be encouraged or celebrated, and children should not be taught to hate in schools. That poisons the future. [applause] everyone has to do their part by avoiding damaging actions, including with respect to settlements. America has an Important Role to play in supporting peace efforts, and as president , i would continue the pursuit of direct negotiations. Let me be clear. I would vigorously oppose any attempts by outside parties to impose a solution, including by the un security council. [applause] Hillary Clinton there is one more choice we face together. In some ways, it may be the most important of all. Asl lead, as americans, and asaelis will we americans, and as israelis, stay true to the Democratic Values at the heart of our relationships . We are both nations built by immigrants and exiles, seeking to live in worship and worship in freedom. Nations built on principles of equality, tolerance, and pluralism. At our best, both israel and america are seen as a light unto the nations, because of those values. This is the Real Foundation of our alliance. I think it is why so Many Americans feel such a deep, emotional connection with israel. I know that i do. It is why we cannot be neutral about israel and israels future, because in israels story, we see our own. And the story of all people who struggle for, rita and self for freedom and selfdetermination. Theres so many examples. We look at the pride parade in tel aviv, one of the biggest and most prominent in the world. [applause] Hillary Clinton and we marveled that such a bastion of liberty exists in a region so plagued by intolerance. We see the figures, even raucous debates in israeli politics, and feel right at home. [laughter] Hillary Clinton of course, some leadingmember a woman israels government decades ago, and wonder, what is taking us along here in america . [applause] Hillary Clinton but we cannot rest on what previous generations have accomplished. Every generation has to renew our values, and yes, even fight for them. Today, americans and israelis of intolerance and extremism that threatens moral foundations of our society. In a democracy, we are going to have differences. But what americans are hearing on the campaign trail this year is Something Else entirely. Encouraging violence, playing coy with white supremacists, calling for 12 Million Immigrants to be rounded up and awayted, demanding we turn refugees because of their religion, and proposing a van on a ban on all muslims entering the United States. We have had dark chapters in our history before. We remember the nearly 1000 jews aboard the st. Louis, who were refused entry in 1939, and sent back to europe. But america should be better than this. I believe it is our responsibility as citizens to say so. [applause] Hillary Clinton if you see bigotry, oppose it. If you see violence, condemn it. If you see a bully, stand up to him. [applause] online clinton stationing, jews around the world on wednesday evening, jews around the world will ,elebrate the festival of purim and children will learn the story of esther, who refused to stay silent in the face of evil. It wasnt easy. She had a good life. By speaking out, she risked everything. We as mordecai reminded her, all have an obligation to do our part when danger gathers, and those of us with power or influence have a special responsibility to do whats right. Weisel b cell elie said when accepting the nobel peace prize, silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. My friends, let us never be neutral or silent in the face of bigotry. Together, lets defend the shared values that already make america and israel great. Let us do the hard work necessary to keep building our friendship, and reach out to the next generation of americans and israelis, so the bonds between our nations grow even deeper and stronger. We are stronger together, and if we face the future sidebyside, i know for both israel and america, our best days are still ahead. Thank you, so much [applause] cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Tuesday morning, republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of tennessee on president obamas trip to cuba, and her work on the select investigated andl on infant lives womens history month. Then, the coach of the new Democratic Coalition on a report that Group Released designed to promote a demanding american prosperity agenda, and growing the economy, and achieving political processes. We also talk about the house hearing on heroin and opioid abuse, and president obamas trip to cuba. Washington journal is live every day at 7 00 a. M. Itsuesday, arizona holds president ial primary. Utah holds caucuses for both parties, and idaho has caucuses for both democrats. 27 democratic delegates are up for grabs in idaho in. Utah , there are 37 democratic delegates, and 40 republican delegates. We will have reports and speeches from some of the candidate on cspan. When Utah Republicans participate in tuesdays caucuses, a first, online voting. Byron has been looking at this, he is a reporter for the wall street journal. Explain how this is going to work. Just got updated figures from the yukon secretary of states office. Utah secretary of states office. About 59,000 republicans are expected to participate. They have a separate registration. They already have to be registered to vote. They have to complete a separate registration to vote online. They get a pin number, or a code that allows them to vote on caucus day, cast their ballot online, and then they get a receipt to make sure that everything was recorded properly. Out, itur story points is available online. This is the largest experiment since 2004 in michigan. What happened then, and why now . There has been a couple of experience worldwide and the united date, with online voting. In michigan in 2004, 40 6000 in thecast ballots democratic election. Before that in arizona in 2000, 40,000 people cast ballots again in the democratic primary. Both of those were pretty big experiments, but they never really took off or were put into place permanently by either state party. So if we get a 59,000 person turnout online tomorrow, then this would be the largest experiment in online voting probably in American History. Host why has the Utah Republican Party decided to do this now . My what motivated them . Byron a couple of factors. They switch from a state run primary election to a caucus, and they wanted a way to keep participation high. One of the ways to do that is an online vote, and make barriers to voting lower caucusing takes a long time. It is usually at a bigger time of night part of night and makes a bigger time commitment. So they said, why not just vote online . And that will keep participation up, as if it was a state run primary. That was the biggest factor. A lot of state parties and governments are interested in this, and want to see if this is workable and how it works in practice. Host when will the online polls be open, and when will they closed . Also, how does the party ensure there is no fraud . Byron good question. Byron they will be open on tuesday between 7 00 a. M. And 11 00 p. M. It will be a pretty quick tally, i assume, because it is digital. The weight the party the way the party describes polling, it you get a receipt, and it matches your party, then it counts. They say it is more secure than voting with a machine, because you can see and make sure they captured your ballot. The Company Running it has done this in other countries, including estonia, and they say that they have never been aware of a security breach, and that it is a similar rate of failure to other methods of voting. Canada,rway, france, australia, also experimenting with online voting. Are there lessons from those countries . Byron online voting is difficult. It is difficult because a lot of we are learning increasingly how vulnerable the internet is. How often thinking gets hacked, websites get hacked, how vulnerable personal data is. When it comes to something as important as an election, theres no way to ensure that the systems are secure from hackers, and people who can do harm. A lot of countries had experimented, but nobody has really put it into play, except countrynia, the one that has had universal online voting since 2005. It is an option there. At a pollingput place. So far, they have not had reports of breaches. Its only a matter of time before people start paying thistion to this, and process expands. As you also point out, this has been the largest experiment with online voting in the u. S. In a number of years. What will you be looking for tomorrow, and what lessons can state parties and secretaries of state take from this moving ahead . Byron they will certainly be looking to make sure there are no breaches, that voters are and thatse the system their votes are recorded properly, and that he goes off without a hitch. If it does, we can see other state parties do this, and perhaps even state governments, who run some of the elections in this country. Going forward, it remains to be seen how Security Systems are, and whether they are workable, and whether they help improve participation in the elections. Host unlike voting in the utah online caucuses, voting in the utah republican caucuses, taking place tomorrow. Thank you for being with us. Byron thank you for having me. Now republican president ial candidate john kasich eggs on Foreign Policy and the relationship between the u. S. And israel. Befores between the American Israel Public Affairs committee are 25 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome republican president ial candidate john kasich. [applause] governor kasich thank you. Thank you very much. Im delighted to be back at an organization i have known and worked with since the early 1980s. Back then, the audience numbered in the hundreds. The crowds to aipac, are now in the thousands. I first visited israel and 1983 with my late dear friend, gordon gordon. He was a Founding Member of aipac, and it was on that trip i actually visited bethlehem, and i called my mother on christmas night from jerusalem. As you can imagine, it was a very special moment, and gordon always reminded me of it. Gordon helped me as much as anyone has over the years to know and to appreciate the importance of our relationship with israel, and israels unique security challenges. I cant think of a better guy who could have taken me to israel. It was on my trip in 1983 that a woman,troduced me to when her husband was still in a soviet prison. She told me her husbands story over lunch, and said she was going to washington to plead for his release. I asked her, with you mind if i organized a rally in support of your husband on the steps of the capitol . We came together in a bipartisan way, to call for. His release. [applause] gordon hadsich taken him into the oval office to meet with president reagan, shewhen the meeting ended, was told that the president , i will not rest until your husband is free. This story has always inspired me from the day gordon first introduced me. I dont know how many of you here have ever read his book, fear no evil. He wrote in that book, as i , that when they went him into prison, they wanted him to confess something. Understando him, you that galileo even confessed. Think about him sitting in that prison in solitary confinement, and he thought to himself and told them, you are using galileo against me . No one will ever use me against any prisoner of conscience. [applause] governor kasich i had a phone conversation with natan for years, but i never had the chance to meet him. Ironically, i met him at the cemetery when we laid gordon to gave the eulogy. I want this to be clear to all of you, that i remain unwavering in my support for the jewish state, and the unique partnership between the United States and israel. [applause] governor kasich when i was first introduced israel and some of its leaders, of course, the core of our partnership with israel was already very welldefined. We give thanks to harry truman the courageous steps he took when israel was first established. [applause] governor kasich i applaud our continuing legacy of support for the jewish state, and the struggles, inventiveness, and vitality of the jewish people. This legacy is one that i will not only honor in my administration, but will take active steps to strengthen and expand. [applause] governor kasich i want you all to know something very special to me, because it was at a ceremony recognizing the holocaust, that as governor, i proposed we build a permanent memorial, so that people, particularly young people, can understand the history and the lesson of mans inhumanity to man, and the incredible globe. Ng across the with many members of the Jewish Community over three years to make it happen. They told me it could not be done, and i said, watch me, we will build a memorial. The memorial finally was designed, and it was the first of its kind in the nation. Columbus,ease come to and look at it. It is beautiful. I want to tell you, that a very good friend of mine, victor goodman, a prominent member of the Jewish Community in ohio, asks me to look at the memorial before it was unveiled. We walked over behind the tarp. I had my arm around his shoulder, and we read the inscription together. I will never forget when he finished reading it, he buried his head in my chest, and what wept. We cried together. He looked at me and said, thank you for what you have done here. This will exist as long as the state of ohio exist. S. You may know, i served on the House Armed Services committee for 18 years, and i worked to implement Ronald Reagans strategy to revitalize our military and defeat the soviet union. Together my colleagues and i gave our alliance with israel meaning. We assured israels continuing qualitative military edge by authoring the initial 10 million for the arrow iron dome antimissile program, that we know is so critical to the security of israel. [applause] governor kasich we supported israeliram guaranteeing superiority, with the latest fighters, and the transfer of Reactive Armor Technology that has made the israeli tank so effective. I think it could be said that my support and friendship for our strategic partner, israel, has been firm and unwavering for more than 35 years of my professional life. [applause] israel is theh only democracy in the middle been america recognizes the strategic hinge with israel, and that americans and israels interests are tightly intertwined, despite our inevitable disagreements time to we share a critically important common interest in the middle east. The unrelenting opposition to irans attempts to develop nuclear weapons. [applause] in march 2015, when the Prime Minister spoke out against the Iran Nuclear Deal before a joint session of congress, i flew to washington and stood on the floor of the house of representatives that was in session, for the first time i had visited since we had been in session in 15 years. I did it to show my respect, my personal respect, to the people of israel. [applause] i want you all halted thet i suspension of the u. S. Participation in the Iran Nuclear Deal in reaction to irans recent Ballistic Nuclear test. [applause] gov. Kasich these tests were a violation of the nuclear deal and provocation that can no longer he ignored. One thing printed in hebrew, can you believe this, israel must be exterminated. I will instantly gather the world and lead to reapply sanctions if iran violates one crossed t or one dotted i of that deal. Them back in inline as a community together. [applause] gov. Kasich let me also tell you, no amount of money being made by any business will stand thehe way to make sure needs of israel are secured and around is not have a nuclear weapon. Usamount of money can put back. And a kasich admtr