Motivation for both sighs to get something done before they ave,t leave. But theres a really significant difference between democrats anb republicans over how that package should look. Packag and the big thing is whether youre going to change the law so that its harder for people who are coming in to the country from Central American countriest too get these automatic files. Theres a lot changed in 2008 thats really leading to a lot of people crossing the board right now. And democrats and republicans disagree on how o much you shoua change thaw t lawto to try to mp prevent more people from trying to come in to the United States. And what about the Highway Trust Fund deal . A lot of outrage certainly from governors at the national the Governors Association meeting who are veryn worried that ied Congress Wont reach a deal. Dea. Do you see one in sight . Question. In fact, at the end of last week it looked like the house and ikh senate were becoming really, really close on a deal that wi
Since before 9 11. Situation where we are facing a grave, strategic threat. The president has said he will follow the same course in afghanistan he followed in iraq despite the fact wouldve seen what has happened. I do inc. It is very important to go back and look at what happened in iraq and why and remember what did the situation was before the United States and our allies liberated the country. And again, there is a sense it is almost like the pink gentlemen, wanted to shout people down and that is not what this country supposed to be about. Everybody has a right to speak. We have to go back to what the facts were. You can say to the president , withdrawing the forces or not, you can debate that. Now you have to look at the facts and they are because of the United States is not in there and we walked away and did so without regard, you now have the richest in the world which controls more territory and in a position to be a real threat to this nation. If you think about where we go
The clerk the speakers room, shington, d. C. , july 15, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable Robert Pittinger to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Lumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Last wednesday i joined several of my colleagues and hundreds of people in the congressional auditorium to watch a gripping new film, the interpreters by vice news about american failure to protect afghans wh
He talked about sequestration and the impossibility to bring a transportation bill that scarcely has enough money to maintain what roads we have. And it imploded on the floor imploded on the floor when nobody would vote for it. While we are on recess please think about this. Think about what sequestration is doing in the United States. I hope you read former senator dorgans article in the New York Times talking about the devastation on the indian reservations because the money we owe them by treaty which would be lost to sequestration. The people who are doing Health Research at the National Institutes of health where they tell me in the human genome project they are very close to finding a cure for cancer, but now they have to stop it. I can promise you you do not turn research off and on like a faucet. Think of the people who cant get their treatment because of sequestration. Think of all the people who live in this area and work for this government and keep this government working,
Has been a valued member of the committee, we are going to miss her, for one and a half minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for one and a half minutes. Ms. Schwartz our manufacturers, Small Business owners and everyday commuters require a modern Transportation System. Simply put, our daily lives, our safety, and our economy all require a first rate Transportation System. But our nations infrastructure is crumbling, endangering travelers, lengthening commutes and holding back Economic Growth. In their latest report card, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave my own home states roads and transit a dminus. Sadly, pennsylvania has the largest number of crumbling bridges in our nation at over 5,000. This is simply unacceptable. With the Highway Trust Fund running out of funds, we must act to ensure that important projects continue that workers stay on the job and that we do not fall farther behind but the bill before us is a temporary fix. Instead this congr