Its meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history, and i can guarantee you they wont want to throw that away for a return to budgets beholden to the liberal special interests. Watch American History tv every weekend on cspan3. It was the president of the United States who sent out a tweet about this event yesterday. Heres the tweet, saying that my prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida Shooting. No child, teacher or anyone should ever feel unsafe at an american school. Florida senators also weighing in. Republican senator marco rubio. It is clear attack was designed and executed to maximize loss of life, and he also went on to say, in days ahead, it will be increasingly evident that killer in todays Florida Shooting gave plenty of indications of what was to come. Also, bill nelson from florida, giving his thoughts off twitter saying, sandy hook, pulse nightclub, ft. Lauderdale airport, las vegas, and now parkland, florida. When is this goi
On the fall congressional agenda. Funding for the federal government expires on september 30, so Congress Must pass a federal spending bill to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown. The house passed four of its 12 Appropriations Bills in a spending package. Here are the opening remarks of the floor debate from the House Appropriations Committee Chair and Ranking Member. Mr. Chairman, i rise today to present an amendment to hr 3219, the make america secure appropriations act. This legislative package revise critical appropriation for nafta security, including the department of defense, the department of Veterans Affairs, and the department of Energy Nuclear programs, and the legislative branch bill. My colleagues, this is the primary constitutional duty of the congress, to ensure the safety of the homeland and the American People. This legislation is carefully crafted to fund our Critical Military priorities, supporting veterans, and making our board making our borders more secu
Within the military construction of veterans, a portion of this bill and i thank the chairman for his leadership military infrastructure funding has increased by 25 above current levels. Continue our efforts to rebuild our armed forces, ensuring our war fighters have the support they need. We cannot forget those who served. This measure increases funding for the department of Veterans Affairs by 5 over current levels to provide veterans and a and their families with access to medical care and other benefits they have earned and deserve. Within the energy and water section of this legislation, i thank chairman simpson for his leadership. Funding is prioritized for Critical Nuclear programs that will help strengthen our security and deter threats around the globe. We also support the maintenance of our nations waterways and support the work of our army corps and to ensure security of our electricity infrastructure. We recommit to opening Yucca Mountain as a safe location to permanently s
And it could result in lives lost unless we have enforceable rules and regulations that protect the traveling public, not just the folks who may be behind the wheel but also passengers in vehicles out on the roads today. Driving continues to be one of the deadliest activities. The reason the framework issued yesterday concerned me so greatly is that it depends on voluntary selfassessment by the industry as opposed to mandatory rules. It was termed by one report even less burdensome than the voluntary one issued under the obama administration. The net effect would be to leave enforcement virtually toothless. So i am putting to you the question, to all of the witnesses here today, isnt it necessary to have mandatory rules and regulations enforced by the government, by the department of transportation or some enforcer to protect the traveling public . I think thats absolutely true. There has to be weve seen too many examples of and thats one of our concerns, is whether or not theres going
Florida. I think you drove from orlando. Thats impressive. Thank you very much for your determination to be here. I know it wasnt easy. Let me pause for a moment to thank all our first responders, local government officials and Community Members who stepped up and responded to the Hurricane Irma in my home state of florida. It is impressive to see everyone working together. Im confident we will continue to Work Together in the aftermath of the storm as well. Todays hearing is another important step in the process of considering forms to the irs. I have stated previously i do not view this effort as an opportunity to degrade or discredit the good work being done by irs employees. However, im a big believer in continuous improvement. Thats been my philosophy in business. We can always get better. Government like business we should always be looking ways to improve. A system of voluntary tax compliant, even with the simplest of tax codes, there are bound to be disputed. What we hope to le