House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lee, a member of the subcommittee on military construction and Veterans Affairs. The chair the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Lee thank you very much, madam chairman. Let me thank the Ranking Member for yielding, for his unwavering leadership for our veterans on this committee and for your friendship. Thank you very m
In all but the closest one to Eastern Kentucky was in atlanta. Requiring kentuckians to make a 14hour round trip drive simply to attend. So its pretty clear from the location of all these listening sessions the e. P. A. Did not want any real input. Thats why i convened a listening session in pikeville that resulted in the powerful testimony ive shared with my colleagues today. Since the obama e. P. A. Would not come to kentucky, i brought the voices of kentuckians to e. P. A. We held three panels composed of those in the coal industry, miners and their families. And local elected officials to illuminate the disruption in these communities caused in large part by the war on coal. Many of my constituents filled out comment cards and my office delivered them yesterday to the e. P. A. Along with the hearing testimony. I want to leave my colleagues with the comments of one kentuckian, justin bradford, who is a retired teacher in pikeville. Heres what justine bradford, excuse me. Heres what
U. S. Lson center examines brazil relations. You can see it live starting at 10 a. M. Eastern here on cspan. Later, the brookings institution. Osted a discussion that is live at 2 p. M. Eastern. She was everyones soul sister. She laid her life out for everyone to see. Us about what life was like in suburbia for women in the 1960s through the 1990s. One of the wonderful things about her is that she wrote mainly humor. It was humor that was accessible to everyone. It was humor that happened in everybodys lives, but they may not recognize it until they saw it written on the page or in a newspaper column because funny things happen to us all the time , but we have to be on the lookout for it and she was the one that focused our attention on the funny things that happen in a family. That the you see my craziness and jives you nuts. When you look back, that was really funny. That is a real gift. That is a literary gift. It wrecks the life and times of erma bombeck. Saturday at noon on cspan
The presiding officer the senator from new york. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that as if in legislative session the senate proceed to the consideration of s. 1774, a bill it to reauthorize the undetectable firearms act of 1988 for one year introduced earlier today, that the bill be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Sessions mr. President , reserving the right to object, this is not a good day to move forward with this legislation. Wed be glad to give it serious attention. I know its the kind of thing we probably can clear at some point, but i would object. The presiding officer the objection is heard. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from new york. Mr. Schumer i appreciate my friend from alabama, my gym mate an
It was on the minds of some of the Founding Fathers. On september 5, 1787, at the constitutional convention, they were discussing the public land related authorities in the constitution, including the authority that has now been included in whats often referred to as the enclave clause, article 1, 78 clause 17. Wufl delegates to the one of the delegates, elbridge garrett, a delegate from massachusetts stood before the convention and made an astute observation. There gary said this power, that is the power of congress over federal public lands might be made use of to enslave any particular state by buying up its territory and that the strong holds proposed would be a means of aweing the state into undue obedience into the general government. Close quote. Then as now wise observes often came from the state of massachusetts. Then as now, we have a grave risk associated with the fact that when the federal government owns this much land, the federal government has this much power and it was