Ahead, Army Secretary Ryan Mccarthy talks about u. S. Policy and strategy in the indopacific region. The Brookings Institution hosted this event. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the Brookings Institution. Before i begin my remarks, i say on behalfe to of the institution that were thinking every moment about the isllenges that australia facing with the wildfires that in suchcting australia a dramatic and negative way. And they are in our thoughts and prayers. As well we also are focused on the passenger list of the iranaft that was lost in two days ago. All of those souls are in our our prayers in today. Im john allen, im the brookingsof the institution. Were very honored too far you with us. Happy new year. Very pleased this morning to welcome the secretary of the mccarthy, who is our distinguished guest and our helping to study the future of the United States army, the Defense Department and challenges that we face in the security environment. Secretary mccarthy was
Gaining the right to vote. He ri. Despite the century thats apsed, our constitution still does not recognize the guarantee protection of the law for women and gender minorities but h. J. Res. 79 would bring us step closer. It removes the previous deadline congress set for ratifying the and ensure recent ratifications by nevada, givenis, and virginia are full effect. Basic and offers a fundamental guarantee, equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the or by any state on the account of sex. Thats it. Very simple. Years since it was passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in the house and enate, we have made Great Strides to secure that equality, including through existing case aw decided under the 14th amendment. The e. R. A. Would enshrine those rinciples and take the final critical step of ensuring that laws disadvantaging women and are subject toes the most rigorous form of constitutional scrutiny. We have seen a series of breakthroughs for womens righ
Debate and 2 00 p. M. With votes postponed until 6 30. Tuesday and wednesday will meet at 10 00 a. M. Morning debate and on thursday the house will meet at 9 a. M. With last votes of the week expected no later than 3 00. We will consider several suspensions. Pt complete list of suspensions will be announced by the close of business today. The house will consider the protect Older Workers against diss krim nation act. This ensures that victims can enforce their rights so Older Americans are able to strengthen our economy by contributing their talents to the work force. A proposition that i believe is very important. In dig, the house will consider view s 76, congressional re ct of dissprolve of the bureau that leaves student loan borrowers who were defrauded with little or no recourse. Mr. Scalise i appreciate the majority leader going through those bills. There were a few bills that the speaker referenced earlier this week that would also be considered. Congresswoman lees resolution to
And once again, we are live here on cspan2 for the 16th Public Meeting of the defense Advisors Committee on prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. This meeting is open. Before we get started, apparently in order to speak, you need to hit request. The green, and when youre done that seems odd, in any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you, and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Or da krchc. Miss cannon. Here. Miss garvin. Here. Mr. Cramer. Here. Ms. Long. Here. Mr. Markey. Here. Dr. Markowicz. Here. General swank. Present. Doctor spahn. Here. Judge grimm by telephone . Telephonically here. Miss tocash by telephone . Im here. Great. Judge, chief and mckinley and judge walton couldnt be in attendance, but with 11 in presence we have a quorum. It was for fiscal year 2015
Sen. Warren hello, virginia. Thank you. Strong women help get it done. Wow, so here we are, virginia. The primaries have really started. We have heard from two states. We have 55 states and territories ready to go. [applause] you all are super tuesday state, and that means the road to the white house runs right through virginia. [applause] so im here today to ask you two things. The first one is to ask you to get in this fight with me to help build an america that doesnt just work for the rich and powerful, but works for everyone. [applause] and second, im here to ask for your vote. [applause] heres the deal. I got your back, you can count on me, i will count on you. [applause] now, this has been some president ial primary already. We have been going at this for about a year. Some people got in a little later than others. Michael bloomberg came in on the billionaire plan. Uy yourself a nomination. I want to point out that a video just came out yesterday. Michael bloomberg is saying tha