Ladies and gentlemen, cue the color. [music] pres. Obama good morning, everybody. Due to the possibility of thunderstorms, weve decided to arrival ceremony indoors. Of course, our nordic friends to tough weather. You should know that here in washington, we have not seen the sun for about three weeks. Which you experience for months end, but despite that fact, e want you to know that we are deeply happy to have all of you here. We are honored to welcome not one nation, but five. Our great nordic friends and partners. Niinisto and mrs. Finland, solberg and lofven,f norway, sweden and denmark rasmussen, and Prime Minister johansson and ingibjorg of ice land. Delegations, r welcome to the United States. Im going to try this as best as i can. Speaking foreign language]. [applause] welcome. [laughter] saying welcome in foreign language] those, im not sure were delivered perfectly, but i think the spirit was understood. Today is an opportunity for michelle and me to return some hospitality an
Republican line. You are on the air. Please go ahead. Caller thank you, mr. Buckley. Im going to buy your book and read that. I am a retired Public School teacher. I started in a oneroom school with no Running Water and outdoor toilets. I came through the system. I graduated college. I have four degrees. I will tell you that the Public Education system is a total mess. Doesnt get people where they need to be. You are right. It is run by theorists and not practical people. Build a hotel and get rid of the department of education and turn it back to the parents. Make them start to be responsible for what is going on in the classroom with their children. Offer them more programs because im telling you not everyone is bound for college like they tell you. They just dont have it. Guest i cannot agree more. Ive nothing much to add except for one thing. There was this book that appeared a couple years back and every member of the new class of our aristocracy read it with a guilty pleasure bec
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the National Direct their of the freedom are youill stop encouraged . Are you feeling it . You understand now why we pulled and invited people to participate, at least for me, incredibly encouraging to hear and see and feel and reach out and touched the actual people who carry the very burdens that we ourselves carry and our own hearts and minds. So thank you for those remarks. Making it happen. As the senator just told us. It is a different animal. It is a different skill set. We want quick results. We want fast, urgent, immediate results. He know what . Sometimes the longterm results take a longer game. A longer perspective they had just one congressional cycle. One is election cycle. Next presentation is going to come from a gentleman that understands that intrinsically. The United States senate is a complicated body. The personalities involved are sometimes elaborate personalities. The rules themselves are nuanced and intricate. The poli
Max richmond. This amendment deals with the cost of living adjustment. One of the most anticipated events for seniors is the announcement by Social Security of the cost of living adjustment. For the last few years, they have been disappointed with the announcement. The purpose of a costofliving adjustment is for social ensure that Social Security benefits are not eroded by inflation. This is not happening. In 2010, it was zero. 2011, it was zero. This year, 2015, it is zero. Based on that Social Security trustees report, announced a couple years ago weeks ago, it will be between zero and 2 10 of a percent for 2016. The reason Social Security beneficiaries are sincere or little cola is because the formula for determining colas is flawed. It is based on the Consumer Price index for wage earners. It looks that inflation as it impacts the weight under. It does not put the proper weight on goods and services that seniors rely on. Therefore, you get a zero cola. Your minute has concluded. I
American technology, and millions of American Workers to do it with. Now, what do the republicans propose . Basically, their Energy Program has two parts. The first part is to get rid of almost everything that weve done for the American Public in the last 3 years. They want to reduce or abolish the Synthetic Fuels program. They want to slash the solar energy incentives, the conservation programs, aid to mass transit, aid to elderly americans to help pay their fuel bills. They want to eliminate the 55 mile speed limit. And while they are at it, the republicans would like to gut the clean air act. They never liked it to begin with. Thats one part of their program; the other part is worse. To replace what we have built, this is what they propose to destroy the windfall profits tax and to unleash the Oil Companies and let them solve the Energy Problem for us. Thats it. That is it. Thats their whole program. There is no more. Can this nation accept such an outrageous program . No we democra