And what if this is public debate in education. But we must understand is that the yarn will be determined by the quality of the questions that we ask. American military power has and will continue to play a role in upholding, restraining him at destabilizing rivalries and providing a field for Economic Growth in International Trade to follow. It is a sense of basic security that a strong and consistent american political presence provides and has made possible many of the Great Strides of the third world era. It is even more important today. The United States has pointed out they should have a strategy, not a budget driven strategy. And in that context attention must be given to the modernization of our forces. America has played a role as stabilize their and it is a vision for the future. And all great ideas and achievements before they become a reality. I would like to thank you mr. Chairman mr. Ranking member for conduct team hearings. I am happy to answer your questions. Thank you
People. What ive learned is that were not the only ones who love South Carolina. Whether im in california or connecticut, montreal or minnesota, the story of South Carolinas success is front and center. Everywhere we go there is excitement and frankly, not a small amount of envy over who we are and what weve been able to accomplish. Its a beautiful thing. But last year i got to experience just how far that word is spreading. In november, as many of you know, we traveled to india on a trade mission. India, of course, is the country of my parents birth. I hadnt been there since i was 2 years old, so the trip was a special one for me there are few things more impactful than seeing firsthand, for the first time, your own history. But what was even more amazing to me was the connections i found between South Carolina and that faroff land. I visited a Workforce Training Center at rayatbahra university in mohali. Hundreds of students turned out for a talk i gave, and they had so many question
Opposed to a triad. Would it force those kinds of decisions . I think it i dont think o ha that discussion will ever go away, senator. Im a believer in the triad but we clearly have to have cu discussions that involve the air force, the navy, the departments the congress, National Security counsel and white house to determine, where is the nation going to go with this . We dont have enough money in d our air force and navy to do allry the modernization you would need to do if we took everybodys desire and tried to meet it. Ied thank you all. I want to thank the turn witnesses. For the record know the abc but for the record if sequestration returns next year can your service execute the defense strategic guidance . No senator no, chairman. , no xharm. No, chairman. No, chairman. Thank your. I want to thank you all for your wan very straightforward testimony tio and candid testimony. And i would like to mention two things with c you. One, and it was referred to compens earlier, the commi
I believe i firmly believe that each one of us in this chamber much opposed this session with a courtcutting principle. Until every person in our state who wants a job can find one, we have more work to do. [applause] we cannot stick our heads in the sand or simply hope for the best, not one other states are actively recruiting jobs from every corner of the globe. Jobs that can and should come to connecticut. We must compete for every single job. With that mind set, we began to tackle the challenges of Economic Development in an holistic way in our state. Our first five programs, along with the addition of jackson laboratories, has leveraged a 180 million commitment public funding to drive more than 2 billion in private investment. That same program it possible for connecticut to bring two fortune 500 companies to our state. The last time we talked about two fortune 51 companies was in 2006, and that was because they were leaving. In main streets across connecticut, the Small Business
Mr. President , mr. Speaker, senator mckinney, representative cafero, lt. Governor wyman and my fellow state officials, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly, honored members of the judiciary, members of the clergy, and all the citizens of our great state who are watching or listening today thank you for the honor of inviting me into the peoples house to address you. Id like to offer my sincere congratulations to the newly elected leadership of the democratic and republican caucuses in each chamber, and especially to speaker sharkey and majority leader aresimowicz as they take on their new roles. Congratulations as well to the new members of the General Assembly who were sworn in earlier today. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead. As we gather in this historic chamber, let us always keep in our thoughts the brave men and women of the great state of connecticut serving in our armed forces around the globe. We thank them and our veterans for their serv