Position of the v. A. Secretary comes with tremendous responsibility and commands someone who understands the sacrifices and needs of both our veterans and their families. The next secretary of the v. A. Must be willing and ready to lead the v. A. In a new direction. While im grateful for the service of both general shinseki and acting secretary sloan gibson, and thousands of dedicated employees on the ground, i believe the current state of v. A. Affairs or the affairs at v. A. Demands bold leadership and a complete transformation in the culture at the agency. The problems facing the v. A. Did not happen overnight. Solving them will not be an easy task, but despite this, i believe with the right person at the helm, a person willing to work with congress and other stakeholders, the challenges facing the v. A. Can be met and expectations exceeded. At the end of the day, we must never forget our nations veterans. The sacrifice and service to this nation is second to none. Not only does it
Schakowsky. I support this prudent, narrow, reauthorization of the travel promotion act. Thank you, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentleman reserves. The gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. Ms. Schakowsky it is now my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from california, from. Beautiful area of the country carmel. There it is. To mr. Farr. Mr. Farr thank you for yielding. Thank you for your leadership on this bill. I rise in support of this bill for many reasons. The first reason is that America Needs to market itself. Youd think you think, oh, Everybody Loves america. What i found in my travels is that not everybody has the same opinion about america. If you turn on your television right now, the rest of the world is trying to get people who live in this country to go travel to their country, go to spain, go to the caribbean, go to new zealand, go everywhere. Go to canada. Its all trying to get our people to be tourists in their c
Democrats 202 5853880, republicans 202 5853881, and independents, all others, 202 5853882. Send us a tweet. Or you can post your comments on facebook. Com. Or you can email us. Well get to your thoughts in a minute. Joining us on the phone is elise viebeck, a Health Care Reporter with the hill newspaper. What is at the center of the dispute in both of these court cases . Guest the plaintiffs in this cases are arguing that subsidies for obamacare plan exchanges are illegal. The case theyre making is the actual statutory language of the Affordable Care act only allows exchanges that are run by states to issue these tax credits to make plans more affordable. Whats in jeopardy are subsidies for more than 5 Million People in 36 states where the federal government ran the exchange through house care. Gov. Its a very big case. Which courts ruled and how did they rule . The first ruling we got yesterday was a long waited ruling by the dc court of appeals. It was a three judge paneling l panel
E speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 23, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable cynthia aluminum miss to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Lummis to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe madam speaker, in the sky above Eastern Ukraine, a surface to air missile