My topic today is serious which presents one of most issuesl Foreign Policy we face. It lies to a heart critical to u. S. Security, a friend that is a place that is home to friends and partners. It is important because the Syrian Regime possesses chemical weapons that we cannot allow to fall into terrorist hands. It is important because the regime is collaborating with lockstep with in hezbollah. Syria is important because its people in seeking freedom and dignity has suffered unimaginable horrors. I also recognize how ambivalent americans are about the situation there. On the one hand, we americans share a desire, after two wars which have taken 6700 american lives and cost over 1 trillion, to invest taxpayer dollars in american schools and infrastructure. On the other hand, americans have heard the president s commitment that this will not iraq, this will not be afghanistan any use of force will be limited and tailored narrowly to the chemical weapons threat. On the one hand, we shar
This rule and the underlying legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from texas. Reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, before i yield time id like to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the article from the New York Times this morning entitled Health Plan Costs for new yorkers to fall 50 . The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Ms. Slaughter i yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the premise of h. R. 2667, the employer mandate bill, which is part of the rule here today, is that somehow that the administration overreached by announcing this postponement of the employer tax measure which was part of the Affordable Care act. The fact
I can understand how aggressive theyve gotten in certain areas. The trip to moscow worries me because there are serious things happening in that relationship that would not have happened were it not for the absolute collapse of faith in the United States, and while there may be good things that can come out of it for the saudis to be off on their own, a lot of bad things can come out of that as well potentially. But that is the kind of uncertainty that we are dealing with in the system that i think has led to quite a bit of trouble. I agree in the first place that syria now takes on this huge importance in terms of trying to convince the iranians that we are serious. I think that operation is now going to need to be something that perhaps the president and his team did not think a couple of weeks ago it might have needed to be. It will now need to have real effects on syria and on other adversaries in the region, that they do not want to test the United States in this regard. I do not
To show for it. So rather than simply saluting history. Were out there making it. Melissa so as we have been reporting breaking news venezuelan president hugo chavez is dead. Monica crowley with us. Sandra smith. Give us your reaction. I dont think anybody apart from sean penn is mourning hugo chavez. But it has impact on the Global Market because he reached out to russia, china and iran. The biggest buyer of venezuelan crude. Although production there is declining. We will see some sort of reaction the market but keep in mind he has been on his deathbed for quite some time now. The market has had some time to react and futures began trading in seven seconds. Melissa wash the streets in venezuela. Here is the willis report. Our top story tonight, hugo chavez is dead. Full market reaction. Also tonight on the willis report. Can the rally last . And will small investors get hit again . Government Tax Collections hit another record, so what are our politicians doing . Why they plan to spe
1 trillion deficits per your about bad things happening eventually. You were taunting the market is that when did the market will wake up. Neil they dont seem to mind. He is right to. We have high unemployment because of government spending. It did not work if it did we would not be seven point 9 percent unemployment. The unemployment has never been below seven point 8 under obama and was never above that with president bush. Neil we are on the record, left or right it is nice whoever built to this or whatever continues, who knows but i know say what you will of this country or the rest of the world, we are still a haven. We are one hell of a haven. Good night. Reaction. Also tonight on the willis report. Can the rally last . And will small investors get hit again . Government Tax Collections hit another record, so what are our politicians doing . Why they plan to spend it all and more. A big change coming to your cell phone, hold the phone, we are on the case next on the willis report