Mr. Speaker, for the past 20 years, as a practicing lawyer and business owner, i have seen firsthand how companies have tried to grow and create more jobs, but they simply cant due to the strangling grip of obamacares employer mandate. Small businesses tell a story of how their current plan was canceled and how they were forced by obamacare into a health plan that covers less with higher copays and higher deductibles, along with unsustainable increases in premiums. Simply stated obamacare is crushing Small Business across this great country. And despite the urgency of the crisis, the president has decided to dig himself in and promised to veto any commonsense reforms such as removing this employer mandate. So if the white house has decided not to collaborate with congress to ease the burdens on families and businesses, then the only path we have is full repeal. Along with that mr. Speaker, we need to move forward and develop Commonsense Health care reform that not only respects familie
Bill in the senate today continues work on the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline appeared they will vote this evening starting at 5 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. It will affect oil drilling in blow to Alaska Oil Production is one of the headlines this morning. We want to get your reaction. If not by phone, you can contact us at twitter. You can post a comment facebook. You can send us an email. This is the front page of the newspaper of the alaskan newspaper. It would be the approval of congress. The president is proposing to designate the majority of the Arctic National wildlife rigid as a wilderness area. This drew an angry response from elected officials is yet as a land grab by the federal government. That is the front page. The announcement came yesterday through youtube and a video that the white house. It runs about a minute. Alaskas wildlife refuge is an incredible place. It is pristine and undisturbed. It supports caribou and caribou and polar bears. It is very fragile. I am proud that t
That is live at 12 25 eastern time on cspan2. Here is some of the featured program for this president s day weekend on the cspan networks. On booktv saturday morning at 9 00 live coverage of the savannah book festival, nonfiction authors and books on topics like the disappearance of michael rockefeller, a British Company of the elephants in world war ii and four women spies during the civil war and at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on afterwards former Senior Adviser for president Obama David Axelrod on his 4 years in politics. On American History tv on cspan 3, saturday morning in beginning at 8 30 the 1 notedanniversary of the release of the film the birth of a nation. Setting with an interview with dr. Declare. A showing of the film followed by a call in program with civil war historian larry jones and declare and sunday at 8 00 on the presidency George Washington portraits focusing on how artists capture the spirit of the first president and what we can learn about him through their paintings.
And non coercive tools of u. S. Aircraft. In other words, the use of military power is just one tool and it must be integrated way set of other tools particularly bilateral and lateral diplomacy. Perhaps the greatest success weve seen against isis is this nations ability to mobilize a diverse and Significant National coalition. Over 60 nations have not just committed to fighting the threat in words, but they are acting. They are participating in the airstrikes they are countering isis financing they are stopping the flow of foreign fighters and they are responding to the catastrophe. The use of u. S. Force is needed but what president obama said is evidence of what has worked in the past five months. What have we seen in the past five months that have effectively degraded isis in iraq and syria . Since september, we are making significant progress and degrading isis by using a combination of airstrikes by the coalition coordinated with local forces on the ground. Through this partnersh
Horror isil then it is actually an enemy that 10 of 58 years around us that the islamic fanatic groups that are willing to use terrorism to terrorize the western world and it goes back to even before 9 11 park row where americans murdered to terrorize our country. Lets give a try to show was how mean and nasty they are to bring down the buildings in new york. Whenever they want to call their organization at that moment. The primary threats to security and safety that we defeat these type of enemies. I personally will lot will not believe i will give the president of the United States, i dont thank congress would give the president a blank check of the use of American Military force in the arab world gore in the gulf. And ran to drive the way it is not specific enough with the territory. We will not give him a blank check we need to know if that means he is willing to commit a major force is on the ground so the president is asking sarah to recount the details and i think this will be s