Today. Since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1,800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man they lost they killed 25. For every man they captured, they took 235. The force was so fearless that the enemy dubbed them, the devils. And so effective today that our special forces refer to them as pioneers. These men represent the finest of the finest. So today we bestow on them our highest honor. So let me thank all of you for being here, especially ambassador door, secretary mccue and all of our army leaders. Of course in addition to many family members were truly humbled to have with us some 42 veterans of the force. Please join
Conscience to vote with us to break this partys filibuster of Homeland Security funding and help us protect american democracy. Now, mr. President , i would ask unanimous consent that the motion to proceed to h. R. 240 be agreed to and that it be in order for the managers or their december knees to offer amendments in alternating fashion with the majority manager of his diss ig knee being designee being authorized to is there objection . Mr. President . Reserving the right to object. Mr. President , there is bipartisan objection to the request by the majority leader. But, mr. President , it is worth spending a minute or two hearing what republican senators have had to to say the last few hours. John mccain, senior senator from arizona is that the definition of insanity, voting on the same bill over is and over again . Jim inhofe i think threes enough. Theres Division Within the conference on this. Jeff flake arizona, we can go through the motions, sure, but i dont think were fooling an
He is very sensitive and working in the area of Mental Health and crime. A few months ago someone observed that in every single state in this country there are more people who have been determined to be potentially dangerously mentally ill in our jails and prisons than in all private and public Mental Health facilities in those states. Its a real problem on the inside and outside and congressman sensenbrenner is working on that. And throw in a side issue i noted today that he has legislation on civil Asset Forfeiture which is a problem that one of my old heroes henry hyde also a midwesterner fought to correct for many years when he was in congress. So jim. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much for that very kind and generous introduction. Yes, you have known me since i was in high school. At that time my hair was black. There was years that have gone by sense less here and more there. I guess thats the way it will be with all of us. You are younger than i am. You never did disclo
We could reduce the number of delayed flights by about 30 . We could reduce the amount of fuel that airlines use by about 30 . We lower ticket prices. You wouldnt have twohour waits in the airport. If you are flying for business, that is going to save you time and money. If you want to get home to see her family, that means more time to spend with family instead of sitting in an airport. The whole economy would more efficient if we do it. Its the best time for us to rebuild our infrastructure. Still a lot of construction workers out of work. Its not like contractors have so much business. They can do the work on time. If we spent the next 10 years saying we will rebuild all what we would do is lay the foundation for more Economic Growth in the future. It is a smart investment. We should be doing it. Some tax loopholes exist right now. They incentivize companies to send money overseas instead of here and investing in the United States. Lets take that money and use that to rebuild our in
Global basis. Indeed it has specifically targeted canada and canadians, urging supporters to attack, quote, disbelieving canadians in any manner, vowing that we should not feel secure even in our homes. It would be convenient to dismiss such statements as the mere rambling of lunatics were it not for the fact that isils deeds have been fully in line with its words. More shockingly, isils words are matched by its actions. In the territory isil has occupied it has conducted a campaign of unspeakable atrocities against the most innocent of people. It has tortured and beheaded children, it has raped and sold women into slavery, it has slaughtered minorities, captured prisoners and innocent civilians whose only crime is being or thinking differently from isil. Indeed by late last summer, isil stood on the brink of committing largescale genocide in northern iraq. It was at that moment that canadas allies in the international community, led by president obama, decided to intervene. Canadians