Panama canal would be subject to attacks from panama. They felt the United States use of the canal would be far muir secure if panama owned the canal. Carter agreed, but he added one additional element. He explained it to me in an interview. I felt like the canal issue was a key test of my overall human rights policy, to start treating other people as worthy of respect and not try to dominate small countries. I wanted to treat panama fairly. I had studied the issue fairly thoroughly and i was convinced it was an unfair original agreement that was forced upon the panamanian people against their will. That was one difference that set carter apart. The other difference was that he did something about his judgment. He fought and won the battle to get the treaties approved. Fascinated byen the canal as child when reading richard halliburtons book of marvels, in which the adventurer described the history of the canal and then told of swimming its length. He paid a total of . 36 because he wa
On this deal. We get your views. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a tweet, if you would like, cspanwj, or join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan, or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. Your thoughtst here in just a minute about your views on Social Security and medicare. In this twoyear budget deal that was announced on monday, there were changes to Social Security and medicare. Joining us on the phone is jonathan nicholson, a reporter with bloomberg bna. Lets begin with Social Security, the disability program. What changes did they propose in this deal . Guest the thing to remember is Social Security has not just one trust fund, it is actually two. The problem is that the Disability Insurance trust fund , not beed to run low able to pay full benefits with the amount of money coming in starting in 2016, so basically to forestall that, the proposal is kind of a twostep kind of thing. One is to reallocate some of th
Cspan welcomes to newsmakers this week, congressman kevin brady. Hes a chairman of the key subcommittee and the vice chair of the joint economic committee, and with the new speaker elections this thursday, the day we are taping, he has announced his interest in succeeding paul ryan as the head of the ways and Means Committee. Thank you for being with us. Let me start with the new speaker of the house who that heaul ryan wanted a fresh start to the house of representatives. How long do you think his honeymoon is likely to be . Rep. Brady it may be longer than people believe. Once in ais a generation leader. He will bring new ideas and new energy to the caucus. It is a fresh start. You have someone who has led to committees who understand you can let legislators be legislators and empower people to bring their ideas forward. Some of them may be partisan and some of the maybe bipartisan, but he will put in place a can move our we legislation and that is something that is very exciting. Su
I could say good afternoon now, you are listening to the live continuing testimony of dr. Ashton carter before the Senate Armed Services committee testifying since 9 30. Among the things he has said so far, that if confirmed he promised president obama that he will provide the best and candid advice going on to say that he pledged to protect our friends and allies in a turbulent and dangerous world. Also during his testimony he has been talking an awful lot about the budget. He says that the military cannot continue the way it is with sequester in place. Explain sequester and why it is such a Sticking Point for the military. Well, sequester orders the military to cut a specific budgets and project that is they had just off the top without any thought about prioritizing them and a lot of them have to do with western necessarily. Its going to force the army to down size, take a tremendous number of resources and have them leave service. He did say not every dollar is spent as it should.
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 6, 2015, the chair will now rec m fm stsuitd the mari my lea f mni hr te. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each mber the mari a mory leaderanmi w limit tfi mut, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, five mis. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you so much mr. Speaker. As an 8yearold child, i was forced to flee havana, cuba, with a my family for the shores of the United States of america, the shining city on a hill, and a beacon of hope and freedom to the world. The cuban american members of congress are all united by our love of this great country and our love and respect for freedom, for democracy and the rule of law because of where we come from and whom w