Lawmakers have two days before they are slated to recess for the memorial weekend, and the legislative docket is full trade, renewing the patriot act and the highway bill as well. Look for coverage of those debates on cspan2. We will begin with 2016 and Hillary Clinton in iowa yesterday. She held an impromptu News Conference after not fielding questions from the press for nearly a month. Republicans and journalists are criticizing the campaigns strategy. Should Hillary Clinton answer more questions from the media . Host you can also send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com cs pan, an email us as well, journal cspan. Org. We will begin with nprs website. Until tuesday, it had been almost a month since hillary answered questions from the press. After taking questions from iowans in cedar rapids where she spoke about Small Business the former secretary of state answered six questions from reporters and took an awkwardly timed one about whether she will answer questions from the media in the
Bonnie diplomats in the Foreign Service are the face of america around the world. Theyre charged with promoting peace and prosperity, advancing the interests of the United States and protecting. Americans abroad. In the past two decades three women and two africanamericans have served as secretary of state, the top u. S. Diplomat. Butts diplomacy has not always been diverse about. Lia miller the chemistry and the makeup of the diplomatic corps did not represent the american people. It was predominantly male. It was predominantly white. It was predominantly middle and upper class. Bonnie to recast that image, the department has created programs and launched initiatives designed to ensure u. S. Embassies and consulates around the world look like america today, diverse and multicultural. The goal is ambitious and the results so far are mixed. Linda thomas greenfield weve had to make some changes in the process so that we can target minority and women. I think weve been very, very successf
Diversity is our strength. Bonnie diplomats in the Foreign Service are the face of america around the world. Theyre charged with promoting peace and prosperity, advancing the interests of the United States and protecting. Americans abroad. In the past two decades three women and two africanamericans have served as secretary of state, the top u. S. Diplomat. Butts diplomacy has not always been diverse about. Lia miller the chemistry and the makeup of the diplomatic corps did not represent the american people. It was predominantly male. It was predominantly white. It was predominantly middle and upper class. Bonnie to recast that image the department has created programs and launched initiatives designed to ensure u. S. Embassies and consulates around the world look like america today, diverse and multicultural. The goal is ambitious and the results so far are mixed. Linda thomas greenfield weve had to make some changes in the process so that we can target minority and women. I think wev
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 recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate and 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 limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez mr. Speaker, im very proud of the president for speaking directly to the American People on immigration last night in a town hall on telemondayo and on msnbc. He telemundo and on msnbc. He is fighting a temporary injunction in federal court and is prepared to appeal those rulings all the way to the supreme court, if needed. He will comply with the injunction, but let me be clear to my republican frie
Agree with all of these items. They know what it happening to them. So i am very proud to stand here to fight to raise bankwages, protect unions protect and expand social security, medicare, and medicaid. Thank you, mayor deblasio. Congressman charles rangel. Colleagues and friends, when i marched from selma to montgomery, i had no idea there could be dramatic changes made in our constitution. That constitution did not include disparity in wages did not include blacks did not include women, and it did not include middle class poor folks. A change was made because america thought a change should be made. Everyone came together and said its time for a change. This is a patriotic opportunity for us to say what is it that we can do . The president is talking a lot about tpp and tpa which means it is a trade agreement. It is not a secret. The muppet nationals know exactly what is in that trade agreementings and they also know about the millions and trillions of dollars they will be able to