And after nairobi and after all of the other attacks on our facilities, im sure all of them, republican and democrat alike, especially where there was loss of american life. To say okay, what must we do better. How do we send men and women without weapons and support from the military into some of most dangerous places in the world . I will continue to speak out and do everything i can from whatever position im in to honor the memory of those we lost and to work as hard as i know to try to create more understanding and cooperation between the state department our diplomats, our Development Professionals from usaid and the congress so that the congress is a partner with us. That was the case in previous times. I would like us to get back to those times congressman, whereas i think one of you said, beirut, we lost far more americans not once but twice within a year. There was no partisan effort. People rose above politics, a Democratic Congress worked with a Republican Administration to
This being the day fixed by public law 113201 pursuant to the 20th amendment to the constitution of the United States, to the meeting of the 114th congress of the United States, the house will come to order. The prayer will be offered by father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We gather on this most significant day when once again recelebrate the peaceful transition of democratic government. Though many return from the 113th congress this peoples house is a new legislative assembly. May the service of all the members here gathered give you glory and equip well the charge entrusted to them by their fellow citizens. Give each member an abundance of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding that they might know best how to proceed in the work they have been given to do as well as the courage to act once they have discerned where your spirit might lead them. May all that is done this day and all the days of the 114th congress be for
What happened is we rescued the School Systems. That is not an exaggeration. We did it. What ended up happening . Not totally because of that but now we have the highest Graduation Rate of over 80 for the First Time Ever and we have a dropout rate among blacks and hispanics that has dropped over 25 since you guys started running the show. Nobody knows that. It is like a tree falling in the forest. Anybody come up to you and say lately, thank you, you did a great job on the dropout rate . Thank you, you rescued my school . We upgraded our infrastructure. The largest public works project contained within a recovery act in history. Bigger than eisenhowers interstate highway program. 15,000 new projects, 42,000 miles of new roads, and 7700 bridges. 700 Drinking Water systems upgraded. I could go on and on. Providing broadband across america and in the process, we created hundreds of thousands of jobs just doing the project and it created a virtuous cycle. When youre building the bridge in
Here is mitt romney announcing his decision. Good morning. This is mitt. Let me let you know who was on the call. Theres a large number people who signed on to be leaders of our 2016 finance effort. In addition, state political leaders here for several of the primary states on the line. Here in new york city and on the phone are people who have been helping me think through how to build a new team, as well as supporters from the past who have all been kind enough to volunteer their time during the celebration stage. Welcome, and thank you. Your loyalty and friendship, and your desire to see the country with new conservative leadership does in fact warm my heart. After putting considerable thought into making another run for president , ive decided its best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to be our next nominee. Let me give you my thinking. First, im convinced that with the health of the people on this call, we could win the nomination. We would have enough funding to
Willing to work hard is getting a fair shot and can succeed . [applause] are we going to be an economy that continues to invest in innovation and infrastructure . All the ingredients that are necessary to power this economy through the 21st century. Or, are we going to be neglectful of those very things that have made us an economic superpower . Are we going to do what is necessary to make sure that everybody gets the tools they need to succeed succeed . The education, the childcare support, the help when it comes to minimum wages, paid sick leave. That gives people a basic baseline of stability, but also allows them to constantly adapt to an everchanging world. That is the set of choices that we now have to make. And because the economy has gotten better, wages are beginning to tick up, people are starting to feel better about the economy. But i think what everybody here understands is that the ground that middleclass families lost over the last 30 years still has to be made up. And t