Ed. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and Ranking Member for holding this important hearing. I would like to yield all my time to congresswoman gonzalez. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. The chair recognizes representative gonzalezcolon. Thank you, i want to thank representative rad way began fog her time. He is entitled to his opinion but he does not li in puerto rico, he does not represent the island. No one voted for him. The only ones voted for is the governor and me. Hes a democrat and im a republican, and voters many times rejected him. What were supporting here is what the people of the island voted for, statehood. Thats democracy. Again, anybody can have their own opinion. But coming here the problem is established. We are not treated as equal under the law. The u. S. Congress can do whatever they want with territories. They can do whatever they want with the issue of puerto rico. And yet, we are skill facing a lot of the needs like the state os louisiana, new jersey, florida, tex
Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more. Including media,. Including mediacom. Media com support cspan as a Public Service along with these other television providers. Even you a front row seat to democracy. Next to the final televised debate between georges republican Governor Brian Kemp and democratic challenger Stacey Abrams. They have debated several topics impacting voters including abortion, inflation and crime. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rated the race leaning republican. Governor brian kemp is taking a second term. And in a rematch of the 2018 election, Democrat Stacey Abrams is hoping to unseat him. I want to be governor so i can do right by georgians. Tonight we are getting them on the record about the most important issues to georgians. My biggest concern right now is the economy. The spending of my tax money. Abortion is number one. My biggest concerns are crime. Live from midtown atlanta here is the georg
Ah, i british manager, welcome to the dublin years, asia, glad you could join us. Taiwan is conducting its largest ever military drills which simulate the repulsion of an invading force. Its a scenario based on the increased military threat from china in recent years. Beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory and hasnt ruled out the use of force to re unify it with the mainland that and the ongoing war in ukraine has forced taipei to actively consider how it would defend itself against a possible chinese attack. Did not respond and zachary li reports on how that concern is playing out in the military drills the roof r o m p only the south of the warning segments can be heard. Please instruct every one to 6 shorter immediately. Cities, of course high was shut down for 30 minutes for this nation wide military, 3 o. The military, i says, i says this year are the largest in taiwan history. As you can see behind me or cause have been forced to pull over to the side of the road. And every
President s oftrepeated promise. Perhaps the administration would like to tell him he should have just done a better job of keeping up with its regulatory dictates. But what about the millions who purchased their plans relying on the president s promise that they could keep them . What about the husbands and wives across kentucky who suffered when two of our largest employers had to drop Spousal Coverage . What about the folks who lost coverage at work . What about all the smaller paychecks and lost jobs . What about the parttimeization of our economy . This law, mr. President , is a mess, its a mess. As secretary sebelius has said herself yesterday, the system is not functioning. Now, maybe she was referring to no more than the narrow problems with healthcare. Gov, but as the president keeps reminding us over and over again, obamacare is about more than just a web site. Hes right about that. And thats why if the system is not functioning, its just another sign that obamacare itself is
You know . I was never afraid of him, or i would have. And will he or wont he . Authorities want answers from Jesse Matthew, accused in the disappearance of 18yearold Hannah Graham. Well go live to the scene in just a few minutes. But first, now fully engaged in the fight against isis is the United Kingdom. Two british fighter jets flew a recon and Intelligence Mission over iraq today, just hours after parliament gave the thumbs up for British Forces to fire on isis targets. American forces attacked isis positions today. The pentagon says fighters, bombers, and remotely piloted aircraft launched ten separate air strikes in syria and iraq. Some of those combat missions took off from the deck of the Aircraft Carrier george h. W. Bush in the persian gulf. Cnn has people on the flight deck of the bush. A report from there coming up straight ahead. Isis fighters battled it out with kurdish troops on syrias border with turkey. The fighting sent a couple of hundred of thousands of people runn