President obama traveled to elkhart indiana, where he talked about the 2016 campaign and the economy at a speech economy in a speech at concorde high school. [applause] president obama hello everybody. [applause] hello, hello. Can everybody please give kelly a big round of applause for that great introduction . [applause] it is good to be back in elkhart. [applause] great to be back at concord high school. Go minutemen. I brought a couple of friends with me. Your senator, joe donnelly, is here. Mayor tim neese, is here. I want to congratulate them for everyoneulate graduating tomorrow. I met a couple of the valedictorians, who seem like Outstanding Young ladies. My older daughter graduates next week. , ithere are any parents here hope you can give me some not to cry too much at the ceremony and embarrass her. If you have a chair, sit down, i have some stuff to say here. [applause] im not going to talk about the fact that my daughter leaving me is breaking my heart. Im not here to talk
Are we ready . Amendment to an amendment number 41, democrats are committed to closing the halliburton loophole that trip to the Environmental Protection agency of its ability to regulate hydraulic fracturing and ensuring tough safeguards are in place including save Drinking Water provisions to protect local water supplies. Fracturinghydraulic should not take place where states and local communities oppose it. We will reduce methane emissions and transportation by at least 40 by 45 below 2005 levels by 2025 through comments and standards for new and existing sources and repairing and replacing thousands of miles of leaking pipes. This will protect our climate and create thousands of good paying jobs. Comes to order please come to order please. Thank you very much. Im not going to be as popular. It may surprise you to learn of the same most objectives. Protecting our climate, protecting childrens health. We have a difference of opinion on how to do it. Im not going to convince everybody
I also want to address my concerns about the administrations 3 billion pledge to the Green Climate fund. The American Public does not support paying their hardearned taxpayer dollars into a slush fund that spends billions of International Climate change programs in developing nations to address the impacts of extreme weather. The need for spending our natural disasters is down historically while other International Priorities have increased. According to the 2014 annual Global Climate and catastrophe report released, Global Natural disasters in 2014 combined to cause economic losses of 132 billion. 37 below the tenyear average of 211 billion. With immediate global priorities such as the upheaval in the middle east and syria and iraq to a resurgent russia in Eastern Europe and abroad we should be focusing our resources on countering global terrorist threats with humanitarian assistance, democracy promotion and Embassy Security measures. The only reason i can see the administration wants
For austria as well as the osce mission that you and i had a chance to talk about all are housed in vienna. So youre part of a Diplomatic Team that we have in a critically important place where major decisions are being made. Obviously the focus today is very much on the responsibilities and the implementation of the iran agreement by the iaea and as we talked privately and ill repeat now and as i pointed out to ambassador shannon, your openness with us is critically important and appreciate the commitments that youve made in that regard. Mr. Chairman, im also pleased to note that a former member of this body who worked closely with Laura Holgate during the eight years she worked at the Nuclear Threat initiative has written a letter on her behalf touting mrs. Holgate superb only in and skills and passion for reducing global dangers. I would request that be part of our record. Without objection. Thank you, senator cardin. I will turn to our second nominee. Thats Laura Holgate who is nom
Information officer at the pentagon on cybersecurity. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week had a confirmation hearing. Tennessee senator bob corker chaired the hearing. Its an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Senate Foreign Relations committee is meeting this morning for a confirmation hearing on nominations, including state Department Counselor Thomas Shannon, to be undersecretary of state for Political Affairs. If confirmed by the senate, he would replace Wendy Sherman who helped to lead the u. S. Negotiations for iran. And as i said to him when he came into our office and im sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. You oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. The nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and International Organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. It would be easier. Thank