First and foremost, mr. Speaker, there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society and especially in congress, period. I believe as members of congress we must hold ourselves to a higher standard, a standard that demonstrates we are worthy of the trust placed to us by our constituents and the american public. There have been a number of accounts by current and former colleagues and staff that suggests not every office is achieving this goal. Thats simply unacceptable. This resolution will mandate that each member, officer, employee, intern, and fellow of the house of representatives is fully aware of the laws that apply to them and their right to a harassmentfree workplace under the Congressional Accountability Act. The committee on House Administration recently held a hearing as its first step in its review. We heard from members, house employment counsel, and the office of compliance. There was a broad consensus that mandatory training is a necessary step for the house to preven
House resolution. The resolution is one part of the committee on House Administrations comprehensive review of the laws, procedures and resources concerning workplace harassment in the house. A harassmentfree policy and workplace is vital in creating the culture the speaker pro tempore the house is not in order. The gentleman will continue. Mr. Harper a harassmentfree workplace is vital in creating the culture that will require everyone on capitol hill to Work Together effectively. First and foremost, mr. Speaker, there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society and especially in congress, period. I believe as members of congress we must hold ourselves to a higher standard, a standard that demonstrates we are worthy of the trust placed to us by our constituents and the american public. There have been a number of accounts by current and former colleagues and staff that suggests not every office is achieving this goal. Thats simply unacceptable. This resolution will mandate that e
Mr. Speaker, i rise today in strong support of this House Resolution. Part of the committee on House Administrations comprehensive review of the laws, procedures and resources concerning workplace harassment in the house. A harassmentfree policy and workplace is vital in creating the culture the speaker pro tempore the house is not in order. The gentleman will continue. Mr. Harper a harassmentfree workplace is vital in creating the culture that will require everyone on capitol hill to Work Together effectively. First and foremost, mr. Speaker, there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society and especially in congress, period. I believe as members of congress we must hold ourselves to a higher standard, a standard that demonstrates we are worthy of the trust placed to us by our constituents and the american public. There have been a number of accounts by current and former colleagues and staff that suggests not every office is achieving this goal. Thats simply unacceptable. This
Cause of the surge. What i want this hearing to date to talk about and the incentives we create in this country and in our laws for people to come to this country legally. We are a nation of immigrants. We need to recognize the fact that people that come into the this country by and large are coming for the exact reasons our ancestors came. They are seeking the opportunity this country offers people. We need to understand that to a certain extent we need to respect that if it is done legally. We cannot tolerate an unsecure border and a policy of immigration that is based on illegal immigration. We have to look at the law and the incentives for immigration. I would look at defered action of childhood arrivals as an incentive that creates this problem. That is what i want to gleam from the testimony and questions we are ask. Peoples lives are put at risk because of these incentives. The other point i want to make is the difficulty in getting the information to solve this problem. Part of
Also national sovereignty. The primary threat to national sovereignty. The one last. We have to be aware of the effect that this is having on all of our sunni allies. The administration is suggesting strongly that he ran can be our ally against the Islamic State. It is simply not true. It is not true on every level. Herein does not regard the Islamic State is meant to me the way we do. The Islamic State city revolutionary power to take power in the sunni world. World. It does threaten the iranian interest to a certain degree in southern iraq. It is also created tremendous opportunities to secure control of iraqi politics. And as an ally against the Islamic State. The polarization in the region where sunni allies dont trust us at all and think that our war against Islamic State is simply going to facilitate the riser ran throughout the region. As a result we have a coalition of over 60 partners that can defeat the Islamic State which is 20 or 30,000 guys and why cant we defeated . Becau