In Public Service will always come from the contributions of those who served either under my command in the marine corps or on my staff. Our country has heard and will continue to hear from these talented men and women wherever they go and however they choose to serve, and a good number of them have made the trek over here the during a busy workweek to join us today. We did great things during those six years. They continue to show us that they are allstars in a multitude of endeavors, and id be praised if they would stand or wave and be recognized right now. [applause] there have been a lot of things going on in the last couple of days, and im sure im going to be get questions about them, but what im ready like to talk about in my opening remarks is whats going on in our country and what we can do to make things better. And let me begin by stealing a quote by gore vidal, one of the most irascible minds of the postworld war ii era. He once wrote you never know when you are happy, you
They took an old vietnam veteran man, put a pacemaker in his heart in this hospital and sent him home. They didnt keep him overnight for observation. His son found him the next morning dead and i am sure he would have been saved if they would have kept him overnight. The commercial thats on tv now with the ladies talking about the guy, her brother or somebody who committed suicide because this Emergency Rooms that ocoee dont have any beds for you. Golay home home and lay down and come back when you feel better. Look up that hallway, theres a ton of beds and i have always been there. At one point and this is from people of your staff, those beds were moved because karen didnt want them there but now that shes gone they are back. I heard that the day before yesterday. They are back. They hide them for their purposes and when they dont need them hidden anymore they bring them out. Thats not a storeroom. Thats a hallway. Thats a hallway out that door. I went to the wrong room. They are in
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Mr. Menendez [inaudible] and after having had the benefit of having a hearing on the pipeline ive decided to oppose this bill for four basic reasons. First, on the bill i am deeply concerned that if approved, this pipe lynn will be the first of many pipelines opening one of the largest sources of carbon on earth to exploitation. Second contrary to what many believe, im convinced this pipeline will simply not enhance, help, or in any positive way improve our energy profile. Third, in my view, it is completely absurd for congress to take the role of permitting pipelines. It is a role we have never assumed and should not assume now. And, fourth, i believe its ridiculous that our republican colleagues insist on language banning Eminent Domain for National Parks legislation but oppose it when it comes to foreign or private projects like keystone. Furthermore, mr. President we cannot underestimate the Environmental Impacts of this pipeline
25,000 for my sons to go to one school. A school, snow school, that theyve never set foot in for any reason at all. If they were vouchered theyd only be paid once. If it was a scholarship, wed only be paid once. The reason why were in the situation that were in is were trying to keep the other school open so that the grown people can keep their jobs. But what even they neglect to understand is that the number of students doesnt change, its static, meaning if there are thousands of students that need teachers there are thousands of students that need teachers no matter where they are. So if you can halfway teach or at least convince someone for 45 minutes that you can halfway teach, then youre going to have a job as a teacher. We need to make it plain to our community that theyre being played by the system so that the people who dont utilize these urban schools, who send their kids to suburban charter or Catholic Schools, which is always funny, they send their own children to Catholic S
Screeria nigeria. Sylvia burwell. And Later White House budget diarrhea shaun donovan. The Senate Health Committee Hears from a panel of doctors about disease prevention through the vaccines. The hearing comes amid National Debate whether vaccinations should be mandatory as several states deal with a current outbreak of measles. Watch the hearing live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. And the Senate Finance committee holds a hearing on the u. S. Tax code. The witnesses are former senators bob packwood and bill bradley. Both had a role in the 1986 tax deal reached under president reagan. That will be live on cspan3 at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Next a look at the proposal and the corn state transportation projects. From washington journal, this is 50 minutes. Today we continue our weekly look at how your money is being spent, taxpayer dollars. And this week focusing on infrastructure in this country. Let me introduce you to Chris Edwards whose tax policy studies director at cato institute. Rob