History and a student of current history. But it is a thrill to have this panel on the First Federal congress because it is such an incredibly important subject. And one that these folks have mined assiduously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that i have ever seen. Among other things, its complete, which, you know, doesnt happen that often. I mean, the Founding Fathers papers will be, you know, being published when were all dead. And so this the fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes, and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important, and one that i recommend to all. Because, you know, the guys got together and wrote the constitution pretty quickly. Given the fact that they had to, as bill clinton says, the constitution should be called lets make a deal. And but, you know, we and the press werent there
Minutes is expired. Thank you. Mr. President , i rise tonight to let the military know that we may have a short night in the senate, but youre going to have better days ahead. This whole exercise for me is about you. Its about those who have been fighting this war for the last 17 years. Its about stopping the madness created by the congress in 2011. What we did in 2011 is come up with a Budget Proposal called sequestration that if we could not find a bipartisan path forward to cut 1. 2 trillion from the federal budget over a decade, we would punish the military by taking 600 billion out of the military and 600 billion out of nondefense spending and leave entitlements alone where the money is at. Nobody thought it would happen. It was a penalty clause in the budget control act to make sure that the Super Committee would act responsibly. Guess what . They didnt. The bottom line is we couldnt reach a budget agreement. We spent 47 trillion over the next ten years which is how much well spe
Syrian war, and we aided the moderate syrian rebels. It turns out they were jihadists often. They hated israel. The only people they hated as bad as israel was us many we gave antitank weapons to one group and the leader of the group said we wanted them to fight isis, they said we want to attack assad and when we attack assad, we want to attack israel. We poured hundreds of tons of weapons with of with gatar, running through the united air emirates. Poured it in there. A lot wound up in the wrong hands. We spent 250 million training ten of them. We trained ten fighters for 250 million. We sent them into battle and they were captured in the first 30 minutes. Guess what happened recently . And i will give President Trump some credit for this. They decided to ally with whoever was fighting the best over there and turned out the kurds were, both the syrian current and the current that live in iraq. And they did fight. Now the question is, oh, no, turkey is unhappy with that so well throw t
And now its on the rocks. Jon yes. Yes, lady wearing cross on television. laughter religious freedom is on the rocks the rocks of course, not as on the rocks as it was in the 17th century when your friends the pilgrims outlawed christmas celebrations as a sacrilege and declared gifts and Christmas Decorations satan cal, levying a fiveshilling fine on anyone for saying Merry Christmas. Five shillings. I mean, in those days thats two milk cows and a buckled hat. laughter if the pilgrims were alive today, this is how theyd decorate the town square. laughter or perhaps youd prefer to celebrate christmas the way our Founding Fathers did . On december 25, 1789, the United States congress sat in session and continued to stay open on Christmas Day for most of the next 67 years. Jon hows that taste mother bleep ers . laughter thats right when the country was founded, congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of christmas celebrations that a 7eleven does today. Yeah, were open. F
We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those that state will tell you where hes focusing on listening to the diplomats and listening to the employees. Our Foreign Service officers. I think this is very commendable. He has sought feedback from the bottom up. Many employees, he reports, have asked, and i think this speaks volumes, theyve asked for more responsibility and in turn more accountability for their performance. They