Mr. Chairman as we heard during our hearing in both the immediate an long term ukraine is going to require a wide range of assistance from the United States and our international partners. My amendment adds resolve clause to the resolution that expresses the support of the house to work with our partners in ukraine to improve transparency, combat corruption and protect individual rights through independent judiciary and strong rule of law. Making improvements in these areas will be crucial to longterm stability in ukraine and they are also the foundation which strong democratic governance is built. I ask members to support my amendment and support the package. I yield back. Thank the gentleman. Mr. Kissinger, from illinois. Cheryl thank you. Thank you for excepting my amendment, strength inches the underlying bill impose sanctions on Russian Federation officials but also on russian and ukrainian ollie garth and others complicit in russian intervention and interference. The steps russia
Organization oh z work and why they are hoping the 113th will shift to the left. An upcoming budget battles between president obama and the 113th congress. After that, looking at the tenure of House Speaker john boehner and what his legacy will be. Plus your emails, phone calls, on cspan. [applause] Chris Christie delivered his state of address today and discussed Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. The house is expected to vote on an additional 51 million in the package. This comes courtesy from the statehouse in trenton. This is 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you all very much. Lieutenant governor guadagno, madam speaker, mr. President , members of the legislature, fellow New Jerseyans, since George Washington delivered the first state of the union in new york on this day in 1790, it has been the tradition of executive leaders to report on the condition of the nation
Neil. He was one of our most esteemed members, passed away unexpectedly this summer. You were at the memorial service. I was at the Funeral Service in cincinnati. I missed the memorial service. Tell us what that was like at that service and what was Neil Armstrong like as a man and as an astronaut . The Funeral Service was in cincinnati, outside under a covered tent. Mostly family and astronauts and close family were there. We got to see a lot of the apollo era astronauts. Bob jacobs, the pr that represented nasa. It was more of a member is of neil from his sons and a couple close friends. The eulogies were mostly about his humility. That is what i remember most about neil. One of the most humble guys i ever met, most selfeffacing, never bragged. Never thought about looked at me, i am first on the moon. And it probably the most talented guy i knew as far as pilot skills go. You were if prior you were a Fighter Pilot. Right, and so was he, in korea. Then he got out of the navy. So he wa
Mostly family and astronauts and close family were there. We got to see a lot of the apollo era astronauts. Bob jacobs, the pr that represented nasa. It was more of a member is of and a from his sons couple close friends. The eulogies were mostly about his humility. That is what i remember most about neil. One of the most humble guys i ever met, most selfeffacing, never bragged. Never thought about looked at me, i am first on the moon. And it probably the most talented guy i knew as far as pilot skills go. You were if prior you were a Fighter Pilot. Right, and so was he, in korea. Then he got out of the navy. So he was an accomplished pilot when he came to nasa. I think if anybody should have been first on the moon, it was Neil Armstrong because he had the skill and the humility to carry that load. We talked last night at dinner. When you were flying at the lunar module down, commander is on one side and the other guy is on the other side. It makes it easier for one person to get out f
And we begin with breaking news. The major power shift in d. C. Where democrats now officially control the house. Speaker nancy pelosi took back the gavel moments ago. To the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, i extend to you this gavel. [applause] trace the freshman class of lawmakers bringing a whole new dynamic to capitol hill aside from being the most racially diverse, more than 40 Women Joining congress. Once the fanfare is done, its down to business. Now the government shut down stretching into day 13 and still without any end in sight. We have team fox coverage. Kevin corke is at the white house. David spunt is in the washington bureau. First to Kristina Partsinevelos reporting live on capitol hill. Kristina . Yeah, you got a divided group of people here right now starting on the congress, 116th congress. What we have is we know that nancy pelosi was elected. You have 220 votes out of a possible 430. Yesterday we had Many Democrats tell fox news specifically that they would def