The meeting will come to order. This hearing is entitled the Trump Administrations syria policy perspectives from the field mic. Thank you. Before i begin i would like to take a moment to remember my friend and our chairman, elijah cummings, though we lost almost one week ago. Like others on this committee i had the pleasure and privilege to call him my friend for almost 20 years as we worked work on n issues that have confronted congress and our country. Mr. Cummings has bequeathed a legacy of Compassionate Service to those families in our society who still struggle to receive the full promise of the american dream. While we had, he had an abiding faith in the goodness and kindness of humankind, he was firm and his commitment to use hisit many talents, and the powr of his position, to wait in our behalf of the disenfranchised and to reduce p the suffering tt he saw in this world. Elijah lived his life in a meaningful cause, the cause of justice, the cause of liberty, and the cause of
Before i begin i like to take a moment to remember my friend and our chairman, Elijah Cummings who we lost one week ago. Like others on this committee at the pleasure privilege to call elijah at my friend for almost 20 years. We worked the many issues that confronted congress. Mr. Cummings has bequeathed the legacy of Compassionate Service to those families in our society who still struggle to receive the full promise of the american dream. While he had an abiding faith in the goodness and kindness of humankind he was firm in his commitment to use his many talents and his power of position to weighin in behalf of the disenfranchised and reduce the suffering that he saw in this world. Elijah lived his life in a meaningful cause, a cause for justice and liberty and equality for all. We in our nation would be well served to follow his example and spirit had presence here on this committee will be sorely missed. Today we will examine the trump and ministrations decision to draw u. S. Force
Time wrap, the First Episode of the 46th parliament, im tom connell. The election, of course, ended on may 18 and there was much commentary about whether or not australian voters had not supported more ambitious action on Climate Change given that was the agenda of labor and they lost the election, but the greens are not lying down saying the action of other countries highlights australias lack of action. My question is to the leader of the government representing the Prime Minister. Minister, 717 jurisdictions across 16 countries have made a declaration that we are living in a Climate Emergency. The Uk Parliament indeed the Uk Parliament led by a conservative government supported the declaration of a Climate Emergency and showed global leadership. So, minister, how does your government justify having such pathetic pollution reduction tags at only 16 when you take into account carryover credits, how do you justify having targets that are completely inconsistent with keeping warming bel
Been more than 2200 buildings have been destroyed and others have been been destroyed and others have been damaged at a cost of 6 billion been damaged at a cost of 6 billion. But far more devastating than any material loss is devastating than any material loss is the loss of precious lives, loss is the loss of precious lives, of loss is the loss of precious lives, of mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons and daughters, wives that can never be replaced. Now, we are engaged in the difficult work of searching for survivors, reuniting of searching for survivors, reuniting separated families and identifying the remains of those and identifying the remains of those we and identifying the remains of those we have lost. There are now those we have lost. There are now 470 those we have lost. There are now 470 Search And Rescue workers now 470 Search And Rescue workers and 40 search dogs combing workers and 40 search dogs combing through the hundreds of burned combing through the hundreds of burn
Freedom and preventing discrimination. Good to have you with us. We begin with harsh words as Framework Agreements for an Energy Process moves closer. He accuses them of using bullying techniques. Despite the comments. Secretary of state john kerry says substantial progress has been made. James bays has more. With a deadline days away. This is an effort to reestablish a unified position. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry meeting his european counterparts. There has been reports that the French Foreign minister wants to take a harsher line and at one point, during intense negotiations he called his team urging them not to allow further concessions. Before leaving switzerland, john kerry was stressing there was no division among the international negotiators. This is and remains a p5 1 negotiation with iran. I emphasise. We are united in our goal our approach, our resolve, and our determination to ensure that irans programme is entirely peaceful. The European Union continues to play a