President obamas top science adviser discusses the science and environmental initiatives of the Obama Administration and how they are changing in the Trump Administration. This is about an hour. Welcome, everyone. Thank you, thank you. Welcome to the American Association for the advancement of science, or aaas, as we call it, and welcome to our kickoff event for the historic march for science tomorrow. Im celeste rolfing, chief operating officer here. Its my distinct pleasure today to introduce our speaker, dr. John holdrun. John is a professor of environmental policy at the Kennedy School of government and professor of Environmental Science and policy in the department of earth and Planetary Sciences at harvard university. In 1995, john gave the acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the pug wash conferences on science and world affairs, an International Organization of scientists and public figures in which he served in various leadership positions. More recently fo
The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 362 and the nays are 45. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Fitzpatrick, to suspend the rules h. R. 5606 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. To clerk h. R. 5606, a bill facilitate to assist in the fighting of terrorist activities and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the spe
2005, George Herbert walker bush, senator reid made the same argument when george w. Bush was president of United States. Her to, 18 month before be bush left office, senator that there should be a presumption against confirmation. It is only fair to play by the same set of rules. Based on the conduct, based on the behavior of our colleagues when they were in the majority come up first when he filibustered judges for the first time, and later when they were in the majority before they saw the majority slip to republicans, the democratic leader packed the d. C. Court of appeals by a vote from the nuclear option, breaking the senate rules any raw display a political power in order to pack a court that many people called the secondmost Important Court in the land. For this lifetime appointment to the court is a critical check on the executive branch. A check that this administration has proved over and over again, we need desperately. And i have pointed out , this nomination will change t
May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost. Fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done and not seek to rest. And labor without seeking any reward other than knowing that you are doing they are doing your will and serving the people of this great nation. Bless them, o god, and be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california, mr. Costa. Mr. Costa i ask the gallery to join with us. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it ands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and jus
Ill start from sip the fact were going have to deal not only with nation states that are going to have crises and groups and individuals that are highly empowered and able to bring threat against nation of the capability most addressing the likely. The second thing, we have to bring down the alliance on Strategic Deterrent and increase the reliance on other capability and tools diplomatic and military for strategic defense. The technology and capabilities and the architecture that would allow us to have those kinds of capabilities at the strategic level to deter conflict and increase other options so that our state options dont run out prematurely or less than effective against the wide range of threat. We have to increase the tools on the state craft to prevent these thick things. Making sure its still an element of membership and nato. You commit to your defense goals. The second thing i would say is to really look at those things which could enable nato at large to take greater adva