Let us pray. Dear chaplain conroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek, we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to tap the resources needed by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make. May they possess your power as they steady themselves amid the pressures of persistent problems. May their faith in you deliver from them wear them down. All this week and through the week may they do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. Please, hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nations of earth. May all that is done this day 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 rul
For the great job you are doing representing the United States and the state of israel. [applause] i want to recognize that two rons. I want to thank him for helping us in a very difficult for him. I want to recognize the other ron, a man who knows how to take each, israels ambassador to the u. S. , ron dermer. [applause] ron, i could not have you i could not be prouder to have you representing israel in washington. And finally, i want to recognize my wife, whose courage in the face of adversity is an inspiration to me. [applause] sarah divides her time as a child psychologist, as a loving mother and the public duties of the wife of the Prime Minister. Sarah, i am so proud to have you here with me today, to have you at my side always. My friends, i bring greetings to you from jerusalem our eternal undivided capital. [applause] i also bring to you news that you may not have heard. I will be speaking in Congress Tomorrow. [applause] you know, never has so much been written about a speech
And keeping what were about, which is welcoming people from all over the world and assimilating them into this unique experiment in pluralism and democracy. But you dont do that by encouraging illegal behavior. You dont do that by degrading sovereignty. And you dont do that by strokes of the pen in a quiet office. That is not leadership. And then for the third Part National defense and what we talked about here. People are confused right now. Theyre concerned. We have very strong isolationist trend in this country post iran, post iraq, post afghanistan and people have said enough. Were going withdraw and exit stage left. And when good guys leave bad guys fill the vacuum. You see that in china and the ukrainian and the middle east and all over the world and that is not good for their future. So its a lot more than i kempt my Campaign Promise were out another there. What were out of there is a semi colon not a period and history doesnt stop. I think theres a sense of frustration, confusi
As a state issue. E maritalld th status be for those who married the two weeks before the policy was put in place . Democrats can call at 202 7370001. It republicans at 202 7370002. Independents at 202 6280205. On can catch up with us twitter, facebook, or email us. Good Tuesday Morning to you. We want to start by showing you some headlines from utah papers this morning. The spectrum. Samesex marriages put on hold. The headline from the herald. I will read you a bit from the Salt Lake Tribune this morning. That story by brooke adams. U. S. Supreme court on monday put samesex marriages in utah on hold. Banning such marriages are unconstitutional. The state say application was mayor. With justice sota clerks in utah will no longer be able to issue marriage license to samesex couples. It is not immediately clear what the order means for couples who have already been married. That is the story from the Salt Lake Tribune. Today. Alking with you comments are coming in on our facebook pages.
Measures or by threatening the use of force. Jordan reaffirms the need to respect the authority and independence. We reaffirm the prohibition of the use of force in it territory or any part of the territory or indeed the occupation of the crimean region. They call on all states concerned to respect the terms of their agreements and treaties with ukraine. It is for the memorandum of 1994 as well as the treaty of friendship, cooperation and partnership between the ukraine and Russian Federation of 1997. Russia and ukraine must starts effective dialogue to resolve the crisis between them. A dialogue that would lead to the return of the crimean region to the control as soon as possible. We call on ukraine to take immediate steps to resolve this of both paternity and to respect human right, and particularly the minority rights in to revoke any measures that were taken which may undermine such rights. At the same time, we stress the need to not interfere in the internal affairs so that the c