Cigarettes sold in the city. The revenue would be cruised to plug the used to plug the School Budget deficit. The house will not return until september 15. The schools open september 8. Mayor nutter said its not going to happen, because the money wont be there to be fully staffed. Jeff, put yourself in the mindset of a legislator which is not from philadelphia, which most of them are not. Why would you leave without voting on a bill. Why would you not be in favor of a bill that would save philadelphia schools . Because it doesnt affect them. Their constituency doesnt know whats going on in the city of philadelphia or have a connection to why that cigarette tax even though its taxes citizens in the city of philadelphia, how that impacts them and then they say, im generalizing. They are republicans representatives and others who are very upset that the legislator tur is not coming back. They think our schools have problems, what are you going to do about them, many have problems but not
Economy. The economy is the bedrock, the foundation of so much else that we will talk about and have talked about tonight. In the basic Building Block of the economy is jobs. This government is pursuing policies right now that are killing job creation. We have 8 Million People as of a few weeks ago that have dropped out of the search for a job and despair. 7 Million People are stuck in parttime jobs command we have millions still unemployed complete. And there are things there is no silver bullet, but there are concrete to make immediate things that this government can do to improve and foster job creation. A few weeks ago i issued a jobs report. Pretty comprehensive. It is on my website. And a call for action across various Industries Like Infrastructure Investment as an example or things that can be done in health care or important things to pinscher venture continued and growing employment. There are things the government can do in every industry that would help with job creation. O
Millions of our heroes living with the wounds of war, with a place of healing, remembrance, and gratitude for all they have given, and by so doing we help d to ensure that our nation will endure for generations to come. For if we do not remember our defenders, our heroes, how can we expect future generations to step up to serve . Certainly what happened perio postvietnam when we forgot our returning veterans weakened our nation. It was a shameful period in our history, and we must never, eve let that happen again. [ applause ] remembering and honoring our veterans is paramount to our 21 national security. This places a critical lly, importance on always taking care of our military service memberse and their families before, during, and after the battle. The dangers of the 21st centuryg are clear. With no doubt that this century will be equally, if not more dangerous than the previous one. The United States must maintainy a strong defense, impossible to do without strong defenders, and
Made even more glorious by all of you being here. We are making history today. Ladies and gentlemen, honored dignitaries, long time friends and family members and, of course, our very special guest the men and women who sacrifice on the battlefield is an eternal reminder of their service to our nation, we welcome you with the deepest of gratitude and thank you for joining us for this mow men to us occasion. The dedication of the American Veterans disabled for life memorial. At long last we have arrived 16 years of hard work and dedication summed up just now in our fiveminute film vision to reality. Want isnt this a magnificent setting. Thank you to all those who made it happen. Great care and thought has gone into the design of this sacred place. I hope you all will spend some time after the ceremony exploring the memorials beautiful grounds. I am personally particularly inspired by these stunning glass walls. And i want you to know that several of the courageous men and women, whose w
Chairman of disabled veterans life memorial. Thank you. Cofounder and president , arthur wilson. Secretary dennis joyner. Treasurer gene murphy. Mrs. Diane mussleman. Roberto bobby barea. We owe all of them a deep debt of gratitude. Another round of applause for all of their hard work. Thank you for your work. And sadly, there are three men who made enormous contributions to the memorial who did not live to celebrate this special day. The honorable jesse brown, former secretary of Veterans Affairs and cofounder of the memorial. And Board Members, the honorable gordon mansfield, former acting secretary of the va. And kenneth mussleman, a distinguished disabled vietnam veteran, please join me please join me in a moment of silence to honor these three great men. I know they are here with us in spirit today. Thank you for remembering them. We are also indebted today to many individuals, foundations, organizations, and corporations whose donation made this historic day possible. Many of the