Our responsibility as elected representatives is at the very least to listen. And ive been listening over thb last week, but really over the last year, the constituents of mine in the state of connecticut, over the week, to Emergency Fuel tank that i conducted because no hearing were held by United States s senate. And no markups and no votes in committee. What we saw here was complete secrecy, a deal produced behint closed doors, and seeing the light of the day for the first time last thursday. Our republican colleagues have gone from total secrecy that total chaos. The reason for the chaos is the fact, most dramatically revealed today just hours ago when the Congressional Budget Office told us, not surprisingly, that 22 million americans would be thrown to the wolves as a result of this measure, thrown to the wolves of no Health Care Coverage. And 49 million americans eventually would be without Health Care Coverage by 2026. Next year alone, 15 million more people will be uninsured u
Why dont we get started since time is short. Good afternoon, everyone. I serve as the director of defense studies here at the center for National Interest in washington, d. C. Welcome to our friends here with us in the flesh as well as those joining us on Facebook Live and as well as cspan 3. We present to you a real treat. Not one but two part discussion on u. S. Missile defense policy. Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me on the right, senator tom cotton from arkansas. Part two, keynote address, as well as a q and a session. Now, im going to keep my remarks very brief as we want to spend as much time with senator cotton as possible. Obviously it goes without saying that washington faces severe challenges when it comes to the missiles and proliferation of missiles throughout the world. Obviously north koreas very much in the news it due to the developments of its short, long range missiles and its ability to actually at some point hit the homeland. Senator cotton has been
Do not do that again, mr. Shanahan, or i will not take your name up for a vote before this committee. Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org, right on our home page or by searching the video library. And now Energy Secretary rick perry on President Trumps proposed 2018 budget for the Energy Department from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. This is about an hour 40 minutes. Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. I apologize for the delayed start, but hopefully we will have an opportunity to hear from the secretary and learn of the president s views for the department of energy. Secretary perry, i want to welcome you to your first hearing following your bipartisan confirmation here in the senate. While it took us a little bit longer than wed hoped to get you in this role, were glad to have you at the helm. We look forward to helping you get a full compliment of folks there at the department as well. The budget request for the department of energy ta
For being here with us today. Its a great honor to welcome the leader of the Worlds Largest democracy to the white house. I have always had a deep admiration for your country and for its people and a profound appreciation for your rich culture, heritage and traditions. This summer, india will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its independence and on behalf of the United States, i want to congratulate the indian people on this magnificent milestone in the life of your very, very incredible nation. During my campaign, i pledge that if elected, india would have a true friend in the white house and that is now exactly what you have, a true friend. The friendship between the United States and india is built on shared values, including our shared commitment to democracy. Not many people know it, but both american and the indian constitutions begin with the same three very beautiful words. We the people. The Prime Minister and i both understand the crucial importance of those words, which hel
Silence your telephones if you havent already. For our viewing and listening audience feel free to also follow along on twitter using the pressclub. For our cspan and radio audiences please be aware in our audience today are members of our general public. So any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now, id like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants please stand up when i say your name. We have jamal abdul alim, senior staff writer at diverse, issues in education. We have jerry weller, foformer u. S. Representative from illinoiss district and the state society in washington. We have mike, a supervisor here in washington, d. C. We have tony trem, star scholar graduate of harry s. Truman in chicago and an incoming northwestern student whos planning to study neuroscience. We have armando rodriguez. We have Lisa Matthews coleader of the npc Headliners T