Believe them. If you ask most americans do you want smaller government, they say yes. Then if you ask them to cut my particular item on the budget, they dont want to cut anything. So its not clear if they really believe in it. Based on the best data i have when writing this book lowest 10 and highest 30 . So lib tarnse if they were conscious and political, they could be a big movement. It could be a group of people that have a lot of influence in politics but they are not organized that way right now. What you might not know sunday night at 8 00 on cspan q a. The Inspector General overseeing reconstruction efforts in afghanistan said the u. S. Risks losing billions of dollars without proper oversight of the projects. Those remarks same at the same time that president karzai. This is 50 mens. Thank you very much. And thank you very much for everyone showing up this afternoon. They were very generous comments and i am honored to be here today at the stimson center, an institution named f
Host and on the leadership side, who are the ones to watch . Guest we have a woman on the Budget Committee and of course, nancy pelosi on the house side. As you mentioned earlier, the new congressman from phoenix, ariz. , when she was growing up, she lived in such poverty that her family lived in an abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. By the way, this she is in her 30s. This was not 60 years ago. This was 30 years ago. These are some folks who have been through some life experiences. They know what people are going through. Get some solutions and that means getting our economic house in order and giving opportunity for folks to succeed in this country. Host in virginia, good morning. Caller good morning. I understand that your goal is to increase the number of women in government, but i have problems squaring up with not a a supporting republican women or women who are not prochoice. Are you quitting makers . Or are you are you queen makers . Are you just the
Some of the fossil fuel areas. And ill suggest an area that my republican colleagues on the energy and Commerce Committee criticized during a Committee Meeting not too long ago and that was the Carbon Capture and sequestration. Compare the return on investment right now provided in this bill for the multimilliondollar amount were putting into Carbon Capture that has not proven that is not proven compared to what we could achieve on a return and investment in Energy Efficiency for our neighbors, for our businesses and for jobs. So therefore this amendment will shift a little bit, not all, from those technologies and put it into a place where it works, Energy Efficiency. I appreciate Ranking Member kapturs vision. She understands that this is our future, this is a job creator. I appreciate her work and chairman simpsons work on the appropriations bill. I ask for an ray vote on the cass an aye vote on the castor amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady y
Nothing to hit but the budget highs. You will be great. You will be swell. Everythings coming up roses for the city garden. It was good to see chris daly. Good to see chris daly. We cant going to take this anymore. We aint going to take this, all the money took so long to make it. We aint going to take it. Were going to rake it in. Were going to take the money that they get and were going to surely rake it. Were going to make it and were going to take it some more. Yes, and dont forget one last thing dont forget please the budget, the budget. Downtown where all the budget lights are bright. Downtown the budget is waiting for you tonight. Downtown and the budget money is waiting for you. Downtown were going to have more downtown and its going to be budget all around. Think budget downtown. [cheers and applause] all right. Thanks. Im going to ask everyone we have protocol in these board chambers not to be clapping after speakers. You can waive your hand in support otherwise we will never
And since 1986 has used theater to address many of the Current Issues of today. For the past three decades youth aware brought antibullying education and messages of non violence to thousands of students across San Francisco public schools, Community Centers and social service facilities. Through youth aware we are building a safer and Equitable Community for us all. Were are supporting supervisor campos and the mayors antilgbt bullying efforts and to demonstrate this i want to share a letter written by a San Francisco middle School Student who saw out spoken a play that we did and explores issues. I am sylvia and in the eighth grade and my hair is purple and half is saved off. I have been having issues and sexually oriented issues and after seeing out spoken i appreciate today so much. I could connect to many of the things in it. It didnt dissolve my problems or find solutions but opened my eyes. Everyone has problems including me. I just needed a hand. So many other it is out there d