Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. And its a great pleasure to be back here. It is not a quiet time in global events. In fact, i can never remember a more turbulent time. But what a better time to talk about the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States. In fact, when Winston Churchill first used the term special relationship, he did it during his speech in fulton missouri. Which is of course better remembered for his use of the phrase iron curtain for the first time. But when churchill spoke about the special relationship, he did so as a wartime leader. It was basically an intelligence relationship, a military relationship. The somewhat gooeyeyed commentators are not for me, the concrete foundations that it has. This is a relationship about our security in a dangerous world. And there are so many threats in this very interdependent world. One of the changes that churchill would have been astonished to see is the level of interdependency that we now have. And
Down mari nostrum and instituting instead something that will only protect europes borders and not search and rescue people. Will he go back and ensure that europe adopts a humanitarian approach of saving these desperate people and supporting these desperate migrants to help them survive thats all survive in libya. The gentleman makes an important point but im afraid the statistics dont back up the case he is making. Marim nostrum was a genuine attempt by the italians but i think more people died during the policy then when it was brought to an and. We need to press ahead with the modern save slavery built which is doing the story legislation to deal with the problem of people trafficking. That only underlies the important work our Budget Department does. Order. There is always next week. There is always next week. You have been watching prime ministers questions at the british house of commons. Question time is live every wednesday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2 and rea airs at 9 00
Coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , march 2, 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable tom emmer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leadership for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from hawaii, mr. Takai for five minutes.
Says a lot about how his colleagues viewed him and valued his input and counsel. In may two thousand nine, he announced he would run for the United States senate 2009, he announced he would run for the United States senate. He won the november, 2010 general election. Rubio has earned a reputation as an outspoken advocate on issues he believes will streamline the federal government, eliminate the federal debt, and promote job creation. He has called for a number of reforms that he believes will restore the American Dream including reforming Social Security, medicare programs, reserving them for future generations. Making College Affordable for Young Americans and spurning Economic Growth policy. The senator has also been an advocate for updating our nations broken immigration system. An issue for the new england council. As it relates, highly skilled stem workers, science, technology, engineering and math. The council has been very supportive of the immigration innovation. This bipartis
Good to see you again. Thank you so much. Thank you. Look forward to be being here. [ inaudible ]. [ speaking spanish ]. Senator, very nice to meet you. [ inaudible ]. Small world. Very small. One more. Good morning, senator. Read your book. Big fan. Thank you. Can i get a picture here . How are you . Good. Which way . This way . Right here . Great. Thank you. Looking forward to hearing you. Thanks so much. Here . Right here. I got an extra egg. Senator, its good to see you again. Are you sitting there . Right next to madam speaker. The purpose of why were here today of course is to hear from the junior senator from that very warm state of florida, marco rubio. We truly had hoped that the senator might bring some of that Florida Weather with him but unfortunately, we are stuck with the new england cold and the snow. The senator is someone you may know. Hes the son of cuban immigrants. He was born and raised in miami. He had started his career in Public Service in the late 1990s, not lo