Last friday afternoon. Also, news from the campaign trail and capitol hill this afternoon, from paul ryans office issuing a statement saying that after giving it a lot of thought, ive decided not to run for president. This is paul ryan of wisconsin, saying our work over the next few years will be crucial to moving america forward. And my job as chairman deserves undivided attention. Thats out this afternoon from congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. The House Rules Committee gaveling in shortly, live coverage here on cspan3. Members of the rules committee coming into the meeting room for their session this afternoon on a couple bills. One of which would delay the implementation of the dodd frank of the volcker rule. Thats Maxine Waters on your screen, shes the ranking democrat on the House Financial Services committee. And probably here to testify against that legislation. That portion or version of this legislation came up last week in the house under you is spejs of the rules. They fai
Of an organization that is how many have grown out of that though. Every time you kill one, you get 10 or 20 more to join the cause. So are we winning . And it has helped the iraqi forces, the partners and kurds Iraqi Security forces retake key strategic areas. In five months, i think there is limbed and preliminary but significant evidence that this combination of limited u. S. Force and partners is working. I appreciate your time. Im out of time. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I thank the member from florida. Well we appreciate the time of all of our witnesses here today. This was a start of a very important conversation so i think as we deal with this, deal with this growing threat from isis and as we deal with the president s request we thank you again. Were going to be submitting some additional questions to our panel. Appreciate your response and we stand adjourned. A reminder that if you missed any of todays hearing you can watch at anytime in our video library. Just go to cspan. Org.
Agenda this afternoon. House rules meeting this afternoon on the federal Government Spending measure. Wil in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain reverend aron mcenrees, Unitarian Universalist church of arlington, arlington, virginia. The chaplain creator god, spirit of light, we come here today with our spirits open to the sun of your loving gaze. We come, humbled by the work entrusted to us, to tend to your children, for we know that we are, all of us, your children, bearers of your divine spark. May we remember this, no matter how thick the stacks of paper on our desks. When we are weary, may we be filled with your generosity of spirit. We will pass it on with interest. When we dont know which way to turn, may we find stillness and listen for the soft voice of wisdom. Help us today to do justice, to serve mercy, and to walk humbly with you and the better angels of our nature. And most of all, beloved god, may we practice the arts of kindness in all that we do and
Care is in very good shape. There has been some discussion as to the pronunciation of your last name, i dont know if i pronounce it correctly . You did just great. Does it right with science . It rhymes with science. Great. Awkward transition. [laughter] and when we look at the Affordable Care act, we have found it the uninsured has dropped by 26 . T the same time, Health Care Costs are going down. Health care costs have been increasing for the last 50 years, so now you step back and you say simply, what was the president trying to accomplish with the Affordable Care act, it was to do two things increase coverage and lower costs. E has done both. Lets talk about congress and stuff that is on the president s agenda. Specifically, tax reform and trade deals. You have republicans running the show on both sides of the aisle, do you think there is a real prospect for Corporate Tax reform that would lower the top rate while closing loopholes . Do think there would be a package that would be
If i may go back, i was once part of the private sector, and as a ceo, there was a thought to the risk of business, and depending on what industry you are in or what business you are running, you think about cyber, and what you have done to safeguard your network. Making sure that you have safeguarded that network is top of a ceos list. You are constantly looking at your risks and what you can do to protect your network, it is a top priority for any ceo in this environment. The president has lead this effort, we have a single point of contact in dhs now, which did not exist before, and working very carefully with the private sector on Nuclear Power plants and at the same time increasing information sharing between the federal government and the private sector. That said, we do need legislation. The president proposed legislation in 2011. Congress has not acted on Cyber Security legislation. We need legislation that encourages information sharing but at the same time encourages protecti