He talked with cspan about his legislative priorities and the importance of family and Public Service. Congressman, why did you decide to run for a house seat . I looked at the chance to run for a house seat as the ability to take some of the things i have worked on at the state level to the national level. Issues, especially involving the environment that can only be addressed at a and a comprehensive way at the national level. This was the primary reason that i did this. What is the biggest difference in your mind with your work at the state legislature where you served many terms and now, being here, not too far from the virginia assembly, but here in washington . The biggest difference is the amount of latitude you have as a congressman. You have staff that can dig into an issue for you. The Virginia Legislature runs up for a shorter period of time so it is more regimented. In the congress, you make it what you want it to be. I want to dive into Environmental Issues and issues of n
Importance of families, and Public Service. Host congressman mceachin, why did you decide to run for a house seat . Guest you know, i looked at the chance to run for a house seat as the ability to take some of the things id worked on at the state level to the national level, issues especially involving the environment that can really only be addressed in a comprehensive way at the national level. So thats the primary reason i did it. And this is a great job. Dont let anybody tell you anything different. Host what is the biggest difference, in your mind, between your work at the state legislature and now being here not too far from the virginia assembly, but near washington . Guest probably the biggest is the amount of latitude you have as a congressman. Youve got staff who can dig boo issues for you. In the virginia legislature, we didnt have a lot of staff. The legislature, obviously, was for a shorter period of time, so its more regimented. In the in the congress, you make it what yo
My name is joe biden. I am jills husband. [laughter] jill and i want to thank you for the wonderful welcolm. We are here to say thank you. So many of you in this audience have been my friends for such a long, long time. I was a 29yearold kid when i made my first become a senate floor. I stood between todd mcintyres desk and another desk that i its a long story. [laughter] but i go all the way back and it has been a great pleasure to get to know so many people. We know, we know, finally you earned the title Granite State because you have four women running the show. [laughter] [applause] mr. Biden this is solid. The amazing thing is i campaigned for all of them. And they won in spite of it. [laughter] [applause] jill i want to echo what joe said. It is nice to be back among friends. I want to thank everyone for supporting us through our administration, through our tough time with beau, and it has been such an honor to serve the people of this nation, so thank you. [applause] mr. Biden u
Involving the environment that can really only be addressed in a comprehensive way at the national level. So thats the primary reason i did it. And this is a great job. Dont let anybody tell you anything different. Host what is the biggest difference, in your mind, between your work at the state legislature, where you served many terms, and now being here not too far from the virginia assembly, but here in washington . Guest probably the biggest is the amount of latitude you have as a congressman. You have got staff who can dig into issues for you. In the virginia legislature, we didnt have a lot of staff. The legislature, obviously, was for a shorter period of time, so its more regimented. In the congress, you make it what you want to be. I want to dive into environmental issues, issues concerning national defense, and so im able to do that pretty much at my leisure. Host what are you doing here in washington on the environment . Guest well, actually today were going to announce the c
Hearing of the House Armed Services subcommittee of readiness of the House Armed Services subcommittee on the continued oversight of the transfer of excess military equipment to civilian Law Enforcement agencies to order. I would like to begin by recognizing the dedicated service of our readiness secretary clerk. This will be her last official event for our subcommittee and i want to personally thank her for her contributions to our efforts in the past year. I wish her the best of luck as she moves forward with future endeavors. Thank you, jody. [applause] mr. Wilson one of the objectives of the subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense, that includes management challenges and budget implications that could be administrated more efficiently. We want to ensure necessary oversight to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest levels of readiness possible. Given the current threats facing our nation and the budgetary pres