Emergency management. Confirmation votes on two of the nominees are expected at 11 a. M. Eastern today. And now through live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who is given our lawmakers diversities of talents by the same spirit, use us for your glory. Lord, protect our nation from evil, prevent the weapons formed against america from prospering, for you remain our refuge and fortress. Continue to be the strength of our lives as we remember the many times you have preserved us in the past. Lord, open our eyes to the unfolding of your providence. Open our minds to your truth. Open our lips to speak your wisdom. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for
Having mobility cars taken away from them which prevents them from being able to travel to work . Will he speak to the person next to him to try to talk some sense into him . I find the comments to be slightly disappointed. We look at all the changes in the Employment Situation in his constituency they should be welcomed the work of this governments well fire reform. Welfare reform. When you look at the statistics, he should welcoming the changes, not condemning them. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Wendi morton. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Thithis morning i had meetings h ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. Wendi morton. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Last week i visited manufacturing. Would my right honorable friend agree with me supporting Small Businesses and a further increase in personal caps and allows which came in this month we on this side of the house and parties enterprise desperation an
Just watching as this subcommittee meeting coming together. The hearing featuring the lead singer of u2, bono, and also policy and foreign experts from the u. N. Here. Meeting today to talk about violent extremism. Live coverage here on cspan3. Well hear from state department and u. N. Officials and among the witnesses, again, the lead singer of the band u2. All right, folks. Take a seat. This is what its like to be chopped liver. The subcommittee will come to order. Hearing today is on the causes and consequences of violent extremism and the role of foreign assistance. I would like to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Demonstratety secretary of state tony blinken. Bono, lead singer of u2 and cofounder of one and red. General james jones, former National Security adviser, supreme allied commander in europe and president of the jones group international. And kelly complements, deputy United Nations high commissioner for refugees. Ill make a short opening statement. Let senat
That had 333 recommendations for reform to the Grant Programs at fema. Howev however, only found four permanent changes in which these recommendations came forward. Despite reform over a fiveyear period, little in the way of reform appears to have occurred. We had a hearing on this in 2013 in which we went through some of the various forms of waste occurring at fema. Even since that hearing, we still continue to have problems. 280,000 was recently spent for a bear cat Armored Vehicle in dover. We complained of a 600,000 bear cat Armored Vehicle for keen. I guess New Hampshire is ready for the next invasion. We also found recently or the inspectors have found 1. 7 million for unused radios and generators and 174,000 for unused radios in d. C. This is since we last meant to talk about waste. Every dollar wasted makes a difference two taxpayers. Right now, fema is more than 20 billion in debt because of the Flood Insurance program. Disaster spending often far outpaces the annual Funding C
The middle class has been a major issue, the condition of the middle class in this country. The people at the Pew Research Center that said the american middle class is losing ground. We want to get your thoughts this morning on what policy is needed to help the american middle class. Byare going to break this up income. Here is the headline to the poll. They didnt couple of months back. Its very relative to this campaign. People say the government doesnt do enough to help the middle class. There are mixed views on which class the democratic hearty favors. This is a chart. They asked 1500 people which social classes do the republicans and democrats favor. Said republicans favor the rich. When those same people were asked about democrats, 31 said they bring the poor. 32 say they favor the middle class and 26 say the rich. There are some overview points. There are now roughly as many adults in middle Income Housing as in lower or upper income households. This is a shift from four decades