So because of my experience with these patients, ive been working for years to actually help raise money for awareness for muscle disease, treatment for the disease. I served as a local host in wyoming for the multiple sclerosis Associations Annual labor day telethon. Every year i was amazed at the dedication and the generosity of people around the country who were calling in pledges at the pledge center at the love centers in caspar, wyoming. People would call in, wed always raise over 100,000. People were very committed to finding a cure for the muscle disease, to send young people with the disease to summer camp where they found a level of freedom and friendship that they didnt often find throughout the rest of the year. It was a great time for the young people with the disease and it gave their parents a rest as well. I think many of us in this body remember jerry lewis hosting this jerry lewis labor day telethon as it was called for more than 40 years. He would always end the tele
Over 146 officer fatalities per year. That is a shocking number. One officer killed somewhere in america every 60 hours. All right. But the good news is that numbers are going down. If you go back to the 1970s we were averaging 231 officers killed in the line of duty each and every year. That means the 146 number i cited is 37 lower than it was 40 years ago. That is at a time we have double number of officers serving and putting themselves at risk. Would you have expected that number would have gone up, not down. There are a number of factors that are responsible for that and i have enumerated some of them in my written testimony. I want to just spend a moment though reemphasizing the leadership that the attorney general of the United States eric holder, has focused on issue of officer safety and wellness. Im not sure he is getting enough credit for his leadership. Just a few years ago, when deaths were spiking, 171 officers killed in 2011 he held a summit in his office with about 40 L
Streets of americas most violent cities. With that i yield. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. Mr. Wolf i strike the requisite number of words. The gentleman raise as good point and im going to oppose the amendment and ill get into it but wed be glad to work with him to see what we could. Because i think when you have, you know, mr. Fattah knows, when weve had different areas, well be glad to meet with you and a. T. F. To get them to do this. Their budget really hasnt been cut. Its flat. I think theyre 1 million off. This is the only agency that didnt get a big hit in sequestration. But the reason i oppose the amendment and ill get to your issue at the end is it would take a reduction from nasas commercial crew. You have seen the stories where putin said and the head of their Space Program and general said, if we want to get their space station were going to have to use a trampoline. The funds for this program are critical to allow nasa to remain a Development
Another, what seems to be socalled low tech attack in france where they have lost at least 230 people and if this adds to that total 230 people in terror attacks since the nice attack with the truck attack two years ago. Steve six injured, two critically. One report says that the unit that was targeted was a specialized unit that was formed after the charlie ebb dough massacre. Dough hebdo massacre. City of lights, paris, says it is no doubt it was deliberate. Ainsley can you believe that in the suspect allegedly was waiting on them to come out to get into their vehicles or come towards their vehicle and thats when he steve floored it. Unbelievable. Brian people have said when they went to paris and i have been there twice, doesnt feel the same. Ainsley have you been there recently. Brian its been three, four years. They say now there is a sense now that the traffic is lower and people dont know whats going to happen next. Because these arent the sophisticated attacks. Man jumped up ou
Community finds what we are doing. Dana u. N. Ambassador nikki haley is here in just moments on what she called the quote, gut punch to north korea. We begin with Trace Gallagher in our west coast newsroom. Trace . Dana, not surprisingly, President Trump and south korea president moon is applauding the u. N. Sanctions it is a bit more surprising that china is on board even warning north korea not to provoke the International Community and violate the United Nations by firing off missiles and testing nukes. The comments are significant because china is the norths economic lifeline. And in the face of these billion dollars sanctions, north korea can ill afford to be economically squeezed by the chinese. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is leaving kim jong un some wiggle room telling him he needs to halt all missile test so u. S. And north korea can start negotiations. Tillerson is also aware that talks with north korea have gone nowhere for 25 years. And he is not about to set an a