House of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, r. Thompson, for five minutes. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise to recognize july as park and recreation month. Its a fitting time to celebrate our local parks and recreation systems as so Many Americans will visit them this summer. An avid outdoorsman and spending my life as a recreational therapist, i enjoy our parks and facilities. It provides Educational Opportunities for individuals and families to enjoy the outdoors. This month recognizes the roles they play in lives of americans and contributions o
Senator schumer great. All right. I want to thank our great, great speaker, nancy pelosi, and all of our friends from the house for joining we Senate Democrats here on the steps. And we are gathered because this is a critical day for the future of health care in america. Today in new orleans republican attorneys general supported by President Trump and his department of justice will argue in court that millions of americans should lose their health care and all the protections included in the a. C. A. The stakes cannot be higher. Imagine you are a parent and your child has cancer. A deadly form. There is a treatment available, but the Insurance Company says no. You cant have that treatment. Or we are cutting you off. What is donald trump, what are our republican friends telling that family . That you cant get health care . We have nothing to put in its place . Shame on them. Shame on them. The stakes cant be higher. The faces you see behind us are faces of americans. Millions of americ
I will go last. Let us start with the issues raised in the court on the supplement a briefing order. We think the defendants were clearly injured by the judgment and have a standing to appeal it. You might want to move the microphone. Youre not. Is this better . I will speak louder. Thank you. After the supplement a briefing, it is clear that all parties agreed this court has appellate jurors diction under bens are. That is because the federal government is now committed to continue to forcing the informal care act until the court enforcing the Affordable Care act until the court orders are not to do so. He first legal arm the participation of the states and house of representatives ensures that there will be an adversarial presentation of the issues in this case. Turning to the other issues in this case, the central feature of this appeal is that when your standing, the interview being her states intervenor states, are you necessarily regarding the plaintiff states. Nope so your hair
Humanitarian situation in venezuela. He addressed a china and russias influence in central america. This is over an hour. America. This is just over one hour. Welcome, everybody. The subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from admiral craig fowler, commander of u. S. Southern command or south come. Our focus will be on the evolving security situation in this theater as well as south comes efforts to implement the National Defense strategy. Welcome to the admiral, thank you for being here. I appreciate it. Todays hearing is a continuation of the subcommittees efforts to over nationalght Defense Strategy if a meditation. This is an important component of our efforts to ensure our military is resourced equipped and postured to defend a nation against a growing array of threats. While much attention has been on countering china and russia in ir traditional spears spheres of influence, the subcommittee has been focused on how those nations are increasingly challenging u. S. National
Would think about what we are doing with our military . Soldiers want to serve in the military, et cetera. Guest first of all, in terms of our federal spending for national security, which is part of the constitution and thatction of our country, is probably about 15 , 12 to 15 of total spending. The total number of entitlements , in terms of Social Security, medicare, medicaid and paying the interest on public debt that has to be paid, we are talking about 70 . Theres a difference here. You could reduce defense spending. Its not something popular right now. The president has asked for an increase in defense spending as well as there seems to be consensus in the congress there should be an increase in defense spending relative to where we are today. Even though the uncertainties. Im not disagreeing with you or suggesting we shouldnt look for finding where there is waste abuse or whatever, unnecessary spending in defense and nondefense programs, but still, after said that having said th