Standing up for working americans and is prepared to take on the billionaire class. [cheering] [applause] we love you bernie all across this country, we have drawn some of the largest turnouts at our rallies. We have overt that 400,000 people in this country who have made individual contributions to our campaign. [applause] word about that. You are looking at a candidate who does not represent the agenda of corporate america. [applause] who does not represent the class. Of the billionaire i stand before you today to say loudly and proudly, i do not want their money. I do not want a super pac. We will do it on our own. [cheering] [applause] i understand, i understand that when you have a super pac, you the room ofo millionaires and billionaires, and walk out with a heck of a lot of money. I get it. We will do it a different way. We will raise our funds from working people, averaging 31 a piece, and i am proud of that. [cheering] [applause] begin by telling you about an old song, remindi
And so Law Enforcement across the land has had a paradigm shift and understand for that very reason it is a cliche now. Cant arrest our way out of the problem, nor do they want to. Addiction is a disease and needs to be treated however those that capitalizing benefit of the ones we are after. Final question, you talked about budget reductions. Can you expand on that and what the impact has been . The program has historically been very valuable and using the funding appropriated. We have in the past provided a very substantial return on investment. To reduce the program would put us back many years in the progress we have made. The language in the authorization have we reduced the program . No comeau we have not. You talked about a budget reduction. While he is checking, im taking a little more time. The dollar amount reflected was actually taken from the president s fy 16 Budget Proposal and not representative of level funding. My testimony, what we are recommending, the program, congr
We will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. The the office of natural drug control policy is charged with guiding the big picture strategy for addressing illicit drug problems in this country and the consequences thereof. I think we can all agree this is a problem that merits meaningful solutions. Over the years we as a nation have tried a variety of approaches to address the drug problem from the last reauthorization in 2006. Still today, the o and dcp has been intimately involved in the drug control efforts. Todays hearing hearing will look at the o and d. C. Since its last reauthorization which expired at the end of fiscal year 2010. There ten. There are important questions for consideration, one has it evolved into mask the drug control strategies, too, what is the value of this office and is a correctly placed an appropriately resourced to fulfill those functions . Earlier this year, the agency sent a letter to chairman and Ranki
Iowa. Who we look to replace that man has to have the trust and confidence of the American People, and it has to be on matters spoken in public and in private. Private promises and public statements for the American People being the same, and it has to be for all our people. For our complete weekend schedule go to cspan. Org. Next the head of the Small Business administration, maria cron trer contrerassweet is questioned about problems at the sba. The government recently found management problems and recommended changes. The Small Business administration is chaired by steven shav its in ohio. I call this meeting to order, and i want to welcome back Maria Contrerassweet. I think everyone here wants the same thing, and thats to serve americas Small Businesses the best we can. Those of us up here on the dias have a stand. Our constituents let us know how theyre doing all the time and on an ongoing basis. As a head of an agency, i often worry too often you hear from your own folks and othe
Whether an element of social transformation is built into the interventions that will address the governance issues. You, thank you for your attention and im looking forward to comments and questions. Thank you, dr. Lee. Before i ask my first question as the moderator, i just want to encourage the panelists if they have comments on each others remarks, i would welcome any ne followup on those. I encourage a discussion here also between the panelists and also as the same way we engage with the audience. Esting one thing you said which i think was very interesting is that two things actually. One was demonstrating the cost of violence as potentially productive and that theres note this link between poverty and lr support for extremism. Something that we see very clearly in several years of tann survey Research Across pakistan in all parts of the country, so not an arab country but a it country that suffers tremendous amounts of Political Violence that generally it is the poor who are mos