Today we are hosting our First Virtual congressional military family summit, and we are excited that all of you have joined us. We would prefer to gather in person. However, this way we have more people than ever that are joining us. So there is an advantage to doing this virtually, and we have a great lineup. We have a great agenda. We just appreciate anyone who has taken the time that is helped organize and going to offer perspectives. Our goal is to make sure that we are knowledgeable and ready to advocate on your behalf. So thank you everyone thats been involved in making this happen. I want to do a special thank you to everyone in georgia and Washington State, the military leaders that have joined us, and military men and women that are currently serving. So a big thank you, a big thank , you to your service. It was great to meet mac. You told me shes in the military because she believes in freedom, and i was just reflecting that when i think about military men and women. I think
Ill go ahead and get us started. Very good. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am Cathy Mcmorris rodgers, and with me is congressman Sanford Bishop. Together we cochair of the congressional military family caucus. Weve been doing this for a number of years. Today we are hosting our First Virtual congressional military family summit, and we are excited that all of you have joined us. We would prefer to gather in person. However, this way we have more people than ever that are joining us. There is an advantage to doing this virtually, and we have a great lineup. Where the great agenda i just appreciate anyone who has taken the time that is helped organize and going to offer perspectives. Our goal is to make sure that we are knowledgeable and ready to advocate on your behalf. Thank you everyone thats been involved in making this happen. I want to do a you to everyone in georgia and Washington State, the military leaders that have joined us, and military men and women that are currently
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2019. Heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. A thousand additional u. S. Troops now getting sent to the middle east after iran said it will surpass the amount of low grade uraniuim it is allowed to stockpile within the next ten days. The u. S. And iran inch closer to conflict. We should not yield to Nuclear Extortion by the iranian regime. The fbi is digging into the social media accounts and military background of a man accused of trying to shoot up a federal courthouse in downtown dallas. Were looking at motive. And toronto chaos broke out after a shooting at the raptors nba championship celebration. We know there are four victims right now that have gunshot wounds. Passengers on a flight to france catch a terrifying bout of turbulence. The fashion world is mourning the death of designer and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, the mother of kcnn anchor Anderson Cooper. Eating a tub of mayonnaise. Is that a big blob of it . It was the music that stole the show. And all that matte
He defended a, trip he took to europe that was deemed a violation of Administration Ethics policies i the inspector general. It was announced that his chief of staff would be leaving her post as a result of the matter. This is two hours and 15 minutes. The committee will come to order. Good morning and thank you all for being here to discuss fiscal year 2019 budget submission. This fiscal years budget almost 190. 6 billion dollars in funding, an increase of nearly 12 billion over last year. That is a huge number. It is even more striking when you compare the growth to overall federal spending. Graph in the budget presentation that illustrates this point. Since 2006, but the a budget is up 175 while overall fiscal spending increased by 54 and gdp grew only 40 . Given the aggressive expansion, i appreciate the secretaries testimony emphasizing the departments core objectives and Foundational Services that support those objectives. The Department Must stay focused on their core mission to