Will commit to the deal to the terms of the agreement we still need to see on the ground what happens particularly in teller a fight and ben thats for many years the kurds were saying there is absolutely no way we will retreat from those areas which are part of the territory that the kurds say is part of their homeland in north east and western parts of syria. Many thanks i was there is hashing out of there on the turkey syria border meeting about syrias constitution is about to begin in geneva it aims to repair the fractures that many believe led to the civil war on tuesday Foreign Ministers from Turkey Russia and iran all key players in the conflict met in geneva to welcome the initiative but they will be present during tuesdays to during wednesdays discussions the group was formed after 18 months of work by the un the Syrian Government and the main opposition bloc diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva. This is going to be an Important Development the opening of this C
Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time and this is entitled approving the budget process, and a look at the Budget Committee on budget process reform. I recognize myself for five minutes for a statement. The 104th congress convened in 1995 was the last to pass all of the Appropriations Bills prior to the start of the fiscal year and that was almost 25 years ago, and most of the house members serving today have never seen a process to work the way it is supposed to where the stand alone bills are passed on time. On the joint committee on budget and appropriations reform, along with myself and bob woodall was tasked with making recommendations to significantly reform the budget and appropriations process. The very act of establishing the committee is acknowledging that the process is not working the way it should. And article 9 section one of the constitution says that no treasury should be withdrawn without the authorization of congress. It is a const
Sitting either side of him the 2 cochairs one from the government side a Syrian Government. Armored cars body and on the other side the Syrian Opposition politician whos been involved in many of these talks howdy are they both spoke at this Opening Event as you might expect the Syrian Government spoke about the need to defeat what it calls terrorism and the opposition spoke about the need for detainees to be released but they both pledged to approach this in good faith and try and come up with a constitution for the country it will be a very difficult task adrian just look at one aspect of this and that is the role of the presidency in the new constitution is supposed to come up with and of course the Syrian Government negotiators know that theyre working for a president who as ruthlessly over 8 and a half years been prepared to fight to stay in office using everything from torture in his jails to barrel bombs so no one i think has any doubt about the difficulty of the process ahead ar
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Here and i am here and get used to it. applause explorer nations passed on American History to be every weekend on seaspan three. A panel looking at ways to improve the budget process and before the House Committee on the committee of congress. The committee will come to order and declare a recess on the committee at any time and this hearing is entitled recommendations for improving the budget and the process i will look at the work of the joint elected committee on the process reform. I now recognize myself for five minutes and the 104th which convened in 1995 was the last two pass all the bills as part of the Fiscal School year and i was almost 25 years ago and motels members have not seen a process that works the way its supposed to where they are there on time and the committee on appropriation process which i served along my colleague who was established by the bipartisan act of 2018 and was charged with making recommendations to significantly reform the budget process. A very ac