Disagreed and there are a lot of compromises that we had to have because we knew we had to have the the bill. The we wouldnt have if we dont pass this bill the European Reassurance Initiative to stand up against russian aggression. I went over i shouldnt have done this because i was on the ballot this year for reelection, but for the week prior to our election here, i went over to see what was happening in ukraine because ukraine was having their elections a week before we had our elections. And not many people are aware that in ukraine, fo poroshenko,n ukraine, a Political Party cannot have a seat in parliament unless they get 5 of the of the vote and the vote was taking place a week before our vote. Well, this will be the first year, the first time in 96 years that the communist party will not have one seat in parliament. Now, thats amazing. And, you know, we have to understand what is happening with with putin. I also went over toe lithuania. Lithuania, estonia and latvia and those
Benefited from a high minimum wage. Job growth has continued at a rate above the national average. Payrolls in our restaurants and bars have expanded due to people having more money in their pockets to spend out at dinner or a night on the town. And poverty in Washington State has trailed the National Level for at least seven years now. That is why i support making the National Minimum wage 10. 10 for families from washington to wisconsin, from massachusetts to minnesota and hawaii and everywhere in between. Now, its not enough to make you rich, but it is a small raise for millions of families who desperately need it. Its a small raise for mom and dads who need help. And, mr. President , beyond that, weve got to do more. Today twothirds of families rely on income from both parents, twothirds, but thanks to our outdated tax code, a woman thinking about reentering the work force as the second earner in her family may face higher tax rates than they are husband when she does that. That is
Dwravetate to first class infrastructure gravitate to first class infrastructure and at times this budget lays out how mied a strailings will continue to act it cut red tape and stream line the permitting process for key projects so we can get more construction workers on the jobs as fast as possible. Also have the chance right now to beat other countries in the race for the next wave of hightech manufacturing jobs. My administration has already launched four hubs of hightech manufacturing where we connect to businesses to Research Universities that can help america lead the world in advanced technologies. The budgeter expands on these effort combiss providing funding for five additional institutes and through the opportunity growth and Security Initiative, supports the goal i announced last sum for creating a National Network of 45 of these manufacturing entities over the next 10 years. We know that the nation that goes all in on innovation today will own the Global Economy tomorrow.
Drilling. Now we will go live to the house floor here and cspan. Guest pleased to be here. Host you are here to talk about the Electoral College. The election wrapped up over a month ago. Why are we talking about the Electoral College and what happens today . Guest this is the next step in the election. The Electoral College is not a place but a process. Today is the process where the electors get together in each state, and they go through a complex process. But it is generally managed by the secretary of state or some other officials, and they give their votes for the electors in that state for a particular president. President obama has 332 Electoral College votes and romney has 206. So in the states where romney won, those electors will vote for him. And in the next step is for them to send it to six different places in washington, d. C. , but the main thing is they send a record of this to the senate. The senate than tallies them, puts them in two mahogany boxes. One box and they