All right, the Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the Government Accountability office, the Service Secretaries, the Service Chiefs, on the current condition of privatized military housing. Almost a year ago, i first heard from the military families about the dismal conditions they faced. Frankly confession is good for the soul. This was janet driver called this to my attention, from Tinker Air Force base. And i thought this was something that was just unique to Tinker Air Force base, and then i thought, no, it is elsewhere in oklahoma. And so that was the background of how this all started. Weve come to learn that its it is a problem nationwide. Its a National Crisis of proportions we havent seen since the scandal at walter reed about a decade ago. Members of this committee, our staff and myself, weve all traveled and seen these problems firsthand. This is the third hearing this committee has had on this issue and im sure its not going to be the last. We open that since o
Washington state. So with the reach of the us empire quite literally turning toxic i think its time for us to start watching all those. Like you that i got. To. Remember watching the hawks i am tyrrel but for joining me today is the best good journalist im the creator of truth and media one always a pleasure but i think that. You know other problems that were seeing on these this is a fascinating bit of you know empire gone wild in my opinion are the problems were seeing ultimately examples of the u. S. Military empire being stretched too thin using these wrong munitions the i mean were seeing now deformities in these kids in iraq its heartbreaking it is heartbreaking its but when maybe one of the worst things about the ongoing war on terror right which is that beyond the millions of people who have died the destruction of countries around the world which have generational impacts in addition to that we are now seeing the generational impacts of these munitions that you were talking ab
Unbelievably sad about this. Is that beyond the actual suffering that these children are going through is the fact that our military and our government wont even recognize it discuss it talk about it or accept that this is a reality of again the ongoing consequence of these wars it and thats a great point that you bring up because they they dont discuss it i mean you you you have to twist arms just to get them to talk about the after effects the burn pits in iraq iraq was done veterans who have come back and the amount of neurological damage and other strange diseases there and lets just talk can we just mention something about it because the burn pits are important for viewers who dont understand this so the u. S. Military when theyre in these locations have these pits where they burn chemicals and they burn all kinds of. Toxic theyre thrown into this and the inhalation from those burn pits causes not only birth defects as well and serious issues but chronic issues in u. S. Soldiers a
Find precedents for them the war has spread so much radiation here that unless it is cleaned up generations of iraqis will continue to be affected but if you think the problems of the u. S. Military bases are confined to the far away corners of the world think again stars and stripes is now writing that the Government Accountability office has warned that here in the United States more than 100 military installations are vulnerable to water shortage risks due to Climate Change issues and theyre saying just those bases like site 51 in nevada now this is affecting bases ranging from a Naval Air Station in key west all the way to the Joint Base Lewis Mcchord in washington state. So with the reach of the us empire quite literally turning toxic i think its time for us to start watching our next. Story. That i got. Going on the watching ox i am Tyrone Ventura joining me today is investigating journalist the creator of truth and media one always a pleasure but. You know other problems that we
Precountry new narkal limitation for employmentbased immigrants to increase the per country numerical limitation for familysponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california,s. Colorado, mr. Buck, will each control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. Mrs. Love gren i ask unanimous consent that address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Lofgren i yield myself such time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 1044, the fairness for high schooled immigrants act, a bipartisan bill that would make a modest but important change to our immigration laws to alleviate hardships associated with lengthy visa backlogs. Let me begin by explaining what this bill does do and does not do. H. R. 1044 does not increase the overall number of immigrant visas that are available each year. Although raising the ceiling on visas is the only viable