And oftentimes argue on the floor. There is not much of they can do in changing the legislation. The house works by numbers more so than the senate. Whereas if the Majority Party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. So theres only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. Of course, you have the chamber and even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things for you my distinguished colleague, for example instead of you rotten s. O. B. That is part of parliamentary procedure and style. Brian what do they do in the senate . Don Thomas Jefferson wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues pre members are not to address each other by name. They are not to criticize another persons state or question their motives and not to read a newspaper while another person is speaking. The senate has a high sense of the koran. I remember senator robert byrd who epi
They do not like the way they perform on the house floor . Ray a lot of things they can do and oftentimes argue on the floor. There is not much they can do in terms of changing the legislation. The house works by numbers more so than the senate. Whereas if the Majority Party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. So theres only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. Of course, you have the chamber quorum but even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things. My distinguished colleague, for example, instead of you rotten s. O. B. But, that is part of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary style. Brian what do they do in the senate . Don well, we are still influenced by thomas jefferson, who wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues. Members are not to address each other by name. They are not to criticize another persons state or question thei
Whereas if the Majority Party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. So theres only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. Of course, you have the chamber quorum, but even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things. My distinguished colleague, for example, instead of you rotten s. O. B. But, that is part of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary style. Brian what do they do in the senate . Don well, we are still influenced by Thomas Jefferson who wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues. Members are not to address each other by name. They are not to criticize another persons state or question their motives, and they are not to read a newspaper while another person is speaking. The senate has a high sense of decorum. I remember senator robert byrd who epitomized the sense of decorah, decorum, and when he was mad at somebody, he would pour
Will unlikely to ever. And well continue to stand alongside them. The may 2015 joint statement following the u. S. And Gulf Cooperation Council or gcc meetings at camp david provided a road map for how the administration plans to proceed. Critics of the vienna agreement point to flaws related to irans missile capability and support of terrorist proxies across the region. The camp david statement outline ours commitment to enhancing Ballistic Missile defense capabilities of the gcc and improving their operability to enhance defense. It sates well be increasing training and exercise engagements with gcc special Operation Forces developments to better defend against iran. These are important efforts i look forward to hearing about today. One final point. These negotiations focused on denying iran a pathway to a Nuclear Weapon. A nuclear iran would be a more Formidable Force in the region. And as it has repeatedly demonstrated, not a force for peace and stability but one that invokinge ing
4 white house cabinet members and chairs of the joint chiefs of staff testified about the Iran Nuclear Agreement at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services committee. This hearing focused on the military perspective on the deal, with much of the testimony coming from defense secretary Ashton Carter and general martin dempsey. Senator john mccain chairs this threehour meeting. Sen. Mccain good morning. The Committee Meets today on the joint country has a plan of action, which the u. S. And other major powers have signed with iran. We welcome our distinguished witnesses and thank them for joining us today. Andppreciate the senators secretary moniz and lew being here. For the record, i did not request the presence of it secretary kerry or moniz or secretary lew. Im glad they are here, as their desire to do so. Since this focus is todays hearing, its on a strategic and military implications of the iran agreement. What we want to know, among other things, is how this agreement will affect Re