So im almost out of water to choke back the emotion, which means i must be near the end. What were really doing today is transferring our passion for the standard u. S. Army nineman infantry squad to our own squad of nine adorable talented and exceptional grandchildren. They are kayla, mckenna, luke, alexander, hunter, finley, braden, samuel and david. Now, if you want to know what our principle goal in retirement will be . Its to be the best grand parents we can be. Now unless they think weve forgotten them, we have our own grandchildren. We have made 20 moves, most of them with the kids. They have been adaptive, resilient and willing to share their parents with a larger military family. Its been a joy watching them grow up, until recently, we had some difficulty convincing them that the mayflower wasnt a moving van. Im very happy that the j3 allowed my son kris to escape to attend the military ceremony, and meagan and katie have also served. And we have the best trio of inlaws we cou
Explicitly by concrete actions, besides air attacks on civilians. This is the point raised by honourable gentleman from the labour party. I believe all members in house support the the interinitiative on syria agreed in vienna to. We believe that these aims will only be secured through agreement on a serious longterm commitment into syria and this surely must be the key diplomatic priority for this government to make sure the time scale is as quick as can be delivered. The u. K. Must step up its support for the International Syria support initiative and other diplomatic efforts to secure sees fire in syria, political transition, combating terrorists like daesh and longterm reconstruction stability and support. I believe that the government has not answer the questions posed by the Foreign Affairs committee posed by house of commons. In fact neither do a majority who voted on issue in the rin affairs, committee. In these circumstance, mr. Speaker, we can not support the government. It i
And how many of them are fundamentalists. I have not had an answer to that question and i would invite any member from the government side to tell the rest of the house what that is. Come on. Silencsilence. Respect. Critical issue posed by the i will give away in a moment to the esteemed chairman of the intelligence and security committee, of course i will, but this is an absolutely vital point. This is a vital point that was raised by the Foreign Affairs select committee. A key part of the argument of having any credibility that a Bombing Strategy will lead to meeting a longterm peace in syria and dealing with daish is that there are Ground Forces capable of taking the ground when they manage to displace and degrade forces. We have asked repeatedly, i ask again, i will give way if member from the government side wants to explain to the house, i see the foreign secretary, im happy to give way to him if he will confirm what is the make up of the 70,000 forces. Mr. Speaker, ive now asked
Over iraq in 2003 and Prime Minister ma facia on libya in 2011 which is the subject of a committee inquiry. However, it is my judgment that he was wrong last year to oppose our support for the government of iraq against isil. I dont know what he would say to the yazidi forces rescued from with british helicopters from the terror that isil brought. Im satisfied our military effort in iraq over the last year has been to the enormous credit of our armed forces and the stabilization of iraq in the face of a rapidly advancing threat from isil, wholly justified, the Strong Majority that this house then gave for that intervention. The reality we should acknowledge, of course [inaudible] referred to me i will answer him as best i can. The reason i think a number of us opposed motion about airstrikes in iraq last year was very simply because we did not feel then, and i still have great reservations now that we had a comprehensive plan. We have not beaten isil in iraq despite nearly a million Ar
Children. Idea for children with disabilities, two fundamental Building Blocks of our k through 12 education, only restored by 85 . This bill does include welcome and funding for other priorities, to that i am grate to feel Ranking Member lowey and the devoted staff david and lisa. Those priorities include mental pelt mental health, head start, child care. We need to do more. Given the decadeslong trends downward, labor funding is not enough. We endanger our families and future by shortchanging these programs and while i support this budget as we move forward, we can and we must do better by americas families. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york reserves. The gentleman from kentucky is recognized. Ms. Rogers i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey may i ask the time remaining on both sides . The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york has 17 1 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from kentucky has