Gathered in baltimore for their annual retreat. This is about 40 minutes. Mr. Pence how are you all doing . Thank you for coming out to hear me speak today. Notow most of us here did get the opportunity to watch the president ial debate last night because we were watching the current and future president of the United States, donald trump, talk to us about the great things we have done working with him to get this country and this economy back on track, and the great things we are going to do not only with donald trump in the next term, but with republicans in the majority in the house in the next trump administration. You can applaud that, too. While that was going on, the democrats continue the radical move toward the socialist left and we are about to hear from somebody, as you are looking at the people on the stage, one of them may be the democratic candidate for president of the United States, whoever they put up on that stage, their big challenge will be they will have to go up a
We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
I will come to points of order in due time. I should bear those honorable members in mind. Colleagues, i would like to make a personal statement to the house. After the 2017 election, i promised my wife and children that it would be my last. This is a pledge that i intend to keep. If the house votes tonight for an early general election, my tenure as speaker m. P. Will end when this parliament ends. If the house does not so vote, i have concluded that the least disruptive and most democratic course of action will be to stand down at the close of business on thursday, october 31. [laughter] [applause] mr. Bercow least disruptive because that date will fall shortly after the votes on the queens speech expected on 21st and 22nd, october. A week or so after that may be quite lively and it would be best to have an experienced figure in the chair. For that short period. Most democratic because it will mean that a balance is held when all members have some knowledge of the candidates. This is
202 7488000, Health Care Professionals we want to know what you are seeing, your line , ecigarette8001 users, this is about you and we want to know what you think about this ban on flavored isigarettes, your number 202 7488002. If you dont fit in those categories we want to hear from you as well, your line is 202 7488003. We can always be reached on , and you canbook also now text us from your at 202 7488003. Be brief and beyond topic, we will get you on the air. So President Trump on wednesday thatout publicly, and said he and the Trump Administration was considering a ban on flavored ecigarettes, on most of the flavors. Here is what President Trump had to say. We have a problem in our country, its a new problem [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [video clip] we have a problem in our country, its called vaping, especially as it pertains to innocent children. They are coming home, saying mom i want to vape. ,nd parents dont much about it nobody knows much about it
Reasons why health care is so unaffordable that all of the research pointed to, and that is not what the politicians are talking about. The Research Suggests that it is pricing failures, middlemen, and inappropriate medicare medical care. We need to talk about how to fix the broken Health Care System because people are getting crushed. People are getting hammered. Touredd the country the country and met with hundreds of folks. Patients in their homes listen to them about how the Health Care Systems devastated them, and it is a mess. I do not believe we are divided country and i do not think the choice is put before spy health care by politicians are the right choices. There is tremendous consensus and the consensus is that we need to address pricing failures. Us after theilled flight they would be gouging us. If airlines did not have to show a price, you would simply fly, and then they would send you a bill, and they would be gouging all over it. That is what is happening in health car