Quorum call quorum call quorum call s mr. Chambliss mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with and i be allowed to speak in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. President , i rise today along with my colleague from New Hampshire s been very focused, as havere i, on this issue of the release of detainees from guantanamo and the fact that we know that not only are there dangerous individuals there that should not be released, but we also know that these individuals are returning to the fight and theyre scheming, planning and intending to do harm to america and americans. So i want to visit this issue again and i want to start off just by saying that its well founded in our nations history that the United States has the authority to hold enemy combatants until the end of hostilities in order to prevent their return to the battlefield. For the past several years, each National Defense authorization act that has been signed into the law by the pre
And now live to london for british punishes question time. Each week the house of commons is in session we bring you Prime Minister David Cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings on cspan2. We invite you for to station via twitter using hashtag pmqs. Prior to question time members are finishing up a business. And now live to the floor of the british house of commons. If you look at the cash flow, as you know were working hard in place like somalia to make sure they can still be made by families back to the relatives in somalia. Shes quite right to say one of the best thing we do is get competition in the market so people have more choice. Stewart andrew. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Can my right honorable friend and form the house to work our department is doing on behavior change in those areas affected by ebola . Does she have an assessment . Socalled social mobilization is being key to bearing down on the transmission rate. We now extend credi
Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Today independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders Ranking Member of the budget committee, outlines his ideas on the economy and the middle class and his legislative priorities. Live coverage at 10 30 a. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Treasury secretary jack lew testified thursday before the Senate Finance committee on the president s 2016 budget request. He discusses many of the proposals in the 4 trillion plan along with other related topics. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order to. Todays hearing is on president obamas budget for fiscal year 2016. I i want to thank secretary lou for appearing before secretary lew for appearing before us today. And im not going to sugar coat anything. Instead,
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Is something that weve continued. So, its a long way of saying that as we think about our engagement, we have to address this question of failed states, but we have to figure out ways to do it that are sustainable, that we can keep going that we can resource and that we can bring all of government to bear on. And, of course, i should add, the private sector and other actors are absolutely critical. This summer something that you played a leadership role in, the africa leaders summit, we brought to washington, as you know, an extraordinary gathering of African Leaders and we worked with them to help unleash more growth in africa, also to deal with security challenges, institutional challenges. A key component of that was bringing the private sector to the table and helping to strengthen those relationships. Power africa is a wonderful example of the government and the private sector working together to help people in a meaningful way and to help economies develop a foundation that can c