Florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands have been devastated by hurricanes. I first want to express our heart felt sorrow for the millions of americans impacted by these devastating storms and say all members of this committee on both sides of the aisle stand with those affected by the hurricanes. I would also like to thank dr. Burgess, both members of the subcommittee who each recently visited puerto rico to assess the impact the hurricanes have had and continue to have on our fellow americans. This committee has been conducting oversight of the federal response to the recent hurricanes since shortly after harvey made landfall in texas. Unfortunately, i expect that our work here will continue for years to come. The committees jurisdiction involves not just Public Health issues but rebuilding the electrical grid, addressing environmental cleanup and restoring telecommunications to name only a few. The people of puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands continue to face a long
Challenged by Jeremy Corbyn who questioned her report of progress and of unity from her own party members. This is just under an hour. Statement the Prime Minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And with permission, i would like to make a statement on last weeks European Council. Long after we have left the European Union, the uk will continue to be a strong and committed partner, standing on pride with our neighbors and working together to advanced our shared values and interests. This would provide a further opportunity to demonstrate that ongoing commitment through discussions that included migration, the Single Market, turkey, north korea, and iran. It made important progress in moving toward the new deep and special partnership with the European Union that we want to see. First, on migration, the uk is playing its full part. The royal navy has intercepted 172 smuggling boats and saved over 12,000 lives since the operation began. While our National Crime agency is working with libyan Law
Good afternoon. I am a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. It is my very great pleasure and to this welcome you very important conference on behalf of the Hudson Institute, chairman sarah stern, and her colleagues and my own. Foundedon institute was in 1961 by the strategist hermann. Beginning, it was devoted to the freedom and prosperity of the United States and the health of the institutions. Its work is a specially on strategies for the longterm. Strategies that help us deal with our most abiding challenges. In its research, it draws upon a wide variety of opinions and it will do so today. It covers a wide variety of allah see areas. Policyc, foreign, of areas. Foreign. And thank you for being here and participating in this conference. I said before this conference is important. It is so for two reasons. First, it subject. Second, the personnel that will address it. Our subject is countering violent extremism. Muslim brotherhood. We will explore each of these topics but also the
By the George Washington university, this runs about an hour and 45 minutes. Good evening, everybody. [applause] quite a crowd. And there is the overflow room. The school of media and Public Affairs at George Washington university. Whether you are in the room or joining us on cspan or Facebook Live or with streaming live streaming, it is a pleasure to have you. Connecta place where we complex, controversial, fascinating issues of the day with those who are shaping them. Our students, faculty and researchers. I am positively delighted to be partnering with margaret and the White House Correspondents Association for this event. Thank you for turning out tonight. I am president of the White House Correspondents Association. I do analysis for bloomberg and cnn. Its an incredible pleasure to get to spend time with you guys tonight. We represent the White House Press corps, 100 journalists. Whether they are print or tv or radio them online, photographers the cover the white house, and our jo
Americans we mourn with gold star families, but we cannot feel their pain. Theres nothing anyone can say or do to really comfort families suffering the loss of a loved one, but there is a lot people can say or do to cause grieving families additional pain as weve seen over this past week. As members of congress we are there for our constituents. They are our family. It is our obligation to speak up when they are hurt. The loss of an American Service member should be should not be politicized. Our Fallen Heroes should be honored. Sergeant la David Johnson is an american hero. Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson is an american hero. Staff Sergeant Brian black is an american hero. And Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright is an american hero. The 28 men and women who have lost lost their lives in service to our country this year are all american heroes. Let us honor their sacrifices and comfort their families, as has been the tradition in this country, until the last week. Mr. Speaker, i yield back the bala