Its gates. What would the Central African republic look like today if no african or European Union peacekeepers no u. N. Peacekeepers, had come to civilianstacks all by of civilians, being massacred with abandon. The violence and suffering would likely have been much worse. The one in question does not let anybody off the hook. Not peacekeepers, not that countries that fund and support theekeeping and authorize admissions. Nobody gets off the hook. It does remind us of why this effort was so worthwhile and why American Leadership is so critical. It is because places like sierra leone and south sudan and the Central African republic are better off than they would have been without peacekeeping does not mean that the institution is where it needs to be. Nor does it mean that we are satisfied with peacekeepers filling parts but not all of their mandates, or peacekeepers standing up to protect civilians some of the time rather than all of the time. We are not. When the stakes are as high a
The house proceedings, and we will see you live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern, 4 00 pacific. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , february 3, 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable charles j. Fleischmann to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five mi
Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez id like to congratulate the speaker and the republican majority for coming to their senses and allowing the house of representatives to pass a bill funding the department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year. Seems odd i would have to come to this well to congratulate the majority for funding one of the largest and most important departments in the u. S. Governme
Say egypt has been a very important element in the stability of the middle east over the past 25 years. It is hard to calibrate. California gregoire they are, where theyre going. The president of egypt was proposing sweeping constitutional changes a few weeks ago. It is very unclear. Whether you freeze the kind of aid at this point or slowdown is a very legitimate question. Host the news of the morning, latest Unemployment Rate remains unchanged. 7. 8 . The economy adding 155,000 jobs in december. This from the bureau of labor statistics. Reaction . Guest the Unemployment Rate is too high. I do not think that is the number we should focus on. We should focus on the number of new jobs. The Unemployment Rate can take up or down depending how many people are looking for work. It is not necessarily directly a reflection of the improvement of the economy. 155,000 is okay, not great. It takes 80,000 or 90,000 jobs i cannot remember the exact number just to breakeven. It is in the plus territ
Host here is the Washington Post story on what is going on in washington. To be fundts vote obamacare. Obamacare. Host that is from the Washington Post this morning. Lots going on. We want to hear from you. Marianne in carson city, nevada, democrat line. Caller thank you. My observation of our country is the fact that the top one percent are still raking in millions and billions of dollars. And they are complaining. Them sitting very nicely. However, while they are making money on wall street and the top corporations, i also notice that people are just making 7. 25 an hour, which basically has only 1. 23 raise in the last 36 years. Host federal budget showdown is looming in congress. What is the solution, in your view . Would likesolution i to ask is, why cant we bring back the glasssteagall act . Host this is bobby in fitzgerald, georgia. Republican. Would first of all, i like to just say that i am ugly head we have a Republican Congress. I am glad i am glad that we have a Republican