Australian way are used against us. The government is required to respond to these new threats and to make sure that our agencies have the resources and the powers that they need to do so. Thats why weve committed 630 million for our counterterrorism package, as well as introducing to the Parliament Three trenches of legislation that strengthens the ability of our agencies such as the Australian Federal police to deal with these increased threats. Were also working very hard with vulnerable communities to counter violent ideologies and encourage social harmony. Our Law Enforcement and intelligence communities have for years since 9 11 been very effective about keeping australia and australians safe. But we need to constantly refine the way they operate and seek to make improvements when we can. As many in this room know today. The Prime Minister has been very focussed on this challenge and hes shown great leadership in these areas. His government takes National Security seriously. Whet
Development on federal land is what i think we need to get to. Because as senator hoeven says, youre just going to go around your federal lands and then we get no revenue to the treasury it just doesnt make sense. So we need to work in that regard. With that, i appreciate you have given the committee a lot of time and senator cant well if you want to have the final word i would just say thank you madam chair for this hearing and i think a lot of members showed up and a lot of questions across the board and i get your point about federal lands and, yes, im sure that theres a higher percentage in alaska than in Washington State. In Washington State we get revenue from those public lands and so thats been a big benefit to us. I want to work with you as we move forward on trying to think about an Energy Package and what we can do together to bolster our economies and to Work Together on policies that can move us forward. But i feel like we had a broad range of things brought forward here t
Were just moments ago. We heard from a e defiant donald trump for the First Time Since he was forced to call sell his rally in chicago. Security escorted out several peacef protesters from the venue. There was no incidents of violence. And again, trump did not take responsibility for what his rivals have said were his violent words that helped create the atmosphere we saw play out in chicago. Heres what trump said moments ago. The democrats hate the republicans. The liberals hate the conservatives. We have got to change our thinking. If theres a group out there, just throw them the hell out. We cannot let our First Amendment rights be taken away from us, folks. We cant let it happen. We cant let it happen. We have a right to speak. And we are lawabiding people. Were people that work very hards. Were people that have built this country and made this country great. And were all together and want to get along with everybody. But when they have organized professionally staged wise guys, we
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