Militarily and we also have a shorter Attention Span. These are very longterm problems and also americans dont like the word multilateralism. It has too many syllables in it ends and anism but basically its a matter of cooperating and if you look at these issues it will require American Leadership within a system that other countries play a part in. Otherwise i agree with everything both henry and george have said. But i do think short Attention Span and wont see lateral ways of dealing with it. Im sorry mr. Chairman. Not at all. Senator sessions. Thank you all. Its time for us to think about it our role in what our strategy will be and what we can realistically accomplish in the future and the longer ive been around these issues the more or less dreaming i have become. Dr. Kissinger i think im reading world order and i thank you for your contribution to the World Without book. I think you quote bismarck and maybe you can get it correctly. Unhappy as the statesman who is not as happy a
Pointing the finger and condemning somebody doesnt win you a whole lot of arguments. And more importantly it doesnt bring us together. So today i want to share with you. I want to share with you a Vision Forward, a Vision Forward that can unite us that i deeply believe in. Its a vision that says that we can restore the American Dream and its not a different thing from what republicans have stood for before. In fact its added. We have been and must be the party of growth and opportunity. Paeurpb we must be the party that says we want lower taxes limited and responsible government, less regulation. We need to be the party that goes out and says that were for fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets. All those things are right but theyre not enough. Theyre not enough. We need to be pro growth but also need to be pro worker. We need to be on the side of the american worker. [applause] why . One of our favorite sayings i know that you hear republicans say, a rising tide lifts all boats an
And the answer, the reason i am hopeful, the reason i am optimistic is because of each and every one of you. The answer is the grassroots the American People. We are working to build the grassroots of our nation all across this country. The answer will not come from washington. It will only come from the American People. I would ask everyone of you that has your cell phone i would ask you on your cell phone to text the word constitution and quote to the number 33733. The word constitution to the number 33733. What we are working to do is to bring together that same coalition of men and women across iowa, across this country, to say, we do not accept losing this country. We will together reignite the miracle of america. We will together bring back that shining city on a hill that is the United States of america. Thank you, and god bless you. [applause] awesome job. Only in america senator cruz spoke to members of the news media. This is 15 minutes. [no audio] good afternoon everyone. We
The speaker pro tempore th house lle order. Prer today will be offered by our chaplain, father conroye. Father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. We ask your blessing upon this peoples house as we are in the beginning days of this new congress. Encompass with your power all the walls of this building, truly assembled to the world of unalienable rights and the freedom of people. Guide and protect your elected servants in government and all who work in this plays. Place. May all who visit here be treated with respect and kindness. May the comings and goings of your people be under the seal of your loving care and all work accomplished here this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the jona of theasdas ocdis oues tthhoe aplo pursuant to clause oful1, the jourl an arod. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Pitts. Mr. Pitts will our guests
Should not take a backseat to education reform. We ask you care about the quality of the education our classrooms, not the size of the education bureaucracy. We should not back away from that. [applause] sometimes the media just doesnt get that. In fact, in some ways that is why a lot of people know about the protests and the recall, but they dont know about the comprehensive, conservative, common sense agenda that we have enacted in our state. That we give you a couple of examples persons ive been governor, we have pass prolife legislation and defunded planned parenthood. [applause] since i have been governor, we pulled back excessive government regulation on Small Businesses and family farmers. In fact, i like to say that we now enforce common sense instead of bureaucratic red tape. We take it beyond regulations. We passed some of the most aggressive reform so that formers farmers and other Small Business dont have to do with frivolous lawsuits. [applause] we enacted legislation that