Thanking them for their service to our country. Both have served our country in various capacities for a long time. Not an easy thing to do. I respect and appreciate that work. I look forward to continuing to work with you. The good news i want to start with is unlike last year we have a budget agreement. And last year we spent a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Now, last year we were off by i dont know 3. 5 months, Something Like that, but thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get Appropriations Bills and an authorizing bill done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department. I think thats important. This year we hope to come a little bit closer to october 1st. Certainly on the authorizing bill, but also in the appropriations bill. Most importantly, we have a budget number. And hopefully we can get that pre
Trash truck in philadelphias juniata section this morning. Action news has learned the search for the man began shortly before 6 00 a. M. On the 300 block of east erie avenue. Police say the man was sleeping in a dumpster when it was lifted into a Waste Management truck. Rescue crews spent nearly two hours trying to get him out of the truck. He was taken to Temple University hospital with lowerable hip and leg injuries. A crash involved three vehicles that happened about 6 oclock last night in the area of 495 and route 141. Officials say the 80yearold suffered head and facial injuries and remains hospitalized. Two other people at the scene were checked out by paramedics. No word on what caused the collision. Reverend al sharpton expected to visit philadelphia Rapper Meek Mill in prison today. Mill was sentenced to at least two years in prison for a probation violation. The rap stars attorneys claim the judges sentence was too harsh adding that the District Attorneys Office did not reco
Effective, no fly, no buy legislation, and bring up h. R. 1217, bipartisan background check legislation. Mass shootings followed by moments of silence and no action cannot become americas new normal. We need a vote and we need to vote now. Thank you and i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. Kelly, for five minutes. Ms. Kelly mr. Speaker, with over 30 americans killed by a gun every single day, for far too long i have been saying inaction is not an option. Yet, in my threeplus years in congress, House Republicans have refused to do anything on gun violence. This weeks lackluster beltway big gun lobby written bill isnt only gun vote this congress has had. Why is it that when our country was facing a horrific oip united epidemic opioid epidemic, we empowered our states with the resources necessary to combat this issue . And why is it that when a terrorist boreded a plane with boarded a plane with a bomb in his shoe, we asked
Lot have been looking at a of the treaties over the last five years and i found quite a few inequities on the part of the federal government to live up to treaties. I guess all of us are aware that this. Are days in here, roald burley was talking about a treaty made by the u. S. Government with his greatgrandfather. I believe you mentioned that the lands in oklahoma are actually in over ship of the tribes with certain restrictions. But i have a question that i would like to ask all of you and i would like to give the spec to you too. If individual families on these lands and have deeds to these lands, and over the years there have been Oil Companies drilling on these lands and they never received one penny of revenue from all of this drilling, then what is the next step to get this rectified. If they are on their land and they just took the land without considering the familys what is it that can be done . What do you recommend . For a quickime response. Get a lawyer. [laughter] i grad
Research centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence, specifically nuclear, in the Second World War and the cold war which makes him ideally suited to deliver todays talk. He also got his masters degree focusing on the relationship between the u. S. And russia. So you may get some questions focusing on the current difficulties with russia. Hes taught extensively, including at the universityon the diplomatic history, cold war and history of sciences. He is a u. S. Army veteran, served in the balkans where he assisted in both civilian and military intelligence activities. So were just delighted to have you as our speaker, as our first speaker. So please help me welcome vince houghton. Thank you peter. Thank all of you for coming here today. Getting a chance to talk about the atomic spies, about nuclear intelligence, this is my field this is also my passion. I try to do everything i can to talk about this to anyone hop wants to listen. So its nice to actually have people w