Welcome to the subcommittees first hearing of the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 president ial budget request. I would like to extend a special welcome to todays witness, secretary john kelly. Mr. Secretary, we are very pleased you answered the president s call to lead dhs. Having someone with your credentials to lead this department will strengthen it and enrich it. Its good to begin the fy 18 appropriations cycle. Despite its late start, im confident this subcommittee will produce a bill that supports the departments mission, balances competing interests, and is affordable to the american taxpayers. Before i go into the numbers, mr. Secretary, i have a couple of pieces of advice. First, never lose focus on the departments highest priority, to keep the nation safe and enforce the laws of the United States. With your reputation, i know you will do that. Second, stay in touch with me, with mrs. Robybal allard, and te subcommittee. Everyone on the subcommittee wants dh
Think the extension crisis above all else is a ourion call for changing relationship with one another and the planet earth. Why is this so . Why is the extinction crisis the clarion call . Clear asts loud and all clarion calls must be. Problem. Ainly a loud for those willing to listen, its almost deafening. Imagine with each passing theres a celestial bell ringing the heavens marking the passing of yet another miracle. Clear evidence that something is amiss. Over the long sweep, a billion years of multicellular life, there have been five events that rival the extinction in today. T were if thats not evidence that something is amiss, then i dont amiss means. We understand the cause of the extinction crisis. Induced habitat habitat loss, habitat modification, invasive species, exploitation and climate change. On friday we join scientists activists at the American Renewable Energy Institute Summit in aspen, colorado, as they discuss trends in energy technology, climate change, issues. Ism
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Humiliate people and oppress them and not providing the basic human needs they have is just a way to make people feel like they are not worthy. She is a woman with a colorful past. She stood next to Robert Kennedy on the day she was shot. She has been arrested more than 20 times and has been brutally beaten by the police. At 84, she remains a steadfast immigrants. I think we have to remind people that unless you are a native american that your people came from somewhere and remind people this country was built by immigrants. Fighting gender inequality a crisis right now, which way we are going to go. If we dont have a strong middle class which means higher wages for people, then we are not going to have a democracy. I spoke to her as she was passing through washltdz. Lets take a closer look at immigration reform. It seems even in a zone thats more than stuck because there are political interests at stake, economic interests at stake, some old allies who are now looking daggers at each