Employment, again, a bill that passed with significant bipartisan support in the United States senate. We see no reason why it could not be passed. If it was put on the floor, we think it could get bipartisan we think ad significant number of republicans in the and democrats would be for it. We would like to see a greater investment in infrastructure and job creation. The American Public that ought to be our number one priority. Those are just some of the issues that we would hope would be addressed and that we could accomplish in the second session of the congress. Thatu can see all of interview with maryland congressman steny hoyer tomorrow when newsmakers airs at its regular time 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Eastern here on c span. I think that there is a way in which we have set up this impossible series of expectations, especially for our president s, but for elected officials as a whole, that they are going to come in, swooped in, save the day, and when it does not happen, we give
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 ebate. 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 , but in o five minutes no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. Messer, for five minutes. Mr. Messer thank you, mr. Speaker. Hank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize the career of two extraordinary indiana state legislators, senators allen paul and johnny nuget. These two Close Friends have served the state of indiana for decades, and i want to personally thank them for all their hard work and recognize them for their many accomplishments. First, let me tell you a little bit about senator allen paul. Allen volunteered for the u. S. Army in 1967, and is a decora
Calling for restrictions to be eased on the ability for military personnel to carry weapons while on base. We are opening up our phone lines to you as we ask whether you think soldier should be allowed to carry guns on military facilities. You can call we have a special line set up this morning for active and retired military personnel. You can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. On twitter, facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. The headline in the Washington Times this morning from thelittle bit Christian Science monitor, historytory is courtesy of the Christian Science monitor. That is the Christian Science todaysclose quote in issue. The National Review online notes that three times in the last four years military bases have been the scenes of horrific rampages. On each occasion than men have managed to riot wall servicemen have been ordered to shelter in place. The National Review says walk into any church in texas and opened fire and theres a good cha
We have other things we need to do and i talk about the tax bill and a whole lot of other things. I grew up in a small town people did well. People have to have a decent job to bring home a decent wage to support their family. That is a huge impact on the american psyche. Theres a political element to that. What a manufacturers locate . Dont locate in blue america. They locate in red america. What is happening with demographically in our countries more and more people are being pulled in to the cities and what does that happens they are lost because they get involved in a culture thats very different than the small towns and rural areas they grew up in in their thinking becomes very different. Creating opportunity for smalltown Rural America to create economic viability. I came from pennsylvania and i was every little town in pennsylvania that existed because some sort of manufacturing or mining or timber, the mill was there and that is where the town grew up. We need to receive those
Small gardens replace in our classrooms or our homes. One thing i did was i endeavored when there was an issue of conflict between a muslim and Christian Community, i had the Muslim Community school right down what they felt would be the ideal garden, the shapes and sounds and images that warmed them and brought a sense of peace. Then i had the Christian Community to the same. Then i had them actually create each others garden, literally tending each others garden. I think that kind of work is very valuable and can be a tremendous source of healing. You think about any kind of trauma, not simply war, but natural disasters, the idea of bringing aspiration to action and doing things for others i think is very important. One thing i wanted us to brainstorm together in addition to some external places and spaces we can create, i think there is some internal spaces that we can that we can build and nourish through things like spoken word, giving victims and the people around them restored s