Passage. We have a rare moment for the Senate Foreign Relation Committee and the senate as a whole to demonstrate this. And coming together to demonstrates our ability to give constructive input on one of the most Important National Security Issues of the day and strain our divisive influences in this body and demonstrate our ability to overcome them and show the relevance and Work Together to come together in the best interest of our nation. With that, madam president , i yield the floor. Next, the Supreme Court Court Hears Oral Argument in several samesex marriage cases. Then we open it up to you and later a debate on samesex marriage on todays washington journal. Throughout the day we have been seeing comments from a number viewers. This one from maxwell who says it has been legal in the uk for a while and their society is still entact and no one elses marriages have been ruined. Get the government out of marriage all together. Facebook. Com cspan. And on twitter jennifer who covere
Screeria nigeria. PasAspen Institute this is an hour. Were Live Streaming this event so tweet at hash tag communities that work. If youre here in the room, please quiet your phone. Third, following the event today well have the application materials for the regions on our web site, thats as. Pm communities that work. Thats going to be going live today. And that is all i need to say from my announcements. But its all my pleasure and thrill to introduce to you jay williams assistant secretary of commerce and he is going to provide a word of welcome and some thoughts about the importance of this work to the Commerce Department. [applause] thank you. Im exceptionally excited to pleased to be with you here today. As we publicly launch the communes that work partnership. This an Important Initiative that will help build the critical Public Private partnerships needed to accelerate Job Skills Development across the nation. I want to thank you as spend institute, for the hospitality and hostin
Now, on cspan2, we bring you booktv. On this holiday weekend, booktv extended the programming until wednesday, january 2, at 8 a. M. Eastern. First in the program to watch for this weekend. A few events from International Summit of the books. Five panels look at the future of publishing. Sunday, watch a couple of interviews from the university of pennsylvania. Fishesz, at 1 p. M. , we talk with john l. Jackson, jr. , the unintended consequences of political correctness. At 1 30, we hear about after broadcast news media regime, democracy, and the new Media Information environment. Watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. Next on booktv, the former Deputy Assistant secretary of commerce argues that the u. S. Is and will continue to be a leader in manufacturing and innovation. Its about 45 minutes. Thank you. Thank you for the very kind introduction. Its a real honor to be at politics and prose, such an institution to the city, a
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100 today, will cost 122 10 years from now. At annual inflation that same 100 good will cost almost 135 10 years from now. In total the price of goods and services in the United States have increased by more than the 1,000 since world war ii. Under longstanding budget rules, c. B. O. And o. M. B. Aassume that future designation career appropriations at the account level will be at the same dollar levels but adjusted for inflation. Why do they do this . He they do it because it represents a more accurate analysis of our nations actual spending habits. The aggregate total of defense and nondefense appropriations are then adjusted down to the spending cap levels set in law, but even those spending caps are higher than the freeze mandated by this bill. The c. B. O. s current projection for the nks 10 years assumes that Discretionary Spending will be caps imposed by the budget control act through 2021, rather than the inflation adjusted levels. But changing the definition of the budget base