Im inspired by the leadership thats earned you the Speakers Office for a third consecutive assembly. Congratulations. Exactly 50 years ago today january 9th, 1967, tom mccall stood where i stand and took the oath of office as oregons governor. Oregon has changed in countless ways in the past half century. But one principle that has been endured can be found in the words governor mccall spoke at the beginning of his inaugural address. Their words about the importance of a strong relationship between the governor and the legislature. To the extent it is humanly possible to do, so said grofrn mccall, let us put aside the temptations to be guided by regionalism, factionalism or anything which frag mentes the public interest. May we pledge to one another to work not in partisanship but in partnership. It is in that spirit that i address you, the members of the 79th Oregon Legislative Assembly and in that spirit that i address all oregonians. Let me start by congratulating my fellow state wi
Im glad you were able to join us. I was a little worried yesterday that we might have an empty chamber today. Thank you madam speaker and thank you for your Extraordinary Service to oregon. Im inspired by the leadership thats earned you the Speakers Office for a third consecutive assembly. Congratulations. Exactly 50 years ago today january 9th, 1967, tom mccall stood where i stand and took the oath of office as oregons governor. Oregon has changed in countless ways in the past half century. But one principle that has been endured can be found in the words governor mccall spoke at the beginning of his inaugural address. Their words about the importance of a strong relationship between the governor and the legislature. To the extent it is humanly possible to do, so said grofrn mccall, let us put aside the temptations to be guided by regionalism, factionalism or anything which frag mentes the public interest. May we pledge to one another to work not in partisanship but in partnership. It
Im glad you were able to join us. I was a little worried yesterday that we might have an empty chamber today. Thank you madam speaker and thank you for your Extraordinary Service to oregon. Im inspired by the leadership thats earned you the Speakers Office for a third consecutive assembly. Congratulations. Exactly 50 years ago today january 9th, 1967, tom mccall stood where i stand and took the oath of office as oregons governor. Oregon has changed in countless ways in the past half century. But one principle that has been endured can be found in the words governor mccall spoke at the beginning of his inaugural address. Their words about the importance of a strong relationship between the governor and the legislature. To the extent it is humanly possible to do, so said grofrn mccall, let us put aside the temptations to be guided by regionalism, factionalism or anything which frag mentes the public interest. May we pledge to one another to work not in partisanship but in partnership. It
The beginning of his inaugural address. They are words about the importance of a strong relationship between the governor and the legislature. The extent it is humanly possible to do so, said governor mccall, let us put aside the temptation to be guided by regionalism, factionalism, or anything which fragments the public interest. May we pledge to one another to work not in partisanship, but in partnership. It is in that spirit that i address you, the members of the 79th oregon Legislative Assembly. And it is in that spirit that i address all oregonians. Let me start by congratulating my fellows statewide secretary of state richardson, state treasurer tobias reid, welcome aboard. [applause] and attorney general ellen rosenthal, welcome back. [applause] congratulations and welcome to all of our legislators. This freshman class includes representative Teresa Alonso leon, who personally knocked on more than 4000 doors during her campaign, and senator alan deboer, who won his election by j
Several votes on the house floor. You can see the chairman Jason Chaffetz is returning to the chair, and so we will see if the hearing gets underway shortly. Already today, several Opening Statements by the chair and rank ing member, and several of the witnesses. Jason chaffetz again is chairing the hearing, the top democrat on the committee is representative elijah cummings. Committee on the oversight government reform whether come back to order. Appreciate it. We were delayed for a moment, and more than a moment because of the votes on the floor, but i believe that now we are going to be hearing testimony from Inspector General roth. You are recognized now for five minutes. Thank you, chairman chaffetz and Ranking Member cummings and thank you for asking me to come here to testify in issues relating to tsa. The tsa programs fosters change and makes government better, however, the effectiveness of the oversight depends on making issue details and balanced public reports and looking at