In Disaster Relief for those members of our fishing community, so many of whom have had their whole livelihoods taken away from them. And this Disaster Relief money is going to help them during these difficult times, help them to recover, to rebuild what i believe is one of the most critical economic sack ters still in new england. Its one of the oldest, certainly. Im also pleased that this bill reverses some of the reckless cuts from sequestration and instead it makes important investments in the friewrt of this country, in our education, infrastructure, in science and innovation, and yet it also makes strategic cuts. For example, one of my favorites in the bill is that it prohibits taxpayerfunded expenditures on Oil Paintings for public officials. This is an idea that senator coburn and i have been work on over the last year and i think its exactly the kind of Government Spending that we need to get rid of. It seppedz sends a message, a. Even though its not a lot of money, its symbol
Joining us in our panel today are jennifer crane, Operation Enduring freedom veteran, outreach assistant, give an hour, coatesville, pennsylvania; dr. Barbara cohoon, deputy director, government relations, National Military family association, washington dc; dr. Mike haynie, executive director and founder, institute for veterans and military families, syracuse, ny; a. Kathryn power, samsha Strategic Initiative lead for military families and regional administrator region 1, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, u. S. Department of health and human services, boston, massachusetts. Kathryn, theres approximately 2. 3 million active military men and women and about 22 million vets. Um, talk to us a little bit about why military families are important to our national security. Well, i think that one of the most Important Reasons that we are paying attention to the military family is because we know that this particular conflict is taking a major toll on military Service
Gallons of fresh water for each fracking. An 90 of the water never returns to the surface, so its permanently removed from the water cycle. Fracking requires millions and millions and millions of gallons of water per well. There also seems to be a strong correlation between hydraulic fracking and seismic activities. A good example would be youngstown, ohio. Just before Christmas Eve two years ago, a guy was pumping water into the rocks and kept pushing more and more pressure and the rocks went he created a little earthquake, magnitude 4. Another issue it of the oil acquired by fracking is often proving to be more flammable than traditional forms of oil. And, for example, the baseline crude oil 40 of what is going in the rail cars are explosive, volatile, coming from beneath the earth. What is called benzene and derivatives. The techniques need to be regulated. We need to do them responsibly. We need to understand that the chemicals that are being utilized here we need to make sure that
Also, the Obama Administration announcing new sanctions against russian officials and Russian Companies with ties to vladimir putin. These in response to the escalating situation in the ukraine. Announced earlier that Michael Grimm has been taken into custody. The Associated Press reporting taking place at the Lower Manhattan office. Congressman grahams lawyer said last week he expect the prosecutors to file charges. The client would be vindicated. We will continue to follow the story and bring you updates as warranted. This night we take a step. Step. Tive the people watching us on and ratingtonight about their Congress Tomorrow and seeing we were able to act, not perfectly but in a bipartisan fashion, to try to take a step toward a fiscal stabilitylity, fiscal , and yes, caring for those who most need our help in this country. Colleagues, as the leader of my party in this congress urged us to support this legislation. Now mr. Diamond not as a democrat or republican but unamerican who
President kennedy. H president kennedy launchedeven before he his historic president ial campaign, jfk told an audience in baltimore, let us not despair, but act. Let us not seek the republican answer or the democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. No politician knew better the importance of bipartisanship. We are honored to have with us today the light of senator kennedys light and the Guiding Light of the Edward M Kennedy institute. She is a brilliant attorney and writer and a vision for senator kennedys incredible c. It is my great pleasure to friend. E my good thank you, heather. That you so much for gracious introduction and congratulations on being named the new ceo of the jfk library foundation. All of us are so excited about your leadership your. Those of here. Those of us for the edward m the u. S. Ociety for senate, we are thrilled to have a neighbor. And mass archives, Columbi