Were physical act of tackling. It cant be done. Tackling is tackling. The seahawks tackling defined it exactly as it is done. It should be done at the three levels of football where the game should be played. If boys cant tackle the way the technique was designed, they shouldnt be playing contact football. They should be playing flag until they are ready to play. Thank you, gentlemen. Congratulations to the classic 2016. Today is your day of celebration. Your choices will make all the difference to you, and to all of us. Dont be afraid to take on cases or new jobs, or new issues, that really stretches her boundaries. Abroad, inthe summer real ships i do than internships and the specter of living in your parents basement after this Graduation Day is not likely to be your greatest concern. Felt this month, watch commencement speeches to the class of 2016 in their entirety from colleges and universities around the country by Business Leaders, politicians, and white house officials on cspa
Weather appears to be the new norm. Events like superstorm saturday which came to my shores and our shears in the mid atlantic a year or so ago, recent wildfires in ore parts of the country other parts of the country, dangerous tornadoes, historic droughts. They may well be just the tip of the iceberg of whats to come. And even today the east coast is preparing for yet another snowstorm while the west coast is experiencing a historic drought. And increased fire danger with no end in sight. I have a friend of mine who is from australia, and he tells me theyve had the hottest weather in their history, so go figure. Its just sort of a crazy world that we live in right now. For years, ive been working with a number of my colleagues, our colleagues to address the root causes and unfolding effects of what i believe is one of the Biggest Challenges of our generation. Thats Climate Change. According to the u. S. Global change research program, extreme weather events have increased in frequency
Welcome one and all. Great to see our witnesses. Great to be here with senator johnson, and well call this hearing to order. I appreciate the effort of all of you to get here today. Im glad were having the hearing today, and not tomorrow. If we were having it tomorrow we might not be having a hearing. Todays hearing, as you know, is focused on the costs of not being prepared for extreme weather events, and exploring the ways that our federal government can increase resiliency in our communities, and just to underbehind this, and save money. Save money in the long haul. We have deficits coming down, theyre still too much. Down from 1. 4 trillion, i think, four years ago, this year expected to be down to about 550 billion. Only 550 billion. Thats still way too much and we have to continue to look in every nook and cranny and figure out how do we save more money. Thats the focus of todays hearing. But, i will try to take about five minutes for my Opening Statement and yield to senator joh
By calling. If you want to reach out on social media, you can do so off of twitter. 15 saying worried, 10 optimistic and you can send an email. The headlines were the inspiration for the question. When it comes to economic related matters the wall street journal on the jobs record. Tepid job growth fuels worry. We will highlight the use of the word worry. And in New York Times job creation is still steady despite worry. They talk about the jobs report. Turning to wall street and stock market, here is the Financial Times take, wall street ends at highest level since the financial crisis. Other stories talk about wall street saying wall street ends with a bang. If you want to look at the housing industry another indicator when it comes to the economy, the real Estate Section of the Washington Post this morning framework for renaissance is how they talk about a story looking at a reis surgeons not only resurgence in building and buying. We will read some of the stories as we go along. We
Called the marketing of rebellion, why the reason that some causes succeed has more to do with how they resonate in particular constituencies. It over the last 15, 20 years, there has and a slavery search. Been a slavery search. There are certain constituencies and audiences that are infinitely more comfortable talking about problems today than slavery and its legacies and continuing forms of structural in justice, discrimination, and so forth and. Than continuing forms of structural injustice, so forth. Ion, and simination, d there is this pivot or you have a more palatable topic or you talk about today. Politicians love this rhetorical move. It enables them to frame themselves and a positive light , rather than deal with the fundamental injustice. In america, it allows us to be the abolitionist nation. To me, that is why it is so important to put the African American narrative central. Right now, it is not there. I work a lot with a historically black college in mississippi. What wer