Governor but if you have a noncorporate of legislature is hard to get your agenda passed. You raise a good point. Lets talk about how we got into this mess. Haley barbour i believe when he was chair of the Republican Party made a decision that democrats didnt pay enough attention to which was in the best in electing legislatures, legislators and republican governors for a lot of reasons he wanted to do it but when reapportionment comes up we can bridge line in congress and have a bunch of people that believe what we believe which happens to be the tea party in Haley Barbours case govern america or at least be obstructionist to american progress. They did it and they did pretty well 20 years ago. That is why we are in the mess we are in. One of the points that i made to democrats is listen im just speculating here but one of the challenges to taking back Congress Might be that they gerrymandered these districts so effectively after they did that its really tough to win and so if you ele
Okay we have an important guest with us today. Governor shumlin of vermont. Governor shumlin was elected governor of vermont in 2010 and reelected in 2012. How many states elect governors every two years . You were running again for election. I have not announced yet rated i have a lot of work to do. You may announce it yet. I would bet on you to win because i checked. No governor of vermont running for reelection has been defeated in over 50 years. We are hoping to keep it that way. Back in 1962 and governor shumlin comes from putney is placed her to my heart. I use ever made in college and we stoop visit putnam created are the four cones still there . It is, i think. You beautiful place and hes the chair of the Democratic Governors Association and therefore responsible for what happens in the election this year for governor. How many governors are up this year . 36. 36 okay. If you look on page three of the newsletter you will see the outlook for democrats for governor is pretty good
Overstretched Immigration Enforcement system. And this provides Additional Resources for immigration judg judges, for the Legal Orientation Program, and for counsel for minors. As has been mentioned earlier today on this floor, we have an International Obligation when children fleeing violence present legitimate claims for Refugee Status, to make sure they have their day in court before either repatriating them to their country of origin or allowing them Refugee Status here. This emergency supplemental would increase the funding so that there wouldnt be such an enormous backlog of cases, so that there would be a Legal Orientation Program which has a proven record of success. While it doesnt provide personal counsel to everyone awaiting trial, it gives out basic information so that legitimate claims can be made and illegitimate claims dont waste the time of our Immigration Courts. Last, providing counsel to minor children, its a small portion of this total supplemental, but if youve got
Senate. This is live coverage on cspan3. Let me begin today by calling us to order. And thanking our witnesses for joining us to discuss the current humanitarian challenge that is playing out along our southern border with mexico. Unaccompanied children as young as 4 years old arriving in record numbers almost every day. Before discussing the administrations robust response to this Current Situation, however, i think its important to try to put things into context. Over the past decade, weve made significant progress in securing our borders. Since 2003, for example, weve spent about quarter of a trillion dollars to enforce our immigration laws. More than doubling the size of the Border Patrol along the way. Weve also built 670 miles of fencing and deployed force mu i multiplier multipliers, such as hightech cameras, drones, and other aircraft up and down our border. 2006, just eight years ago, the Border Patrol apprehended more than 1 Million People at the border. Last year, we stopped
Facility is loathed in a district that i represent and it is part of the Savannah River site and i represent a portion of the site and so does jim clyburn. This is really bipartisan support of the m. O. X. Facility. This facility is really crucial for environmental cleanup and very crucial to fulfill the Nuclear Nonproliferation agreement that we have with the Russian Federation. The site and its over 60 completed. 3. 9 billion has been spent. The site has such a positive impact by reducing what is already there, 34 metric tons of weaponsgrade plutonium and made into green fuel. This is for Nuclear Production for our country. Additionally, it will fulfill the agreement that we have with the Russian Federation to do with weaponsgrade plutonium and will encourage them to do the same. This is proven technology. There has been a facility built in france already that has work. Ed that this will and other things, we have asked nor a study that its very clear that the most efficient and most