It is all yours. Thank you, jim. Thank you, christine. Christine, you have a good voice. Lets move on. [laughter] let me join jim in welcoming you all to phoenix. I am pleased to see some any western governors here. We have a Great Program planned, and im delighted we can share this time together. Over the next two days we will have visits with Top Administration officials including the secretary of labor , the secretary of transportation, u. S. Forest service chief who will be visiting with us momentarily. Although he was not able to stay for todays activities, weve visited early this morning with the secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. We will hear from two other keynote speakers the president , of the arizona cardinals, and john ratzenberger. Most of you know john as the famous cliff clavin from the tv show, cheers. I think we will all enjoyed john speak about his everin every pixar movie made. He has a passion for American Workers and american industry. His comments will touch
Thank you, chris. Thank you, christine. You have a good voice. Lets move on. Let me join jim in welcoming you all to phoenix. Im pleased to see so many governors here and we put a Great Program playing. Im delighted we could share this time together. Over the next two days we will have visits with top admin haitian officials including secretary of labor alexander acosta, secretary of transportation elaine chao, u. S. Forest service chief tony tooke and although he couldnt stay for todays activities we visited this one of the secretary of agriculture sonny perdue. We will hear two other keynote speakers, Michael Bidwell president of the Arizona Cardinals and also john ratzenberger. Most of you know john has the sandisk with cleveland for the Television Series cheers or you might know him as one of the voices of the characters in every pixar movie ever made. John also has a passion for American Workers and american industry on enjoy hearing him speak about that. We will touch on one of t
So i certainly hope they would be but i have no confidence as i sit here right now that they will. Senator nelson when, mr. Secretary, when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume you handed out, somebody did thats a mess. And maybe it is the only solution is the solution of a political exit for assad so that we can go after these extremist elements. By the way, i had to leave the committee to do an interview on cnn, and the whole focus that they wanted to jump on was your statement earlier in the hearing that we had only trained up 60. But i pointed out to them what you said was the vetting is very difficult and in fact we are vetting some several thousands additional and the vet is a lot more tore tuesdayous because you certainly dont want to have a guy trained up and then you ends up aiming his gun back at us. In iraq, do you think that this new Prime Minister has the capability of getting out of his shiite mold and does he have the capability of bringing all the s
And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surrounding the end of life. Earlier this week, n. P. R. Ran a fascinating story on a little known fact that physicians die differently than the rest of us. They are more comfortable, theyre more likely to spend their final days surrounded by loved ones. They seldom die in an i. C. U. Or in a hospital setting. Thats because doctors understand what works and what doesnt. Doctors are very clear about their wishes, and they choose quality of life and concern for their families as well as their own well