Yes, we are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force. And miss Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thank you for being here today. We have the standard questions that whether you like it or not, you have to answer, answer audibly so it can be heard. I would appreciate it very much. If you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing the conflicts of interest. Yes,. Yes, sir. Will you ensure that ur yo staff complies with deadlines established for requesting communications, including questions for the record in hearings. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests. Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for the testimony and briefings. Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes senator. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communicat
Questions on the backgrounds and priorities. Many members i asked about military training, readiness, Technology Implementation as well as the state of military bases and specific projects in their home states. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i guess we are one minute late. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force, and mr. Ryan mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thanks for being here today. We have the standard questions, whether you like about your to answer. Would you answer audibly so it can be heard . And appreciate it very much. Do you adhere to the applicable laws and resolutions governing topics of interest . Yes. Yes. Will y
Reaction towo, your the Second Democratic debate. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. June 27, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Veronica Escobar to act as speaker pro tempore on this at this. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Od, you reated us endowed with freedom. We give you thanks for giving us another day. As Congress Heads into a recess to celebrate the fourth of july, Americas National holiday, may all citizens be mindful of the wonder of our nations inception. Men and women of good will from various backgrounds and se
1985 but had been dormant 2002, before its reestablishment in the 2019 National Defense authorization act. This hearing is an hour and 30 minutes. [indistinct conversations] limiting welcome to order. Senator van hollen, if you would like to make your remarks, now is a good time. Thank you. I would like to introduce the nominee for the National Reconnaissance office known as nro. Mr. Chairman, while i cannot say that i am happy to see mr. Scalise leave his current duties in the state of maryland for nasa, i can say with great confidence that the nro would be very fortunate to have him as their director. Since march 2012, he has served nasa goddardf Space Flight Center in agreement greenbelt maryland. We are part of the work he has been doing. Mr. Scalise has worked in a variety of positions at goddard and before that at n. A. S. A. Headquarters. Prior to joining n. A. S. A. In 1987, he served as an officer in the navy working and classified programs and worked as civilian in the Defens
Sec. Perez i applaud the effort state and local levels are trying to raise minimum wage. No one should have to live in poverty while they are working. That is the reality because of the failure of the Republican Leadership to work on the minimum wage. The president has been very clear in his support of the 12 an hour proposal. I was strongly supportive of that. Ill believe is that there should be a federal floor, and state and local levels should be able to go above that to reflect the fact that it costs more to live in seattle and los angeles than in another part of the United States. But regardless of where you live, you should have a floor that enables you not to have to live in poverty. At 7. 25 an hour, we have folks working 4050 hours a week and going to the food pantry. That is not consistent with our values. Lydia one thing kansas city did was accept people under 17 worried that including them might impede Employment Opportunities for young people. Does that make sense or is th