Thats not their mission and thats not what we are paying for and we should stop paying for it. And i yield back to mr. Buck. The chair the chair would remind members that remarks during the debate may not engage in personalities towards the president including the repeating of remarks that were said elsewhere. That would be improper if spoken here by the members here in their own words. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. Mr. Lewis i yield one minute to thegentleman from kentucky, chairman of the state foreign operations committee. Mr. Rogers i rise in respectful disagreement with my colleagues who offer this amendment. The United States institute of peace works to help prevent, reduce and resolve violent conflicts abroad. The institute along side our military, our diplomats in the most conflict affected including iraq, afghanistan, tunisia, south sudan and ukraine. Eliminating the u. S. Institute of peace would hamper our efforts to stabilize these areas and to prevent further o
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The senate began its business. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to consider the president s budget request for the department of interior for fiscal year 2018. This is the second of three budget hearings before our committee this year following the Forest Service last week and the kept of energy which is coming up on thursday. Secretary zinke, welcome back to the committee for your first appearance since our bipartisan vote in favor of your confirmation on march 1st. It was nice to be able to give you the the official tally this morning, make it officially official. I want to start by noting you have taken on some tough tasks at the department including some challenges that really have gone unaddressed for years. I think you are off to a good start. And i appreciate that. I have enjoyed working with you during the early month of your tenure as secretary. I truly appreciated the opportunity to host you and some members here on the commit