As speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now rec m fm stsuitd the mari my lea f mni hr te. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each mber the mari a mory leaderanmi w limit tfi mut, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, five mis. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you so much mr. Speaker. As an 8yearold child, i was forced to flee havana, cuba, with a my family for the shores of the United States of america, the shining city on a hill, and a beacon of hope and freedom to the world. The cuban american members of congress are all united by our love of this great country and our love and respect for freedom, for democracy and the rule of law because of where we come from and whom w
Petraeuss pleading guilty to mishandling classified information. I wanted to know if the white house has a broader reaction to his plea today . No, thats it. For more details about the investigation id refer you to the department of justice. J. C. , ill give you the last one. Reporter ive been married for 23 years. Congratulations to you and your wife. [ laughter ] reporter if i may change the topic to isil something we havent talked about in a while about a week ago, the head of egypt, presidency sisi, recommended a Strong Coalition of the willing in arab nations to combat isil in the region. Was there any discussion today over that Video Conference with the leaders, the misdemeanor many leaders, that that might be a good idea to join that coalition for really a universal coalition of the willing to fight asill . I dont have a detailed readout of the teleconference but well have something later on this afternoon. I can tell you as a general matter that the president is certainly very
And we are counting on countries in the region to take some responsibility for fighting isil and whether that is training local fighters, we know that there are some countries in the region that have committed to host Training Programs for members of the moderate Syrian Opposition so that they can be trained and equipped by our Coalition Partners so that they can take the fight to isil on the ground in their own country and we certainly would welcome those kinds of contributions to this broader effort. Thanks, everybody. The Supreme Court is set to hear the oral arguments in king v. Burwell, a case challenging the federal subsidies for the purchase of health care through the Affordable Care act. On the next washington journal, jess bravin of the wall street journal is here to talk about the case and the potential outcome. Then more about the Affordable Care act and subsidies with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health news. Washington journal is live every morning and you can join the conve
Because given the speed and complexity of the challenges were talking in cyber, thats where weve got to get. We have to work our way through how we do that in the u. S. Department of Homeland Security which plays a central role here. Our capabilities support them and other u. S. Government support partners in attempts to do that. On that topic as a journalist, ive asked the nsa whether my Cell Phone Communications have been monitored in any way because i submitted through proper channels, i got a response we appealed. And we got a stock response which others have gotten. Im a journalist, i lived overseas a lot of the time. As part of my work, i spoke to people who i would imagine you might want to listen to, some in the terror community, et cetera. As a lawabiding american, why wont the nsa tell me if theyve looked at my phone communications . First youre asking me directly. I dont know. But its a policy because they told others the same thing. What i would say is look its a matter of
Assisting individuals with federal and state benefit programs. Most navigators are nonprofit, nonpartisan Community Service providers and have effective privacy provisions in place. Those are the facts and the show good news. You talking your Opening Statement about the navigators were going from door to door and that is a concern. Thats why we have to have the real navigators in place so they can sign people up. Just yesterday hhs, doj and the ftc announced a massive antifraud effort. I would suggest we all Work Together to stop any kind of fraud in the system. With that i want to yield the balance of my time to the representative castor. I think the Ranking Member for yielding time. The enthusiasm i am hearing back home from so many of my neighbors, particularly when it comes to now the bar against discrimination for our neighbors that have preexisting conditions. Just over the past few weeks i met with Community Leaders and multiple sclerosis and diabetes, hiv aids, cancer that now