I was able to declare victory for all the work that i put in. At that point we had a 5 trillion budget surplus. At the same time, i had become a military reformer. I was a part of one of the early Reform Efforts of spare parts. I was involved with procurement reform all of my career. I was even involved in the way in which the pentagon operated. You might remember that services werent very independent with each other. In the war in lebanon our marines could be on the beach and see a navy ship in the ocean, but they could communicate with each other. They could not communicate with each other. So we went to work. Many of them were democrats as well. We put together what was called the goldwaternichols bill which created special forces command and got the forces to Work Together. Because if you dont Work Together in the time of war, you have the problems you have with lebanon. It was the most are matted change in the military operated in modern history. I was a member of the political on
Humming humbling ourselves and seeking your help. I want to thank you, first of all, for who you are, thank you for your goodness, your mercy, and grace in each of our lives and thank you for the blessings that you give to us every day. What i want to thank you for each and every representative and all they do to direct our great country. I pray today that would you have your hand of grace and guidance upon them. I pray god, that would you give them had the wisdom they need on a daily basis to fulfill the office that youve appointed them to. I also ask that you would guide and courage and protect them in their personal lives, as well as their families and loved ones. I love you, lord. Thats in the name of jesus christ, i play. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise . Mr. Speaker, pu
Ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats before president obama, president ghani , and the delegations have departed. Wednesday, the afghan president will address a joint meeting of congress. You can see his speech live at 1045 a. M. Eastern. Coming up next on cspan, Governor John Kasich of ohio speaks. Then the u. S. Has debates on the gop budget. Ohio Governor John Kasich was in New Hampshire to speak at the politics and exit breakfast on tuesday. He ran for president in 2000 and was a congressman from ohio between 1983 and 2001. This is 45 minutes. [applause] gov. Kasich it is great to be here. Some of my former colleagues, this is back when Congress Actually worked. He is a terrific guy and worked closely with one of my great friends, chris shays. I love him. He was on the Budget Committee with me. You know chris. I always said john sununu was the smartest guy i have ever worked with in the house and senate. What can you say about him. About judd gregg. He has not been to
That is not going to happen as long as our trade laws dont allow us to prevent cheating. Right now our trade laws encourage companies to cheat encourage other countries to cheat, because by the time we succeed, the damage has been done. Host larry is up next republican line. Caller good morning, pedro, mr. Gerard. Guest good morning. Caller can you inform the public about the historic 1992 ross perot, the giant sucking sound of jobs involving nafta versus bill clinton . What brought that about . Guest well, look, lets back up a bit. The initial negotiation of nafta was done with george bush senior. Bill clinton became president on the promise that he would fix nafta and in particular fix the labor chapter, which he did not do. Good afternoon. I am marilynn serafini with the alliance for health reform. On behalf of our honorary cochairman, senators carter and blunt, i would like to welcome you to todays briefing on the second of Health Care Costs. I would also like to thank our partner
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 226. The nays are 196. The motion is not adopted. Is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The question is on passage of the joint resolution. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from north carolina. Mr. Price i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vot