Sense, its also true that lawyers for the agencies that those responders work for also play a very, very Important Role. And were privileged today to have an outstanding panel of lawyers from various agencies at the federal and local level, some now in private practice, who have served in those Important Roles or do so today. And to give us some insights about the role of a lawyer in Emergency Preparedness and response. And with that id like to introduce the panel by having them introduce themselves to you and then well get right into it. Good afternoon, im adrian sevier. Im the chief county of the Emergency Management agency. Ive been with fema for 15 years. Ive had a variety of positions at the agency starting what we called then a field attorney. So i deployed to the joint field offices that fema sets up when the president declares a major disaster or emergency. Ive held a variety of positions at fema. And again ive been the chief council since for about a year now. Im dan connelly,
That because of our strength, the power of our banks, all we americans have to do if Congress Rejects this plan is return to the bargaining table, puff out our chests and demand a better deal. Ive heard one critic say he would use sanctions to give iran a choice between having an economy or having a nuclear program. Well, folks, thats a very punchy sound bite, but it has no basis in reality. As dick said, i was chair of the Foreign Relations committee when our party came across to enact round after round of economic sanctions against iran. Remember, even the toughest restrictions didnt stop Irans Nuclear program from speeding ahead. From a couple of hundred centrifuges to 5,000 to 19,000. Weve already been there. If this agreement is voted down, those who vote no will not be able to tell you how many centrifuges iran will have next year or the year after. If its approved, we will be able to tell you exactly what the limits of irans program will be. The fact is that it wasnt either sanc
Economic security but Energy Security as a part of National Security for our country. Want to thank both senators senators on both sides of the aisle. This took a bipartisan effort. That that is what the people want, us working together to address important issues for our country. [applause] [inaudible conversations] ive got to go. There are a few more things to be voted on postcloture, so we are close to the end of the cloture list. The department of Homeland Security will be next. [inaudible conversations] well, number one, we hope they we will sign the bill. We will try to most likely attach it to other Energy Legislation that we we will continue to work on. Sen. Lisa murkowski has great ideas. There will be other opportunities. See it on the floor. [inaudible question] we have to give it to the desk. Working to the process today. Able to move it out of the senate with a good bipartisan vote. Obviously we have made some changes. The house will take a look at what we have done and i
Provide Financial Information to the younger ranks, to the guys at first come in so they dont buy a Lincoln Navigator and try to live on their paycheck and Lincoln Navigators bills whatever. Host time for one more call. Phoenix, arizona. Ben is on the line for democrats. Caller [indiscernible] host ben, you are breaking up. We will have to let you go. Must be a problem with cell service there. That will wrap it up. Thank you for all the calls. If you missed any of the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the commissions recommendations concerning military retirement pay changes in Health Care Benefit changes that hearing is available in its entirety anytime on her website, www. Cspan. Org. If you would like to read the reports by the commission, their website is mldc. Whs. Mil. Here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the cspan networks. On cspan2s booktv, toby har nden on the british efforts in 2009 to stop the taliban advance in afghanistan while awaiting u. S
Alison . Lot going on. The Stormwatch Team is everywhere you are tracking those changing weather conditions. You can check changes to the forecast on our website by following us on facebook or twitter or by downloading the stormwatch weather map for your iphone or android. Back now to that Daring Rescue that we talked about at the top. Several people ran into a burning home to help two people trapped inside. Among those to ran into the home was a man who crawled his way through the smoke and pulled an unconscious woman out to safety. Only on 7, Stephen Tschida spoke with that hero and others who helped a womans 93yearold father. Stephen is live now with the story of heroism. Steve . We have first of all 20 minutes ago i spoke to a woman who was rescued from this home from the hospital. She says she remembers nothing but very thankful one who raced to this house. They saw it engulfed in flames. You can see the damage from the windows there. They raced to the front door where a 93yearold