All of these recommendations raise serious concerns about the way director mayorkas was overseeing the eb5 program and in turn should be considered as a qualifying factor to determine his fitness to be secondincommand in charge at the department of Homeland Security. To summarize, we know that the National Security staff and the department of Homeland Security conducted reviews of the Investor Visa Program that mr. Mayorkas has been overseeing since 2009. These reviews found that the program created a danger to National Security, including the threat of exploitation by spies, criminals, and other National Security threats. I and others have asked for more information about the potential National Security vulnerabilities in the program and we have received no answers. What we do know is that director mayorkas dramatically expanded a program that the administration, even d. H. S. , believes for a threat to National Security. And according to a draft report by the Inspector General, he di
The importance of bee colonies. We begin with Phil Mattingly and the dedication today of the 9 11 Memorial Museum. Good afternoon. After a tour of the memorial, stood before a crowd and gave brief but very poignant remarks about what september 11 meant not only to new york city, not only to the country, but to the world itself, a key point he was making sure he hammered home, this memorial is there for all to remember what happened on september 11. Take a listen. It is an honor for us to join in your memories, to recall and toreflect, but above all, reaffirm the true spirit of 9 11. Love. Compassion. Sacrifice. And to enshrine it forever in the heart of our nation. Of a president was one number of top Public Officials to speak today. We also heard from chris , Rudolph Andrew cuomo giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, and bill de blasio. So, barack obama did not come to washington until 2000 and five, but the attacks more than 12 years ago have had a profound impact on his presidency. How . Its
The gentleman from wisconsin. Mr. Ryan i yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Rothfus. Mr. Rothfus i thank chairman ryan for the hard work he has been doing over the last several years as we look to get a handle on the spending problem we have here in washington, d. C. Mr. Chairman, our debt is out of control. In the past 10 years it has doubled from 7. 1 trillion to 17. 6 trillion today. We paid 416 billion in interest just last year. Imagine where that money could have been better spent. Failure to address the debt and deficits reduces opportunity and prosperity for future generations and directly threatens our ability to pay for our priorities like Social Security, medicare, a Strong National defense and taking care of our veterans. Unfortunately, president obama has offered another budget that increases taxes, expands the government, does nothing to save medicare or Social Security and never balances. Harry reids senate will not even consider a budget this year
I know it is equal pay day and not obamacare day, but i do want to point out that the Affordable Care act guarantees Preventative Care like mammograms and contraception care and end the days when you could be charged more just for being a woman when it comes to your Health Insurance. [applause] thats true for everybody. Thats just one more place where things were not fair. We will talk about dry cleaners next. [laughter] [applause] i dont know why it costs more for michelles dress down my shirt. Thatve to make sure America Works for everybody. Harddy willing to work should be able to get ahead. We have to build an economy that works for everybody, not just those at the top. Restoring opportunity for all has to be the priority. Thats what america is about. Doesnt matter where you started out, what you look like. You work hard and you take responsibility. You make the effort. You should be able to get ahead. We have to fight for the opportunity agenda. Training americans to make sure tha
And senator [ inaudible ], and Congress Woman daloral. [ cheers and applause ] i want to thank all of the members of congress and all of the state legislators and advocates who are here, because you all contributed to that e eh effort. And i want to give a special thanks to though on the equal pay task force. Were here because today is equal payday. [ cheers and applause ] equal payday. And its nice to have a day. But its even better to have equal pay. [ applause ] and our job is not finished yet. Equal payday means that a woman has to work about this far into 2014 to earn what a man earned in 2013. Think about that. A woman has got to work about three more months in order to get what a man got. Because she is paid less. Thats not fair. Thats like, adding an extra six miles to a marathon. [ laughter ] its not right. Aint right. [ laughter ] its not right and it aint right. [ laughter ] america should be a level Playing Field, a fair race for everybody. A place where anybody who is will