President cheney and his loved ones as we receive inspiration from his contributions, remind us that with your power, we are Strong Enough to overcome the difficulties that trouble our nation and world. Lord, strengthen our commitment o you and country by turning ur thoughts toward hope, our hearts toward justice, and our hands toward works of peace. We pray in your sovereign name, amen. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the chairman of the Senate Committee on rules and administration, roy blunt. Hon. Blunt it is great to be part of this presentation, welcoming Vice President cheney to the capital as part of the collection of the senate started in 1885. 130 years ago, the senate decided it would be appropriate to recognize the Vice President , principally to recognize the Vice President in his job as president of the senate and certainly to get to recognize a person who spent a lot of time in both the house and senate as Vice President and before the 46th Vice President of the Un
That didnt take long. Iowa state has a new football coach. Just a week after firing paul rhoads, who coached the team for seven seasons. An iowa state source has confirmed to channel 13 that toledo head coach Matt Campbell has agreed to terms with the university the heels of rhoads last game with the cyclones yesterday. Campbell has a successful run with the rockets as he was 3515 over his last 4 seasons. Including going 92 this season. Isu has not officially confirmed or announced when a press conference will take place. But campbell is expected to be in ames today, on the day of his 36th birthday, to finalize the deal. Later in sports. Well show you who else was in the running and why campbell was the universitys top candidate the clive man charged with the murder of a toddler last december says he did nothing wrong because the child fell. His trial will start tomorrow. Police arrested 25yearold joe lopez back in december in connection with the death of his girlfriends daughter. Hes
That awesome responsibility of commiting the finest among us. Putting their lives at risk. Lets make sure the commander in chief, the president of the United States, has the full authority to achieve the goal that we all agree on. I think thats the way to proceed in this. But again, i appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the thoughtful discussion and debate. Thank you, senator. Before i recognize senator coons let me just say, we are committed to victory. We are collectively committed to a victory to defeat isil. And we say that in the second age of the aumf in the fifth whereas. It is the policy of the United States to work with regional and global allies and partners to degrade and defeat isil. And it goes on to talk about other elements of how that is achieved. Now, there is a difference between a commitment to victory and what some would be committed to maybe an endless war with tens of thousands of Ground Troops. That can be a fundamental difference in divide. But a threeyear
Let me start with at the 10,000 foot level and washington, the words of and congress have gone together a lot in the last two years. Youve talked from the minute you won the majority about fixing the way the senate works. Talk about how your point do that and what you have in mind when you say that. Rarely does an issue like functioning resonate with the American People that it clearly did. There are two things we heard all of the country, people were very upset with the administration. You can figure that out pretty quickly but they were also not happy with the fact that we dont seem to do anything anymore. It was clear to those of us in the senate that the reason we werent doing anything was the senate. We have evolved over last three or four years into a body that basically never passes anything except in an emergency situation. I feel like we have an obligation to the American People to be responsible right of center, governing majority. Which allows votes on matters. Your to fresh
The law. And when they see that 50 , 50 , 49 ill give you that, of the illegals in this country are visa overstays, these are people that are were not chasing a footprint in the desert, we know who they are. Weve got their name. Theyve had an interview at a consulate or an embassy, they came here on a visa. We know who they are. Thats lowhanging fruit for enforcement. So, i ask you this how many of the visa overstays are granted immunity through the president pasha action . Any . Offhand, i dont know. I dont know the answer to that. Congressman, i will say this i would like to see this Congress Pass a bill. I would like to work with congress on passing a bill. The president said that would be his preference. The problem is we have no partner i think congress can pass a bill when the American People start regaining trust in the administration to actually do their job and enforce the laws that are already on the books. And i yield back. Chair recognizes mr. Or work from texas. Thank you,