Australian way are used against us. The government is required to respond to these new threats and to make sure that our agencies have the resources and the powers that they need to do so. Thats why weve committed 630 million for our counterterrorism package, as well as introducing to the Parliament Three trenches of legislation that strengthens the ability of our agencies such as the Australian Federal police to deal with these increased threats. Were also working very hard with vulnerable communities to counter violent ideologies and encourage social harmony. Our Law Enforcement and intelligence communities have for years since 9 11 been very effective about keeping australia and australians safe. But we need to constantly refine the way they operate and seek to make improvements when we can. As many in this room know today. The Prime Minister has been very focussed on this challenge and hes shown great leadership in these areas. His government takes National Security seriously. Whet
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 234 and the nays are 177. The previous question is ordered. The question is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Mr. Polis mr. Speaker, i request a recorded vote the speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. Those in favor of taking this vote will stand and be counted. A sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered members will record their votes by electronic deve. This will be a fiveminute vote. 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 of of representatives the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 234 and the nays are 184. The resolution is agreed to. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the ta
Sanctions. More people in that are turning to japan to receive state of the art medical care. People in tokyo are trying to get a glimpse of britains future king. That ear giving Prince William a rock star welcome. Some some of them waited for hours to catch a glimpse. Making his first visit to japan. Many royal watchers turn to technology to capture the moment. Translator i wanted to get his attention to i just shouted hello. Translator i got a good picture. I didnt expect i could see him today so im very lucky and really excited. He took in a boat tour of tokyo bay. He had a chance to see some of the locations for the 202 olympics and paraolympics. The coke yo governor served as az guide. Fire department vessels gave them a special welcome. Prince william toured a traditional garden. He sat down there for a tea ceremony. Hes heading to North Eastern japan to see how build are rebuilding after the earthquake and tsunami after hour years. Hell depart on sunday for china. Vessels are be
Development on federal land is what i think we need to get to. Because as senator hoeven says, youre just going to go around your federal lands and then we get no revenue to the treasury it just doesnt make sense. So we need to work in that regard. With that, i appreciate you have given the committee a lot of time and senator cant well if you want to have the final word i would just say thank you madam chair for this hearing and i think a lot of members showed up and a lot of questions across the board and i get your point about federal lands and, yes, im sure that theres a higher percentage in alaska than in Washington State. In Washington State we get revenue from those public lands and so thats been a big benefit to us. I want to work with you as we move forward on trying to think about an Energy Package and what we can do together to bolster our economies and to Work Together on policies that can move us forward. But i feel like we had a broad range of things brought forward here t
Uemura was stabbed. They say it shows him walking toward the river with several young men. Uemura was frequently seen with a group of boys. People who knew him say he was punched in the face by members of the group. Police have discovered mobile phone messages uemura sent before he was murdered. He had been asking his friends for help. More details on that story as they come in. Now in other news a prominent american newspaper has unmasked the Islamic State member dubbed jihadi john. The blackclad man with the british accent has appeared in the groups videos. He wields a knife in videos that purportedly show militants murdering inging hostages. The Washington Post says he is mohammed emwazi. The report describes him as a briton in his mid 20s from a welltodo family. It says he was born in kuwait and raised in london where he graduated from university. Bbc news says emwazi was known to British Security services. Media reports say that in may 2009 he flew to tanzania with his friends and