The Muslim Brotherhood current a victory and the first round of voting on the constitution must weaken. Monday experts reviewed the latest and spoke about what they may mean for the future of the country. The Brookings Institution and the state Department Official thank you so much for coming on a rainy monday morning. Can everyone hear me . Is this microphone working . In the back . Good. Okay. Well, welcome to the saban center for middle east policy at the Brookings Institution. Were here on the monday morning after egyptians began, although they havent finished, voting on whether or not to approve the draft constitution produced by the constituent assembly over the last several months. Were going to talk today about how that constitution was drafted, about what its content says. But what i hope well be able to focus on in our discussion is not only how we got here but what it means for the future. If were learned anything over the last two years of watching egypt undergo this roller
Producing countries on the one hand, and consuming countries. Hondurans, our belief is, that the lack of opportunities, the levels of violence, of cultural exclusion that we see in honduras, and have seen, are not only the responsibility of hondurans. This is a problem that is all encompassing. It ties into the tragedy of our country, which has led us to situation of a war being waged in our territory about having been the ones to take the bulk of the hits by way of deaths. And having a Large International crime organizations that have stolen our country, these can be separated in honduras. There are other problems, clearly. When i talk about transnational crime, im talking about certain difficulties, which are tied to the issue of migration. That is, trafficking of minors, sexual exploitation, labor exploitation. But the correlation in the case of honduras, organized crime and those cities from which the large flows of migrants, are one and the same. That is why i strike this equation
George holding to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer yesterday, the New York Times produced a carefully balanced rationale for ending the federal ban on marijuana. In more that 40 years, this failed attempt at prohibition has been hopelessly out of step. The times editorial said marching toward criminalization, adult use while the federal government maintains its schizophrenic
To the state department for a report on religious freedom. We will have that live for you on cspan. President obama is in town today. He is taking part in a town hall meeting at the washed fellowship for Young African leaders. You will be able to watch that live on cspan two. The house and senate are in session. The house starts at noon. They will start to work on 16 suspension bills. Another will be strengthening sanctions against north korea. The senate against at 2 00 eastern. For more on their agenda we spoke with a congressional reporter this morning. The house has its own bill and the senate has a version as well. When might the house take up their legislation . You can see it happening this week. There is lot of contention in the caucus about this bill. Are they giving too much money . Is there enough for Border Security . You are going to see john boehner and Kevin Mccarthy really working their conference this week before they schedule a vote to ensure that they have the abilit
We have good at cbp, we have a good, actually excellent relationship with the Texas Department of public safety, and frankly with the state and local lawenforcement across the border. We see them as value added, and we want to make sure we maintain Good Communications and a Good Relationship with those folks. If the Border Patrol is overwhelmed in texas with large numbers of children and families coming over, why not ask the Texas National guard to help out with that . Actually, we are not overwhelmed. I just finished my fourth trip on friday to mcallen. Compared to what i saw the first week, right after i had been confirmed in march, things are much better. The numbers are down. It does not mean anyone should not be very concerned about the numbers that are still coming, but things are much better. The Border Patrol has a range of resources that were not available to them three or four months ago. Fema is there, fema volunteers are there, coast guard, the Public Health service, etc. C