There is a good deal of complicated scheduling going on in the senate, which is particularly busy right now. So we may or may not be joined by Ranking Member, kennedy, i see as other obligations. But ive been cleared by his team to proceed with the hearing, if you can make it here i will give him the chance to make an Opening Statement at a convenient juncture. But, in the meantime, the witnesses are ready and im cleared to proceed. So we will go forward. Two weeks ago, in a speech to the american law institute, chief justice, roberts, said he wanted to assure people he was committed to making certain that the Supreme Court would adhere to the highest standards of conduct, more important, the chief justice acknowledged the court has more to do, that justices are continuing to look at things they can do to give practical effect to that ethics commitment, and that he is confident that there are ways to do that. Ways to do more. The chief justice is right. There are plenty of ways. The co
Questions to the Prime Minister. Mr. Speaker. I am sure members will want to join me in wishing people across the uk and around the world a happy st. Patricks day thiscoming friday. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. I shall have future such meetings later today. Heu merriman. I welcome the announcement that well abide by the letter of the manifesto and also the spirit. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister agree with me that, as we move towards balancing the books we must ensure we have a fair and Sustainable Tax system in place . I thank my honorable friend for the question. We made a commitment not to raise tax and we put our commitment into the tax law. The measures we put forward in the budget last week were consistent with those laws. As a number as a number of my parliamentary colleagues have been pointing out in recent days, there is. Order. This is intolerable. The Prime Minister i take you wan
Questions to the Prime Minister. Mr. Speaker. I am sure members will want to join me in wishing people across the uk and around the world a happy st. Patricks day thiscoming friday. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. I shall have future such meetings later today. Heu merriman. I welcome the announcement that well abide by the letter of the manifesto and also the spirit. Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister agree with me that, as we move towards balancing the books we must ensure we have a fair and Sustainable Tax system in place . I thank my honorable friend for the question. We made a commitment not to raise tax and we put our commitment into the tax law. The measures we put forward in the budget last week were consistent with those laws. As a number as a number of my parliamentary colleagues have been pointing out in recent days, there is. Order. This is intolerable. The Prime Minister i take you wan
Myself. On march 29, 1973 the last combat troops were withdrawn from vietnam. When they returned to the United States these veterans like many who returned earlier were greeted with a cold and at times hostile reception. Looking back more than 50 years at the experience during the vietnam war and return home, billy two feathers who served with u. S. Army wrote my return to the states was typical of several people i talked to. Family and friends would say been a while. Others would call me names that i wont repeat. Kenneth bizby who served in vietnam wrote when i got back to my hometown no one seemed to notice that i had been away nor did they care. These accounts and others record the National Sentiment on a personal level. Their stories remind us that most returning veterans were not even acknowledged for their sacrifice and that many suffered because of it. While the nation has worked to correct this mistake over the last few decades there is more congress can do to honor our Vietnam
The subcommittee on courts, intellectual property and the internet will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a ves at any time. We welcome everyone for todays hearing bringing justice closer to people examining ideas for restructuring the ninth circuit and i now recognize myself for a short opening statement. It has been more than a decade since we last considered a bill to split the ninth circuit. The ninth circuit is by far the largest circuit of the 12. Additi additionally, the ninth circuit hears 20 of the appeals and some would say from this side of the dase from the various states its the most reversed circuit. Not withstanding that, it is my circuit. It includes my state. Im deeply concerned today and will be until we find resolution that stripping away the other states of the ninth circuit would still leave california as by far the largest circuit. When we come together today we come together with two challenges. One, there is no way without spli