Placed in a separate part of the journal. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cotton 70 years after the creation of nato, the biggest external threats to the alliance are a revisionist adversaries, china and russia. Unfortunately, however, the alliance faces some internal threats, too. Among the allies themselves, who too often fail to take these adversaries seriously, instead striking dangerous deals with the very powers who threaten to destroy all of us. Consider the nord stream 2 pipeline project between germany and russia. Germany touts the pipelines commercial benefits, but russia sees is differently. A strategic tool to divide europe and, thus, strengthen its punitive claim to dominion over Eastern Europe. The nord stream 2 pipeline would effectively double the amount of natural gas russia would export to europe along a route that bypasses the alliances eastern frontier. This would deepen nato members reliance on russian gas while also enhances Vladimir Putins ability to
Understanding that a businessman would have when hes about to the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, ms. Verna teller, southern tiwa, pueblo of isleta, new mexico. The chaplain o creator and great mother, having asked and received your permission to invoke your blessings today to all directions, to the east, north, west, south and the center we thank you for the life you give to all your children, the two legged ones, the four legged, those who live in the waters and those who watch over us from the skies above. Sacred pollen, sacred earth mother, sacred water that man fests your desires, o creator and great mother, we thank them for the nourishment they give us equally with no regard to race, color, or creed. Creator and great mother, bless those standing before you who carry a sacred trust to all of us who inhabit turtle island, our homeland, and i pray today that you will give them the wisdom and the courage to carry out their sacre
Nation commemorates veterans day, 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiling his 62 billion dollar new plan, not to be outdone by Elizabeth Warren to revamp veterans affairs, one iowa veteran warning sanders his own medicare for all could pose similar problems for veterans, the ones that veterans already face at the v. A. I dont want to see anyone in this room have to wait like that because of a single pair system, which the v. A. Is. No, it is not, the v. A. It is a governmentrun program. Right, a governmentrun program that is different from a single payer system. Who pays the bill . In the case of v. A. The government pays 100 . Okay im former chairman of the committee of veterans affairs. There is a failure there. David veteran knows a little bit about it as well. Is it fair to look to past failures at v. A. , as a warning about me medicare for all . Gary, i love the way that vet nailed it gave it to bernie, dont. You dinner on me with that veteran. That is all i can tell you. You know,
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