The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 227. The nays 186. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. All opposed say no. The ayes have it. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the 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 representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 221. The nays are 190. The resolution is adopted. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The s
Program devoted to providing local communities with resources to counter extremism in the homeland. In the last days of the obama 10nistration,dhs announced million of grants to reflect this preference. With the Trump Administration the reevaluation of these grants have taken place. Dhs is now trying to recalibrate cve toward Law Enforcement. A range of Police Department have had their cve budgets increased. Projects seem to have been sidelined. That is one of the topics we but thereuss today, is much else that needs to be addressed. Who are the best partners to work with . Should there be a strict criteria for engagement between partners . Do all extreme ideologies need to be tackled as part of cve . What lessons can be learned from European Countries . How do we measure success . We should answer these questions soon because there has been more talk about cve than action. We have a truly stellar panel today to address these questions. Im speaking first speaking first will be muhammad
The Heritage Foundation hosted a discussion on extremism and violence in the United States. This is one hour. Thank you john and welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Part in a discussion i think is particularly relevant at a particulate relevant time to be having this conversation. Primary aim ofe which is to reduce the threat of terrorism is important. This is partially down to a change in administration and a shift in how Homeland Security views the Obama Administrations preference for local, Community Led initiatives , the recently departed of the office of Community Partnership describes cbe as the First Federal Assistance Program to provide local communities with the resources to countermand extremism and the homeland. The last days of the obama 10nistration, ds announced million worth of grants to organizations to reflect this preference. The Trump Administration takes a more skeptical view. Recalibraterying to away from a Community Driven approach toward Law Enforcement. Police r
[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentleman. [applause] good afternoon. My name is nancy i am the president of u. S. Itn i am delighted to welcome you this afternoon for her first visit, mrs. Bush we are happy to have you here. Also i want to welcome the ambassador from the Islamic Republic of afghanistan. And his wife we are delighted to have her here with us. Thanks for coming this afternoon. If you are new we are in independent National Institute founded by congress 30 years ago dedicated to the proposition peace is possible and practical it is essential for International Security and we pursued a vision without conflict by working in conflict zones to equip them with tools and knowledge and training. And there is no place where they have spent more time than in afghanistan. As the chair of Womens Initiative at the george w. Bush institute, she continues to work on innovation and empowering women, education reform and supporting the men and women who have served in americas milit
We can work on governance programs. We can work on poverty. We can work on education. But if violence will remain a legitimate tool at least this is how its perceived by the majority of people in the region, then whatever progress we can aim at will, as i said, be shortlived. We are trying to include this element in our interventions. We intervened, for example, in 2012 in a region between the christians and at that time what we told them in the first place is that there is a better way to address the issue of coincidin religious dates than dealing or adopting violence to solve it. And not only we told them that violence is not going to help them and to address this issue, but we also help them to find the middle ground to celebrate both christmas during the same week while avoiding or while preventing Violent Attacks from both groups. In the aftermath of the massacre, we also explained to sunni and shia tribes that resort to go violence will not advance the judicial process and that i