It was mike jerring, steve keeley bought for him. I were him a letter. I heard about that good i wrote him a letter since i dont have a computer telling him if he ever recycles it, i want it. He came out, march the the third, beating down my door, delivering my shirt. I was still in my pajamas but i wanted to come down and see you guys. Wave to mike he is right inside there. There you go, mike. Every time i come downey say hi and i wear his shirt. Thanks so much for coming down. Great to be here. Have a cup have of coffee. Come on down, fourth and market for the next hour, we have jelly doughnuts, we have hot coffee for everyone and not into a jelly doughnut we have other selections. We have the whole truck. Dunkin cruiser filled up with jelly doughnuts and hot coffee and all i ask that you just follow me on twitter. Yes, sure. That is all i ask. The shirt is zone in the sweater. And 19 in. And that is. And new we have and, it was pretty sure im losing. Twitter war, we are joining at 9
Matthew lee joins us to discuss the palestine conflict. Well talk with ed bingle a former customs and Border Protection official but minors crossing the border. Piece piece. Every morning on cspan at 7 00 eastern. President obama on monday awarded the medal of honor to formal active duty Sergeant Ryan pits. He held off the taliban during an attack on his unit. He the ninth recipient to be award awarded for the war in iraq or afghanistan. He is of the chosen few to receive this honor today as the nation pauses to recognize him. Our hearts are touched by staff Sergeant Ryan pits. He humbly insisted that his remarkable actions were simply was his duty it will always be on his loyalty to his unit. We acknowledge that devotion came from a faithful family who prayed for and supported him. We join our hearts together as we honor him today. We honor the courage and commitment of all who serve in harms way. This we pray in your holy same, amen. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the white hou
The house and Senate Taking up a hearing on u. S. Policy in iraq. Iraq continues to be a big concern in addition to the other conflicts. I know there were some concerns over the webbing end with jordan and iraq situation with them. Beyond hearings and there are not that i have my list in front of me. Beyond hearings i think again the probably one of the markka one twz of the webbing. We will have to keep watching for reactions in russia and ukraine and the middle east. At some point i think we will see calls for the u. S. To help ukraine ukraine. As i scan this hearing list, there is at least in the senate it specks to a lack of accountability. Accountability. They are also looking at Flood Insurance issues but appropriations was supposed to be big success of the month. That there was going to be big deals done before the recess happens. We may get some sense this week whether it will move at all. I just want to get your reaction to your colleague who was a story this morning leadershi
Biden will participate in that wreath laying ceremony at 11 00 eastern time. We have got about 15 minutes left with verna jones. We want to get your thoughts on Veterans Issues this morning. Oward is in florida and on the democratic line. Caller i live in seminole, florida. When i was in the service, i was in vietnam. I am finding out, i am turning 65 this year. I notice i am going to be losing some of my benefits over at the v. A. I am going to get Social Security. I dont understand. I have been going there and had operations and everything else. I dont have a lot of money. I am going to be 65 and losing my benefits and i just dont understand why Social Security could go to that to pay for people who can afford it. Guest thank you so much for your service and for sharing that information. I will ask you to call the American Legion. I think we need more information. If your income has changed, it may put you in a different category. Without knowing, i would not be able to give you a go
Yes, senator. We fully agree. We think youve shone a light on a very dangerous part of the inversion craze. The ability the day after the inversion transaction to continue to strip the u. S. Tax base we have a Budget Proposal to that effect, but think you are pointing to a very critical aspect of the problem. Thank you. I want to say to companies doing inversions, you want to operate here, you want access to this market, access to the work force, access to the economy, understand this here today, to continue to have that access, you are going to have to pay your fair share of u. S. Taxes. Things are changing. Thank you, senator schumer. The time for the vote has expired. We are going to go. Im going to come back as quickly as i can. Thanks. I wanted very much to be here even though we have to go running out. Thank you to each of you. I want to say to my colleagues, we have a place to start tomorrow which is to bring jobs home act. Im very pleased to be working. It takes a simple first