And the most devastating earthquake in 25 years, napa, california trying to recover from what could be billions in damage. Thousands of people packed in sane lewis church today to say goodbye to Michael Brown. Browns funeral took place more than two weeks after he was shot and killed by a Police Officer in nearby ferguson, the shooting triggered days of unrest. During the service, browns stepmother recalled a conversation in which she said brown had predictedded hi predin death. Said because i have been dreaming of death. I have been seeing pictures of death. He said i see blooding sheets hanging on a clothes line when i went out there and saw mike mike thats exactly what he was laying up under. He pretty much prophesied his own death and didnt realize it. Diane estebrook is in missouri for us. As you know, diane the family has called for peace and calm and for a break of the demonstrations. Is the community calm this evening . Reporter it has been calm all day today, tone i is sounds
Security or Homeland Security to be constrained as long as we are on the continuing resolution. To be of the appropriations bill for the department appropriated 39. 7 billion in on the house floor, was amended to have language to fix the actions in the president has vowed to veto any bill that includes such language. The clock is ticking in each time the whole land Security Budget of this government should not be a political football. I urge Congress Free and clear of the amendments. I will end with the last two words i ended last years speech with. Last year i said in the name of komen security we should not sacrifice overvalues as a nation of people who cherished privacy, freedom or celebrate diversity per clouthier is corrosive so on the final analysis courage and resolve in the face of challenger the greatest drink of any nation. Terrorism cannot advance of refuse to be terrorized so with the Natural Disaster or in the pacific pursuit resolve will always prevail. Thank you. [applau
I dont know what she drinks along with that but i want some of it. Your outstanding leader nancy pelosi. [applause] [applause] joe also went on that trip and it looks perfectly coiffed. [laughter] but give joe a big round of applause also. [applause] i want to thanks danny for the gracious introduction. How javier who helped obviously make this happen and is providing outstanding leadership all the time. Jim clyburn one of my favorite people, just an Extraordinary Gentlemen and leader greatly loved him and Debbie Wasserman shultz, our chairwoman of the dnc, thank you so much. [applause] and then the guy who i had a chance to see before it came out just to let him know that he should not feel overly disappointed when his hair gets gray because in this job it will. The dccc chair. [applause] i used to be youthful and attractive like him. [laughter] we will see how long that lasts, brother. Hes going to have hair like steve israel. [laughter] you know i am not going to give a long speech
Times the 1st resort for insurable property that was not insured and those losses again it is a decision that we have to look at how to best ensure communities are able to rebuild but at the same time dont support or continue growing the risk. We have to understand there is a a certain amount of risk out there. The exposure for just south florida for a repeat a repeat of the great Miami Hurricane would be in the hundreds of billions of dollars with federal cost exceeding both sandy and katrina. It is, i think something we need to look at. We have to make sure as we go in after a disaster they are setting the stage for the future. We continue to see new disaster aid programs emerge ad hoc in reaction to disasters. They all seem to have different rules and requirements and do not seem well coordinated all we are focused on obtaining the best outcomes. Is this Something Congress should take a look at so that we can streamline programs and ensure that they are Cost Effective . Mr. Chairman
Four. I am neither the first or the last. The point that i wanted to reflect was that this is a tradition in the history of. Ociety people have to put themselves on the line. People have to take risks. Citizens have not just an , notest but nomination just believing in idea but standing for it in challenging the government when it goes to backfire. If we see our constitution being a violated on a massive scale by we have been demanded our officials to smirnov that they will protect becomes diffusion against all enemies not just foreign but domestic as well, we have a duty to stand up and do something about it. I tried my best to do that. I will hope that others will do the same in the future. I hope that will have no need for something as dramatic as we have seen in the last year. The last one, i have lost track of. Sorry. Are you working on a tool to protect journalists . That is still an area of active focus. I am doing a lot with the freedom of press foundation and doing other thing