Recess until the third week of august. This is a look at that briefing with Senate Republican leaders. [inaudible conversation] [laughter] im always in the back. Thank you for being here today. We will be very briefin our opening comments. Im beta purdue from georgia and we got seven people here today, actually people who will actually make comments and answer your questions. Were here to talk about whether we sent to leadership last week and basically this , the message is clear. Youve seen the letter is that we are willing to forgo some or all of the august work. Because weve got some very important issues that we have got to get back home. At the first of the year, the major priorities this year, one was healthcare, one was regulation, one was the supreme court. Were moving on but most of those but right now even if we get through healthcare in the next week, between now and the end of the fiscal year we only have 31 working days left and we had the debt ceiling to get through, budg
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Compliant issues and just what attention is being paid in that area . Mr. Rademaker . Israel is obviously concerned about the Iranian Nuclear program and with good reason. Iran and iranian need leaders have made comments about how israel should be wiped from the face of the earth or wiped off the map of the earth. So for a country like israel thats obviously alarming that you have those kinds of statements coupled with technological activity that seems aimed at producing a Nuclear Weapon which would enable them to do precisely what they are saying they would like to see happen. So the United States has a lot to be worried about and irans other neighbors in the Persian Gulf Region have a lot to be worried about. Israel has a lot to be worried about. Israel is paying a lot of attention to this problem. My understanding is theres a great deal of apprehension and israel about the current course of the diplomacy. As i said earlier its eyes been possible to negotiate a deal with iran just ag
331 of these counties are represented by republicans. And 18 are split between the two parties. From that impersistent poverty should matter to all of us, regardless of party, geography, or race and ethnicity. In early 2009 when we were putting to the the recovery act, i proposed language to require at least 10 of funds in Rural Development account to be directed to projects in these persistent poverty counties. This requirement was enacted in law. In light of the definition of persistent poverty counties having at least 20 poverty rates over 30 years, this position became known as the 102030 initiative. This provision bore dividends, as Economic Development projects proliferated in persistent poverty counties across the country. The recovery act funded a total of 4,655 projects in persistent poverty counties totalling 1. 7 billion. I saw firsthand the positive effects of these efforts in my congressional district. Projects were undertaken that would have otherwise gone lacking, and jo
Ever was employed at the fcc. We have a working group where we have to actually get to the conclusions about the administrative process reforms. We have got to do that so he can start writing is ordered in may so the order can come out out in june that establishes the new administrative processes and that also talks about how the fcc is going to be spending its money in the next cycle. In terms of general big picture for many many years the entire community that has benefited from the erate has understandably because of the constant culture wars has said just hold on to what we have got. That is what we have had to do just because of the constant pressure but that is not what the fcc is telling us. This fcc is saying instead of looking at it as a x dollars every single year why did you, and tell us we will bunch a whole bunch of money right up front. It will be a Capital Expenditure the way john has been talking about it. More money up front once and for all put fiber to all these ill