And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
House will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. July 14, 2015. I hereby appoint the honorable Carlos Curbelo to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Roskam for five minutes. Mr. Roskam 00 thank you mr. Roskam thank you, mr. Speaker. Ladies and gentlemen of the house, we ought not bet against ukraine and we ought not bet against georgi
Minutes. E tugs in washington, d. C. , this is 50 minutes. Tugs d. C. , this is 50 minutes. Tugs i d. C. , this is 50 minutes. In wa, this is 50 minutes. Okay, now we will talk about education, which is at least more commonly thought of as investment in human cal tap and shouldnt be as controversial and something we will hear a lot about politically in the coming months and years and so we welcome sarah turner who again has written a paper on us that is posted on our website. University f virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Iof virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . F virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . F virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Of virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . F virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Okay, let me get started. As everyone is coming in to sit down. First, we need to thank david and louise and kerry who just together a Wonderful Program and theyve been good at nudging various people
Now were going to talk about education, which is at least more commonly thought of as investment in Human Capital and shouldnt be as controversial and something well hear a lot about politically in coming months and years. We welcome sarah turner who has written paper which is posted on our website, university of virginia. Thank you very much. Sarah . Okay, let me get started. As everyone is coming in to sit down. First, we need to thank david and louise and kerry who just together a Wonderful Program and theyve been good at nudging various people to do what they should on time. So i want to just start out with general comment and turn to specifics. First off, education is an excellent investment. Both for individuals and for society. I think we can i want to make this case in terms of an efficiency argument. Okay. Failure to close the gaps which are really big and growing in Educational Attainment is likely to both hinder Economic Growth and increase the burden on taxpayers over the l
The majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Thompson, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago i participated in a forum that was hosted by a foundation that was created in 1980 by congress and this foundation is the National Fish and wildlife the tion, or nfwf, and forum was the connection between agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay. Now, the streams and rivers are in a large portion in the district drain into it. This is also a region which depends on agriculture, the commonwealths largest industry. Among the topics of discussion to the forum was the chesapeake stewardship grants which is funded by the u. S. Department of the environmental