Now witnessing is the result of of that. 20 cornered civil war and we in are sure that a, there we know whos, b, they are and c we can find them and support them and they will c they will set up a jeffersonian democracy when this done. I met with the head of the political wing of the free in in army two years ago tannable. Talked about an open pluralistic syria in which everyone would participate. It was heartening to hear him. Then i asked him when were you last in syria. He said not for awhile. I said when . Agoo. Rs where do you live now . Stock home. What do you do there . Teach philosophy at the university. A scholar. A good one i gather. Is problem with the moderate syrians. Really syrians. The current head of the Syrian Opposition has not been there for 30 years. Endlessp in on the monolowing. The point you are making and made many times is that the getting killed it is their own damn fault. No, no, no, bob. And it is none of our business. No, bob. I send you a wonderful example
Process. I thank the gentleman and yield back. Mr. Hoyer i thank the majority leader for that information and we will expect to be considering those piece of legislation. The majority leader, excuse me, has not mentioned, of course, four bill which is i know the majority leader is focused on that are very important and that must be passed prior to let me back up. Are we still, mr. Majority are we still expecting to end this session of the congress on the 11th of december . Mr. Mccarthy if the gentleman yields. Yes, it is our intention, and i do understand that government is only funded until the 11th. Its our intention to work continue to work with you and all members and have that finished by december 11 and be out. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for that observation. Let me say, mr. Majority leader, i know theres been discussion on your side and my side of the aisle, i know mrs. Lowey is working with mr. Rogers to affect an omnibus appropriation bill, as we all know not a single app
Or, are we going to be neglectful of those very things that have made us an economic superpower . Are we going to do what is necessary to make sure that everybody gets the tools they need to succeed succeed . The education, the childcare support, the help when it comes to minimum wages, paid sick leave. That gives people a basic baseline of stability, but also allows them to constantly adapt to an everchanging world. That is the set of choices that we now have to make. And because the economy has gotten better, wages are beginning to tick up, people are starting to feel better about the economy. But i think what everybody here understands is that the ground that middleclass families lost over the last 30 years still has to be made up. And the trends that have squeezed middleclass families and those striving to get into the middle class those trends have not been reversed. And so as much as we should appreciate the progress thats been made, it should not be a cause for complacency. Beca
Brian talked about getting 500 people to sign up. That power to do that has not existed up until now. That is an amazing opportunity for an entrepreneur to find a market demand that is pentup by the populace. As that proliferates and people start doing it and adopting it i think we have seen in many different instances, whether it is the company we named, stub hub, ticket regulations, all of these things in the past 10 years, a little bit of hey, easy on the tiller, lets see how this plays out. Thats one of the things local government can do, because i do think there is a tremendous opportunity in the 35,000 municipalities that airbnb or uber are in to test. Part of what we do is iterate. You have an amazing lab right around the world to see what works and what doesnt work. I think i think that can be applied to the federal government and what we are talking about with congress. I think how boston implements technology and uses it, taking the best from what boston can do, or new york c
Not talked about much about the in media are unwilling to challenge cups in the hallway, it is hard to defend that one, but he might try. That is what you have here. Is this understanding that i understand what somebodys job is. We have a job as well, and it is our responsibility to also the aware of the issues to know what questions to ask. I am going to tell you right now, that is part of your problem. When youre watching television shows, it ate like you aint like you got the most well heart, what if we do not get to book them again, because if come across as too hard, some of us they not want to come on the show because i pressed too hard, and they pull their punches. You get these conversations, and are sitting at home because it is not a real interview. That is a fundamental problem we have in the media, but also why you have got other voices there willing to challenge. When i was doing soldedads obrien shows, they would not take questions from me. They did not somebody coming ou