First got elected was the issue of the National Guard came up and i was on armed services. A lot of those guard folks were being deployed multiple times. And it was very, very difficult for their families. And a number of us recognized that what we needed to do is build facilities, upgrade facilities, get rid of those old facilities and replace them with Readiness Centers to train and equip our troops in the event that we had to send them overseas on a mission, which we id many, many times. But we needed to construct those facilities also for their families, for their spouses and for their children. On the Appropriations Committee what tom latham did was make sure we had the funding, to make sure we built those facilities as well. So we were able to work on that issue together. And then when the great flood of 2008 hit across iowa, but mainly across the eastern half of iowa, it included a lot of tom lathams district and a lot of it included my district, about half of the damage was in
Research and our system of private properties have produced a situation where we have a massive advantage over europe and asia in terms of our natural gas. It creates a better economy and that reduces the debt. There is a headline predicting we will be producing more oil than saudi arabia beginning in 2020. This is something almost on imagined 10 years ago. Unimagined 10 years ago. What is the role of the federal government . To do things that encouraged the results. To follow up on the fiscal cliff. You can solve this fiscal problem if you grow our role to position relative to everybody elses. A big problem is the percentage of Government Spending is more than its should be related to total gdp. If there is an easier for millet in the history of economics that formula ever in the history of america economics that more American Energy equals more american jobs, i dont know what it is. It is all the jobs you have if you of a reliable supply of energy. The front page of the the wall stre
Air. Please ask mr. Reid to not to be such an obstructionist and sit down and listen. Have a great day. Guest imitate a few days for that message out to get through from me. Theres a lot of concern about budget deficits. In the period after the downturn, budget deficits for in a range of 10 of the entire gdp, the entire economic output of the u. S. They have come down a little bit. Economists think to be sustainable, budget deficits have to be in the range of 3 of economic output or a lower. The focus of this effort to reduce deficits now is on getting them, in the federal budget deficit to the range of 3 or so. That is what i mean when i say policymakers are not trying to get rid of the budget deficits. Given the economic weakness, a little bit of deficit spending is probably not a terrible thing, at least in the eyes of some budget economists. I think there would be comfort in washington around 3 of gdp. Getting there is a big challenge. There are problems with medicare and Social Se
I want to do what i can to see that this doesnt happen again. Clifton Truman Daniel will join us to discuss the inspiration for his trip sunday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. A report by the group securing Americas Future Energy says the greatest threat to national and Economic Security is dependence on foreign oil. Members of the group, business political and retired military leaders are suggesting a plan of maximizing oil and Gas Production, reducing consumption, and improving conservation as a way to boost revenue and reduce our debt. This is a little less than an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Thank you all for coming. I especially want to thank the members of the Leadership Council that could be with us here today. Theyve been a distinguished group of people working on this issue since 2006. Were nothing without their credibility as the great c. E. O. s, entrepreneurs and military leaders of our time. I also want to give a special thanks to the staff at securing Americ
Now we have these reports saying 30 of everything we do may not be necessary in health care. When we step back, 30 of the medications we prescribe, the tests we order, the procedures this is something, i think, which is for the first time really being called out as a problem. Dysfunction in the u. S. Healthcare industry. Dr. Marty makary on what hospitals will not tell you, tonight it 10 00 at 10 00. The Supreme Court will look at what happened in 2008, and they will say that this precedent. And indiana had when we talk about the facts, they decided on the indiana case it was constitutional for them to establish i. D. States who have subsequently correct, they talked about indiana let me finish because you misrepresented what i said. The Supreme Court is the law of the land. When i hear these accusations that black people voter i. D. Laws disproportionately affect minorities it seems to me somehow we have something missing in our brain. To me, if white americans can go throughto voting