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Minutes for an opening statement. A bedrock tenet of the United States economy. Free flow worldwide has always been a bipartisan goal and to that end im proud to serve as cochair of the Global Investment in america caucus as well as mr. Holden, mr. Himes and mr. Manes. It promotes Global Investment in the United States economy and helps educate members about the importance of Foreign Direct Investment. Today the United States is the largest foreign investor and recipient of the greatest amount of Foreign Direct Investment through the capital is provided a good deal of the energy that has kept her economy vibrant and compensated for the notoriously low National Savings rate to provide the fuel for growth of u. S. Businesses and jobs. On the site of u. S. Workers and jobs are related to foreign men. Most of these jobs pay handsomely, far better than other u. S. Job, but of Foreign Investment is to be a force for good, and must not be welcomed unthinkingly any more than one might be the f
Go to cspan. Org. Click the series tab. Take you live to the floor of the house gaveling in for legislative business in just a moment. 15 bills on the agenda, including a resolution of support for proteverts in iran. Most of the bills today dealing with Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord our god, we give you thanks for giving us another year. At the beginning of this new session, surround us with your holy spirit, encompass with your power all the walls and the dome of this building, truly a symbol to the world of inalienable rights and the free tom of people. Guide and protect your elected servants in government and all who work in this place. May all who visit here be treated with respect and kindness. May the comings and goings of your people be under the seal of your loving care and may all our work be done for your greater honor and glory, amen.
Delving into how defense secretary mattis has changed his position on Nuclear Weapon developments since becoming defense secretary. Among the highlights in the article, secretary mattis used to question the u. S. s nuclear ar san nal andcalled for certain elements to be removed or reduced . But since joining the trump administration, secretary mattis has seemingly reverse the his position and now supports building more. His u turn suggests it has become important as the u. S. Conference china and russia. You can read the article at business insider. Com. This hearing should get under way in just a moment. The meeting will come to order. The Committee Meets today to hear testimony on the Administrations National Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture review, both of which were recently released. We welcome back the secretary of defense and the advice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss these important documents. I cannot count the number of times i have heard members of this
Good afternoon im tyler mathisen, thanks for joining us we begin with breaking news on the amtrak train crash involving gop lawmakers outside of charlottesville, virginia. We are from West Virginia near the greenbrier to which these gop members were decamping for their annual summit. Ylan tyler, one person has been confirmed dead in that accident. The train hit a dump truck the person who died was on the dump truck and another person on the truck was critically injured. The washington reports that jeff flake of arizona carried one of the injured into an ambulance with other lawmakers now we could also tell you that one member of congress has been taken to the hospital. We dont know who it is or what that persons current status is. Other people who were on the train were treated for minor injuries now as you mentioned, lawmakers are coming out here to West Virginia in the allegany mountains for the winter policy retreat and a moment for them to reflect and try to turn the president s st