That means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok lets go to also 1st theres a lot of discussion about trumps decision to move i think what 12000. 00 troops out of germany and the the the theme is that coming out of the white house germany is not paying its nato bills but that im not satisfied with that explanation oh by the way its bipartisan its a bad idea everyone knowing i know everyone that knows me watching this program i think nato should be dissolved completely but nonetheless and you know the top line story here is miss place this is about a fraught relationship that germany has had with in nato with the United States leading that Alliance Since the end. Since the not in the end in the end of the 1940 s. All the way to the end of the cold war in 1901 so theres something much bigger players go ahead. Well trunk obviously is a much much bolder than his predecessors no you are correct this is something that has always been some tensions in the relationship ha
Thank you mr. President. First iou want to thank the senator for her work in organizing the effort to come to the floor and talk about the good things that are happening they are certainly no exception to that. One thing that has been consistent in the acts of kindness and graciousness that have been shown from neighbor to neighbor. If shows the good is i it if the americans. And we are just blessed to belong to thousands of people who have demonstrated their desire to help make life a little better for their neighbors and friends and sometimes people they do not know that people that have expressed a certain need. Jeremy is from jacksone. Tennessee. He is an engineer at the cleo at a manufacturing facility that is thereon in jackson. He became aware of the need down in new orleans hospital. A friend of his made him aware of the need. He got to work making face shields for the healthcare workers in new orleans. They worked with Union Universities some of the students there located in j
National debt . It is we the people so the National Debt is our debt. What percentage or our personallyprivately owned debt different than the percentage of National Debt. Host take us through the definitions here. Guest the National Debt refers to when referring to the governments budget. There are Consumer Debt measures out there and the Federal Reserve bank keeps track of that. You spend things on your credit card and they show up in Consumer Spending but another set of statistics address that issue and measure that. The financing is different than the spending which is what we measure. Host we have been talking about reports from the bea, how are businesses going to use the reports in the coming weeks, months and years . Guest i dont know if they will use the data to make realtime decisions. In some ways it is just informative to tell us how we got to where we are today. There is a two year lag for the most part. Business tends to be operating in a realtime bases. There is a lot fo
Trauma risks. They are asking to prevent players from being stuck paying sports related medical expenses. They are asking that Graduation Rates increase. They are asking that Educational Opportunities for student athletes in Good Standing be protected. They are asking that universities be prohibited from using a permanent injury suffered during athletics as a reason to reduce or eliminate a scholarship. They are asking to establish and enforce uniform safety guidelines in all sports to help prevent serious injuries and avoidable deaths, and they are asking to prohibit the punishment of College Athletes that have not xhited a crime. Is in any one on that list thats unreasonable . Is there any piece of that that your institution would say, no, im awfully sorry, we cant do that. Or let me phrase it positively. Would you each be willing to lead an effort in your respective conferences to see to it that your fellow member institutions say, absolutely, guys. You are absolutely right. Were go
Carl levin and representative ralph hall. This thanksgiving week cspan is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. Watch the interviews through thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Much as weve accomplished in 36 years i dont want to look back at that so much as to look forward to the next couple of months. In the next couple of months theres a couple of things i would like to do. One is to get my Defense Authorization bill passed. This is an annual effort, a major effort involving large amounts of staff. I would also want to finish up some work on the permanent subcommittee on investigations, looking at some gimmicks which are used to avoid taxes. Ive been a member of congress for 34 years and, you know, to finally get beat, if i was a manager for a baseball or Football Team and i had a 341 i would be in the hall of fame. So it doesnt bother me. Really it done bother me to get beat because i wasnt set on going but i had 18 cochairmen who were chairmen in my district that sup