Next, Governor Kevin Stitt talks about covid19s response in his state of the state address. Governor stitt is in the middle of his if i remember in his first term of office and he spoke for 45 minutes. With the chief operating officer john budd and members of my cabinet. Mr. Chief justice, members of the 58th legislature, to my best friend, first lady sara stitt. To my six children and my parents that are with us today, and most importantly, to my fellow oklahomans. It is a great honor to stand before you and to partner with you to lead our state through unprecedented times. I respect the Constitutional Authority of both of these legislative bodies. Mr. Speaker, mr. Pro tem, members. Senate and the house, i stay here in your chamber today and pledge to work with you and to have the best and most productive session in state history. [applause] id also like to recognize each of the 15 new representatives and the eight new senators na who are just starting their service and i look forward
Were going to win with calls, his impact on the high court, and the looming political battle over his successor. This is washington journal for sunday morning, february 14. Our phone lines are open at 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. If youre an independent, 2027488002. Join us on social media on facebook and twitter. Good sunday morning to you. Thank you very much for being with us. As we look at the life and legacy of Justice Scalia, he was talked about last night in the cbs debates, and this is a story this morning, front page of the New York Times, Justice Antonin Scalia is dead at the age of 79. He passed away of Natural Causes while on a vacation in texas. He was a leader of conservative intellectual renaissance in three decades on the Supreme Court, was found dead saturday at a resort in west texas. He was 79 years old. And this from the hill newspaper, a sharp partisan battle opened saturday over whether president obama should nominate a successor so the la
Attached and signed by someone no less than an assistant director. Upon completion of the claim, an email was to be sent to the Va Central Office explaining the circumstances of the claim and why this claim was going to have an altered date of claim, a newer date. Additionally, the claim was supposed to be tracked in a program by way of a flash which could be tracked. This fast letter was the vas solution for solving the issues with the backlog, because by 2015, the va promised that there would be no claims pending older than 125 days. Philadelphia Regional Office took this fast letter to mean that they could change the dates of claims on every claim older than six weeks old regardless of the circumstances. When investigated by the oig, the Pension Center managers pled ignorance and stated they misapplied or misunderstood the fast letter. Ironically, there is proof to the contrary. The memo was used to minimize the average dates pending of a claim to make the Regional Offices numbers l
Henry a. Wall asms the wallaces of iowa consist of three generations of wallaces. The patriarch was known fondly as uncle henry, and he was the founder of wallaces farmer magazine. His son, henry c. Wallace, was u. S. Secretary of agriculture under woodrow wilson, and henry c. s son was born on this farm in 1888. He went on to become editor of wallaces farmer magazine. He was then asked by Franklin Roosevelt to serve as u. S. Secretary of agriculture, which he did for eight years from 1933 to 1941. In 1941 to 1945, he was roosevelts Vice President as u. S. Secretary of agriculture. He is known for the agricultural adjustment act, which was the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. At first people couldnt believe the things that he was proposing regarding that, but then as prices went up, they started to listen to him, and people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of agriculture. Explore the history and literary life of des moines, iowa, today at 2 00 p. M. Ea
Their argument and i had not intended to get into this topic today, mr. President , but i think it is very clear that we make plain to the American People that Public Servants who do work in this chamber and in the House Chamber and for members who are elected in the states and districts in this country, they are entitled to the same kind of treatment by their employer that is a standard feature of life in most american companies, nonprofits, state and local governments and other institutions. Mr. President , in conclusion, i want to say a word about Sylvia Mathews burwell. Ive known her for 25 years. I met her when she was working with the Clinton Administration as a young hot shot, West Virginia student, educated at harvard, rhodes scholar, like some other notable members of this body. And i am proud to support her confirmation to be secretary of health and Human Services. She has had a strong background not only in the Public Sector most recently as the director of the office of man