System and they invested additional funds in n. Shore and that of the iron dome system could be well stocked and supplied and continue to provide protection for civilians who are living under the threat of rockets launched by hamas. Youve also seen on the numerous occasions stand with israel as they confront the threat that is posed for by the president and this administration have said is steadfast in their right to defend their territory and to defend their citizens from violent provocative actions by hamas. Youve also seen the United States in a variety of diplomatic forms defend the efforts to isolate and undermined the standing in the community. They did discuss the nuclear issue. I didnt say then on it, so i cant give a minute by minute. What im prepared to do is read up a president obama said and i will let my counterpart in Israeli Government discussed the Prime Ministers position. Julie. I wanted made sure i understand what change this window when the president said this after
That should be put in front of american citizens host ok. Guest there is no question we have limited resources. In many of these count these challenges, in dealing with isil or frankly russian aggression in eastern europe, the question is what is the cost of not acting . Often, by sitting back and not acting, we encourage further aggression. Both our allies and enemies are watching. There are times, of course, out of moral authority and doing what is right, america steps i steps up. But the on that, it is important to understand the world has never been smaller. Washington journal airs live every morning. Were going live to the house now for votes on measures debated earlier. Erk will report the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 99, resolved, that the house has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the representative nunnelee a representative from the state of mississippi, resolved that the clerk communicate these resolutions to the senate and transmit a copy thereof to the f
Conversation than giving any formal remarks. Let me just provide a little bit of an introduction. Obviously, over the last couple of months, most of the oxygen in this town has been consumed with two things one, the Government Shutdown and the possibility of default that was ultimately resolved; and the second has been the rollout of the Affordable Care act and the fact that my websites not working the way its supposed to. And its entirely legitimate that those have been issues of great concern. The impact of the shutdown and the threat of default, i think, not only did some significant damage to the economy at a time when we didnt need self inflicted wounds, but it also spoke to some of the larger problems weve seen here in washington and the sense of dysfunction and the seeming incapacity of both parties in congress to Work Together to advance an agenda thats going to help us grow. With respect to the Affordable Care act, i think people are legitimately concerned because we have a ma
President ick with the this morning and begin with his comments yesterday as the wall street ceo council or he talked about how washington gridlock does not necessarily reflect divisions in our country. Republicans as well. Send us a tweet. Or post on facebook. You can also email us. Let me show you the president in his own words yesterday. He was interviewed by a columnist for the paper. Here is what he had to say about washington gridlock. When you go to other countries, the political divisions are so much more stark and wider. America, the difference between democrats and republicans, we are fighting inside the 40 yard line. You have fooled most people on that in the past couple of months i would say. Betweenld distinguish is rhetoric and tax experts differences. People calles me a socialist sometime, but you have to meet a real socialist to have a real sense of what it is. I am talking about lowering the Corporate Tax rate. My Health Care Reform is based on the private marketplace.
Have to have at least three hoosiers on the committee, its a rule. Were satisfying that rule. But we also got three wisconsinite this is year, so thats cool. We have tom rice of south carolina. Jackie what horsekey from indiana. And Roger Williams from texas. I want to yield to mr. Van hol ton introduce their new members of the committee. Let me start, mr. Chairman, by thanking you for the way youve conducted business in the Budget Committee both in the last session and i look forward to working with you in the same manner in this session. As you indicated we have very sharp differences on policy issues but in this committee, we have always been able to have that exchange of views in a civil way. I think that helps the debate Going Forward. Thank you for that, mr. Chairman. We have welcome to new members on the republican side. Were pleased to have some new members as well on our side. Not all of them are new to the congress. Some of them are, some of them arent. We have mr. Mcdermott,