Thank you for being here today, mr. Secretary. Thank you for coming today. Bringing you cast of thousands. Youve got a lot of support here today. Big budget, big support. Were proud to have secretary mcdonald be here today. We were proud to have in order danny, doctor, thanks. Ronald waters. Laverne counsel. Ed murray. We appreciate all of you. With all that support, mr. Secretary, im sure youre going to do a great job. Ill make my Opening Statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. I dont want you to feel compelled by any fiveminute light. I want you to say what youve got to say. I understand the average Attention Span of the United States senator is about nine minutes. After that we all start blinking. Speaking for myself. Thats selfimposed limitation. Thank you very much, mr. Secretary, for being here today. Were looking forward to discussing the 182 billion budgetary appropriation. It would be an 8. 9 increase. Should it be adopted, medical funding would increase
Safely at death. Paulo coelho. I refuse to walk carefully through life only to arrive safely at date death. You know people are so afraid to live. And then its over. You really say, is that all there is . Is that all their is what did you think, wayne . I walk here, and now i feel alive. Were going to play our little wine wednesday. Were going to we have this thing called a wine bot. One is team klg. One is hoda. You vote with your hashtag on twitter. When you vote, the wine glass fills up. We find out who has more love for the questions. Heres the debate topic. This is our third time doing it and one of us has won twice compassion. Okay . The wall street journal i cant win on this wine bot thing. The wall street journal had an article. They were trying to figure out whats the right temperature to fall asleep and to stay asleep. The wall street journal agrees with kathie lee who says that the right temperature is between 60 and 65. Why do you think 60 and 65 . Because thats the most co
Congress for. We came to govern, to uphold the constitution of the United States and do our best domestically. We are not doing our best domestically. S the house, we have no budget, as a friend of mine said today, thises a majority that cant build bridges, roads, highways, but can sure build select committees. This Committee Majority decides will spend the time of the taxpayers and money and resources to cut funding for the same idea thats not happened for 39 years. Remember, this has not happened for 39 years. Since the appearance of the hyde amendment, not a single federal dollar has been spent on abortions except in very, very rare cases to save the life of the mother. Thats right. Contrary to what the majority would have the American Public believe, planned parenthood spends zero federal dollars on abortions today. Thats what the majority select committee would investigate, for 39 years, when that law has never been broken. Mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speake
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Instead, as income and wealth is concentrated at the top of the last 40 years, so has the power to make the rules of the market, influencing the politicians, regulatory heads, and even the courts and the lawyers who appear before them. With a result the market is rigged the benefit of the few. Amy robert reich on his new book. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In afghanistan, the u. S. Military has carried out two airstrikes in efforts to bolster the Afghan Governments attempts to retake the Northern City of kunduz. It became the first major city to be taken over by Taliban Forces since 2001 on monday. The Afghan Government counteroffensive appears to be faltering. The u. S. Strikes come despite president obamas declaration of an official end to the u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan. President obama and cuban president raul castro met tuesday, marking the first time a u. S. President has met with a cub