Students and alumni. , honoredshed trustees guests, faculty, staff, family and friends, it is a pleasure to be here with you today and a true honor to be a part of todays celebration. Graduating class of 2017, a big congratulations. You first stepped foot on this campus during her freshman year, you could not believe how fast this day would come. And believe me, life only gets faster from here on out after todays celebration. The 2017 graduating class of the university of alabama in huntsville is made up of some 853 outstanding men and women who have accomplished so much in such a short amount of time. The students have achieved countless honors and recognition in research, academics, the arts, and athletics. Some of the most recent accolades received by members of you a age include students by members of uah include those receiving prestigious recognitions like the following. Being named First National oceanic and atmospheric scholar, winning first place at the National Organization f
Narrator there are many things in the history of the world that were once thought to be impossible. As the earth speeds around the sun over 60,000 Miles Per Hour , we are coming to realize more and more that many obstacles are and problems the daily confront us are in reality merely opportunities, opportunities to break free of our fears and ancient taboos. And we are discovering to that the very process of freeing ourselves forces us to learn more and more about ourselves and the world in which we live. For an awful long time, 2,000 years, people assumed that there is schism between the mind and intellectthere was and emotion, but only until recently, we realized how much time we influence the ongoing physiological activity in our body by what we think about, every stimulus, every stimuli and our environment that impinges on an organ is reflected to some extent. Narrator at the Space Administration number of , a scientists are deeply involved with technology. Have a physiologist, i st
Narrator there are many things in the history of the world that were once thought to be impossible. As the earth speeds around the sun over 60,000 Miles Per Hour , we are coming to realize more and more that many obstacles are and problems the daily confront us are in reality merely opportunities, opportunities to break free of our fears and ancient taboos. And we are discovering to that the very process of freeing ourselves forces us to learn more and more about ourselves and the world in which we live. For an awful long time, 2,000 years, people assumed that there is schism between the mind and intellectthere was and emotion, but only until recently, we realized how much time we influence the ongoing physiological activity in our body by what we think about, every stimulus, every stimuli and our environment that impinges on an organ is reflected to some extent. Narrator at the Space Administration number of , a scientists are deeply involved with technology. Have a physiologist, i st
Bipartisan inhofemikulski amendment to the National Defense authorization act. What does our amendment do . It stops the privatization of commissaries which are an earned, earned benefit for our military and their families. Every year when the Senate Debates this bill, we talk about how we love our troops and how we always want to support our military families, but if we really love our troops, we need to make sure that our troops have the support that they need. One of the earned benefits that does that is the commissaries, and if we love our troops, why would we want to proceed in the direction that we are . Our troops dont view commissaries as a subsidy. They view it as do i as an earned benefit. Im fighting here to preserve this piece of the earned benefit compensation package. Now, what are the commissaries . Since 1826, military families have been able to shop at a network of stores that provide modestly priced groceries. The commissary system is simple. If youre active duty in y
This was their first chance to stay in america legally. It was an amazing day, one of the more rewarding days of my public career. To see these young people so anxious to be part of americas future to sign up you under this program to sign up under this program. That was four years ago that president obama created that program. If these young people are part of americas future, what about their parents . What if in that same household there is a father or mother undocumented. If they have no serious criminal issues, if theyll pay their fee, pay their taxes, sign up with the government, shouldnt they be allowed to stay in america at leasten a temporary renewable at least on a temporary, renewable basis in that led to the did dapa progr. Well, that executive order has been challenged in court across the street at the Supreme Courters and we expect in a few weeks it will be resolved and i believe the president s position will be sustained. He has said, it is his executive responsibility t