On cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ash, National Chaplain for the American Legion. From long beach, South Carolina. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty and everlasting god, in whose name we trust and pray, it is fitting to pause if but momentarily to recognize you, the one in whom does finally reside all authority and power and by whose grace we are allowed to exercise that which you have committed to us. Accept our homage, o lord, and hear us when we pray for wisdom to lead with integrity, compassion and conviction. We are mindful that around the world today our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coastguardsmen are standing the watch to safeguard our peace and liberty. Grant to all who serve and their families your blessings. Accept, o lord, these prayers and may we perceive and know what things to do and receive g
A month. Why . Because we dreamt like every other american. It was no longer what you could become but what opportunities your children will have. Education has been the great equalizer in this country. And theres no greater place to do that than allowing those that may not have great wealth, but have a great opportunity with their children a 529 account. But like anything, we should modernize it, because education changes just as technology changes. Could you imagine today sending your child to college, but to tell them to learn without having a computer . Isnt that a part of the Education System, too. Well, thats what this 529 account does. Today, when we talk on the floor its really about the future. Its about the future of every Single Family from every walk of life. Mr. Speaker, i differ with the president on many issues, and i would say the majority of this house differs with the president that he would tax every parent or every grand parent who wanted to put away for a Brighter
Different outcome in expecting a different outcome insanity. I believe our system is broken to the extent that its a moral imperative for congress at this point to step up and act. Our students, our parents, our teachers should not have to settle for a failing system. Before congress i worked in the private sector and also had an opportunity to speak excuse me, to work in state government, including the opportunity to serve as the majority leader of the michigan senate. At that time i saw firsthand how much more effective we can be at the state level to use state resources and control where theyre going than to have the federal government come in, step in and use and expect the state to spend it in a certain way. Mr. Bishop this system of topdown, it does not help the stateses, it puts us states, it puts us in a bad position. Had i had the opportunity, i would have come here in support of the cause as well because i believe its the right thing to do. I believe its high time we defend t
To first and foremost, give those elements of the moderate Syrian Opposition were supporting the capacity to defend themselves, to build battlefield acredibility and ultimately to use those elements and forces to deal with stash and the context of the strategy to deal with stash. At the same time were building that capacity, our hope would be to build within the political esh long, a sophistication that the two together, the political and the military esh lon are the Critical Force that will have a place at the table during the political process that will see the replacement of assad. It seems to me thats a tenyear proposition. And if thats the case, we should be talking in a tenyear period. We can finish iraq over the next three years, but then thats a much longer process and we should just understand what the long term goal requires of us inside syria. And just saying assads name over and over again will help us focus on the ultimate objective that the Free Syrian Army is going to ha
This is the first election in iraq since u. S. Troops pull out of there, three years ago. Five years after the Great Recession we are still not fully recovered. Gdp grew at. 1 in the quarter. Thats the slowest pace in more than a year. There is no way to stop the growing unrest. Prorussian separatists, growing credi strength in ukraine. Purple fingertips were on display, symbols of a persons voiting. Itpersons voting. With al qaeda led fighters and other sectarian groups fighting violence, much of iraq was on lock down. Check for car bombs and surnts insurgent in basra and other cities. 14 people killed. U. N. Special representative nikol acre nikolai vladinov. Security and violence have deteriorated over the past few weeks and particularly during the Campaign Period we have seen many attacks on polling stations and candidates. Meanwhile in baghdad many streets were closed in what seems to have been a successful effort to keep insurgents at bay. Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki is the fr