We will come to order. I want to welcome everyone and note that a quorum is present. The committee is meeting to examine the department of 17,ation pursuant to rule Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. This provides all members with adequate time to ask questions. Recognize ms. Dawson for the purpose of making an opening statement. Madam secretary, i want to begin by expressing the committees appreciation for your time today. House rules require that each member is allowed five minutes of questioning. We are grateful you have allocated sufficient time to uphold that president. Unfortunately, under the budget,ts fiscal 2020 it would be nearly impossible to meet that challenge at a time when access to education is synonymous with access to opportunity. The president s budget proposes a 12. 5 cut in the department of education. These cuts are spread across spot of that serve communities across the country. The budget for example weakens title 18, support for sch
Prime minister. Thank you. Ay i add my congratulations to sara davis and how good it is to see women in a high office. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. The tragedy in 1919 is a shameful scar on British Indian history. Her majesty the queen said in 1997 it is a distressing example of our past history with india. We deeply regret what happened and what suffering it caused. Im pleased that today the u. K. India relationship is one of cooperation and security. Making an enormous contribution to British Society and im sure the whole house twoishes see the u. K. s relationship with india ontinue to flourish. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I fully agree the Prime Minister when she has repeatedly said we need to on the referendum and our condominiums which means leaving the customs unit. The best way to do that rather than deliver a diluted deal which is unrecognizable to many of those who voted to leave is and the british people and the conservative government to make a success of that. I believe that the
n our panel. [applaus [applause]. a reminder if you missed any of this conference you can watch it online in the video library. tonight on c-span2, we have been featuring booktv beginning at 8. tonight, authors featured on after word will be with us. tonight, beginning at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. yesterday, marked 30 years of gavel to gavel senate floor coverage on c-span2. our special program featured video from the senate floor going back to the first televised session. here is a look: the senate is trying to make the best use of the technology in the 21st century to remain true. it is difficult to forge compromise. everybody has to give and that is not photogenic. this indeed is a humbling moment for me. i am honored to serve as majority leader. but i recognize the majority is slim. we have witnessed something that never happened before in senate history. the change of power during a session of congress. watch that entire program looking back at televised sena
environmental degradation is lowered. which is exactly what the free trade agreement motives have done. in all of the countries. i believe there was a study done that showed that countries in which we did not have free trade think we hadth, i a better balance of trade with those countries then the ones we have free trade agreements with. agreement,ree trade negotiated by george w. bush, campaignedbama against it but once in office, he supported it. and he renegotiated certain sections of it. pork andtions included beef, bacon products and auto parts. and after the korea free trade , not only issed the trade deficit greater with korea than it was before, those to areas are renegotiating be better had the highest trade deficit. wherehave a situation theuse of the trade and nafta template, even when you try to make things better and you renegotiate something, it can turn out worse. we have the korea free trade agreement, it is a free trade agreement based on the nafta template.
aim high, airmen. aim high. now it is my honor and privilege to welcome our commander-in-chief, the president of the united states, president barack obama. [applause] president obama: hello, air force. thank you so much. thank you. it is wonderful to be back at the united states air force academy. thank you, secretary james, for your service to our air force and to our nation. governor hickenlooper, academy leaders, faculty and staff, especially your outstanding superintendent, lieutenant general michelle johnson. and most of all, congratulations to the class of 2016. [applause] as he prepares to conclude a remarkable 40-year career in the air force, a career that started on this day 40 years ago, please join me in saluting someone who many of you look up to and whose counsel i ve relied on as well, chief of staff general mark welsh. thank you, mark. [applause] thank you, mark, and thank you, betty. and although he s not here today, i am proud to have nominated another academ