From first page to the back page. I think that as a matter of policy and procedure and human rights we should have the posting of passports in nepal. I dont question for a minute we should have it from day one. We will now going forward. Anything we communicate to the nepalese we do it both in english as well as the nepalese including their contracts, their Employment Contracts thank the chairman for additional time, and i yield back. Thank you. Now recognize mr. Cummings for five minutes. Thank you very much mr. Chairman. Id like to discuss the examination of two Construction Contracts at the kabul embassy. The first one was in 2009 and the second was awarded in 2010 to a different contractor, thats correct . Thats correct. Can you briefly describe the two things that were contracted and their estimated completion dates . I believe the 2009 contract was to construct a number of temporary offices and housing. It was also to construct an Office Complex that my state colleagues have refe
Engineers to say these are the basic requirements and put our buildings together. So we could give you many documents, i think you have requested many of those already and were in the process of giving those, so im happy again to have our folks work with yours and to prioritize the list of things that youre asking for and to make sure that you get every single thing that youre asking for. This is sort of the recurring theme here. Were asking what was the plan for kabul, and there wasnt one. What is the plan for Design Excellence as opposed to standard embassy design, which was pretty fairly clearly defined. There are plans for both. And we can provide you documents for all of those things if we havent already. That would be great, because we have been asking for a long period of time. And we still havent got to that point where you could say, all right, now based on this, you should be able to understand everything were doing with Design Excellence. Thats what were trying to get to. Th
Confederate flag. I strongly urge every member to stand with the citizens of all races and to remove this symbol of hatred from our National Park service. And with that i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Calvert i continue to reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair i have the right to close. So i reserve my time until i close. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. The gentleman from california wish to reserve . Mr. Calvert i urge adoption of the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. Ms. Mccollum i want to restate on june 25 what the National Park Service Director when he requested that Confederate Flag sales be removed from the National Park book stores
Southern lawmakers in particular in a tough spot on the record on if they supported the flag by graves. The story quoting republican representative jody hice of georges saying this morning he plans to support the amendment. The amendment that is coming to the floor simply codifies existing law that has been in place for five years that allows the states to recognize historical significance on dates of their choosing while at the same time recognizing sensitivities that many have with the flag. While some republicans spoke about the Confederate Flag issue it was mostly the house to make rest that spoke on the floor. In a news briefing about it. Here is that briefing. Nancy pelosi good afternoon. Today we had action on the floor. I presented a privilege resolution that would have captured the action put forth two weeks ago. It was referred to the committee on House Administration never to be heard from again. That is intolerable. I put forth mr. Thompsons similar resolution and that was
Face Similar Health and safety risk every day at schools like this. Thus perpetuating lower Graduation Rates and difficulties retaining qualified teachers. In fact, chairman kline and i applaud him for it himself called for action on Tribal School construction in a letter to the bureau of Indian Education just last week, and again mr. Chairman, i applaud you for that. Regarding the school, the chairman said, and i quote, this appalling situation not only adversely affects the quality of education these students receive but also their health and their safety. The chairman is right. Our children deserve better regardless of where they live. I want to particularly thank congresswoman Betty Mccollum for her continued support on this issue, as well as congressman Ann Kirkpatrick of arizona, congressman Ben Ray Lujan of arizona, and congressman ruiz of california for cosponsoring this amendment. Im pleased the Administration Requests more money for the bureau of Indian Education, Constructio