Oppressed for their nationality, their tribe, their religion, their color. A warrior in his lifelong commitment to engaging in good trouble to break down the forces of separation, especially in this nation of ours. To challenge those who would claim incense in their actions, designed to maintain a Caste Society based on race, and address the systems of exclusion from full participation and the freedoms guaranteed by our constitution, especially participation in the vote. A prophet who spoke of your will that we become the beloved community here on earth. A beloved community he has now joined among the community of saints, the cloud of witnesses to your love and your truth. In all this johns work must now be our own. Bless the members of this chamber with the courage and wisdom to address the ongoing challenges that john lewis encountered his entire life. Help them, help us all to bring forth the beloved community in our midst where all men and women might live together in the land of t
Good afternoon. I call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the House Armed Services together. I would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the uss fitzgerald. And also the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. Our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. We can not deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for our military. Some of those impacts are highlighted by the demanding training and certification gaps necessitated by increased operational demand. Speake
Increased its payroll by 2,000 jobs. However, this firm has been inadvertently caught up in unnecessary s. E. C. Registration because with sbic assets undermanagement being counted, it exceeds the 150 million exemption threshold we established in doddfrank. Without undermining the key Systemic Risk and Investor Protection requirements, we established under doddfrank, h. R. 432 provides escalot Capital Partners and similarly situated sbics with targeted relief. So i applaud the bipartisan coauthors and urge members to support this bill. I will reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from california reserves the balance of her time. For what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition . Mr. Luetkemeyer mr. Speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Garrett, the member of the Financial Services committee and distinguished chairman of the subcommittee on Capital Markets. The speaker pro tempore the gen
Extended period to get. I call this joint hearing of the power Projection Forces of the House Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor and memory of the 7 uss fitzgerald sailors, shiancoe douglas, xavia martin, hsubien and the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Jacob drake, Timothy Echols, john, cory ingram, abraham lopez, Kenneth Smith and logan palmer. And we are very grateful that today we have miss rachel. Miss echols, we send our deepest sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome members to todays hearing. I want to especially recognize that we have with us the committee chairman, thornberry, part of ongoing efforts to eliminate our military Readiness Challenges and thank him for leadership and being here today to hear about the challenges illuminated by the tragic collisions in the pacific. I also want to have a warm welcome to elizabeth from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinoi
I call this joint hearing of the subcommittee of the house of Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor of memory of the seven uss fitzgerald. Enate sailors and the 10 uss John S Mccain sailors. We are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. We send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome our members to todays hearing. Recognizeespecially that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. He has been the leader of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our military Readiness Challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to hear about the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. To send a warm welcome to congresswoman Elizabeth Este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. That ananimous consent member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in todays hearing after all