a couple of our city counselors, john o connor are here. here is our mayor. hello. i want to point out doris grady, in her eighth decade as an educator in the city of dover. her 20th year 22nd year on the school board here. she is a true marvel. [applause] i need to thank my wife jenny. [laughter] [applause] when we talked about hosting a house party, and she agreed, she may have had something smaller in mind. i want to recognize my mother and father, the good ridges, who [indiscernible] they helped us pull this off. i am lucky in my in-laws. my mom and dad, who are over here. . we both have strong, tough mothers. if you haven t had a chance to meet my mom and dad i hope you ll make that opportunity tonight. four years ago and the last primary season we had a lot of candidates running for president but we didn t have enough serious, credible candidates. if governor bush were to become a candidate he is the one person antidote for that problem. his family has distinguished i
director brennan: it is a hypothetical, the iranians have certainly bought to bear many capabilities. we are working closely with the militias there. we have been able to amass enough force to push back against isil insurgence. the coalition strikes have softened up a lot of the iso forces and have disrupted their majestic networks. there logistics networks. there has been tremendous effort made by the coalition in terms of rights. charlie: and in the iraqi army are they fighting any better? director brennan: i think they have been able to regroup. there are training elements going on right now. a number of iraqi forces have been able to augment the forces already there. the coalition is engaged in trying to strengthen those forces with the training and advice. these will take time. we expect things not to turn around immediately. this is going to be a long tough fight. we know isil has a lot of material. they also have shown they are willing to kill the cells in certain ar
talent to do this. they have the talent. we have the teachers to do this. an element that is important as high standards. high standards matters a lot. i hate the poisonous environment that common core has brought because the we ought to be focusing on is higher standards, accurate assessments, robust accountability, school choice, ending social promotion advancing the cause of rising student achievements, and that is my passion. i am all in on that. and i am not backing down because i have seen what happens when you do this, when you implement this. i have tire marks on my forehead doing this. [laughter] they can tell you the stories of what it was like. it wasn t easy. the unions, i tried to find common ground. we couldn t. i was their poster child in the reelection. the campaign was about these bigger ideas. i won reelection but it is hard to get through these things. you have to stay the course and make it work. florida s gains are real. no one can deny them. we have thes
[low audio] [indiscernible] director brennan: the pdb is doing very well. charlie: this is the president s daily briefing. director brennan: i was the president s daily briefer in the clinton administration. had the honor to bring to the president every day, the intelligence jewels. the director of national intelligence is the president s primary advisor. so he will go to the oval office and present the president s daily brief as well as any additional information. c.i.a. basically provides most of the input into that pdb. we have responsibility for that pdb that continues to endure. it is a very, very impactful charlie: so, what is the difference in briefing bill clinton and barack obama? who asks the better questions? [laughter] director brennan: oh, boy. they re two of the most impressive individuals i ve had the opportunity to engage with. charlie: having said that. director brennan: they have tremendous ability to absorb information. i was briefing president clinton on
the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ryan: at this time i yield myself the remainder of the time. i want to thank mr. barletta for bringing this to our attention. this is a problem with the law and therefore the law needs to change. it is insufficient that we have some regulatory forbearance from the administrative branch because the law has to be changed and that is why this legislation is necessary. again, i want to thank mr. barletta for his leadership on this issue. we need to do right by our volunteer firefighters and this does that. with that mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time having now expired on this bill the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1191 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative the rules are suspended mr. speaker i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker p