And lots of snoring. Why would these kids actually sign up for this . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from new york city. Republican senator jeff flake of arizona a vocal critic of President Trump is going to sit out the next election. Why . In a blistering speech on the senate floor, he blamed the contentious tenor of politics. Sen. Flake if i have been critical, it is because i believe that it is my obligation to do so, as a matter of duty and conscience. Soledad flake joins fellow republican senator bob corker of tennessee in his decision to abandon a reelection bid all as incumbent republicans find themselves on the political hit list of former white house chief strategist steve bannon. Within the gop ranks, bannons pledge that no one is safe is being taken seriously. Joshua green spent hours interviewing steve bannon over the last six years. The result, a book called the devils bargain. Nice to have you. Joshua great to be here. Soledad trying to decide who is
You call us today to grow in the knowledge of that love and invite us to receive your blessings. Accept the prayers we offer for our beloved nation, protect it and keep it ever in your sight. Fill this house of representatives with your holy wisdom and may that wisdom lead to right action. Strengthen these representatives and their staffs as they labor for the common good and for what is just in your eyes. May true harmony, lasting freedom and justice be secured for all so that there may be lasting peace. We ask this in your most holy name, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 thjonastdsppve the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Marino. Mr. Marino please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with
Arctic nation. I wont go through the list of what other nations have in terms of their assets, but lets suffice it to say that our neighbors to the east in russia have over 30 icebreakers. Our neighbors to the excuse me our neighbors to well, it depends which way youre going around the globe. But our canadian friends the icebreaker capacity that they have are six. But its not just the arctic nations that have arctic capacity through their icebreakers its nations like china. Mr. President , think how far away china is from the arctic. India is considering building an ice breaker. Think how far away they are. It begs the question, why as an arctic nation are we not stepping up . So i am a he challenging my so im challenging my colleagues, think broader. I invited all members of the United States senate to join the arctic caucus and understand what it means for you and your respective states, the benefits but also the obligations. So i look forward to the discussion on the issue of how we
Continues. Host Fiscal Health of states is the topic for the next 45 minutes and we are joined by two state treasuries. Jim mcintyre, Washington State treasurer. Along with david miller, who was the Tennessee State treasurer. Mr. Lillard, i want to begin with what do state treasurer is due . Guest theyre usually the chief Financial Officers of their state and they managed hundreds of billions of dollars for State Governments and local governments entities throughout the United States, including Pension Funds. They play a very Important Role in Fiscal Health. Host how do you go about doing your job . Guest a sickly investing monday investing money and offering programs to citizens of that they can use in their state like that. Host jim mcintyre, who do you report to in your job . I elected, pointed, how does it work . Guest im elected by the voters every four years and we have nine statewide elected officials in Washington State. Other states have fewer, but we are very active and i rep
House. Lets begin with the decision to retain troop levels in afghanistan. Democratyou can also send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com cspan or journal cspan. Org. Lets show you a friend pages of the pages. Obama the slow troop withdrawal from afghanistan. The u. S. Will maintain current levels. Two will be out by 2000 troops will be out by 2017. What are your thoughts on this . The phone lines are open. Lets hear a little bit more from the president yesterday. [video clip] president obama you cannot minimize the sacrifices that our military families make. Some folks will be rotating that for a few extra months. We are moving the drawdown pays over to the bright for several in part to compensate for the linkengthy time it took for government formation. We want to make sure we are doing everything we can to help Afghan Security forces succeed. So we do not have to go back. So we do not have to respond in an emergency because terrorist activities are being launched out of afghanistan. We