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Could keep it on the deas list of most dangerous drugs in the move to decriminalize and each legalize the drug. From earlier this year, this hearing is about an hour, 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Id like to call this subcommittee hearing of the subcommittee on Government Operations of the Government Oversight Reform Committee to order. Welcome, everyone. Sorry for our late start. We did have votes that delayed the beginning of this hearing, but we will go ahead and proceed. And let me just cite, first, the order of business. Well hear from statements from members as they return from votes or through unanimous consent. We will also include their statements in the record. We will have one witness today, mr. Michael botticelli from the office of National Drug control pol ....
And so that is in progress. What what we do already, craig, is every two years, we have a three star flag officer review, if you will, the program, coordinated with our director of our Strategic Systems program, ssp. That Strategic Systems program are responsible for all operations, if you will, handling of of our Nuclear Weapons themselves. So, that has been going on. Theres a drum beat of that, as admiral richardson said, in his program. We have a similar drum beat. Now, we are going to take the results of our most recent, which is months old, we are going to take the results of the schlesinger report, you remember that from a few years ago. Were going to take the results of the admiral donald report, if you remember that also was a few years ago, look and see what was directed in that, review that, did we do wh ....
In the global economy. He is partnering with ceos to put the longterm unemployed back to work. He is pushing for investment in our infrastructure so that people can get jobs rebuilding roads and upgrading ports. He is taking these and other actions to ensure that our nation is a place, as he said, where honest work is plentiful and communities are supported. Where prosperity is widely shared and opportunity is for all. If we do this, then families will be in the position to escape the threat of foreclosure or to buy their first home. I ask you to support the president s agenda in this year of action. I also ask you to make your voices heard about other efforts we are taking to give more families the opportunity to strengthen their financial future. Literally just a few thousand dollars can make a huge difference in helping americans get a house they can afford or rent decent affordable housing. That is why the Affordable Care act ....