[inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible] Committee Welcomes order. Good morning to everyone and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess on a committee at any time. Withthat i will now recognize myself from my Opening Statements. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman of the committee on oversight and reform as we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague chairman Elijah Cummings and as i sit here today and as chair i am mindful of his Lifelong Mission to seek not only Common Ground but higher ground. With that in mind i am very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years. The need for comprehensive paid family andmedical leave. It is important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now we are one of only two nations in the world that do not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and pound gi
Admiral howard president jackson, dean, faculty, students, thank you for this wonderful privilege that youve given me, this honorary degree. I will tell you, my fellow on arend this is pretty cool. It feels a lot like a superman cape. I want to know, does it stop bullets . [laughter] i could use that in my job. President jackson, fellow on i class of 2015 come its a sincere honor to join you on this extraordinary occasion. Today marks a triumphant milestone in your lives. Symbolically crossing the stage you will also cross over into the next phase of your lives. With each step, you will pound into your souls this week feeling of accomplishment. Years now, you will recall the challenges of that last calculus class, the anxiety of preparing for your last test, the excitement of your last big red freak out night and the last witnessing of the Shirley Ann Jackson weather machine. [laughter] [applause] avriladmiral howard i thought it appropriate that i start this speech and share with you
And total accounting for that. But he isnt about to do it and it can be done, obviously. If a person is gay and seeks god and has goodwill, who am i to judge them . Children born today grow up in a World Without doma, and the same children who happen to be gay will be free to love and get thated as thea and i did with the same federal benefits and protections as anyone else. At 2013. A look back all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At 2013. Look back it was an historic year. Edward snowden exposed how the National Security agency amid the nsa, built a worldwide surveillance apparatus while Chelsea Manning wasnt it said 35 years in jail for leakin your secret documents was sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking secret documents. Pope francis warned about the journey of unfettered capitalism. Tens of thousands were killed in syria. The philippines was devastated by typhoon haiyan. The Supreme Court struck
And total accounting for that. But he isnt about to do it and it can be done, obviously. If a person is gay and seeks god and has goodwill, who am i to judge them . Children born today grow up in a World Without doma, and the same children who happen to be gay will be free to love and get thated as thea and i did with the same federal benefits and protections as anyone else. At 2013. A look back all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At 2013. Look back it was an historic year. Edward snowden exposed how the National Security agency amid the nsa, built a worldwide surveillance apparatus while Chelsea Manning wasnt it said 35 years in jail for leakin your secret documents was sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking secret documents. Pope francis warned about the journey of unfettered capitalism. Tens of thousands were killed in syria. The philippines was devastated by typhoon haiyan. The Supreme Court struck
15th again, or i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the United States to address this emergency. Lets bring in wall street journal. Moving from no unless they fully fund the wall to a down payment on the wall. Now no money for the wall and temporary government opening. The pressure just simply have a breaking point. Voters blamed republicans and him for the shutdown it was hurting their Approval Rating and you are doing damage. To the economy. You saw the consequences of the shutdown really start to ratchet up. Airlines being delayed and things not happening. You also members of the Republican Party party who have stuck with the president but were beginning to express their concerns and urge them to change course. They didnt really go into the strategy. Also you to do is nothing essentially. And she would win. And thats what would happen. Whether they were going to be able to move her over the next three weeks. The key event here. Was the national