Assume we know what is right without seeking your wisdom. Inspire our lawmakers to think your thoughts, to listen for your directions, and to follow your guidance. Lord, lead them to seek what is best for our nation and world, depending always on your sovereignty and might. May they constantly remember that you possess all power and can accomplish the seemingly impossible if they would only believe. Continue to sustain them with your might, showering them with your bountiful blessings. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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 liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , july 11, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate
The crash. Our hearts break for all those impacted and the many lives cut short in this tragedy. Were reminded of the bravery that our voluntary Service Members exhibit, putting their lives on the line both at home and abroad, in order to defend our communities and our freedom. Were indebted to them for their courageous, courageous sacrifice. Now on a totally different matter, obamacare is a direct attack on the middle class. Seven years ago democrats imposed it on our country. In the years since americans have found themselves at the mercy of its failures repeatedly. Choice was supposed to go up, but it plummeted. Costs were supposed to go down. They skyrocketed. Obamacares defenders spent years trying to deny these clear realities. When the weight of the evidence became too clear to ignore, some appeared to bemoan obamacares harmful impact on our country. The democratic governor of minnesota declared it was no longer affordable. President clinton branded it the craziest thing in the
The crash. Our hearts break for all those impacted and the many lives cut short in this tragedy. Were reminded of the bravery that our voluntary Service Members exhibit, putting their lives on the line both at home and abroad, in order to defend our communities and our freedom. Were indebted to them for their courageous, courageous sacrifice. Now on a totally different matter, obamacare is a direct attack on the middle class. Seven years ago democrats imposed it on our country. In the years since americans have found themselves at the mercy of its failures repeatedly. Choice was supposed to go up, but it plummeted. Costs were supposed to go down. They skyrocketed. Obamacares defenders spent years trying to deny these clear realities. When the weight of the evidence became too clear to ignore, some appeared to bemoan obamacares harmful impact on our country. The democratic governor of minnesota declared it was no longer affordable. President clinton branded it the craziest thing in the
Thank you for being here today, mr. Secretary. Thank you for coming today. Bringing you cast of thousands. Youve got a lot of support here today. Big budget, big support. Were proud to have secretary mcdonald be here today. We were proud to have in order danny, doctor, thanks. Ronald waters. Laverne counsel. Ed murray. We appreciate all of you. With all that support, mr. Secretary, im sure youre going to do a great job. Ill make my Opening Statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testimony. I dont want you to feel compelled by any fiveminute light. I want you to say what youve got to say. I understand the average Attention Span of the United States senator is about nine minutes. After that we all start blinking. Speaking for myself. Thats selfimposed limitation. Thank you very much, mr. Secretary, for being here today. Were looking forward to discussing the 182 billion budgetary appropriation. It would be an 8. 9 increase. Should it be adopted, medical funding would increase
Wednesday morning a house subcommittee hears from attorney general Loretta Lynch on the justice departments 2017 budget request. Thats live at 10 30 a. M. On cspan 3. Homeland security secretary jeh johnson returns to capitol hill to talk about his departments Budget Proposal for the 2017 year and the Senate Homeland security subcommittee hearing live tomorrow on cspan 3 at 2 15 p. M. Eastern. I am trying still to decide which candidate to support. Im trying to decide between the governors who have executive experience or some of the other candidates like ted cruz and marco rubio. The most important issue to me is national service. There are more than 5 million Young Americans that are ready to step forward and serve t country for a year with americans like the peace corps and youth build. Veterans affair secretary Robert Mcdonald will testify outcan loined the budget request for his department. He was followed by a panel of veteran Services Organization representatives with their take