You can also let us know what you think on social media. Our twitter handle is cspanwj. We are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Or, you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Now, white house spokesman josh earnest was at a News Conference on friday to explain the president s decision. Here is what he said. [video clip] our efforts have improve their performance on the battlefield. It has yielded progress. The president wants to identify that assistance that we are providing. One way to intensify that assistance is pair them up with experts, some of the smartest, bravest, most effective fighters in the United States military. That is exactly what were doing. I do expect that will improve their performance on the battlefield. They will not be in a combat mission. [indiscernible] they could find themselves in a combat situation. There is no denying the amount of risk they are taking on here. They will be equipped to defend themselves. Host we are talking about the u. S. s decisio
Of us that are living on the west coast, this is about the time when the dinner dishes are done, the kids homework is done, theyre in bed. You can actually sit down at your computer and go online and try to figure out what might be the best option for you on an exchange. But were being told that the exchange is going to be down between the time that most alaskans and certainly hawaiians that are time hours five difference instead of the four hours that alaskans are, that are not going to be able to go online and to address it there. Thats one aspect of it, is where we are with the exchanges and what thats going to mean if were still going to continue with the deadlines that have been put in place by the administration in terms of when you have to sign up by and when you may be assessed a fine or a penalty for failure to successfully enroll. I mentioned that on friday there were some 5,600 alaskans actually excuse me. 5,360 alaskans who received discontinuation notices from premiera. Pr
Frankly, most importantly, we can all agree coming to some agreement in a reasonable time frame is probably the most important thing this committee can do to help grow our economy. And doing it on a timeline that allows the Appropriation Committee to deliver a result without shutting down the government or putting it at any risk is about the best thing we can do. I will agree we cant simply grow our way out of our problem. We have to address the driver of our debt and deficit. We have to dont reduce our deficits which weve cut in half over the last four years. If we dont, interest intense is a very real threat for crowding out both public and private investment in education r d and infrastructure. Over the last three years weve made real strides in reducing our deficit. We saved more than 12. 5 billion. Thats been unbalanced. About 70 has been from spending cut. 30 from revenue. We need to do more but we have do it, i believe, in a balanced way. Weve heard from senators about the need
Well, good afternoon. Its been a long time in coming, but we are here. And its wonderful to have the opportunity to have all of us here today together. I was thinking, mr. Chairman, that when you and i started, i remember when i came into the house, we were kind of at the low end of the totem pole on the Agriculture Committees. And now we both have the honors of working together. And it really is an honor to work with you as we bring this final farm bill home. And thats what were all doing. This has been a wonderful process with our four agricultural leaders, with Ranking Member peterson, with Ranking Member cochran, and our first farm bill to pass the senate with Ranking Member pat roberts. We have had a very important, and i think, precedent setting opportunity to show how to govern. And we also have been working together for three years in a bipartisan way to reform and streamline agricultural policies that work were families and farmers and taxpayers going back to the super committ
Safety reasons, then say no. But dont let no be the final answer. The American People have an expectation that their tax dollars are going to be used to move america forward. Not to put on the brakes, kill jobs, ruin families and make america less competitive in future generations. I believe if we had that kind of energy vision, we would once again see americas innovative wheels begin to turn. We would see young people lining up to get into technical programs and College Programs to prepare them for careers in energy development, Domestic Energy development. We would see millions of jobs created. We would see industries crop up. We would see a resurgence in manufacturing. We would see america go back to work. The would put in play American Dream once again for millions of americans, millions of middle class americans who have begun to think that perhaps the American Dream doesnt apply to them anymore. The American Dream is still alive and well in our country and all we have to do, all