System. This is two and a half hours. Committee will come to order. This week the committee will hold two hearings that focus on the two major pillars of our agenda. Tomorrow we will hear from the Service Chiefs of repairing and rebuild the military. Today well concentrate on the other pillar which is defense reform. We have done a lot of reform over the past two years. That includes acquisition reform, a new mail tear retirement system, mayor changes in military health care, commissary reform, a rewrite of the uniform code of military justice as well as significant organizational reform. While a lot has been done, however, a lot more needs to be done. The world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for tomorrow. Yes, we all have an obligation to see that taxpayer dollars are spent as efficiently and effectively as possible. Especially in fulfilling the first job of the f
Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin
There has been a rise in the prescription of anxiety medications and other sedative hypnotic needs. In 2014 and 15 in rhode island, 33 of those receiving opioid prescriptions were coprescribed benzodiazapines. This is a tremendous, tremendous deadly combination and has been a significant variable in the increase in opioid Overdose Deaths in rhode island and the statistics show nationally. So along with fentanyl, we need to look at the coprescription of benzodiazapine. Other strategies for the prevention of initiation include but are not limited to patient education and the use and storage of medication, family education, continued Public Health education venues and peer recovery resources. Treatment within a recovery oriented system of care individualized for the patient that is easily accessible can prevent the progression of the disease and the possibility of overdose. And i can skip here. Im quoting directly here from the rhode island governors Overdose Prevention and Intervention T
University. Chatting with marco rubio supporters here. Traveling with the cspan bus. Defense secretary Ashton Carter outlined the pentagons budget request in a speech today, it includes increased spending to counter russian, iranian inpluns in the middle east and threats of Islamic State and north korea. From the Economic Club in washington, this is an hour. Were very honored today to have the 25th secretary of defense as our special guest. Ash carter has had a distinguished career in Government Service and in academic life. Very briefly, he became the secretary of defense, the 25th secretary of defense, february of last year. Prior to that, he had served as deputy secretary of defense for two years and prior to that had served as undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics. In the clinton administration, he had served for four years as the assistant secretary of defense for International Security policy. For those services in the Defense Department to date, he
When the economy goes into recession, some of these programs they are like 1. 75 benefit for every 1 we spend on s. N. A. P. So to block grant this, we are automatical automatically cutting gdp. I dont have much time. Mr. Chairman, i just want to say you dont have any time. Im talking to you now. Im not asking any more questions. The gentle ladys time has expired. Okay. We will now hear from the gentleman from South Carolina for five minutes. I was asking about the process. I think, chairman, a couple observations and a question. One, i was struck by my colleagues conversation from new jersey on Social Security and raising the payroll tax. As we all know, there are unintended consequences and politics is ultimately what drives washington, d. C. As we remember, you know, Social Security was put in place as a social insurance program. If you lift the caps, you really move it to a social Welfare Program. People like to link it between i pay in, therefore i get more over the years. If you