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in his final state of the state address new jersey governor chris christie talks about his administrative. he also discussed the response to superstorm sandy in 2012. his successor democrat sal murphy will be sworn in tuesday. [applause] thank you. [applause] [applause] thank you. thank you all very much. now, before we begin i m going to ask you for a favor. not for a moment of silence but for a moment of celebration for the extraordinary life of governor brendan byrne. that is what he would have wanted. he would not want to settle he was one of celebration so let s all rise and celebrate governor bernd. [applause] [applause] nine years ago yesterday i went to pick up then 8-year-old patrick and then 5-year-old ritchie from school. on my way out of school with them on the front lawn of the assumption school and mars town i announced to the media that i was a candidate for governor of new jersey. on that day i said many things but looking back on it the most imp ....
[applause] thank you, dean butler for your kind production and for the opportunity to be here. i want to also think president carrera for this leadership of george mason university and to the students and faculty with us today. thank you for making time to be here during this busy day of classes. it s a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. earlier this year marked the 45th anniversary of title ix, the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote, no person in the united states shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. the amendment to the higher education act was initially proposed by democrat center evan bayh, signed in law by richard nixon and was later renamed for congresswoman patsy mink, herself a victim of both sex-based and race-based discri ....
i call this joint hearing of the subcommittee of the house of armed services committee to order. we are here in honor of memory of the seven uss fitzgerald .enate sailors and the 10 uss john s mccain sailors. we are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. we send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your son s service to our nation. i want to welcome our members to today s hearing. recognizeespecially that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. he has been the leader of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our military readiness challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to hear about the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. to send a warm welcome to congresswoman elizabeth este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. that ananimous consent member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in tod ....
at the bottom of the statement. new fed vice chair for supervision randal quarles casting his first vote. it is all about who donald trump taps to be the new fed chair. if it is going to be governor howell,ell jay get might have made for interesting conversations. the latest word from the white house is we will get that decision tomorrow afternoon. we should mention that even if janet yellen is not renamed renominated, she is gone but not forgotten. she has two more meetings to preside over, december and january. tom: i have to go with a double prediction. powell or taylor? let s say it is michael mckee, and far more important, dodgers or astros? you have- mike: to go with the home team and say the dodgers. the papers tell me it is going to be jay powerll. idea of where the economy is given low gdp. some people say it is below 2%. to this any umph economy that gives the fed the ability to move beyond december 13? mike: there is nothing that would change the outlook ....
american ideals and institutions here at princeton. the sponsor of this afternoon s event. i m delighted to welcome all of you to princeton. we have not only students here and members of faculty but guests from the community and as far away as new york. maybe further. we are always delighted to welcome our visitors. we want to also welcome our viewers by c-span. so i want to let folks in the room know that c-span is here to cover this afternoon s conversation. after alvin felzenberg i speak we will open up the floor for q&a. we will ask those with questions to come down to the microphones that are just here. and ask your question from the microphones. speak right into the microphone so we can pick you up. member that you will be on screen as well as having your voice heard. so smiled, looked pretty and - [laughter] the massive program here princeton is dedicated to providing our students and members of the community with the best possible civic education. we believe t ....