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[inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] the meeting will come to order without objection. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. This hearing is entitled examining the sec agenda operations in fy 2018 budget request. I now recognize myself or three minutes to give an opening statement. I warn everybody i will take a lot longer because there is unanticipated news. First, before proceeding to the purpose of this hearing, i do want to know for all my colleagues that as we begin this hearing today, in 318, b3 18 of this very building, the rayburn building, our friend, our colleague, the Great American hero and patriot sam johnson is being honored by having that very room b3 18 named after him. I think we all know he is a decorated war hero who served his nation with great courage, great ....
[ room noise ] [ room noise ] so the House Rules Committee taking a break here. When members return, this meeting will continue live on our companion network cspan 2. On the house floor votes are currently under way. Members are voting on two bills including one that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. The measure requires an annual thirdparty review of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention programs at the png and veteran affairs department. Thats live now on cspan. And in the senate today there was a procedural vote on a bill authorizing construction of the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline. The vote was 6332. Which was enough to limit debate and advance the bill for a vote on final passage at a later time. As always, you can watch the senate live on cspan 2. ....
Are all gone. There are still world war ii veterans left, about 1. 1 million. About 700 die every day. If you get the opportunity, go talk to one. It could be any veteran from anywhere. It could be these gentlemen, a grandfather or grandmother. Just do it. Just talk to them. And let them tell you what it was like. But its such an honor to have you here and thank you for your participation today and good luck to all of you. [applause] also at the conference for ilitary veterans two honor recipients. They talk about their reasons for joining the military. This is about 40 minutes. Good morning. The medal of honor is awarded by the president of the United States in the name of the u. S. Congress. The medal of honor was created in 1861 and several years later on march 25, 1863, the first edal of honor was presented to a private. Since then only 6,000 have been awarded. 3,470 represents a very small fraction of the tens of millions of w ....
Us, how can we better serve our people whenever we become commissioned officers . He wants to borrow 100. [laughter] that would be easier. He wants to know how the Younger Generation when they become commissioned officers how can they best serve this country like your generation served our country . Well, i dont know exactly how to answer that because the training that you young people are having and have had doesnt come anywhere near to the lack of training that we had when we were young. I enlisted before the japanese attack and i did that because uncle sam had paid for my flying to get a privates license and have a basis for going on to flying at randolph and Kelly Air Force base. The other thing was that as a young person, i had been interested in aviation, mainly because i was exposed to a lot of Army Air Corp f ....