Thats not their mission and thats not what we are paying for and we should stop paying for it. And i yield back to mr. Buck. The chair the chair would remind members that remarks during the debate may not engage in personalities towards the president including the repeating of remarks that were said elsewhere. That would be improper if spoken here by the members here in their own words. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. Mr. Lewis i yield one minute to thegentleman from kentucky, chairman of the state foreign operations committee. Mr. Rogers i rise in respectful disagreement with my colleagues who offer this amendment. The United States institute of peace works to help prevent, reduce and resolve violent conflicts abroad. The institute along side our military, our diplomats in the most conflict affected including iraq, afghanistan, tunisia, south sudan and ukraine. Eliminating the u. S. Institute of peace would hamper our efforts to stabilize these areas and to prevent further o
World bank, others, obviously china, but the u. S. Government can have a major, major impact in this sector, supporting those countries and businesses. I can emphasize supporting the countrys own strategies is that or it that as word has to start. Figuring out a way to plug into thoses participating. And there are a number of plans that have come forward on this. So power africa in our view is a fantastic start. Fantastic start. Able to announcement, but also what can only be a start. So it is very ambitious in its scale and scope, but compared to the need, the demand, it remains a very small piece of what has happened. Abuse in their many players in the space. Everyone has a role to play. But as of the actors and participants choose to up our africa focus on the execution of the next 18 months. You heard in the city that making sure that they have some wins under their belt is absolutely usage of golf course. So while the u. S. Government and others move to execution mode to make sure
Gets more lifethreatening and expensive. A lot of good things are going to happen. We are the last industrialized nation in the world to have National Healthcare policy. What i have preferred a public option . Yes. But the system we have got is the best that we have ever devised. Started it iny massachusetts. It will help america, it and for many americans, we have got great health for people who can afford it. For or people, they do not have access to doctors living in the innercity. That needs to change. On twitter from jack who writes do you think the Founding Fathers back in 1776 envisioned a secret fisa as key to a thriving democracy . Dont know what they were thinking, and certainly they did not think about the fisa court. 1776really did not see in the first 10 amendments, the bill of rights did not come until later. The Founding Fathers were great. But they were not infallible. They were certainly wrong about women, who did not have the right to vote, and they were certainly wro
On off grid and opportunity for. S. Companies. How is power africa leverage dging its resources to protect african workers to have cent work conditions and safety on the job . At this point were not looking at taking equity in the prompts themselves but im not going to rule that out in the future if the right opportunity present themselves especially for the smaller off grid and mike grid activities. But were learning some of the risk is the up Front Development financing. Were trying to listen to the private sector and find out what are the constraints. Were using the existing tools in our tool box and developing new tools. I cant tell you what tools we may have a year from now and consult with congress if we can make the case and their support for it to see if Congress Gives us the authority to do that. In terms of protecting african workers were doing Due Diligence on every partner we work with or developing Due Diligence protocols. These are still in development. Were still sorting
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