Educational research. It is so very important as it relates to feed food anding can consult agriculture in particular to make an increase so that the 1890 institutions can again be at the forefront of research. One of my schools in my area, purview a m and Texas Southern university, prepare the leaders for the Agricultural Industry of the future. And so this legislation provides support for the many schools such as alabama a m, purview a m, fort valley state university, Kentucky State University and, of course, they enroll 40 of all africanamerican students. So i am grateful for this amendment and i ask my colleagues to support the underlying bill. Thank you so very much and i yield back. I yield back. Thank you. The chair the gentlewoman yields back. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from minnesota. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. The en bloc amendments are agreed to. Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair, a
Benefit of a clean energy economy. It is time to wake up. I yield the floor to my friend, the distinguished senator from louisiana. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Ms. Landrieu thank you, senator. Im so happy to follow him on the floor today and some to see him again. Weve worked together on so many important issues, mr. President , wonderful to see you and to be back on the floor. I come today for a very special reason. I am so proud to present to the senate a package of lands bills that have been included in the Defense Authorization act. And whats significant about this particular package is its quite large and its the first package in almost six years, in almost three congresses which is quite an accomplishment for our committee. And i am so proud of the staff of our committee, energy and Natural Resources. I made this a priority when i took over as chair nine months ago. It was a long shot to see if we could put any package at all together. It had eluded us for s
Wednesday in washington. Martha raddatz is here with all the latest. Good morning. Good morning, george. The president s speech will lay out a strategy to destroy isis, far beyond what hes proposed in the past. A complicated, longterm and Urgent Mission that could likely mean air strikes in syria. Day after day, the brutality of isis stuns the world. This week, images of the horrific execution of a second american reporter. And over the weekend, a mass grave discovered. 15 bodies, each shot in the head, and vows from the terrorist group in iraq and syria that america should be on guard. Americans should be very concerned. This in many respects represents the most significant threat that the country has seen since september 11th. Reporter a threat by a Jihadist Group that the president says cannot be merely contained, it must be destroyed. Were going to degrade and ultimately defeat isil, the same way we went after al qaeda. Reporter meaning hunting down the leaders with drones and mann
Critic, ted cruz. And election day countdown. Control of congress at stake. Stats guru nate silver reveals his latest pick. Are republicans a lock to retake the senate . This week with George Stephanopoulos begins right now. The latest in the battle with isis. The significant expansion of the campaign inside iraq. Martha raddatz is here with all the latest. Good morning. Good morning, george. The president s speech will lay out a strategy to destroy isis, far beyond what hes proposed in the past. A complicated, longterm and Urgent Mission that could likely mean air strikes in syria. Day after day, the brutality of isis stuns the world. This week, images of the horrific execution of a second american reporter. Over the weekend, mass grave discovered. 15 bodies, each shot in the head, and vows from the terrorist group that america should be on guard. Americans should be very concerned. This in many respects represents the most significant threat that the country has seen since september
Martha raddatz is here with all the latest. Good morning. Good morning, george. The president s speech will lay out a strategy to destroy isis, far beyond what hes proposed in the past. A complicated, longterm and Urgent Mission that could likely mean air strikes in syria. Day after day, the brutality of isis stuns the world. This week, images of the horrific execution of a second american reporter. And over the weekend, a mass grave discovered. 15 bodies, each shot in the head, and vows from the terrorist group in iraq and syria that america should be on guard. Americans should be very concerned. This in many respects represents the most significant threat that the country has seen since september 11th. Reporter a threat by a Jihadist Group that the president says cannot be merely contained, it must be destroyed. Were going to degrade and ultimately defeat isil, the same way we went after al qaeda. Reporter meaning hunting down the leaders with drones and manned aircrafts and relentle