Issues as well. Let me close by making a final point. Diplomacy between the United States and russia continues. Weve emphasized that russia still has a different path available, one that dees calates the situation and one that involves russia pursuing a diplomatic solution with the government in kive with the support of the international community. Mr. Putin needs to understand the ukraineans shouldnt have to choose between the west and russia. We want the ukranian people to determine their own destiny and to have good relations with the United States, with russia and europe, with anyone they choose. That can only happen if russia also recognize the rights of all the ukranian people to determine their future as free individuals nation, vovepbsovepb rights that people around the world understand and support. Thank you very much everybody. President obama announcing expanded sanctions against moscow for their an exexation of crimea. Were going to take you live to the Heritage Foundation.
Lacking . And let the record reflect, not quite i roll but i think the response was no, they have not found this to be pro forma in anyway. Ive been on this job now getting on towards five years, and i have done nothing about my interaction or our institutional interaction with the intelligence committees to be pro forma. They have fairly substantial staffs which have a lot of experience. Some of them come from the community. They know that they dig very deeply into what we do. The dni occasionally using the term wire brushing, the interaction we have with the committee. So its not a pro forma interaction in anyway. On programs like 702 that were talking about today, for example, we all lived through the reauthorization of section 702 in 2012. That process was not simply in connection with intelligence committees, but i can remember briefings where we would go up, for all member briefings being held in communities, committees would host before the congress. I dont want to leave the imp
A b process systems in stratford hired 50 more people over the past year and greenheck in schofield added 209 jobs since 2011. These are just the employers i visited in the past few days. Throughout the past year, we helped amazon. Com expand and create up to 1,250 jobs here in wisconsin. Emco chemical distributors moved up from illinois with about 187 jobs. Hanna cylinders announced the same thing and brought 105 jobs to our state. All three of these companies moved into kenosha county. [ applause ] these are just a small sample of the many good news stories showing wisconsin is going back to work. [ applause ] this is a stark contrast to the negative job outlook of the past. During my predecessors last term, wisconsin lost more than 133,000 jobs and lost more than 27,000 businesses. In 2009, the Unemployment Rate peaked at 9. 2 . During that same year, wisconsins ranking in chief executive magazines best and worst states for business was 43rd. In 2009, a survey of employers by the ch
Speaker vos, speaker pro tem august, president ellis, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader larson, minority leader barca, members of the wisconsin supreme court, constitutional officers, tribal leaders, members of the cabinet, distinguished guests, members of the legislature, most importantly, fellow citizens of the great state of wisconsin, it is an honor to appear before you tonight. Before we get started, i would like to introduce the first lady of wisconsin, my wife, tonette. [ applause ] also in the gallery are our sons, matt and alex, and my family; my parents, llew and pat, my brother, david, my sisterinlaw, maria, and my nieces, isabella and eva. [ applause ] next to my wife is Major General don dunbar, our adjutant general. I want to thank him and the more than 10,000 members of the Wisconsin National guard. Thank you for being here. [ applause ] the state of our state is strong and improving every day. The economy is dramatically better and our finances are in great sh
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