a goldstar family that is with us tonight. mary and charles strange are here. where are they? are. they are behind us, over here. they lost their son michael. >> come on up. [applause] it is a little harder to get up since i got shot. they have made it more difficult. perhaps that is the way it is supposed to be. >> sarah, they lost their son, michael. -- sir, they lost their son, michael. do you want to say anything? >> under obama is right. under obama. >> mr. president, my son was killed august 6, 2011 in the biggest loss of life in the iraq afghan war, the biggest loss of life in the single day, 22 of the men were navy special warfare. we still have not gotten any answers. i was wondering, i am begging you. we would like a congressional hearing. >> so here is what we are gonna do. in the first week, let me have, not the first day because i made a lot of promises in the first day, we are going to drill baby drill and close out the border and we are gonna do a lot in the first day in the first week we will set up a commission we are going to find out because so many people a

the license plate we offer the goldstar families didn't really convey the full meaning of the sacrifice these hoosier families have made. lauren did not shy away when i asked if she would help us come up with a worthy family played. several months later, thanks to her willingness to collaborate with our bureau of motor vehicles, a much more powerful tribute exists. the everlasting contribution appropriately honor those who gave us their sons and daughters, there has been since bios and her feelings could not have been more personal. you see, lauren lost her husband matthew in a nato training accident in 2022. lauren and matthew's mother lisa are here with us this evening. and ladies, we join you in honoring matt and too many others that have made that same sacrifice. ladies and gentlemen, this is what real citizenship looks like up close and personal. [applause] and finally, in an attitude of gratitude, let's continue to live up to the indiana model in this legislative session ahead by addressing what still needs to change. here are a few commitments i believe we must make this year. we

there has to be the number 11 economy in the world like samsung, kia, hyundai, unlucky goldstar has emerged as world leaders in electronics, manufacturing, and shipbuilding. alongside their more counterparts. and fourth, or point to the technological superiority that has provided our military with the advantage in any calculati calculation. from the 15 to 16 fighter aircraft to the destroyer equipped with the weapon system upgraded with integrated air to the pack three missile to the ptc to the global hawk and from the k-1 e1 main battle tank to the infantry fighting vehicle. the modernization of cream forces has long relied upon her the advancement of the cream base it's critical to any security strategy in the region. the last point is the stuff of defense acquisition. and with korea's three-pronged focus on preemptive, defensive and retaliatory strict capability technological superiority underpins koreans defense strategy. it is been the thrust of past administrations and is about the defense acquisition. as described in the recent report the department of defenses doing priority placed

superintendent of the american cemetery and talked about americans visiting the cemeteries and the idea of goldstarilgrimages. [video] >> the u.s. government gave the a choiceof the fallen to bring remains home. for those who chose not to bring them home and give them overseas, they were provided the choice to come over in the early 1930's to visit their headstones. they did some shopping and other things that were non-war related. that was over four different summers from 1930 to 1933. i don't know alternately how ,693 came to this site but 6 women came on that trip. men were not eligible. they often call it the gold star mother pilgrimages because it was often mothers. these are desegregated, integrated sites. there are black soldiers buried next to white soldiers, next officers, all states. ofre were gold star groups african-american women. they were still segregated during the pilgrimage is as well -- pilgrimages as well. they were still providing the ability to come over, but they were still segregated at that point. host: edward lengel? guest: this is a place for pershing deserves a lot of cr

his statements about goldstar families.ther statements that he could shoot somebody on 5th street in new york and would not lose a voter. how he would respond to that. host: that is greg in california. our guest henry olsen is no longer with us. he will probably back down the road. this is robert in ohio, democrat. good morning. caller: i got my comment about mr. olsen. he's talking about everybody being treated equally in this country. i don't see how he can sit there with a straight face and say everybody has been created equally in this country. this country has had a history of discrimination ever since the first black man put his foot on this continent. that is all i have to say. have a good day and god bless america. host: jordan in new york, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking michael. host: what is on your -- taking my call. host: what is on your mind? caller: with the recent attacks there were reports -- the senator was talking to the media about holding the fbi accountable. do you

we made three new goldstar fami after you voted to lead our troops there. it lined the pockets of the mil industrial complex supporting her re-election campaign. this is one of congress's funda jobs, authorizing war and the appropriations and the funding for war. we need people who understand and can hold the pentagon and the intelligence community to account. she says she supports israel. her and every single democrat l israel high-end dry when they had american hostages and attempted to negotiate a much better package for other foreign wars that drug on. they les israel high and dry when they had american hostages and teamed to negotiate a much better package for other foreign wars which drug on. house republicans put forward a that would have given israel immediate aid while hamas still had american hostages. we have to stop making ourselves target in that region. we have to do what is right for the american people to secure our own border we have to support our allies i meaningful ways that truly matt. >> i'm glad you brought up the vote on syria. his b

third he knew goldstar pham -- 13 new goldstar families from afghanistan.y veteran come i want to speak to everybody who served in afghanistan. i'm disgusted by the biden administration's incompetent pullout from that country. [applause] to those of you who served there, know this. know that you are service was honorable. that you saved american lives and the pompeo's love and admire you for what you did for america. thank you and god bless each and every one of you. [applause] every one of you who has served in uniform and families, you deserve a president who will not check his watch while he is honoring our fallen brothers and sisters. it was in decent. of course it was that very weakness we saw in afghanistan that prompted putin butchering ukraine. we saw what it meant. a children hospital bomb. innocents killed. and now a second war in gaza. president biden will not even talk about the fact americans are still being held by the iranian regime. contrast that with what we did when americans were wrongfully held. president trump centimeter north korea to

donald trump even as he insulted women, even as he made fun of people with disabilities, a tactic goldstarily and then finally when it became politically inconvenient after the tapes were released, she finally said she wasn't going to vote for him, as if she was surprised by those tapes, reflected we've come to know as donald trump. and now having tried to walk back, her campaign approved of that mailer that went out in situ wanted to work with them in the united states center. she wants to great gridlock and i'm happy to talk about how i will stand up to my party as i have and i will at any time. >> senator, final word. >> you want to talk gridlock. it's becoming a budget like governor hassan did that was bipartisan because they wanted to decrease taxes on businesses. she vetoed it and then now you hear me see the ad taking credit for it. i will be a person who makes sure our small businesses have lower taxes, unlike governor hassan. we getting the stand up for your party, governor hassan has not stood up to hillary clinton on anything of consequence. i've already done that. i stood up to

affairs council with remarks by democratic congressman hobby or andrra, actor george to k, a muslim goldstar father. >> what we were trying to do was highlight the values of the constitution of the united states, the values of freedom of speech, practice of religion, equal dignity, equal protection under the law and due process of law. those values are challenged today. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. in to the 114th congress two years ago, c-span spoke with freshman congressman about what they were expecting for their first term in office. this year, we spoke with some of them again about their experience in washington over the last two years. we start with oklahoma republican steve russell. >> i think the framing of the constitution was a giant compromise. you had the states that wanted autonomy. you had the need for a road and communication and defense system that they could not really provide. willing to ditch the articles of confederation for the constitution and, they labored over it. they debated, they studied, they looked at past democracies

democratic congressman javier becerra, actor georgia tech a and cnn commentator van jones and muslim goldstar father is your con. >> what we are trying to do is highlight the values of the constitution of the united states . the values of freedom of speech, freedom of practice of religion, equal dignity , equal protection of law and due process of law and those values are challenged today watch on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. more than 300 members of the uk's youth parliament from 11 to 18 gathered in the british house of commons for their annual debate. this first part focuses on cuts to the uk national health service and is focused on mental health services. it's 50 minutes. >> thank you very much and i have a friendly advantage this year, in previous years the youth parliament has been friendly, but it has been 16 . order. welcome to the eight sitting of the uk youth parliament in the house of commons chamber. this marks the beginning of uk parliament week , a program of events and activities which connects people with the united kingdom parliament. this ye

and after all, he belittled the goldstar family whose son gave his last measure of devotion to this country. thatmeone knows -- will never saw his 35th birthday, those words are deeply offensive. words matter. the words leveled against you constitute bullying of the worst order. your good character, your outstanding reputation, have been this marched in a way that is devoid of common decency. here is my message to you. ambassador,hing, nothing he can say or do, not a thing that will in any way diminish the major -- the nature and quality of the service you have rendered to our great nation. there is not a thing he can say or do that will diminish our gratitude to you for that service. and i thank you again for it. >> thank you. >> asked to the larger point as to the larger point, what does this mean to ukraine when the u.s. actually engages in the kind of behavior we are attempting to discourage them from engaging in? politically motivated prosecution. what does that mean to them in their struggling efforts to become a robust democracy? what is the impact in ukraine for this behavior? ukrai

with the goldstar families. symbolic gesture and is an act of self preservation more than encourage. coffman: i always put my a country first. eye and a combat veteran first i was elected official was a state representative and come back to see how the first bush administration i criticize george w. bush and i did volunteer to go not because of war was right but i stood up to get funding for the virginia hospital. but morgan carroll has no record t18 ec did not see a connection between donald trump to show -- you don't think it strengthens to have elective republican like you to promote the same like he was promoting quick. >> absolute not be was one time i was wrong to make that statement and i said so but to somehow influence any influence on donald trump is ridiculous. >> qc issue with republicans using hillary clinton the ada to have one public/private position and use say discount what i said not being an american at heart queen. >>. >> moderator: you say that hillary clinton is trustworthy why are there de

so when he was insulting goldstar families, family that lost their son protecting our country, that wasn't enough? enough? when he was making fun of disabled people come of that wasn't enough? when he was making comments after, of disparaging women, that wasn't enough? this guy doesn't have the character to be present president. it was only a few weeks ago when his poll numbers tanked that you actually came out against him. >> we need to move on, thank you very much for the candidate to candidate question. that is the format of the debate. only one rebuttal on those questions. we will touch on the economy and turn it over today and smith. >> congressman bae-2, the clinton tax the plan calls for increases to high earners. the tax policy center has estimated it could raise 1,000,000,000,000 dollars over the next ten years. it would have no impact on 95% of american taxpayers, do you support her plan? don't you think you think it's time that middle-income taxpayers got a break? >> absolutely. if you look at who is suffering and falling back it's the middle class. we have to have tax policy th

[video clip] >> overall, i think the veterans and the goldstar members deserve answers as to why thiso badly. why were americans left behind? why were the afghan partners we promised we would protect, why did we betray them and leave 100,000 of them behind with the taliban? tonight i will be having the afghanistan ambassador to the united states, female ambassador and i have invited her to stand in the gallery with my ticket to remind people about the women, the women who were left behind under taliban rule and how they are being treated as property and chattel, they can't get educated now, they can't go outside their homes and in many cases they are tortured. a reminder of what this administration did and the failures of this administration. we have to learn from our mistakes and do better. host: i want to ask you, what are your thoughts as you listen to the representative, but also in general. what are your thoughts about the fact that congress is preparing to do these hearings and investigations regarding the afghanistan withdrawal? do you think that is necessary? guest: more broad

leadership test every single day that he continues to support donald trump will donald trump insults goldstar and others come entire religions because they got captured and democracy itself. what's more important to him than all of that is his political party. what's more important than doing what is right for the people of our country and state is sticking with his own political career. sometimes leadership takes a back bone of the 31 republican governors from the country, one out of three have said they won't support donald trump. the fact that chris malta what is right for the people ahead of you on politics is the governor held the first day. if anything, donald trump is a fine republican. hillary clinton is the epitome of the democrat party. we've seen what she's done. what she's done with her e-mails were she's violated the public trust. she truly defines the democratic party. to say donald trump somehow defines our party we know that's a foolish statement. we need to make sure we create the best government possible not just in washington but here in new hampshire. i believe we need to

when it comes to trump, i am a veteran and he talked about the goldstar family.talked about mccain. he is talking about hillary. at the same time, it talks about when they found the laptop with hillary. when he talks to the christian part of republicans, he talks about repenting and he said he never has. he always wants to succor somebody and do something for him. he says the work is not at the quality so i will give you half. if you let people cheat you out of your business, they come at you. when it comes to people that try to overturn the election, you have to deal with it out of new york city. republicans, think about what the man has done. he is facing criminal not civil charges and he has two more cases he's got to go through. biden can stay-at-home. i will vote for him one way or another. think about what trump has done and when it comes to the wall, his policy is still in place. they are keeping kids from their mama. host: next is republican line, its open forum, go ahead. caller: how are you all doing? what i want to say is that it seems like the lady sh

say that to the three goldstar families that lost their lives. the reality is we failed to withdraw from afghanistan opened up a disastrous withdrawal of american deterrence in the world stage. russia, iran, china. the most dangerous on the anniversary of october 7. we have to recognize it like with israel we must face it together. our military forces are on the front line of doing it. helping to fund and pay for this >> yesterday marked one year since the hamas attack on israel where more than 1100 people were killed and 250 people were kidnapped. since then, tensions have only escalated with growing humanitarian concerns in gaza. should the u.s. get involved in stabilizing the region as more countries join the fight? >> last night i joined with families of the iowa capital. leading a two or just weeks after the tragic event in israel happened. making clear that what happens in israel could happen right here in america if we do not stand unified. israel has a right to defend itself. it is one of the reasons why it stood shoulder to shoulder with