pence of the state of indiana has received for vice president of the united states 305 votes. tim kaine of the commonwealth of -- tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia has received 227 -- there will be order. the sergeant at arms will the sergeant at arms will remove persons in the gallery. the house will be in order. commonwealth of virginia has 227 votes. elizabeth warren of the commonwealth of massachusetts has received two. maria cantwell of the state of washington has received one. susan collins of the state of maine has received one. carley fiorina of the commonwealth of virginia has received one. the sergeant at arms will remove the protesters from the gallery. the chamber will be in order. he chamber will be in order. duke has received one vote. in announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2017, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the sen

as between the state and the victim, that's -- that's between the state and the victims. that has no bearing on the property rights or the due process rights of the defendant. bear in mind that all the money the state collects from convicted defendants, all of that money the state is spending on something, the state isn't hiding that money under a mattress. all of that money, even fines paid into a state's general fund, the state is spending that money on something so it's no excuse when -- when you owe a debt to say, i'm sorry, i already spent the money on something else. >> you don't have to make that argument to prevail in this case, do you? >> correct. >> i think there's some severe equitable problems with it -- with the hypothetical of the state having paid the victim and the victim having spent the money. >> no. no. the state is saying -- i'm not talking about the victim spending the money i meant to be talking about the state saying, well, i'm sorry we -- upon the reversal of a conviction, the state saying we can't reverse the money. sorry we already disbursed it a

states, between citizens of another state, between citizens of different states, between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or ubjects. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga. mr. huizenga: in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. in all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make. mr. goodlatte: the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. kuster. ms. kuster: the trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed, but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress ay by law have directed. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from wisconsin, mr

states, between citizens of another state, between citizens of different states, between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or ubjects. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga. mr. huizenga: in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. in all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make. mr. goodlatte: the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. kuster. ms. kuster: the trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed, but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress ay by law have directed. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from wisconsin, mr

welcome today to the state of the states budgeting. i'm the incoming director of the urban-brookings policy center and will be replacing wayne berman next week but the policy center is already putting me to work. [laughter] the first thing i would like to say is to acknowledge the audience that is with us. i encourage you to share your thoughts and observations using #liveaturban. we would urge you to ask comments at events@urban.org. i'm excited to be joining the tax policy center. thank you for joining us on these issues surrounding the state fiscal future is. the panel examines obstacles and opportunities the legislatures will face and decisions they face as they pass new budget. and the budget this year appears to be exceptionally challenging given what the federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. as the new administration stands up, the policies are shaped and it's important to recall many of the programs discussed are implemented at the state and local level educating children, building the road, the provision of t

welcome to the 2017 state of the state. theexecutive charter of national governors association and i have a couple of things to mention if i will introduce our distinguished panel which we are thrilled to hear from. the first thing is i want to introduce our new logo. really excited about it here on the podium. give the thing i wanted to tell folks about because it is really critical to know, right after the election, we have been in a multitier time of partisanship. polled 1000 american voters . frank is here for anybody who would like to talk to him. he fell significantly in an era ofhings distrust of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues americans still -- trust governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their state future than the country. of four voterst said that their state is doing a better job delivering results than the federal government. these are pretty significant findings and certainly more dramatic than

states do misbehave. they misbehave so greatly that eventually there is a civil war precipitated by state misbehavior and in the aftermath of that another amendment is adopted it does actually say in the second sentence no state shall, what it says is no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the united states. things like conscience, free exercise of religion, freedom of expression, jury trial, etc. etc.. things in the bill of rights, fundamental rights that henceforth no state shall abridge. the prototype of that 14th amendment is madison's original amendment which interestingly enough was 14th on the list of amendments the past the first house of representatives. >> you heard what akhil red amar said, the original bill of rights only binds congressman madison got there are certain right so important because god or nature or not government, states should be prohibited from infringing those as well. >> not sure jerry's come god or nature, they are man-made

, blue states, or purple states. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to claim time in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, on the floor of this house in 2011, the president of the united states promised the american people that, and i quote, to reduce barriers to growth and investment, when we find rules that put an unnecessary burden on businesses, we will fix them, end quote. but mr. speaker, those were just president obama's words. his actions were starkly different. throughout the entire eight years of the obama administration, a flood of new major regulations has been burying america's job creators and haas holds at record levels and to make matters worse, when congress declined to legislate the president's misgu

with the united states. for example, the bank of china, which you would normally think of, i think, as a state-owned enterprise, is actually owned by the chinese sovereign investment fund. because of that, it does not qualify as a sovereign immunity under the fsia. so you're talking about a relatively restricted strata of companies. in the first instance in my experience, in the chinese drywall litigation in louisiana, the federal court there, we successfully asserted sovereign immunity for the senior-most entity. that was the one directly owned by the prc. but there are 11 or 12 remaining subsidiary defendants that are still actively litigating the litigation. no plaintiff will go uncompensated because of sovereign immunity. and not surprisingly, chinese entities tend to do business on a multinational business much the way american corporations do for tax reasons through subsidiary structures. and i think you'll see in most or few reported cases involving chinese enterprises, they are operating in a multiti

states. it's also going to be good for mexico. we want to have a very stable, very solid mexico. >> when does construction begin? >> as soon as we can. as soon as we can physically do it. we're -- >> in months? >> i would say in months, yeah. i would say in months. certainly planning is starting immediately. >> later this hour, the president signs another executive action. this time green lighting that wall along the border with mexico. he also plans to sign an order to end so-called sanctuary cities where local officials around the united states refuse to hand over undocumented immigrants. another issue that is sure to come up during today's briefing, the president's -- their refusal to back down from false claims of massive voter fraud during the 2016 election here in the united states. today the president tweeted this. i will be asking for a major investigation into voter fraud, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal, and even those registered to vote who a

. >> in his annual state of the state address, the economy, homelessness and drug addiction. from the state capital this is half an hour. [applause] >> members of the legislature, justices of the utah supreme court, my wife, jeanette, lieutenant governor mrs. cox, constitutional officers and my fellow utahans. it is an honor to address you in this historic state capital which serves as a symbol of our collective dreams and aspirations. three weeks ago at our state inauguration had the privilege of hearing the mormon tabernacle choir. i am pleased to report to you in spite of their decision to sing at my inauguration not one choir member has resigned. [applause] >> remember the choir performed climb every mountain. as they sank i reflected on all the mountains we must climb and conquer in our personal lives as a people and as a state. utah was climbing out of the great recession, recognized so many challenges required a robust economy. we made economic recovery our primary objective. our climb has been arduous but the height that utah's economy occupies is remarkable. i truly

it's a state of caution and potential optimistic, but a caution optimistic state.exas, as i indicated, were in the middle of extension periods for 1115 waver renewal. it is a large program as i indicated in the state. and you're starting to see a lot of discussion around the state of some elements of the healthy indiana plan that matt referred to that may serve as a potential model for what texas might look to in terms of trying to reform its medicaid program. so i wanted to just take a few minutes to highlight that plan, assuming you may not be familiar with that plan. but i would reference the bottom of this slide. i would reference a report that was put out in july that was an analysis of the healthy indiana plan after its first year of operation. as matt said, it is the most aggressive type of 1115 waver in terms of its expectations of how the beneficiaries behave and how they're held accountable on that, but we think it does provide some potential clues as to what a future 1115 waver may look like in texas and some of the elements that we think may line up wel

are.ed states after the civil war the is the is.ted states but thing united states. most people don't think about of , the technical meaning that. it is separate states. not, , of course, but until the civil war not really united. states eventually came together in a loose union that called the articles of confederate raugs. keep in -- confederate ration. that is not an early version of the constitution. a y are a league, a treaty, treaty of these states coming together like the e.u. parallel in losest modern times for what they were doing. what the fies i think articles much been thinking about them as an early version the constitution. they were not ratified for various reasons. bringing, not happy with there treaty and they were of ratified until march 1781, which is only six months before the battle of yorktown in october of 1781, of course that will,on ended the british destroyed the british will to it revolution and was the effective ending of the war. constitutions that were drafted by the 13 were terribly important. in some sense far more important federal co

the president of the united states used to be the most powerful head of state in the world. if the president of the united states privately, through diplomatic channels threatened to cancel a meeting with another head of state, simply based on the agenda for discussion, than the other head of state would almost certainly discuss the item that the president of the united states wants to discuss. it wouldn't mean the foreign president would have to agree to it, just discuss it. a couple of hours after the trump tweet this morning the president of mexico tweeted this "this morning we have informed the white house that i will not attend the meeting scheduled for next tuesday with the president of the united states." so the greater negotiator in the world lost in his negotiation with the president of mexico before even having their first meeting. that is the single worst negotiation outcome any president of the united states has ever had with any foreign leader willing to talk to the president of the united states. notice, that the president of mexico, in protocol terms certainly

but we wanted to know what the secretary of state, our future secretary of state felt passionate on these issues. and i'm going to agree with senator shaheen. it is very likely that mr. tillerson will be confirmed to be secretary of state, with the vote in this committee. i think most of us can do our counting and we expect that he will be confirmed. and i can assure you, mr. chairman, this committee will play an important role, and every member of this committee will play an important role, and we want him to succeed as secretary of state, and we want him to promote the values. i was listening very carefully to senator rubio's comments, and i share so much of his passion on the human rights issues. so it's going to be important that we all work together to make this country continue to be the leader on these issues. and we will do everything we can to make sure that we have a successful administration and a successful secretary of state on these issues. and we will work with him. but i think it's our responsibility to point out not only to our constituents, but to the american people tha

it is critical that states continue to build -- >> today, to the state of the state budgeting in the trunk area session. i am mark, the incoming director of the urban brookings tax policy center. we will be replacing lynn berman next week, but the ever efficient tax policy center is already putting me to work. first thing i would like to do today and acknowledge your

she is former deputy assistant secretary of state. volunteer for the clinton campaign and during the campaign she and other former career ambassadors signed an open letter expressing their concerns about the trump presidency and its foreign policy. appreciate you being here on a friday night. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. if i may, i appreciated your lead in and the reference to kennedy. we are no relation but like pat i served four years for the state department. the administration, we are dedicated professionals. we are there to serve the american public at home and overseas. i was concerned to hear that the new administration had, as you indicated, summarily dismissed a number of senior career officials before the new secretary of state has been confirmed. of course any new administration has the right and does bring in their new team. that is understood, accepted. but these are nonpartisan, career officials that although i'm sure they are delighted to go and retire, maybe play golf, 16 hour days year after y

walk me through that process a little bit. >> well it is still a state by state system. there are some programs vanl through foundations and others who tried to help us share across state lines, but elections are very local in this country. mostly done at the county level. and they have responsible for checking out to make sure people actually live in that jurisdiction -- but there is no way to entirely cross check the entire national record across the country. there are lots of people registered in more than one state. usually that's handled on election day or just before election day before people reregister. they are asked if they are registered in another state and that's how that's handled. >> secretary of state reagan, i remember candidate donald trump brought up. he was not a big fan of vote by mail. your state is one that does a lot of early voting, a lot of vote by mail. >> we certainly do. >> walk me through that process. how do you prevent -- how is your system secure so that, you know, joe smith votes, you know, october 30th, and -- >> that's really joe smith

but if a state in a state capital wants to reinstitute taxes and penalties upon the people and its state upon the businesses in that state, god bless them. i think it's a mistake, but they should have their choice. in fact, they have that choice now. all we are saying is you can exercise the right which you currently possess. the states would choose in 2018. they would implement their choice in 2019. and by 2020, obamacare would be repealed and replaced. and that is our goal. repeal and replace. while achieving president trump's goals of insuring all, taking care of those with preexisting conditions without mandates and at a lower cost. now, by the way, let's talk a little bit about the federalism. we have always thought the tenth amendment which grants the states everyone responsibility responsibility -- every responsibility not delegated to the federal government is an important consideration. and that's what we are embracing here. allow the state to choose. there are some states in which the affordable care act, i am told, is working well. the folks in california and new york, they sw

but we wanted to know what the secretary of state, our future secretary of state is on these issues.will agree with senator shaheen. it is very likely that mr. tillerson will be confirmed to be secretary of state with the vote on this committee. most of us can do are counting, and we expect be confirmed. i can assure you, mr. chairman, this committee will play an , and the one him to succeed as secretary of state. we want him to promote the values -- i was listening carefully to sen. rubio:'s comments -- i was carefully listening to senator rubio's comments. i agreed with many of them. we will do everything we can to make sure we have a successful administration and a successful secretary of state on these issues, and we will work on them , but it is our responsibility to point out, not only to our constituents, but to the american people, that there was disappointment in the manner mr. tillerson responded to the questions. although they may have been consistent with president trump. that was not our issue. it was not our issue to be a proxy for president trump. not at all. i intend

states. i am able to do that because we have that special relationship. a special relationship that he would never have with the united states. >> prime minister's questions is live in london. every wednesday morning on c-span2 at 7:00 a.m. eastern. and you can see it again sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >>> the senate environment and public works committee last week held a confirmation hearing for the nominee to head the environmental protection agency. that nominee, oklahoma attorney general, scott pruitt, said he believes climate change is caused by humans, but he's unsure to what extent. up next, the first two and a half hours of the confirmation hearing. >> we begin by welcoming our knock knee, his wife, to a very important hearing. this past sunday morning i rose for dawn and went for a long run through a northern part of delaware. i reached the park at sunrise just as the sun was coming up and the sky was turning a brilliant blue. the weather was crisp and blue. in a word, it

god bless the united states and god save the united states. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair lays before the house the following communications. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally, pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives, that we have been served with a subpoena for documents issued by the district court for the district of benisec versus malone. we have determined that compliance with the subpoena will be consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed, sincerely, elijah cummings, member of congress. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives, that i have been served with a witness subpoena for documents issued by he district of maryland in benicek vs. malone. i have determined that compliance with the subpoena will be consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed, sincerely, steny hoyer. the

wilson, secretary of defense, george humphrey, treasury of the united states, the new secretary of state dulles. arthur summerfield, postmaster general, and herbert brownell, new attorney general. douglas mckay, secretary of the interior. sinclair weeks to head the commerce department, and ezra taft benson, the secretary of agriculture. ♪ narrator: then there was harold stassen, director of the new mutual security agency. ♪ narrator: mrs. oveta culp hobby, after her appointment as administrator of federal security, became the 10th cabinet member, and sherman adams, special assistant to president. ike acknowledged the waves of all, happy to see this group of important notables approaching the white house. the inaugural parade with all its colors, bands and marchers has become as marked a part of the ceremony as the oath taking itself, perhaps more so as far as the public is concerned. since the first inaugural in 1801, there have been parade, but at the start, they were largely local and unorganized affairs. the signal for going all out seems to depend on the change of the party in power.

the state department should take notice of the am it is brought by the the state department should should insist the indian dpft refer we appreciate combror dprm the administration does nothing more than helping upon >> i upon to duszing itin know secretary rise is concerned about this. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. tillerson, in your capacity of ceo of exxon mobile, you praised the paris agreement noting that addressing climate change requires broad base practical solutions around the world. do you personally believe that the overall national interest of the united states are better served by staying in the paris agreement and if so why, and if not, why not? >> i indicated having a seat at the table to address this issue on a global basis. it is important, i think it is 190 countries or there abouts have signed on to begin to take action. we are better served at being in the table than leaving the table. >> you understand that it is a generation or more that it itself takeeb be to get all of the countries to sign an agreement and move forward with targets and it would be uncurrent to m

it is critical that states continue to build -- >> today, to the state of the state budgeting in the trunk area session. i am mark, the incoming director of the urban brookings tax policy center. we will be replacing lynn berman next week, but the ever efficient tax policy center is already putting me to work. first thing i would like to do today and acknowledge your online audience who are with us. i really encourage all of you to share your thoughts and observations using #life at urban. we encourage you to ask questions by e-mailing event at urban.org. we will make a point to use these questions in the q&a portion of the program. i'm excited to join the tax policy center and i thank you for important issues surrounding our state's fiscal futures. the panel would examine obstacles and opportunities, governors and legislatures will face in the decision as they passed a budget. the budget this year of the budget process this year appears to be ex-optionally challenging. but federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. as the new administration fans at the new policies are

oil company that is state run. all of the biggest oil companies are earth are state-run companies. all of them. except for one. the biggest non-government owned oil company in the world, the biggest oil company on earth that's not part of one country's government -- well, today their ceo took a giant step toward becoming the secretary of state of our government in the united states. maybe. probably. but maybe. and here's one thing i think it's worth appreciating about why this is happening. exxonmobil is based in texas but obviously and famously they drill for oil all around the world. "wall street journal" did a very useful profile on exxon a couple days ago that laid this out really nicely. it laid out exxon's global reach, where they are already invested, where they have spent exxon money in the hopes those investments will pay off because they'll be able to get oil out of the ground in those countries. and exxon's interests span the globe. so, for example, papua, new guinea, which is like as far away from here as you can get, right? papua new guinea, a very remote country, very

clay wins five states, jackson takes the bulk of the states. you will notice, that south carolina refuses to vote for jackson in the middle of that nullification crisis. victory for the jacksonians. this cartoon, 1833, pretty interesting. a little back story, and -- in graduate school i took a digital history course. we had to take an old photograph or old black-and-white cartoon and use photoshop to color it in. i have never used photoshop, so i taught myself, about this party was interesting and in bad shape. i took this cartoon and did that. not bad for a beginner, right? look at the imagery in this cartoon. pretty incredible. standing behind jackson, the common man, enthusiastically patting him on the back. the bankers, financiers, running away in fear. the newspapers, the press, all spread out on the ground. they been defeated. look at the demon face and look at the falling columns. for those familiar with the gospels, there was one time that jesus became violent. when was that? when jesus pulled out his whip and drove out the money change

so working on issues i dealt with in congress of the united states and by state legislatures, i think a good employment of prisoner shael think thing. i do not favor personally this kind of work and i think it should be more productive work and to help the individual with a discipline that they could go on with private life after they leave prison. after the supreme court ruling, i think it is crystal clear what law is. and that was disapproved and th disallowed and found to be unconstitutional and i would absolutely follow that as attorney general. >> in your view, did it take a ruling by the u.s. supreme court to clarify that this constitute editor tour? that it was not just bad corrections and substantively torture of prisoners?tour? that it was not just bad corrections and substantively torture of prisoners? >> senator, i don't recall ever personally being engaged in the studying of constitutional issues at stake. it is perfectly legitimate for prisoners to work but they should be on descent conditions and i think it should be the kind of work that is productive and can actually l

or the red states or the purple states. i think there is a progressive populism. they're seeing an ascendance of populism, obviously with donald trump but around the world and in europe elections loom large in france, the netherlands and even in germany. so i think how do we rebuild it? i write a weekly column for "the washington post."com. and i wrote a column on the eve of the election, a progressive's response to trumpism. and i do think that progressives have to respond to he anger of working people brown, white, all people, working people, against an establishment which has not listened to working people for some close to 40 years. we've seen an epic fail of the elites in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. and without speaking to what a more progressive trade agenda is, without speaking to what the nature of work will be, the dignity of work, without speaking to patriotism and nationalism, which should not be ceded to a right-wing, these are issues that we must grapple with. and that is the work of progress

to the state as well. i expect he'll do some legislation. >> thank you very much. >> any other questions? >> i'll note there is no public comment for this item. >> okay. we'll move on to the next item, please. >> item 4 is general public comment and i have not received any requests. so we can move on to item 5, report back from the community and public health committee. >> the community and public health committee heard two reports today, one the update on the mental health services act. every year there is an annual update submitted to the state and every three years, which is this coming up year next there will be a 3-year plan revision that will be updated. and the mental health services act was enacted in 2005 and maybe our commissioners remember that it taxed 1% of personal income tax of individuals over $1 million, and california has more millionaires than we thought. so this is actually very large fund for mental health services in the state. it has five areas, community supports and services, innov

state after state, even states such as south dakota. [laughter] got rid of their venerable laws. leaving behind the solitary proprietorship, 17 states. that is all there were. it was 24-24 when the lemmings -- lovings got married. that is down to 17 when the case -- by the time the court ruled in loving. maryland, let's think about this. maryland repealed its law. this is a law that dated back to the 17th century. maryland had initiated the regime. maryland had put it out there that if a white woman marries a black man, and, by definition at that point, the black man was going to be a slave, at that point. in that place. she will immediately become a slave and her children will be slaves. that law was enforced for a very long time. maryland, that had led the charge even before virginia, in 1691, even before, decades before. maryland repealed it. what has happened to maryland? there's the city of baltimore, the voting rights act of 1955, legislative report and because the court had ruled on yet another issue of great importance in the early 1960's. this combination made it possibl

to the state as well. i expect he'll do some legislation. >> thank you very much. >> any other questions? >> i'll note there is no public comment for this item. >> okay. we'll move on to the next item, please. >> item 4 is general public comment and i have not received any requests. so we can move on to item 5, report back from the community and public health committee. >> the community and public health committee heard two reports today, one the update on the mental health services act. every year there is an annual update submitted to the state and every three years, which is this coming up year next there will be a 3-year plan revision that will be updated. and the mental health services act was enacted in 2005 and maybe our commissioners remember that it taxed 1% of personal income tax of individuals over $1 million, and california has more millionaires than we thought. so this is actually very large fund for mental health services in the state. it has five areas, community supports and services, innov

are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. >> the gentleman from ohio, mr. joyce. >> for shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law in order to deany any person the equal protection of the laws. section 2, representatives shall be apportioned to several states according to respective numbers excludeing indians not taxed. >> the gentleman from florida, mr. soto. >> but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice president of the united states representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state or the members of legislature there of is deany ni -- denied and citizens of the united states or in any way abridged or other crime the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion of which such male citizens should bare to the whole number of male citizens, 21 years of age in such state. >> the gentleman from pennsylva

states? do you want this to be worse or does russia desire a different relationship? we're not likely to ever be friends. i think as others have noted, our value systems are starkly different. we do not hold the same values. but i also know the are russian people because i have spent so many years in russia. there is scope to define a different relationship that can bring down the temperature around the conflicts that we have today, and i think that as secretary gates alluded to and as secretary nun allowed to in the opening remarks, that dialogue is critical so that these things do not spin out of control. we need to move russia from being an adversary to partner and in other issues, a adversary, and not unlike the comments on china. at times china is friendly, ad at times china is an adversary. but with russia, engagement is necessary in order to define what is that relationship going to be, and then we will know how to chart our own plan of action to respond to that. >> in my mind, looking

welcome to the 2017 state of the states. i am scott patterson, director of the national governors association. have a few things to mention and then i will introduce our distinguished panel. the first thing, i want to introduce our new logo. we are very excited about it. the other thing i want to tell folks about, because i think it is critical to know, right after the election and as everybody knows we have been in a fairly multi-year period partisanship. the governors association went out and hold 1000 american voters. we used frank months of months ofbal partners -- muntz muntz global partners. we found some interesting things in this poll. distrust of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues, americans trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their state's future than the country. nearly three out of four voters said that their state is doing a better job at delivering results than the federal govern

now having recently turned 32, i have spoken in more than have of the states in the united states of america. and i know there aren't 57. i've appeared on almost every single major radio and television program in the country. i've spoken in five different nations. i'm a regular on fox news. and worldwide i'm recognized at an authority on american exceptionalism. in fact, ladies and gentlemen, i have decided to dedicate my life to protecting, promoting, and preserving the united states of america. [applause] if all of that weren't enough, on the 29th of july of 20156, mere five months ago. after four and a half long, torturous, arduous years and almost $50,000 later, i finally immigrated to the united states of america. i am an american! [cheering] which gives me a very unique trifecta. i am stall australian by birth, texan by appointment -- thank you, governor rick perry -- and american by choice. [applause] so, what is it that i believe in? i believe in god, personal responsibility, the sanctity of human life, that idea that welfare should be a community and church responsibility it

welcome today to the state of the state budgeting and the trump era session. i'm mark mazur, incoming director of the urban-brookings tax policy center. i will be replacing len berman next week, but the ever efficient tax policy center is already putting me to work. first thing i'd like to do today is acknowledge our online audience who are with us. i encourage all yo all of you te your thoughts and observations using #liveaturban. we ask you to e-mail events at urban.org. we will make a point to use these questions in the q&a portion of the program. i'm excited to be joining the tax policy center, and i thank you all for joining us today to grapple with important issues surround our states fiscal futures. the panel will examine obstacles and opportunities governors and legislatures will face, and the decisions as they pass new budgets. that budget this year or budget process this year appears to be exceptionally challenging, given the uncertainty about what federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. as the new administration stands up, and new po

we try very hard to nest these efforts of the state department. that's why we set up a global engagement center so at least there was a state lead on these issues, because again i think there can be a budgetary poll toward why don't we just put this in i see or dod because they have lots of money to do this stuff. frankly they're doing a lot of other things and this gets to the policy question. it should be the people communicating it and giving the guidance. lastly, there just has to be a regular coordinating mechanism. i can't tell you how many times i felt like i was the only person in the government who knew, not that i wanted to to be, but just because it does come to the department and i think the state department has to be empowered by being more included in everything that has to do with messaging. they need to know what's been communicated in a country and what the platforms are in that country and how that interacts with their country. my bias in all of these things is towards the state department being in the loop. >> let me address tha

states air force honor guard.ted the air force at official ceremonies around the nation since 1948. following them is the united states air force color guard, proudly carrying the colors of the nation for the united states air force are members of the united states air force honor guard, established in 1948, the honor guard performs in a variety of ceremonies including promotion, retirement, military funerals, and stage funerals, including president reagan. >> now marching on behalf of the united states air national guard, members of the district of columbia air national guard, the capital guardians have supported every presidential inauguration since 1861, the inauguration of president lincoln. >> following them is the united states air force reserve, representing nearly 70,000 air force airmen, the 459th air refueling wing located in maryland. >> throughout its history cannot be sorted out has maintained a tradition of duty, pride, and excellence as part of the cadet experience. please welcome from charleston, s

state of georgia.alked to them and the mayor of the city where they settled who says refugees are the economic backbone of his community. >> you're one of the best students, huh? >> yes. >> reporter: looking at all her awards it's amazing to think that she has only in been in the u.s. for a year. >> why are you such a good girl? >> i don't know. >> reporter: in fact, it's only been a few months since she learned english but she's already making america better. >> i am a syrian refugee and thank you for welcoming us to our new home in america. >> that's her reciting this letter that she recently read at a nearby church. an estimated half of those in attendance were donald trump supporters. why does that matter? she and her family are refugees. under president trump's newly proposed immigration plan families like hers wouldn't be able to come to the u.s. or as she says, they wouldn't be able to make america better. >> i want to help all of those in the world and i want to make america better. >> reporter

fog them closely w united states army field band from our nation's capitol, united states army steelsadors of the army. the band was found in the 1946 with a mission to take the story of the army and its soldiers to the grass root of america. >> hearing the official -- more than 1 million people, they are the military's most traveled band. (music playing). >> i am keeping my eye right now on the reviewing stand and i am watching barron trump. his eyes lit up. he's tapping on his father's arm, dad, lockdown they come. he was moving his arms like he was marching with them. so it is truly, through the eyes after child. >> so, you know, parades, i don't know if anyone ends joyce a parade more than a child does. i remember the first few times i ever saw a parade. i remember seeing the thanksgiving parade in new york. and it is just bewildering, amazing to see. >> well -- >> certainly the pom and circumstance of this one, got to leave him floored. >> and to be watching the parade as the son of the president is even more exciting. so commander in chief right now is saluting as first group p

the immigration policy of the united states is a matter of the government and the united states but on the face of it in has consequences for some british citizens. i spoke yesterday to the u.s. administration into the home secretary kelly the secretary of homeland's security. i am able to provide the following clarification. the general principle is that all british passport holders are welcome to travel to the u.s. phone negative to the united states we have received assurances from the u.s. embassy the second importer will make a difference to any british passport holder respective of their country above or whether they hold another passport. in any case the executive order is a temporary measure of 90 days for security precautions. of course, this is highly controversial policy that has caused unease and i repeat this is an approach that this government would not take. but let me conclude by reminding that house of this country's alliance with the united states of the defense and intelligence which i am sure they appreciate and understand. >> here here. >> we work together more clo

we are the united states of america. we haven't been perfect, but there has been a striving and a yearning in every generation to be more so. i am a product of people, black and white, christian and jewish and muslim, who even though issues didn't affect them directly, they knew that in justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. and they marched and they fought. they sat in. they got on buses for freedom rides knowing they would be bombed. they tried to cross bridges standing up against law enforcement, state troopers, governors who dared them to try to pass them. they were implacable walls of racism and hatred, but they stood anyway and they bled the southern soil red for my freedom, for our nation, for this nation's freedom. i worked all my career for the safety of communities. yes, we must make sure our nation is safe, but don't let fear and concerns for safety make us ever turn our back on our values as a nation. when we are threatened by our enemies, it is not a time to surrender our values. it is time to d