it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] >> last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. she and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. she brought together a group of for spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this work and she went to washington to get the federal government more involved in syria. i want to thank you for your leadership, jeanette, leadership that will change the lives of children, adults and families across wisconsin. [ applause ] >> next to my wife is major general donald dunbar who is the adjutant general of the 10,000 strong men and women of the wisconsin national guard. thank you for your service, general. [ ap

. >> wisconsin governor scott walker delivers his eighth state of the state address before the joint session of the wisconsin legislature at the capitol in madison. he injures his a new $100 per child tax -- he introduces his new $100 per child tax credit. he introduces healthcare coverage for those with pre- existing condition. this is just over an hour. >> [ applause ]>> members of the cabinet and legislature, distinguished guests and most them rightly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] >> last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. she and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. she brought together a group of

the united states. why was that change made? well, some say it was merely a stylistic change because the framers didn't know which of the 13 states would actually ratify so they hedged their bets by keeping it more concise plus that was shorter and others disagree and say the change to we, the people of the united states, was the tangible expression of james wilson's belief that we the people of the united states as a whole are sovereign, not we the people of the individual states. there are another series of really important changes, congressional power is altered. congress has the power to declare rather than make war. the presidential term is finally four years and they eliminated the term limits of the seven-year term, plus it's election by the electoral college and that was the compromise wilson wasn't able to get popular election which was what he wanted so the electoral college was considered, a group of wise delegates who because they would actually know the best candidates would be able to exer

. >>> next, maine governor paul lepage gives his final state of the state address, where he told state lawmakers he would not implement a voter-approved measure to expand medicaid without a way to pay for it. he also talked about jobs, the local economy, and energy policy among other topics. from augusta, this is an hour and a half. >> thank you so much. members of the 128th legislature, distinguished guests, my fellow citizens, i want to briefly remember paul mitchell, brother of senator mitchell who passed away this weekend. he was a dedicated public servant and a good friend. as i begin the last state of the state address of my time as governor of the great state of maine, let me be first to thank my wife. honey, please stand. [ applause ] first of all, she looks gorgeous. [ applause ] she has been unwavering as a representative from the governor to the people of the state of maine, and she's done it with grace, with dignity, and she's never said no that i can recall. she's just unbelievable. and in case i forget, happy valentine's day. [ applause ] i also want to thank our children

i told you we're bringing this lawsuit, to red states, to blue states and the red states turn out tobe southern states and it turns out that in addition to the constitutional claims there's a voting rights claim because there is good evidence in the southern states that they must [inaudible] the winner take all system to exclude blackened minorities from influence of the personal election system. i'm almost constitutional lawyers look at the winner take all challenge and they say i don't see how that will work but i think they are wrong. the voting rights act claim is really solid and what i think will happen once this is out on the table is that the republican party will look at this and say holy crap, what if you lose winner take all in the south and the democrats get to keep it in the north then you can't possibly win and then the motivation towards what i agree with you is the sensible republican position which is let's try to win more votes because we have to probably have more voice if you talk to most voters about what they think. will be in a more salient position but let me

united states.mplified through partnerships in the space industry, for example. the world saw neil armstrong walk on the moon courtesy of the ineysuckle tracking center the city. those first images were beamed around the world from our city, reflecting a strong space industry and partnerships with nasa. wi-fi technology was developed in australia. by thedeveloped commonwealth scientific and industrial resource organization. it is home to five universities. -- we are australia's education capital. we are a small city of 420,000 people. advantage, andat my role as both governor and ther of the city, to be most innovative government in australia, to be able to quickly implement new public policy, and we have done so through many different programs and projects, including infrastructure investment, partnerships, financing, land value capture, all the best examples of public policy that we have heard around the table today. -- it canimplement it be implemented and we seek to lead our nation to the good i

without that state's consent. that's unamendable provision of the constitution. law students love having late night dorm debates about whether or not an unamendable constitutional provision is itself a violation of the people's natural right to alter and abolish government and an amendment provision whenever they want. save that for another wonk session. now let's wonk out and inspire patriotically by returning to the text and seeing the final tweaks in the very last draft of u.s. constitution. so here's the very final draft of the u.s. constitution and a couple crucial changes made at the last minute. we've already talked about some of them. here is one we haven't talked about yet, representation in congress. originally the text says there there can be no more than one representative for every 40,000 people in the house all know, of cour course, there's less. before signing george washington wanted a motion that the number be changed to 30,000. that was the only time during the convention that he voiced his opini

if you look at the states, they are essentially blue states. there has been interesting activity in red states. the question i would really like to draw out is what is the state --play to get to two said 270. >> from my perspective it is three yards and a cloud of dust. this happens one stay at a time and one legislator at a time. it happened of everyone of those states in a bipartisan nonpartisan fashion. i think it is also important to point out that in a lead up to the 2016 election, we have also passed one chamber or another in 12 additional states with 96 electoral votes. thinks that is easy, welcome to my shoes after this session. in the lead up to the election, we had 154 republican sponsors on this bill and 163 democrat sponsors on the spell in the states that it was introduced. this is a reform that supports newt gingrich and howard dean. if anybody knows anything about those two guys, they do not get together on politics very much. they do believe that the national popular vote interstate compact is the way to go. while the condition

we are a state, but we are not recognized yet as a state. affirm respect for international law and relevant solutions. all of these resolutions must be respected, including security council resolution. the preservation of the principal, the state of with jerusalem as its capital, living side-by-side with the state of israel in and reductionrity of partial solutions. let's be clear here. let's be serious. for acceptance with the agreement between the two parties. capital oflem as the palestine. ensuring the security without undermining the independence and sovereignty of either. is key.nty preserved by occupation. or by violence. we are ready to find solutions. to protect the borders, six agreed solutions for the palestine refugees on the basis of resolution 194, in accordance with the peace initiative. a continuation of the international commitment and report. -- support. . million refugees who will take care of them? if you stop your assistance to these 6 million refugees, who are educated. , itou stop your assistance is either that or you

>> guest: the lines between the states or between the states and the federal government? >> host: did they lose some of their identity in the process? >> guest: i don't think he causes the individual states to lose their identity i don't think that is one of the consequences of that. i don't see where that would be part of what follows. >> we are talking about the time in history where most people thought of the state as the country as the primary source of personal identity and one thing they worried about is something that they viewed as a forerunner that is the arm of the federal government reaching into the state so i don't think at this point it risked the life impact between this time it was a plural noun not singular and people started referring to it even grammatically singular. the case was watched internationally with people wondering how this young nation would establish itself and with a look into the case. >> it was another part of the whole thing because a lot of it was held by citizens of other nations and there was a sense that the bank was also a tool of

of alabama. [ applause ] i've been called on to report of the state of the state.hen i became governor on april the 10th, our ship of state government was adrift. we needed thoughtful and straightforward leadership. over the past nine months, we have proven that alabamians see progress, not stagnation. mr. president, mr. speaker, it is my pleasure to report that we have successfully steadied the ship of state and that -- [ applause ] i declare that the state of the state is strong and that our future is as bright as the sun over the gulf. [ applause ] tonight let's take a brief journey to consider where we are, where we've been, and where we're going. most governors have three months to prepare. i had three hours. yet after being sworn in as governor on april the 10th, 2017, in the old senate chamber, just across the all from where we're gathered tonight, i promised the people of alabama there would be no disruption in the ongoing functions of our state government. that's a promise kept. i promised the people that night that even though challenges lay ahead, we wou

of the state address. gov. hogan: mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests and fellow marylanders, three years ago when i first had the honor of standing before this assembly to report on the state of our state, maryland was at a critical turning point. our state economy was floundering and lagging behind the rest of the nation. maryland was losing businesses, jobs and taxpayers at an alarming rate. too many of our families and small businesses were struggling just to make ends meet. the people of maryland had become frustrated with politics as usual. our state was at a crossroads and we we faced a pivotal choice between continuing in the same direction or putting maryland on a new and better path, and all of us had to make a choice between serving a political party or serving the people of maryland. one only needs look to washington to see the destruction that is caused when hyper-partisanship and inflammatory rhetoric through and he wrote it our our faith in the i

united states. once again let's check out the text because it's so exciting to compare the evolution of the preamble so we'll go back to this great interactive you can check it out online at constitutioncenter.org/treasures and here this is the manuscript of the committee of detailed repo report. look, there's the original preamble. we the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island and providence plantations, connecticut, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, virginia, north carolina, south carolina, and georgia do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity. it doesn't have all that inspiring language about establish justice, provide for the common defense and so forth. it just says ordain declare and establish the constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity. now let's see what else this next draft says, the style of the government, the name shall be the united states of ameri

. >>> next alaska governor bill walker's state of the state address. he highlighted efforts to boost the state's revenue and employment through oil and natural gas development and increasing mining and timber production. also, education and health care. >> president kelly, speaker edgman, members of the legislate legislature, members of the cabinet and my fellow alaskans, good evening. thank you for this opportunity to address the second regular session of the 30th legislature and speak directly to the people of alaska. lieutenant governor, over the last three years you have been so much more than a lieutenant governor. you have been a friend, a brother, a shoulder to the wheel. your fierce devotion to the state where we were both born inspires me every day. to my first lady of 40 years, donna, and to byron's first lady of 45 years, toni, thank you both for all you do of the people of alaska. byron and i could not do our jobs without you. [ applause ] i also want to acknowledge our daughter, tessa, son-in-law dennis, as well as joey mallott and all the

russian state but it's not. developmental competency that the russian state the kremlin may cheer upon without actually the kremlin for asking the kremlin first absolutely and to believe that mr putin. controls. with what is happening in russia or. our society is much much much worse organized and i think. putting it on competency when it comes to social media is rather questionable it is well known that he's not using smartphones so he's knowledge of. tool of communication. maybe he's in charge so maybe he is the one who should be indicted after all now if you look at some of the output of the troll sweatshop it uses magical language what they would call rather than american english i think shows very poor knowledge of the american domestic politics brush style to it all you know it looks very amateur at the level of a high school newspaper at bath and yet a lot of very well placed in very well educated people in the united states take it as nothing. either a declaration or an act of waging war on the united st

it's also a border state. when laura alvarred ao was years old her -- alvarado was 8 years old her family broughter to illinois. she was an excellent student and involved in many extra curricular and volunteer activity. she was a member of the national honor society. the national honor society. the resounding theme of all of this, a member of the national honor society. she played soccer, tennis and basketball and was a member of the student government. the school newspaper, the chess club and yearbook club. laura went to northwestern -- excuse me -- northern illinois university. in college she worked two jobs to pay for her college tuition. keep in mind she's ineligible for federal financial assistance because of her immigration status. in 2016 laura graduated with honors with a major in justice studies. but then she was stuck. laura wanted to become a lawyer but was unable to pursue this dream, mr. speaker, because she was undocumented. six years -- long years later in 2012, president obama established daca

the red states turn out to be in the southern states. it turns out in addition to the constitutional claims there's a voting rights claim because there's good evidence in the southern states that they mucked about with the winner take all system in order to exclude blacks and minorities from influence over the presidential election system. now, i know most constitutional lawyers look at the winner take all challenge over the one person one vote and say i don't see how that's going to work. i think they're wrong, but okay. the voting acts right kplam cla really solid and i think what will happen once this is out on the table is the republican party will look at this and say holy crap, what if we lose winner take all in the south and the democrats get to keep it in the north? then we can't possibly win. and then the motivation towards what i agree with you is the sensible republican position, which is let's just try to win more votes because we actually probably do have more votes if you talk to most voters about what they think. we'll be

though it is a swing state. the electoral targets that include open governor seat, state senate as well as state house. i also believe there can be an opportunity to support a citizen movement to put a ballot initiative on the ballot with regard to how redistricting should be done. georgia is another example where democrats have the potential to make gains that could protect against partisan gerrymandering.our electoral work it will focus on the open governors seat and state senate. the national redistricting foundation, we have active litigation there that is challenging the midcycle. the midcycle redistricting that was done by the statehouse in 2015. arizona is an example of a state on the watchlist. they currently have a nonpartisan commission. i would point out arizona and california as good examples of places that have nonpartisan commissions.republicans in the state legislature they have put forward potential changes that can weaken the process that is in place and make it more political. wisconsin is also

bad blood between iran and the united states is one of the reasons why the united states wants to keep a footprint there it really is quite amazingly doing the bidding of riyadh in tel aviv all the time because there is now absolutely no strategic interest of the united states or the anyone in the european union about syria and i think that. it's always misguided the more they listen to riyadh in detail of the the opposite happens iran's influence continues to expand when are they going to learn go ahead in a year that's true iran has in some ways benefited from the disasters wreaked on the middle east by the us in the last few decades but i would completely disagree that europe and the us have no interest in containing iran or destroying syria the us certainly does and the west in general and especially britain and the usa do are very concerned as i said drive the outset to destroy any independent or potentially independent force in the global south of. israel and saudi arabia the. bulldogs if you like of western power in the middle east the watchdogs keeping that area basically under

is is for the two-state solution or one-state solution? and then in a dangerous, unprecedented manner, this administration, under unlawful decision to remove the issue of jerusalem off the table. without any reason. it decided to recognize the city of israel's capitol and to transfer its embassy to the city, to jerusalem. it did so ignore that east jerusalem is part of the palestinian territory and is occupied since 1967, and it is our capitol, which we wish to be -- open to all faithful or all the faithful othe three religions. especially islam, christianity, and judaism. it is also strange that the united states still lists the palestine liberation organization on its terror list, and it imposes restrictions on the work of our mission in washington, under the pretext of congressional decision since 1987. all of these international, bilateral relations between us and the u.n., including assistance and visits, we then discover that the congress believes we are terrorist is. is the congress thinks we are terrorists, how is the administratio

business owners in the united states are immigrants. they create jobs right here in the united states. jobs are not the problem here. the problem is the color of immigrants' skin. we have a president of the united states who has wondered out loud, why we can't have more whites come to this country. president trump denies being a racist. for a non-racist he's done a shockingly good job of support supremist. >> this is about strong nuclear families and family values. i am proud of who i am, where i came from and i am a descendent of immigrants and i also learned and believe in strong values and strong family values and we lead with those values and so, mr. president, our immigration system should reflect our national commitment to the strength and the importance of that family unit and those family values. it makes no sense to me that we are fighting today to predict these kids and keep them in this country and then take their parents and rip them out of the home and send them back to a country that they do not want to go to, that they do

or to school, 900 of them enlisted in the united states military. they were undocumented in america, willing to hold up their hand to take an oath that they would die for america. that's how much they loved this country. 20000 of them went to work and school teachers across the united states of america, perhaps they are your child's teacher or your grandchild teacher today. they are doing important things in this country but president trump announced on last september 5th the program that protects them and allows them to work would end and then they challenge us and said the senate and the house to do something about it and pass a law and isn't that what you are there for a president trump said that is right in the job. this week will try to pass a law to end this crisis which will reach ahead on march 5th of thisll year when the daca progrm officially ends and 1000 young people a day would lose their protection. we have less than three weeks and so we will move today hopefully, at some point to consider some alternatives to solve this problem. i'm

does that affect you on the state level? >> sure. our state turned back federal dollars. and for every dollar we spend, we get about three back. in medicaid money, different type of federal money. so, you know, our legislature made such deep cuts that we're not even able to provide that match. it's not good economic sense to do those things. but they're doing them for political reasons. it's for the next election. they have taken a blood oath that they're not going to raise anybody's taxes. and there are ways to raise revenue without necessarily raising taxes. but it's all about politics rather than policy. >> a couple more issues in mississippi before we go to calls. i want to ask you about the anti-profiling ordinance in jackson. what is it and what's your view of it? the anti-profiling ordinance. what is that and what is your view of it? >> yeah. you know, i'm not familiar with that. i haven't read it. so i really can't comment on it. most of our law enforcement are trained about any kind of racial profiling and the police department here, i think, does a pretty good j

do j's grant funds provide funding for state and local law enforcement. it's resulted in identification and rescue of real victims, but, of course, it isn't enough for law enforcement to be aware of the problem. we need eyes and ears of all of levels and shine the line on human trafficking. if anyone from flight attendants to hotel clerks, to e.r. doctors know the signs of trafficking we'll rescue for victims bring more to justice. you'll hear from law enforcement, victim services, and industry. and our hope is by bringing together the diverse group we'll show the practices with each other and help fight human trafficking. at department of justice our focus on human trafficking would not be possible without the leadership of the top. i'm delighted the attorney general and deputy attorney general are here today both are continuing to strengthen the efforts. at this time he'd like to introduce the attorney general who is our keynote speaker this morning. attorney general sessions has dedicated his krcareer to publi service. he was the southern district atto

and some states, i think that there's five -- no, four states that have five veteran cemeteries. arizona, missouri, maryland and maine. we have six more currently under construction throughout the country and two states this year opened up cemeteries. new mexico and mississippi. so, the way that this works is that if you provide us the land, we will be able to provide you support to develop it, open it, and work with you. so, that's an opportunity i think for us to all plan ahead. there's 109 of them as i said. you can see where your state is, how many there are, but it's a very successful program this collaboration that we have with you. >>> we're also working with you to end vet ral homelessness. three states have already ended veterans homelessness, more than 50 communities have announced an end to veteran homelessness. nationally we had close to 50% reduction in the number of homeless veterans over the last five years. but still we have 45,000 veterans in this country who are homeless, and so we know that the only way we can tackle this is by working closely with local commun

i am honored to join you for the state of the state address and to open this legislative session. i was actually going to forgo this speech this year. and let you guys get right to work. but since you all good here and demanded that i explain myself more, sit back and relax. because i've got things to say. [applause] but in all seriousness, i'm glad to be here with you today. last year we met together under very different and difficult circumstances. the steepest crash in global oil and gas prices in history , devastated our state. across last last few fiscal years we face a $600 million shortfall. and the prospect of emptying the state entire weavings account. the situation was bleak. of course, facing economic and fissile adversity is not new to us. when i took office in new mexico face a massive budget deficit, years of irresponsible spending during prosperous times made managing through the hard times that much harder. then as responsible budgeting gateway, political dysfunction in washington , the federal government and acted across the board spending cuts,/the spending in pa

to state to state. looking, we think this is a great idea and we want to empower a variety of options, so without taking away from the registered model, we also want to make it possible for the -- for industry to come together on a large scale and create portability from state to state. >> great question and great answer. thank you. governor. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this, secretary. we're honored to have you here and thank you for your service. my question really has to do with a little more esoteric issue a little harder to define, i expect. i was reminded, as you were speaking, i talked to the governor earlier i talked as a young man, and he said, i hope, gary your do how is equal to you know how. know how being defined as skills, you know, the education i had, what i brought as talent to the table. and do how being how much are you going to work? will you have a good work ethic and produce and be productive as an employee? i wonder, john and i were talking about this. are we in a stage in our soc

she came to the states from south korea. after 2008 economic recession, her mom lost her position working at the hospital and they lost their legal status. when her mom got -- after she realized the implications of undocumented status when her mom got into a bike accident, she needed treatment. because they were uninsured, she treated herself through home remedies and prayer. she is a sophomore at rutgers on donated de through the rships and founded rutgers dreamers. and student athlete competing at rutgers university, rutgers, track and field team and news editor of rutgers university, newspaper. how many hours do i have in the day? i would like to know. i would like to my own guest at the state of the union. i'm so proud of her. state-wide organizer for california's dream network. i'm so proud of them and the head of the organization, they have done so much toll protect our dreamers. melody was at our press conference and i'm proud of her. she was born in guatemala. after growing up without parents, she was reunited in t a

this was i think one of the more frightening incidences that happens in a state when a state is left to their own devices and protocols, of which they did not have, and this could have been catastrophic. so i yield back. with that question posed. thank you so very much. >> i want to thank the witnesses for your valuable testimony. members of our subcommittee may have additional questions for the witnesses and i would ask that you would respond to those in writing. this panel is now dismissed and the ask the clerk to prepare the witness table for the second panel. thank you both very much for sharing your expertise with us. >> thank you. >>> i'd like to welcome our second panel to today's hearing and thank all of you for your participation. serve as the assistant commissioner for strategy and program development at the new york city emergency management department. he currently serves on fema's national advisory council integrated public alert and warning committees. i'd now like to yield to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. payne, to introduce our next witness. >> thank you, mr. cha

simple state laws get replaced with state laws. okay. so the real shortcoming of the current system in my mind and as a republican in minnesota i can't think of a single redeeming quality of the current system. is problem is in every presidential election if you're a battleground state voter you get what you want from the american president and the rest of us are forced to deal with that. we happen to be in reliably republican or democratic states. okay. so the real shortcoming, right, is that two few voters feel valued, a legislate value in terms the of participation in presidential campaigns, whether you're a democratic in la or republican in minnesota you feel under valued in presidential campaigns. that impacts public policy. if you think that's a little thing, my conservative friends, think about the republican president that passed a trillion dollar prescription drug benefit to appease the voters of the i 34 quarter of florida in a essential swing state and presidential elections. these aren't little decisions that get made. they'r

state. ♪ host: good morning, everyone. we will begin with your thoughts on the economy. president trump during his first date of the union has said since his election 2.4 million new jobs have been created, wages are rising, deregulation is spurring growth, and the tax cuts mean more money in american pockets. we want to know, are you seeing a difference? does president trump deserve the credit? if you make the low $50,000, .ial in at (202) 748-8000 if you make between $50,000 and .100,000, dial (202) 748-8001 if your income is over $100,000, (202) 748-8002. asn us on twitter, as well c-span on facebook. the president counting the economy on tuesday. [video clip] since thetrump: election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs. [applause] trump: including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. tremendous number. [applause] pres. trump: after years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages. [applause] pres. trump: unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low. [applause] a

he said, if i win, you would spend billions of dollars in the united states. i want to thank you for giving me a very correct comment, anthony. anthony. i will never do that again. this will build on the over 100,000 jobs in america taking place already supported by australian companies. i'm glad this year the united largests by far the investor in australia. dozens of american and australian business leaders in the ring today, athletes -- in the room today, who are working together to find more bilateral opportunities. mr. prime minister, i want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your immigration reforms, and on australia's commitment to merit-based immigration. are my friends from congress listening to that? we want to do merit-based immigration also, and we will. that really protects the interest of australia ands its people. it is the way to go. you have been very successful with it. here we have been working hard to do the same. in that sense, we will follow in your footprints. prime minister terminal, it has been a pleasure to host you today

but here we have the state of california saying this. even though you are at this place, it doesn't offer any surgical procedures let alone abortion, we want to post this sign to remind you of a surgical procedure you could have and then entice you with the fact that the state will pay for it. that has absolutely nothing to do with the normal types of governmental regulatory regulations that compel disclosures so that medical patients for example can be fully informed of their decisions. i want to end with this. one of the greatest decisions of the supreme court and one that all americans can be proud of was west virginia versus barnett went into world war ii, we are fighting the nazi powers, the supreme court on the wisdom of the first amendment to stop a west virginia law in effect that forced unwilling people to say the pledge of allegiance. they reviewed as nazi supporters or whatever and all that cultural value, the supreme court nonetheless said the first amendment protects the right of conscience against compelled speech and they

state.ra has paid for washington. you have senators who have received 5, 6, 7 million dollars of contributions. they are highly unlikely to do the right thing in large part because they have been bought off, let's be honest. if you look at the top ten states with respect to their death rate by guns, there are three to four times the bottom ten. a place like florida has ale death rate that is over -- or about three times as high as connecticut's death rate per 100,000. >> let's emphasize the point to give people context. the percentage of ownership in a state winds up being inverse correlation to the amount of death in that state. the more guns you have the more death you have. that upsets a lot of people's sense of more guns make you more safe. what have you learned in connecticut after the changes after sandy hook? >> we know if you have a gun in your house, someone is more likely to kill themselves than if you didn't have a gun in your house. we need a higher level of protection, particula

states therefore states that have five veterans cemeteries. we have six more currently under construction throughout the country and to states this year open up cemeteries. mississippi if you provide us the land we will be able to provide support to develop it and work with you. you can see where your state is. very successful program in collaboration we have with you. we are looking to end veteran homelessness. nationally we have had close to a 50% of reduction in the number of homeless veterans over the last five years. still he had 45,000 veterans in this country. we know the only way we can tackle this is working closely to local communities and states to work together in a collaborative way. we are putting more money into this project we are refocusing our efforts on what we know works and what we know doesn't don't need to tell you that our veterans are getting older. the population is getting older. that means it's pretty predictable. we've modeled this out that the growth and long-term care and working with you in the states is one to

blue states. you tell us practically decisionhow the heller has manifested itself, particularly in blue cities and states? .illis: thanks, niger i spent a lot of time working specifically in blue states. that may explain some of the gray hair. we have lost a lot more fights than we have won, but generally the blue states try to ignore the heller decision and the follow-on mcdonald decision. that forces us law-abiding citizens to try to move the process through the courts. the blue states are getting more blue. they are each trying to outdo each other to see who can put the most onerous, anti-gun, anti-civil rights laws into effect, and hoping they can push that through. with some of these states i have to work with democrats, not republicans, because the democrats are all we have to work with to stop a lot of these very ugly bills. the bottom line is as america, as we become more separated between red and blue states, cities, municipalities, we will see more of this until we speak our voice. 120 m

. >> now, vermont governor scott delivers his annual state of the state address. this is about 35 minutes. >> it is not my distinct honor to present to you the governor of the state of vermont. [applause] gov. scott: thank you. thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. president, mr. chief justice, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests, since 1778, vermont is bound by a common oath to open up the legislative session. families and businesses traveled over rugged mountain gaps and rugged valley roads to come together and solve problems to shape the future. the work of those that came before for the greater share and influence. through our courage and conviction, vermont has pushed forward in progress when it seemed unachievable. we have been the example, set the tone and helped usher positive change into our nation for the need -- when the need for change was essential. my friends, we have reached that time again. history has placed us together in a difficult moment for our state and country. here at home, we must address economic and population trends t

werebullock: there individual states, doubtless, each state governor has a keen or intimate understanding about that state's relationship with foreign countries. between 2016 and 2017, australia's -- australians visiting montana increased. i am hoping it will double. what our tradew relationships are. state dollarse go tontegna -- in montana exports. recognizing that, trade policy is set at the national level, , thehe local communities sub nationals, really see the impacts of trade policy. how from your perspective can we i guess better help local theunities understand impacts of trade policy and what this does for us? pm turnbull: thank you. us ask the challenge for leaders, as political leaders in ensure thatis to the easy lure of protectionism doesn't overtake us. we make the case in australia is we just say, look at the evidence. ---3000 jobs last year 403,000 jobs just last year. adon't think we have had period with such continuous job growth. is supported by having bigger markets and greater opportunities. presume -- wet are happy to share our experience and we don't presume to give

to my state.o look at where that innovation is happening in other areas, that we can promote. our advanced queensland fund has created over 9000 jobs already in queensland. it has only been operating for a few years. we firmly believe, through innovation, you can create jobs of the future but you have to, in my state, i'm very hands-on. i meet with people. i look at opportunities. i connect with people. togetherf you work collectively it can lead to great outcomes. thank you for the opportunity to share those thoughts today. [applause] premier.you, i would like to introduce the premier of australia's most populous state. >> popular? >> i am not going there. [laughter] >> gladys. premier, your state has taken an innovative approach to investment. unique financing model for now you have become a leader in social impact investment. if you can elaborate on both of those and welcome. >> it is my absolute pleasure to be here to share some of the different things we have been doing in new south wales. ha

workers from another state could actually end up working in any other state despite individual state rules and regulations or testing and licensing criteria so of course any such changes would need to be approved by congress and experts say that approving such a change would be difficult at best i'm going to be positive for today i'm glad he's put it out there we need the infrastructure good for the administration good for the president we'll get into more of these details archie correspondent ashley banks thank you so much. turning back to the day's big story this morning donald trump tweeted about infrastructure saying after just after so stupidly spending seven trillion dollars in the middle east it's now time to start investing in our country and that's hard to argue with but now here to talk with us about the choices president trump has framed in that tweet his tweet is former pentagon official michael maloof michael it amazes me that he would do that because it seems to me that we're spending that and more and he's actually calling for some of this so what are the numbers that

i give my eighth and final state of the state address today. the speaker and president have been kidding me in recent days that it takes about eight years .o train a governor agoas a couple of years when the president of the senate was announcing his excellency, it takes a while to train a speaker and a president. the privilege has been to appear before a joint session each year to talk about wyoming, the state we love. believe these work -- to work this passive and years has built a better legacy. together,e more year a little less, and i look forward to a great year. my last address begin with tributes work so hard for wyoming. i have identified select individuals to knowledge. today i want to start with the wyoming legislature. i thank you for working with me for the betterment of our state. the people of wyoming have counted on leaders to move the state forward, and the legislature delivers. as citizen legislatures you generously give your time, skill, sweat, not just during the session but year round, for wyoming. you leave your families,

chairman, in closing i just want to point out that in a gross state like your state especially my state that is growing at 1000 people in day where we educate the doctors and then we don't have the residency programs and they end up going and doing their residency outside of the state of florida and we have borne the cost of educating them and when you start cutting $48 billion in cuts over ten years to the graduate medical education payments it will severely hurt a state like ours that is a gross state that desperately needs those residency programs to keep our doctors. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, good to be with you. i guess you been on the job about a month. >> fourteen days. >> fourteen days. okay. less than one. we are grateful you're here and you and i have the discussions before and certainly in this setting about medicaid. our approach to it differ so i want to raise in the context not just of the program but also what i believe the in menstruation has been trying to do with hard to medicaid and secondly some pennsylvania specific challenges. when i think about the pr

at the time, immigration was decided on a state-by-state basis. the cities would start -- set their own standards for who could come in. they developed over time. our current chief justice has talked about this case and we will listen to what he had to say about it next. he was the first person to take the job seriously. most lawyers have this image of him as the first chief, but he was the fourth. the three behalf -- before him serve for a couple of years and did not regard the court as an important institution. in fact, spend most of their time doing other things. is famous for a treaty he negotiated with the english but john marshall saw the role of the chief justice and the court quite differently. he took the job seriously and served in it for three decades. he is responsible for establishing the principle that the court has the authority and responsibility to review acts of congress for constitutionality. he established the court in a promise -- in a prominent position. >> quite a number of presidents were in alignment with him about his vis

separates federal and state prosecution is that we have the ability to cross state borders and international boundaries and are interested in going after the more serious violator. mandatory minimums give us the opportunity. in the federal system there are only 13% or 14% of people serving mandatory minimums. they are people that did not meet the safety valve and refused to cooperate. the congress of the united states says those are the people that we want to serve the mandatory minimum sentence. mandatory minimums have been around since 1790. we have mandatory minimums today not only for drugs, but human sex trafficking, child pornography,and -- and identity theft. romney is running the open senate race for the seat currently held by orrin hatch. while we wait for this event to begin, with former governor romney, we will take a look at mike pence's remarks. they talked about the vice presidents recent trip to south .merica and the olympic spirit >> please welcome our host mike allen. mike: thanks the bank of america for that message. think you for making these conversations possible. thank

of the number one industries in our state. they are passing legislation to protect our farmers rights. we have things that affect the poultry industry. toy cannot attach riders that and allow that bill to pass. important thing is taking care of our constituents at home. >> voices from the states on c-span. ♪ next, a panel looks at russian interference in u.s. elections. federal election commission member ellen weintraub. they spoke at the unring the system summit in new orleans. the nonprofit organization known as represent us posted the event. >> hello. hello, everyone. we are so excited that you are here. thank you for joining us today. we are about to start our next session. this is from russia with facebook, foreign influence in the u.s. elections. so please take your seats if you would and silence your phones. this will be a one-hour session. please hold your questions until the end. if you have a question we will , have a runner with notecards. going up and down the aisle. please fill out the note card, pass it to the pe

i told you we are bringing this lawsuit to red states and blue states. it turns out that in addition to the constitutional claims, there is a voting rights act claim because there is good evidence in southern states that they mucked about with the winner take all system in order to exclude blacks and minorities from influence over the president -- the present electoral system. you talk to lawyers who say they don't know how that will work. i think they are wrong. the voting rights act claim is really solid. what i think will happen once this is out on the table is that the republican party in particular will get this and what if wecrap, lose winner take all in the south and democrats get to keep it in the north?" then they cannot possibly win. then the sensible position is let's try to win more votes. let me just mention one other really anxiety-inducing thing we're doing. many of you remember in the last election these electors who voted against their pledge. three of them were in the state of washington and one of them in kickedte of colorado was off i

different not only from state to state but from election jurisdictions within those states. that's a strength, not a weakness in my view. what are some of the things we can do to be more helpful to local election officials and encouraging them to share information when they think their systems are being attacked, getting more information to them than we have. there was a lot of criticism in the last cycle that we knew that some election systems were being attacked and didn't tell them they were being attacked. and so the three of you in any order let's just do the order i started with, director coats, director pompeo, admiral rogers, any thoughts you have on what we can do to protect the critical infrastructure of the election system and how quickly we need to act if we intend to do that this year? >> the intelligence community are aware and want to provide collect and provide as much information as we can to give those warnings and alerts so that we can share information back and forth with local and state and election processes with the federal government. department of ho