thornberry: thank you, speaker.

chairman thornberry. mr. thornberry: thank you, speaker. ll of us on the armed services committee are extremely grateful for the speaker's leadership in putting -- fixing the military as a priority. let me just remind you-all of a couple of statistics. when the house passed our defense authorization bill at exactly the same numbers that are in the cap deal we'll vote on today, the vote was 344-81. when we voted on the conference report at exactly the same defense levels that are in the cap deal today, the vote was 356-70. in the senate the votes were 9-8. and then the conference report was a voice vote. my point is there is widespread agreement in both parties that we have cut the military too much. that our service members are suffering as a result. and that we need to do better. this cap deal that will be voted on today is exactly the same funding levels as the bill that i just read the votes for. my view is that this -- fixing the military is the dominant priority. we have to fix the military. i know members on both sides have other conc

emily thornberry!mr speaker, if the party opposite is so mr speaker, if the party opposite is so proud of having a female leader, why are so many of them trying to get rid of the? and why has she had to run away to china to get away from them? emily thornberry then turn to the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. turn to the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to votem was originally restricted to women with property over the age of 30, 90 yea rs with property over the age of 30, 90 years ago is extended to all women over 21. almost 50 years ago it was extended to all men and women over the age of 18. so can i ask the minister a simple question, how many more used to we have to wait until the vote is extended to everyone over 16? i have to say, the vote is extended to everyone over16? i have to say, i am slightly baffled by the honourable lady's comments, when compared with what her party did in office. it was the last labour government that a race legal age for buying cigaret

prime minister's questions, where emily thornberry attacks the government and the dup for not backing votes at 16. they are not the coalition of chaos, mr speaker, they're the coalition of cavemen! but david lidington says that labour put up the age for doing all sorts of things. raised the age to buy fireworks to 18, and raised the age for using a sunbed to 18! but first, after two days of debate and 190 speakers, the eu withdrawal bill cleared its first parliamentary hurdle in the house of lords. the bill translates eu law into uk domestic law to avoid a legal black hole opening up after brexit. it's already been through the commons, so now it was down to peers to have their say, and the government could have been left in no doubt it was going to have a fight on its hands. a labour former transport secretary lord adonis proposed a rare vote to regret the bill, in effect calling for a second referendum. the interest of the public

emily thornberry asked about the number of women in parliament.y party, since i was first elected 25 years ago, has made considerable progress, but i accept that there is more to be done. i hope that she, for her part, will accept that we have now had two women leaders and prime ministers, so they have a bit of catching up to do. i have to say, mr speaker, that if the party opposite of proud of having a female leader, why are so many of them trying to get rid of her? and why has she had to run away to china to get away from them? she then turned to the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. it was originally restricted to women with property over the age of 30 and then 90 years ago, it was extended to all women over 21, and almost 50 years ago, it was extended to all men and women over the age of 18. so can i ask the minister a simple question? how many more years do we have to wait until the vote is extended to everyone over 16? i have to say, i am slightly baffled by the honourable lady's comments, when compared to what her party

chairman thornberry. >> thank you, speaker. all of us on the armed services committee are extremely grateful for the speaker's leadership in putting, fixing the military as a priority. let me just remind you all of a couple of statistics. when the house passed our defense authorization bill at exactly the same numbers that are in the cab deal that we'll vote on today, the vote was 344 to 81. when we voted on the conference report, at exactly the same defense levels that are in the cap deal today, the vote was 356-70. and the senate, the votes were 89-8, and the conference report was a voice vote. my point is there is widespread agreement in both parties that we have cut the military too much, that our service members are suffering as a result, and that we need to do better. this cab deal that will be voted on today is at exactly the same funding levels as the bill that i just read the votes for. my view is that this fixing the military is the dominant priority, we have to fix the military. i know members on both sides have othe

government publishes stuff well replacing jeremy corbin for label a shadow foreign secretary any thornberry just some identity rather than class politics questions before the speaker had to intervene the order i'm sure it will no obvious kate public notice and it is rather a sad day that when a woman is addressing the house quite a lot of noisy berish and in one case rather stupid individual out trying to shout the right honorable lady down the. hall mary returned to i mean questions about rights of sixteen year olds to vote when change is right it cannot be resisted for ever and this is a change whose time has come to its living to name checks fred wilma barney and betty my advice the right old noble lady is to wean herself off the habit of watching old versions of the flintstones on the right and away from the fence stones and lowering the voting age a blairite member of jeremy corbin spot them into labor body use b.m.p. is to attack his own leader and arts funding in london constituency of his things and every year for over a decade one london borough the london borough is willing to tur

thornberry: gentlemen, thank you for being here. secretary, you are recognized for any comments you like to make. sec. mattis: thank you distinguished members of the committee. i'm here at your invitation to testify on two subjects, the 2018 national defense strategy, and nuclear posture review. in the midst of our ongoing counterterrorism campaigns, my role is to keep the peace for one more year, one more day, giving secretary tillerson and diplomats time to resolve crises through diplomatic channels. the department of defense does this by providing the commander-in-chief with military options that ensure diplomats negotiate from a position of strength. up front, i need to note that three days from now i will visit our security assistance brigade in georgia, as they prepare to deploy to afghanistan. to advance the security of our nation, these troops are putting themselves in harms way, and signing a blank check payable to the american people for their lives. congress' despite obligation to provide stable funding. we have been deal

before i turn it over to chairman thornberry, i want to take a moment and thank him. i want to thank mack thorn berry, chairman of the armed services committee and all the member of the armed services committee, both republicans and democrats, their leadership and their unwavering commitment to our service members and their families made this budget agreement possible. they live and breathe these problems. they know these issues. they know all the people who are fighting to keep us safe. they can tell you as well as anyone how critical it is we get this done. chairman thorn berry. -- chairman thorn berry. mr. thornberry: all of us on the committee are extremely grateful for the speaker's leadership in fixing the military as a priority. let me remind you-all of a couple of statistics. when the house passed our defense authorization bill at exactly the same numbers that are in the cap deal we'll vote on today, the vote was 344-81. when we when we voted on the conference report at exactly the same defense levels that are in the cap deal today, the vote was 356-70. in the

thornberry: just for the record, i hope we get a complete budget agreement and we do it this week forll aspects of the government. we can do that. and we should. mr. jones. mr. jones: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to talk about the graveyard of empires. i think that is what they say about afghanistan. a few headlines from the last two weeks. kobul attacks fail at u.s. strategy. we are still shutting our soldiers blood for pedophiles. another headline. the taliban and is gaining strength and territory in afghanistan. another headline. taliban threatens 70% of afghanistan. last headline. pentagon blocks release of key data on afghan war. the pentagon has restricted the release of critical information on the progress being made in the war in afghanistan and move -- a move that will limit transparency. in your prepared remarks, you very kindly said we need to build the trust of the american people. how can we build the trust of the american people after 16 years of a 2300 americans killed over 20,000 wounded. and we spent $1 trillion. i don't have to add to mr. smith's comment. but this

chairman thornberry. >> thank you, speaker. and all of us on the armed services committee are extremely grateful for the speaker's leadership in putting -- fixing the military as a priority. let me just remind you all of a couple of statistics. when the house passed our defense authorization bill at exactly the same numbers that are in the cap deal that we'll vote on today, the vote was 344-81. when we voted on the conference report at exactly the same defense levels that are in the cap deal today, the vote was 356-70. in the senate the votes were 89-8 and in the conference report was a voice vote. my point is, there is widespread agreement in both parties that we have cut the military too much, that our service members are suffering as a result, and that we need to do better. this cap deal that will be voted on today is at exactly the same funding levels as the bill that i just read the votes for. my view is that this -- fixing the military is the dominant priority. we have to fix the military. i know members on both sides hav

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government publishes stuff well replacing jeremy coleman for labor the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry she lost some identity rather than class politics questions before the speaker had to intervene oh and i'm sure it will no obvious kate public notice and it is rather a sad irony that when a woman is addressing the house why i love noisy berish in one case rather stupid individual trying to shout the right honorable lady down the. hall mary returns. i mean questions about rights of sixteen year olds to vote when change is right it cannot be resisted for ever and this is a change whose time has come to its living to name checks fred wilma bonnie and betty my voice there i told the lady to wean herself off the happy to of what watching old versions of the flintstones on the right. away from the fence stones and lowering the voting age a blairite member of jeremy corbin's palm and relabel body used b m q's to attack his own leader and arts funding in london constituency of his things and every year for over a decade one london borough to london is willing to turn has received more arts c

emily thornberry. >> talking about cavemen. why doesn't the minister realize lesson women taught predecessors 100 years ago when change is right it cannot be resisted forever and this is a change whose time has come. >> my advice is not to wean herself, watching old versions of the flintstones on the cartoon channel. i just think we ought to salute the fact not just the youth parliament but many schools and youth organizations throughout the country are working hard to get young people used to the idea that as they grow up they should take an interest in current affairs and when they reach the relevant age recognize the responsibilities by participating in elections and political campaigning. the situation we have here with the national voting age of 18 and one that is followed by 26 out of 27 other members of the european union by the united states, canada, new zealand and australia. unless she is going to denounce all of those countries, somehow it adequate, and not to grow up and treat the subject with greater degree. >> mis

. >> thank you chairman thornberry, ranking member smith and distinguished members of the committee. i'm here at your invitation to testify on two subjects, the 2018 national defense strategy and the nuclear posture review, and i'm joined by the vice chairman of the joint chiefs, general selva. even in the midst of our ongoing counterterrorism campaign, my role is to keep the peace for one more year, one more month, one more day, giving secretary tillerson and our diplomats time to resolve crises through diplomatic channels. the department of defense does this by providing the commander in chief with military options tha that ensure our diplomats negotiate from a position of strength. up front, i need to note three days from now i will visit our nation's first security assistance brigade in georgia as they deploy to afghanistan. to advance the security of our nation, these troops are putting themselves in harm's way in effect signing a blank check payable to the american people with their lives. they do so despite congress's abrogation of its constitutional responsibility to provide

. >> that was chairman of the house armed services committee mac thornberry talking about the joy ingress, or lack thereof. those comments after congressman trey gowdy became the 9th gop committee chair to decide to leave the congress after this term. gowdy's announcement means the total number of gop house members either retiring, resigning or running for higher office now stands at 37. but now some trend lines seem to be improving for republicans. a generic congressional ballot from monday mouth university had democrats ahead 15 points back in december, but a poll released last week has republicans down just two. the gop retreat in west virginia, i spoke with congressman steve stivers of ohio. the chair of the national republican committee. and i asked him about his party's chances of holding the house in 2018. >> well, i feel good about our chances to hold the house because we have the right candidates and we have the right message. so, i feel really good about our chances. things are getting better. general ballot is getting better because people are understanding that tax reform

conference center where members are coming to uk that about their various issues, whether it matt thornberryng to talk about defense spending. he talked about the memo. any member coming here is talking about the memo. it's frustrating to the reporters who would like to talk about something else. this has become the sole issue, the issue the speaker has to deal with on a daily basis. it's worth noting that inside the house republican congress, this was an organic movement, this didn't come from the top down. this came from an intelligence chairman working on his own and rank and file members really started pushing this issue to the forefront and in some sense corningering their leadership into having to support what they're going to do. one of the most interesting elements of the last three days, you compare the house republicans very enthused about this, want this memo out for the most part, the senate republicans who, a, haven't seen the memo, b, don't know what's inside the memo and, c, are kind of perplexed as to why this has become such a huge issue. i had one senate republican aide ask

fr the house armed service chairman, matt thornberry... >> if you vote yes, you're voting to fix e militaryd if you vote no, you're voting against fixing the military. >> reporter: ...to president trump's press secretary sarah sanders: >> this deal achieves our top: priorimuch-needed increase in funding for our national defense. the bottom line is that, thanks to president trump, we can now have the strgest military we have ever had. >> reporter: and that is just the beginning of the deal. it includes billions to fight the opioid crisis, for community health centersa longer extension of the children's health insurance program, and even a special committee to deal with miners' and others nsions. but it wasn't all cheers. the most conservative members, exiting the meeting where they learned ofhe deal, were openly hostile to it. freedom caucus chairman mark meadows: >> i guess a number of us are just concerned about the fiscal reality of a bill that will come down on our grandkids. obviously, i consider the president a close personal friend, and even if he called mm to ato vote for this, i'm a

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. >> sandra: chairman max thornberry had a strong response to this as well. republican from texas.from a defense secretary. he, of course, -- mattis was a marine general. when you look at these warnings and one coming from yourself i am hearing, what is the reaction from other members of congress as we approach this deadline? >> most guys get it. most people get it especially if they have friends or family in the military. but a lot of people here it's just politics. politicians that never met any body in the military until they got into congress. they used to be the student body president and now they're a congressman. they don't understand the impact that not doing a budget and doing continuing resolutions, what it does to the military and how it hurts it. you have people dying training. more than ever. you have them dying training here in the u.s. now. i think that is starting to get through somewhat to these politicians here in d.c. >> sandra: the house has passed the spending bill that now heads off to the senate. the senate makes some changes. goes back to the house. this all

but let's go back to the commons now because emily thornberry is asking that urgent question on the eu's integrity of the united kingdom. second, we will not accept a hard border between northern ireland and ireland which will reserves the considerable progress of the political process over the recent decades. that is consistent with the prime minister's article 50 letter through to our paper published last summer and the prime minister's florence speech at last autumn. most recently, the government enshrined both of these commitments quite clearly in the joint report we agreed with the european union in december. i preserve our commitment to preserving the integrity of our internal markets with northern ireland. it also guaranteed an avoidance of a hard border between northern ireland and ireland including any checks and controls. these agreements were approved collectively by the entire cabinet. those commitments have not changed nor will they. thank you, mr speaker, for granting the urgent question. i am always pleased to hear from the question. i am always pleased to hearfrom the min

government publishes stuff well replacing jeremy coleman for labor the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry just some identity rather than class politics questions before the speaker had to intervene the order i'm sure it will no obvious kate public notice and it is rather a sad day but when a woman is addressing the house quite a lot of noisy berish and in one case rather stupid individual out trying to shout the right honorable lady down the. hall mary return to our main questions about rights of sixteen year olds to vote when change is right it cannot be resisted for ever and this is a change whose time has come to its living to name checks fred wilma bonnie and betty my voice there i told the lady to wean herself off the high. bit of washed watching old versions of the flintstones on the run. away from the fence stones and lowering the voting age a blairite member of jeremy cool beans palm and relabel body used b.m. cues to attack his own leader and arts funding in goldman's london constituency of his things and every year for over a decade one london borough to london. has received mor