continues to lead with our european and commonwealth allies for ukraine's defense and our collective security. >> hear, hear. p.m. starmer: i thank him for his question. he talks about the scene friday afternoon. nobody wants to see that. my response was to recognize the urgency of the need to repair the breach, which is why i spoke to president trump and president zelenskyy friday night and again on saturday night and am continuing in that work. for me, the single most important thing is lasting peace in europe and ukraine, and nothing is going to deter me from that or lose my focus on that. on the dependency of the u.s., i do not agree with him. the u.s. and the u.k. have the closest relationships. our defense, our security, our intelligence are completely intertwined. no two countries are as close as our two countries, and it would be a huge mistake to suggest any weakening of that link is the way forward for security defense in europe. on the question of a rearmament then, yes, we should continue discussions with others as to what that possibility would be, and that formed some o

listening to virginians. >> because everywhere. >> i go across our commonwealth.ging to me. >> their deep, deep. >> concerns about what this administration is doing. i was at the grocery store with. >> my husband. >> picking up some. >> last minute items, and. >> i had an. >> irs employee and. >> his spouse come up and talk to us about. >> their concerns. >> i was in a parking lot in. >> northern virginia. >> i had a military. officer talk. >> to me about. >> the impact he's. seeing in. >> his office. i had a. military spouse in. hampton roads, talked to me. >> about the. >> the concern in. >> her husband's office. >> i've heard from. medical professionals. >> at the va in southwest. >> virginia worry that they might. >> lose their job. >> i cannot go anywhere. >> without having virginians bring. >> to me their concerns. >> and it's. >> not just the federal employees who are potentially. >> losing their jobs. >> it's small business owners. >> it's other members. >> of our community. >> and our. economy who are already. >> starting to feel the hurt and the pain of

boyle: this would put 1.8 million people in the commonwealth of virginia of losing medicaid. yield to the gentleman from mr. doggett from texas for two minutes. mr. doggett: this is a wreckconciliation. they are troubled by our nation's debt and add more to it. according to responsible sittens, they want it bigger than $4 trillion. elon musk doge, it is dodge also is a side show, a multi ring circus of deception and lies to create the illusion that everything is waste, fraud and abuse. even with these fake savings, the demand of these republicans for additional billionaire tax breaks requires denying opportunities for middle class families and deny iing access to a physician, slashing hundreds of millions to medicaid which trump says he loves and cherish and half the children that go to the children's hospital at seaton hospital. millions of americans will loose health protection. for those who are facing a dread disease like cancer, republicans are cutting medical research. in the midst of a bird flu parch, 40% cut in the centers for disease toll, c.d.c. all of this represen

we work closely with them on issues of the commonwealth, on nato, and of course five eyes intelligenceharing, and we will work to strengthen that relationship. >> thank you, mr. speaker. barrow and furnace has always been ahead of the times in terms of high skilled engineering. in light of the prime minister's historic commitment to rise, defense spending, the biggest increase since the end of the cold war, i invite him to visit and see the many sme's who could support this vital supply chain. does he agree that investing in these businesses will not only deliver our nuclear deterrent, but improve security and the economy for us all? >> i thank her for raising this question and we'll obviously consider her invitation. defense spending, mr. speaker, already supports more than 430,000 jobs across the united kingdom, and i'd like to recognize the contribution made by the workers in burrow and furness. >> speaker, in my constituency, the planning inspector chose to use the term gray belt to pass a battery energy storage system application before the order was laid in this house to change t

we work closely with them on issues of the commonwealth, on nato, and of course five eyes intelligenceharing, and we will work to strengthen that relationship. >> thank you, mr. speaker. barrow and furnace has always been ahead of the times in terms of high skilled engineering. in light of the prime minister's historic commitment to rise, defense spending, the biggest increase since the end of the cold war, i invite him to visit and see the many sme's who could support this vital supply chain. does he agree that investing in these businesses will not only deliver our nuclear deterrent, but improve security and the economy for us all? >> i thank her for raising this question and we'll obviously consider her invitation. defense spending, mr. speaker, already supports more than 430,000 jobs across the united kingdom, and i'd like to recognize the contribution made by the workers in burrow and furness. >> speaker, in my constituency, the planning inspector chose to use the term gray belt to pass a battery energy storage system application before the order was laid in this house to change t

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that's march 8th at the asian art museum and at the commonwealth club on march 10th. well, for those trying to make it in the bay who are on the job for hunt for a new job, there's a new platform offering help. bandana recently launched in the bay area. similar to zillow, bandanas website is built around a map so you can look for open jobs close to your home. now, those gigs are also listed by weekly pay after taxes. this way you can actually see your potential take home pay. there's also a compare my pay tool and resume help. we spoke with co-founder and ceo tim macalino and his family emigrated from the philippines, korea and chchina. the also struggled to pursue the american dream, and this is what gave him inspiration to help create the platform. i look back to where my parents were at and said, hey, what happens if we build something for who we were in the past and look at ourselves back when i was six years old and kind of think, if bandana existed as a platform for my parents to find better jobs, how many more people can we help? he adds that with recent federa

continues to lead with our european and commonwealth allies for ukraine's defense and our collective security. >> hear, hear. p.m. starmer: i thank him for his question. he talks about the scene friday afternoon. nobody wants to see that. my response was to recognize the urgency of the need to repair the breach, which is why i spoke to president trump and president zelenskyy friday night and again on saturday night and am continuing in that work. for me, the single most important thing is lasting peace in europe and ukraine, and nothing is going to deter me from that or lose my focus on that. on the dependency of the u.s., i do not agree with him. the u.s. and the u.k. have the closest relationships. our defense, our security, our intelligence are completely intertwined. no two countries are as close as our two countries, and it would be a huge mistake to suggest any weakening of that link is the way forward for security defense in europe. on the question of a rearmament then, yes, we should continue discussions with others as to what that possibility would be, and that formed some o

the commonwealth concept was what was the solution to that? but the problem, the reason wasn't really possible for parliament at that time was because they were engaged in a fight with the king. they were themselves trying to make sure that maintained equal status with the king. and if they suddenly said, okay, yes, let them have their own legislature and the king will be over them and we won't have any authority that that would demote parliament inside the british power struggle. and that's why they got stuck and they couldn't solve the puzzle. i'm sorry. it is time to conclude. i'm sorry. there are many questions and we have a lot of inquisitive students here and i hope you'll take advantage the fact that these are people that are on the panelists will be around and don't be shy about approaching people with questions. i think the fact that we have so many questions is largely a result of the very stimulating quality of the presentations had. so please join me in thanking danielle allen yuval levin and rich lowry. thank you as well to krista

are you expecting commonwealth countries to join in? pres. trump: we're working hard in the middle east, gaza and the problem, it's been going on for years and years, centuries and centuries. it's a tough neighborhood. but it could be a very beautiful neighborhood. and i think we're going to come up with some pretty good solutions. phase one is almost complete. we've had some people that have been very seriously injured. very seriously hurt. both physically and mentally. they've come out of there very, very -- some of them in very bad shape. shocking. many young people, young people aren't in bad shape. young people are strong, healthy, they don't die. people have come out dead. young people. and old people. it's a rough situation. but i think we're going to make it much better. i think that we've had a huge impact on that since we've been in just the four weeks. i think we've had a huge impact on gaza, the middle east, and we have some good talks going on concerning lots of other people that are going to make it better. we'll see what happen

that is when citizens put their private interests above of the commonwealth and its defense. now, in the course of 17th century, the civic republican tradition was transferred. or to put it another way, it was commercialized as was a growing recognition that trade and commerce was an essential element of national power and of political survival. the increase of material came to be seen. part of the logic of state, because the state needed the material means to be able to conduct war against other states or to protect itself from attacks by other states. and when in the 17th and the 18th centuries, european thinkers considered issues of national power, they inevitably had to think about holland the united provinces of the netherlands. it was a country without significant natural resources. it was a small country terms of population. there were only about 2 million people compared to 6 million people in great britain at the time. but it was rich. in 1700. the per capita of the united of the netherlands was about 50% higher than that of great britain. and it was powerful. it was

i think the commonwealth as a status served its purpose in the economic development puerto rico, but we either become a and it will be a different kind of republic that the kind of republic that i learned when i was growing up in puerto rico or a state i we are a country and we need to become a republic. i am thankful that congress will never give statehood to puerto rico. they will think that. have seven democrats in. two democrat. but the governor of puerto rico. it's a republic in and was head of latinos for trump so that notion is as real as it was probably a decade ago. but i that we have to restore of the status one way or another because we can not move forward until that that stops everything. i remember and i'll stop here because i could go on forever and ever and ever we needed a piece of equipment that was in ship park in the bay but outside in internal waters and we had to go on the trump to get an okay for the jones act not to be apply to be able to get that piece that was miles away so that we didn't have to import it so that's how perverse invasive the issue of star wa

me in giving a speaker another of applause for a fantastic paul and patrick is going to be in commonwealthpaul shortly the lecture where you can enjoy a reception and purchase copies of the book and sir any more questions that you might have thank you for your support great thank you all.

joining us now, democratic congresswoman madeleine dean of the great commonwealth of pennsylvania.eing here. some people are only now starting to realize the massive impact of elon musk and donald trump's cuts to federal agencies. can you talk about that impact on your state, a state donald trump won by 100,000 votes. >> good to. >> be with you, jonathan. >> and i. >> have an. >> update for you. now. in my fourth. >> term. >> i have joined. >> the appropriations committee, and i do. >> remain on. >> the foreign affairs committee. so i'm. >> watching watching very closely. >> what is. >> going on. >> with doge elon musk and the. >> incompetent wrecking. >> ball approach. >> but if you don't mind, jonathan, this has been. >> just an extraordinary. day with. the president and the vice president in the oval. >> office with. >> president zelensky. >> a man three. >> years at. >> war, losing. >> citizens every day. >> the united states standing b. >> him. >> and yet. >> a vice. >> president egging. >> on a. >> president to bully. >> president zelensky. my constituents. >> and they. >> ar

joining us now, democratic congresswoman madeleine dean of the great commonwealth of pennsylvania.fairs committees. congresswoman dean, thank you very much for being here. some people are only now starting to realize the massive impact of elon musk and donald trump's cuts to federal agencies. can you talk about that impact on your state, a state donald trump won by 100,000 votes. >> good to be with you, jonathan. >> and i have. >> an update for you. now. in my fourth term, i have joined. >> the appropriations committee, and i. >> do remain on the. >> foreign affairs committee. >> so i'm watching watching very. >> closely what is going. on with doge elon musk and the incompetent. >> wrecking ball approach. >> but if you don't. >> mind, jonathan, this has. >> been just an extraordinary. day with. >> the president and. >> the vice president in the oval. >> office, with president. >> zelensky. >> a man three. years at war, losing citizens every. >> day. >> the united. >> states standing by. >> him. >> and yet a vice president egging on a president to bully. >> president zelensky. my co

me in giving a speaker another of applause for a fantastic paul and patrick is going to be in commonwealthpaul shortly the lecture where you can enjoy a reception and purchase copies of the book and sir any more questions that you might have thank you for your support great thank you all. florida senator marco rubio was confirmed as secretary of state for the trump administration. senator rubio appeared on booktv in 2015 to discuss his book, american dreams. here's a portion of that program. and most of all, the 21st century will also be about about big aspirations and big dreams. and the american people still have those two. i honestly believe that if we confront the challenges and embrace the opportunities of this new era, the 21st century will also be an american century. i honestly believe that not only will we save the american dream, but we will allow it to reach more people than it's ever reached before. and for me, that's a deeply personal principle. it's one that i hold very dear to my heart. i tell people all the time what's compelled me to enter public services is the reality th

me in giving a speaker another of applause for a fantastic paul and patrick is going to be in commonwealthpaul shortly the lecture where you can enjoy a reception and purchase copies of the book and sir any more questions that you might have thank you for your support great thank you all. president elect donald trump nominated former congressman, man and army veteran tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence. she appeared on booktv to discuss her book, for love of country. here's a portion of the program. when i ran for president in 2020, i held four or five six town halls every single day, wherever i was in the country. and i made it a point as people were coming in and signing in before they found their seats. i had a stack of pocket sized constitutions that we gave out to every person who came to those town halls. and one of the reasons that i did that was, you know, obviously we should all know and appreciate and understand the constitution and the bill of rights, the purpose that are founders had in mind when they crafted these founding documents. but the reason that i did t

kinds of assassinations of crimea on ukrainians because russia didn't want ukraine to pull out the commonwealth of independence day. i am going to be 60 next year and i wish i had a long memory and i have been live all of these kinds of stuff basically when i was in a student in moscow. my first visit in ukraine when it was still apart of the soviet union. i was been wokking on this for a long time. if you take all of this and totality, what you will see from the early 1990s when ukraine was being pushed to give nuclear weapons, constituents saw every move that was made basically a violation and didn't want ukraine to have any options to go anywhere else. every move that ukraine makes from all this way and can be documented and seen as offensive from russia's perspective. by the time you get to the things you are discussing, putin decided that ukraine has no rights and should not go anywhere. it is also belarus and kazakhstan. it is not only how things are being depicted by ukraine. you can see depictions of many other places when georgia was invaded. the same depiction happening on russian tel

alexandria, arlingtonton county, fairfax county, the metropolitan washington airport authority and the commonwealth of virginia. i want to recognize the federal agencies working on this investigation. the ntsb, f.b.i., coast forward, army and all orrs who cribbed. i want to thank those from local jurisdictions, hospital, mental health providers, even caring neighbors and support services who offered on the scene support to emergency responders and who continue to support those impacted. mr. speaker, mental health is critically important and i want to stress how many people have been impacted by this tragedy. and connect folks to resources to help. and finally, i want to thank all the air traffic controllers, employees who have returned to their jobs and worked tirelessly to keep our air space safe. it's got to be incredibly difficult working in close proximity to this tragedy, seeing the recovery efforts while completing your jobs. my heart goes out to you and we thank you for your professional. i in this trying time. mr. speaker, in sorrow and shade humanity i wholeheartedly support this measure.

. >> representative or senator from the commonwealth of. >> kentucky. >> or. >> anywhere else.t's when i. >> took this job. >> i didn't take an oath to. >> be the. >> best democratic. >> governor i could be. >> i took. >> an oath to be the best. >> governor for my. >> people that. >> i could be. >> and this policy. >> is going to harm so many. when i think about the things that matter most to the american people, it's going to impact all of them. they care about their job and whether they make enough to. support their family. if they've. >> got. >> to go two. >> hours. >> and take. >> off two days of. >> their job. >> just for. >> a regular. >> appointment, it's going to hurt. >> they care about that. >> next doctor's appointment for themselves. >> their parents. >> or their kids. >> it's not just getting themselves to an appointment. >> but the pediatric. >> appointments, the seniors. >> they care. >> about safety. >> in. >> their community. well, if your. ambulance drive to. >> a. >> level one trauma center is an. >> hour plus. >> then then not as many people are going to mak

- pennsylvania 11th congressional district which is a large dairy producer, the largest in the commonwealth of pennsylvania and 10th largest in the country. dairy is very important. you have talked about it a little bit, but i wonder if you could talk about the real impact on american farmers, if we don't get this right. if canada continues to go against the spirit of the u.s. and ca in regards to the dairy policy. >> it has a particular impact in new york and pennsylvania because that's where the folks live. that is our natural market just as much as it is the population centers in the u.s. i want to make particular emphasis on the european union with regard to dairy as well. we talk about the lack of ability to export this. we provide the european union country specific -- they don't give us any leeway in that regard. there are so many certification requirements, process requirements. now they are talking about in your part of the world, the european union's want to come to interview our farmworkers as a discussion with regard to whether or not they will trade with us. the list goes on an

helene impacted my district as well and i was struck by how farmers and volunteers all across our commonwealth and our nation jumped into help people. what are some things that we can do -- like, i have heard proposed that some of the fema dues can be returned to the governors. what can we do to make natural disasters more efficient? >> one thing would be to determine at what level bestowed -- there are already the first responders. fema gives grants for them to be better prepared. but we have always said, well, how prepared are they, and they have never been able to tell us over time. >> last question real quick. what is the definition of insanity? >> well, the common definition used is keep repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. >> yes. so we have to move quickly. i don't know if you know who mr. wonderful is, kevin o'leary, very successful businessman. on cnn he is saying doge should cut 20% more than you rebuild, because we are in drastic times, desperate times require desperate measures. >> we will provide answers on fema for the record. >> the chai

of fort bank for an impressive 40 years of service and dedication to communities across the commonwealth, including in the first congressional district. the core banking principles of fort bank are respecting the customer, offering competitive rates and serving the community. across kentucky, with 23 banking centers and three loan production offices, fort bank continues to serve kentuckians and blue grass businesses. mr. fort's role has allowed the enhancement and visionary leadership of fort bank to celebrate this 40th anniversary, signifying exceptional dedication and service to kentucky communities. i consider terry fort a close friend and i appreciate all that he has done, for all the communities in kentucky and all the charitable organizations, i congratulate him on his outstanding achievement. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new mexico, mr. vasquez, for five minutes. mr. vazquez: mr. speaker, i rise today to speak on behalf of the men and women who have served this nation, those who have defended our freedoms now face unne