he's in the navy reserve, and he's going to speak about the importance of funding the readiness within our military. we urge the senate democrats to stop the games and to stop holding our military hostage for partisan demands and let's join together, republicans and democrats, to put the safety and the security of america first. before i turn it over to congressman banks, i also wanted to highlight two other bills on the floor this week. first is the commonsense nutrition disclosure act. this brings menu labeling regulations into the 21st century. it gives places like grocers or convenient stores more flexibility to provide the required nutrition information to their customers in a more user friendly way. whether it might be using an app or going online. i'm also pleased that we're fast tracking the bipartisan legislation to ensure that the congressional workplace is safe and welcoming for all. members of congress must be held to a higher standard and they must lead by example and so i'm looking forward to that vote later on today. mr. banks: well, thank you to the leadership team. goo

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lieutenant general mark hert lichlt ng, former lieutenant commander in the navy reserve and barbara starrour pentagon correspondent. welcome to all of you. barbara, first to you, hearing from the secretary of defense at the top of that white house briefing, pretty political on this, saying it shows the president's respect for the military. >> he was asked why do it, why spend the money? when jim mattis wants to answer a question, he answers it at length. he did not want to answer this. he said it shows the president's affection and respect for the military and they're developing options. make no mistake, what this means is the pentagon will give the president options for the kind of parade he wants. he will pick. he will decide. there's not really anything anybody can do about it. he is the commander in chief. there have been military parades. why are you not seeing a huge rush of public support for this idea? already we're seeing bipartisan criticism on capitol hill. you know, look. one of the questions is one of tone and substance. the u.s. military right now never really did come home

margaret dean, who, herself, is a very valued member of the navy reserve. the first question -- forward the deployed naval sources have critical operational demands that took the "u.s.s. fitzgerald" and "u.s.s. john s. mccain" away from training and certification periods. which steps have the navy taken to ensure this is not continuing to occur with the remaining forward deployed naval forces? is the navy reviewing current sourcing requirements? additionally, has the navy coordinated with the combat and commanders to review current mandatory sourcing requirements? how is the navy leadership communicating an inability to resource or risk associated with resourcing the cocom requirements and for each of you? >> sir, i'll begin on this. the simple answer is that particularly the forward deployed naval forces in japan have taken a look at the force generation process. the process by which they maintain and train and certify forces for the missions to which they're assigned. we started by re-baselining every cruiser and destroyer that is in the forward deployed n

he came back and joined the navy reserves. he had a top-secret clearance. his reserve duty was in guantanamo with that top-secret clearance. and then because of an application for a passport, he was suddenly swept up and put in jail. now, fortunately, we found out about it, started raising a stink about it. it was brought to the attention in one of the court hearings by a federal judge, and the federal judge said to the assistant u.s. attorney what in the world are you doing putting a fellow like this in jail? and, of course, after that tongue lashing from a federal judge, we got involved with elijah. i'm happy to report to you that elijah is today a u.s. citizen. elijah is a productive member of the jacksonville community. and he is educated and he is contributing to his community. and our country is so much better off having the dreamers. they are our people. they are among the best and the brightest. the senate has voted overwhelmingly to pass a bipartisan bill that includes victories and concessions for both sides. that was the comprehensive immigration

but we talk about the first oversee navy space, we see a single birth reserve for the chinese navy of president gigi and paying looking to expand and sustain operations run the world. from your perspective specifically what you see her u.s. navy doing to counter what you need as far as u.s. navy presence to make sure we have what's necessary in relation to what we see is chinese aggressive expansion. >> while we do think about the lands and territory is very much a maritime theater. there's three critical points in this area and i recognize that. the resources being provided to me by the navy and marine corps are adequate to the task we have. the principal way we developed resilience is through our presence and constant presence. in both the red sea and the gulf of aden and into the arabian gulf. enter a very close partnership with our partners. we have three combined maritime taskforces that are led out of the naval headquarters and bothering that include different nations. when i look at nations on our team and others i think ours are very strong and it's a key way to maintain our i

that's almost 7 times the number of active and reserved uniformed personnel in the u.s. army, navyrce, marines and coast guard. florida governor rick scott a long time gun advocate advocated more discussions. >> how do we make sure that individuals with mental illness do not touch a gun? we need to have a real conversation so we have public safety for our schools in this state. >> reporter: so did florida federal legislators. >> more details become available, we'll have a deeper conversation about why these things are happening. >> let's have a conversation about how to deal with mental health issues, how to make sure that dangerous people don't get guns, how to make sure that law-abiding citizens don't have their second amendment rights interfered with. >> reporter: in a second hearing today, the secretary of the trish remember hinted at bolder action. >> the gun violence, it's a tragedy what we've seen yesterday and i would urge congress to look at these issues. >> do you propose to do something? >> um, i have vast responsibilities as treasury secretary but this is out of my lane

navy presence in the gulf and the red sea. we think the sitcom is being banned centric but we also see as you specifically point out -- land centric -- we see a single reserve for the chinese navy. we see president xi jinping through modernization of the military looking to very aggressively expand and sustain operations around the world from your perspective there, at centcom commander in that they are, specifically what do you see our u.s. navy doing to counter this chinese expansionism? what do you need as far as u.s. navy presence to makear sure tht we have what's necessary in relation to what we see as chinese aggressive expansion? >> thanks, congressman did i appreciate the question. i am an army guy. i would share what would you think about the land territory in centcom if t a much is a maritime theater. the three critical chokepoints that are so important to us in this area. i do recognize that. i would tell you the resources that are being provided, the maritime resources provide to me by the navy in the marine corps i think are adequate to the task we have. principal way we develop resilience against these types of great powerev influences in this

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