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SOURCE: Office of Senator Mitch McConnell
McConnell, Boxer Announce Agreement on Multi-Year Highway Bill
‘After months of discussion and a lot of cooperation from chairmen and ranking members, and staffs and members from both sides of the aisle, I’m happy to announce that Sen. Boxer and I have an agreement for a multi-year, bipartisan highway bill.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the bipartisan Drive Act:
“After months of discussion and a lot of cooperation from chairmen and ranking members, and staffs and members from both sides of the aisle, I’m happy to announce that Sen. Boxer and I have an agreement for a multi-year, bipartisan highway bill. We will now discuss that with our conferences at the lunches.
“This is a six-year highway authorization that will allow planning for important long-term projects around the country, and the bill provides three years of guaranteed funding for the highway trust fund.
“Senators from both parties know that a long-term highway bill is in the best interest of our country. So we’ll continue working together to get a good one passed. Thanks to the dedication of both Republican and Democratic Senators and their staffs, I’m hopeful we will.
“I thank the many members on both sides of the aisle who helped get us as far as we’ve already gotten today. In particular I’d like to thank Chairmen Inhofe, Hatch, Thune and Shelby for their efforts to reach a bipartisan accomplishment.”
SOURCE: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell / YouTube Channel
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the bipartisan Drive Act.
SOURCE: Department of Defense
Flag Officer Announcement
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the president has made the following nomination:
Rear Adm. Kevin D. Scott for appointment to the rank of vice-admiral and for assignment as director for operational plans and joint force development, J-7, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. Scott is currently serving as vice director, joint force development, Joint Staff, Suffolk, Virginia.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the president has made the following nominations:
Navy Vice Adm. Robert L. Thomas Jr. for reappointment to the rank of vice-admiral and for assignment as director, Navy staff, N09B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. Thomas is currently serving as commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan.
Navy Rear Adm. John C. Aquilino for appointment to the rank of vice-admiral and for assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans, and strategy, N3/N5, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. Aquilino is currently serving as director, maritime operations, DMOC/N04, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
SOURCE: Department of Defense /Defense News Lead Photo
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Lt. Gen. Ronald Lewis lay a wreath during their visit to Yad Veshem on July 21, 2015. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Clydell Kinchen) (Released)
Sgts. Stephen Wills (left) and Brandon Hendrix, drill instructors from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, motivate Jose Garcia, a Marine enlistee from Yakima, Wash., during a Recruiting Station Seattle pool function at the Yakima Training Center in Yakima, July 17, 2015. During the event, recruiters teamed with drill instructors to physically and mentally prepare enlistees from Washington and Idaho for boot camp. The enlistees, part of the Marine Corps delayed entry program, are awaiting their ship dates. Wills, 24, is from Phoenix and is assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion. Hendrix, 26, is from Redlands, Calif., and is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. Garcia, 17, is set to become a senior at Eisenhower High School in Yakima and was recruited by Sgt. James Campos. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder)
A U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldier from the 374th Engineer Company (Sapper), headquartered in Concord, Calif., covers a sector of fire during an air assault landing July 18 during a two-week field training exercise known as a Sapper Leader Course Prerequisite Training at Camp San Luis Obispo Military Installation, Calif. The unit is grading its Soldiers on various events to determine which ones will earn a spot on a “merit list” to attend the Sapper Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
A U.S. Air Force Pararescueman with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron parachutes to the ground during High Altitude Low Opening jump training at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 18, 2015. To mark the drop zone, green smoke was used to guide the Pararescuemen to their landing point. The 83rd ERQS mission is to rescue, recover, and return American or allied forces in times of danger or extreme duress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford/Released)
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