November, 3rd election. And tonight judge Amy Coney Barrett has officially been sworn in to the Supreme Court and our washington dc correspondent kelli meyer joins us now live with the kelly, the seems like it all happened pretty quickly. Good evening. Grant vicki yeah, it did we just wrapped up with the official swearing in at the white house just moments ago and just 30 minutes before that she had the final confirmation vote here on capitol hill in that building just behind me and it went as expected republicans knew they had the votes to get this through democrats continued to oppose this until the very last second. Senator schumer the democrat from new york trying to push this off again until after the election but was unsuccessful in that in the end all democrats opposed the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett and one republican side with democrats on that that was republican maine senator susan collins, but all other republicans voted. For judge barrett to become the next jus
Law, government power and cutvidual ready, and also individual liberty, and also conservation. To discuss, i am pleased to be joined by administrator wheeler. We will offer some opening remarks and then i will have some questions. Too, as youwest and can see on our event page and our youtube page. Ask questions on twitter at hashtag aeicleanairandwater. First, some opening remarks. Administrator wheeler, welcome. Admin. Wheeler thank you, adam, for that great introduction. I fort to thank ae inviting me to be here today. Earlier this month, i provided reflections on the last 50 years of the Environmental Protection agency and laid out our plan for its future at the nixon library. Today, i would like to explain, based on what we have accomplished over the past four years, how we are going to get to this future. It is incontrovertible that today the environment is in better shape under President Trump than we found it. Since 2017, air pollution in this country has fallen 7 . Last year, e
Remarks and then i will ask questions. You can submit questions as well. But first your opening remarks. Welcome. Thank you for the introduction but i want to welcome aei for inviting me to be here today earlier this month i have reflections on the last 50 years of the epa and laid out our plan for its future at the Nixon Library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past four years how we will get to this future. It is incontrovertible today the environment is in better shape under President Trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution in this country has fallen 7 percent. Last year superfund sites the most in a single year since 2001 and b will list another 27 this year the epa is trying to finance more than 40 billion of clean Water Infrastructure supporting 7100 projects and 27000 jobs during President Trumps first term and they have recovered more criminal and civil appointees them the Obama Biden Administration did and their first term. The
The administrator of the United States Environmental Protection agency andrew wheeler, this marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of president nixons creation of the epa. The epas work he paralyzes the challenges of modern administration, challenges of expertise and democrat accountability, regulatory responses, rules of law, government power and conservation and innovation, discuss the epas mission, its record in the road ahead, opening remarks and have some questions. You can have questions on the event page and our youtube page. By email to elaine. Alan. Epa. Org. Welcome. Thank you for inviting me to be here today. I provide reflections of the past 50 years of the Environmental Protection agency and layout plans for its future. Today i would like to explain based on what we accomplished over the last few years. It is incontrovertible that today the environment is in better shape under donald trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution has fallen 7 . Last year epa delisted 27 sites, th
Segment for remarks from hillary clinton, discussing americas role in the world during a recorded Virtual Event hosted by the Atlantic Council. You are watching cspan. The first woman to be the president ial candidate of a major u. S. Political party. One of only three women who has served as secretary of state. She was first lady and has been a u. S. Senator. We are delighted that she is going to have another first with us as she will be the first speaker in our brandnew series, alexion 2020, americas role in the world. Part of the Atlantic Council frontpage series. Leaders, wef global have had heads of state from columbia, afghanistan, and london. We have had the. Ecretarygeneral of nato we are delighted to have former secretary of state, hillary clinton. We will feature the most prominent voices shaping the International Dialogue to explore u. S. Leadership and interests in the world alongside our friends and allies. Secretary clinton knows that this is a [indiscernible] and at the