Apparently you guys knew about it earlier in the week, because obviously this is a team out of austin that has come to cover it. Fantastic. Im tickled to death they could it is taped. The idea, i think, is they will send a tape back to d. C. And it will be run unedited, unfiltered, which is the way i prefer it. So whoever runs it, whoever is responsible for that, thank you for letting us have access to the facility again. It is terrific. I will talk about some things in d. C. , then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fund the government. We do that through the appropriations process. Today is october 7, today is the seventh day of the new fiscal year. We should have gotten all the appropriations work done at least before the end of september, and we didnt. Which is not unusual. Congress usual doesnt get that work done. Fiscal 19, we did get about 70 of the spending plan done before the end of september, which meant that the department of defense, the l
The time to be here with us today. We do have a lot of national media. Thank you folks for coming out. It must be quiet on the president ial trail here in iowa today. You are absolutely welcome. Thank you for being here as well. Work, weur town halls do have a number of cards filled up by folks i would like to ask questions. If you would like to fill out a card and you didnt when you came in, raise your hand. Staff will come by and will provide you with a card. You can fill that out and get your name thrown in there to be drawn as well. With that, we will go ahead and get started. I wont have an Opening Statement or anything. We want to get to as many questions as possible. Those upve cards, send to the front here. Emily will go ahead and call a couple names out. She will get folks in line. We will get started. They give coming. I apologize for any name i butcher. I will read to names. Deb, followed by and are amber. Hello. Im a Small Business owner here in carroll county. I want to kn
Thanks everyone for coming out today, and this is my 33rd town hall of this year. So been active and busy and out and about amongst our communities and our constituencies. So thank you very much for taking the time to be here with us today. We do have a lot of national media. Thank you, folks are coming out. It must be quite on the president ial trail here in iowa today. But you are absolutely welcomed so thank you for being here as well. The way our town halls work for those that havent been to one, we do have a number of cards that been filled up out by fols that would like to ask questions. If youd like to fill out a card and you did when you came in, if you would racial hand the staff of come by and will provide you with a card. You can solve it out and get your name thrown in there to be drawn as well. With that what we will do, go ahead and get started. I will have an Opening Statement anything. We want to get to as many questions as possible. I can come if you have cards, send t
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Normally do, and then it will be up to you to ask questions and whatever you want to talk about. We found out about the cspan coverage this morning but apparently you guys knew about it earlier in the week, because this is a team out of austin that has come here. Fantastic. Im tickled to death they could find santa anna on a map. And they have come to be with us this afternoon as part of that. It is taped. The idea, i think, is they will send a tape back to d. C. And it will be unfiltered, unedited, the way i prefer it. So whoever runs it, whoever is responsible for that, thank you for letting us have access to the facility again. It is terrific. I will talk about some things in d. C. , then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fond of the government. We do that through the appropriations process. Today is october 7, today is the seventh day of the new fiscal year. We should have gotten everything done at least before the end of september, and we didnt.