Is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here but i especially want to thank secretary elaine chao, leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, kevin. Chairman bill shuster, thank you very much, bill, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [applause] its about time too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans, who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple, seamlessly transferring a veterans medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to th
Make it easier for the department of Veterans Affairs to fire, demote or suspend employees. Final passage scheduled for 6 1. Later in the week the senator heitkamp legislation to expand sanctions on iran, targeting people who work on irans illicit missile program. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, the question occurs on the elwood nomination. Mr. Alexander i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer any senator in the chamber wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 67. And the nays are 33. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration legislative now and proceed to the consideration of s. 10994, whi
Violence in iraq. We still have the problem of at least three towns under isis occupation. We have no idea whether they will be staybehinds. We have the problem of syria and we also have a country where there are many other islamist elements, divisions between sunni and shiite, kurd and arab, there is something where its an important tactical victory but it doesnt bring stability to iraq. It doesnt eliminate the threat. Isis only was responsible for about 11 of the acts of terrorism in this region in 2016. And thats all of its affiliates. And that sort of puts isis into perspective. Rose we conclude with author and New York Times obituary require Richard Sandomir, he talked to jeff glor about his new book, the pride of the yankees, lou gehrig, gary cooper and the making of a classic. I think i became fascinated about a dozen years ago with the gehrig speech and then i started wondering, why cant i see the whole thing. And then i started getting a little more obsessed with the movie and
Violence in iraq. We still have the problem of at least three towns under isis occupation. We have no idea whether they will be staybehinds. We have the problem of syria and we also have a country where there are many other islamist elements, divisions between sunni and shiite, kurd and arab, there is something where its an important tactical victory but it doesnt bring stability to iraq. It doesnt eliminate the threat. Isis only was responsible for about 11 of the acts of terrorism in this region in 2016. And thats all of its affiliates. And that sort of puts isis into perspective. Rose we conclude with author and New York Times obituary require Richard Sandomir, he talked to jeff glor about his new book, the pride of the yankees, lou gehrig, gary cooper and the making of a classic. I think i became fascinated about a dozen years ago with the gehrig speech and then i started wondering, why cant i see the whole thing. And then i started getting a little more obsessed with the movie and
The ones who remain in place, would say that the president s mind is focused on the policy issues at hand of which parents just want in infrastructure and a tax code overhaul on the other. Obviously, theres plenty going on to subject more on the president s mind. More going on inside the white house to hold the ceremonial the president had this last week. Louise radnofsky live on this sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for having me. Her work is available at wjs. Com. Appreciate you being with us. Now state and local officials testify at a house hearing on tefr Student Succeeds act. They changed the way the federal department of education oversees state boards of education and local School Districts. This is twoandahalf hours. The committee of Education Workforce will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to todays full committee hearing. I want to thank you or panel of witnesses and our Committee Members for joining todays discussion on the implementation of the