Cowboy movies and cowboy programs were on tv so you were sort of, when i was a kid you are saturated with the American West and i just fell in love with it. Then, 1993 i began traveling through the west and just fell in love with it. And i quickly became to understand that there was much more to the residence than cowboys and indian fights. There wasjust the artistry of the landscape , the culture. The history. The really deep history, the history of that involved so many different groups that was quite a different west thanwhat i had learned from hollywood. And you learned americans and angloamericans, but there were asian americans, African Americans, hispanic americans all contributing to the culture and that the west was in fact are more diverse in many ways then the lands, some of the places east of the mississippi. First of all im going to talk about the books i have purchased on africa, African Americans in the west. And then im going to talk about the hispanic west. And finally
The governors remarks in progress. This is just under 40 minutes. In 2016, wyoming is ranked first in Mountain Region for Work Force Development and was also rated third for new business startup activity and sixth best state for business. Despite being the most difficult budget year in my time in office, wyoming stayed proactive and forward looking. With the tap tal construction project w the important work of renovating and modernizing our state facilities like the wyoming state hospital, the wyoming life resource center, and the wyoming veterans home. We had Ground Breaking a of the the university of wyoming for the mcmurray High Altitude Performance Center and the Education Research building last fall and the Ground Breaking for the Integrative Test Center last spring. At the university of wyoming in addition to new facility starts we opened the stem facility in march 2016 in the High Bay Research facility is opening soon. We have had incredible opportunities wealth created by our m
Speech. In 2016 wyomings ranked first for mount region and Workforce Development and was also rated third of new business startup activity and best state for business. So despite being the most difficult budget in my time in Office Wyoming state with the important work of renovating and modernizing our state facilities like the Wyoming State Hospital and Resource Center and the veterans home. We had Ground Breaking at the university of wyoming for the mcmurray High Altitude Performance Center last fall. The Ground Breaking for the integrated test center last spring. At the university of wyoming in addition to new facility starts we open the facility in march 2016 in the High Bay Research facility is opening soon. We have had incredible opportunities with the wealth created by our many businesses and great citizens. Were grateful for so many partnerships. Were grateful for the partnerships we have with the tribes. Were partners and friends to each other and i look forward to continued g
Good morning. President trump has made improving the nations infrastructure a top priority and this committee is continuing its effort to highlight the nations infrastructure it is critical to the nations prosperity pie as members of this committee as the driver of the nations economy this committee has a long history of working together and a bipartisan way and i would continue that tradition. To have sweeping jurisdiction of the nations infrastructure focusing on the needs of Water Systems in indonesia this committees purview. Fin other western states are highlighting the name needs to prevent catastrophic flooding earlier this month more than 180,000 people were evacuated in california because storms cause serious damage to the oldest and in the United States potential threat concerned of state officials and People Living downstream any future Severe Weather events could make this even more critical ended is raising questions of the readiness of our infrastructure. Diem said levys a
Good morning. I call this hearing to order. President trump has made improving our nations infrastructure a top priority. And this committee is continuing its effort to highlight our nations infrastructure needs. As i stated infrastructure is critical to our nations prosperity. In personal meetings i have met with members of this committee, both sides of the aisle, and i will tell you that infrastructure is always listed as a top priority. It is a priority because it is a driver of the nations economy and it impacts every community. This committee has a long history of working together in a bipartisan way on infrastructure issues. I want to continue that tradition. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has sweeping jurisdiction over our nations infrastructure. Our last hearing focused on highways and roads and the needs of rural water systems, all of which within this committees purview. Recent natural weather events in the last month in california and in other western stat