The outgoing chairman, mike johnson from louisiana from indiana mike johnson from louisiana and jim thanks from indiana. Im going to do a quick interruption of them and then ask questions but we will take questions from the audience. If you would like to ask questions, please submit them to chris see hris. Gavin at a. Org. We will put them up. I have a bunch of my own questions as well so we will try to get to them as they come up. Representative jim thanks is chairman elect to the committee and representative thinks is inn his second term representative of the Third District covering the Northeast Corner of the date including four lane. Thanks service in the Armed Services committee on education and Labor Committee and Veterans Affairs committee. He is the father of Young Children so we always like to have, no about peoples families. Representative johnson is the outgoing chairman, the second term representing Fourth District of louisiana covering the northwest part of the state inclu
That growth and enforce policies that will do nothing to stop Climate Change. What would staying in the agreement lead to . The Heritage Foundation modeled the policies that would be required to meet the Obama Administrations paris commitments and found that by 2035, there would be an overall loss of nearly 400,000 jobs, half of which would be in manufacturing. An average of total income loss of more than 20,000 for a family of four. And an aggregate g. D. P. Loss of over 2. 5 trillion and an increase in Household Electricity expenditures by 13 and 20 . My amendment would allow the United States to stay out of the unrealistic and overbearing agreement. I urge members to vote yes on this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. I yield to the Ranking Member. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from kentucky is recognized. Mr. Rogers i thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of his amendment. The Paris Agreement is an unworkable, unrealistic policy solution
Fredericksburg. Notice the break back to the west. And this is what i was talking about a little earlier. A little bit of a split going on here. Were going to be watching this split. Ive got some brandnew information on how it is going to impact your morning commute. Ive got that coming up for you at about 11 17. Guys . Doug, thank you. Breaking news right now from south carolina. At least one person is being treated at this hour at a hospital after a shooting tonight in spartanburg methodist college. Right now that campus is on lockdown. Students are being told to stay in their dorms. Police say the shooting involved a Campus Police officer. But theyre not poviding many more details. And its not clear if anyone else has been injured, or if the shooter has been captured. Well keep an eye on this story and bring you any new information if we get it. Its not just a playground, it is the center of one alexandria community. And now its also a murder scene. Dozens of parents filled a church
President obama met with 10 people who have benefited from the health care law. Here is what he had to say. Why is it that this would be at the top of their agenda . Making sure that folks who dont have health care are able to get it. It was maybe possible before it was implemented and now it is being implemented and people are being covered just as anticipated. The premiums on average are less than 100 when you take into account the tax credit. So it is affordable or the people that it was designed to help. Health care inflation is at its lowest rate in 50 years. And its costing less than the original projection. And so the notion that we would have politics with this approach who are out there working hard every day trying to make ends meet and that is a message that i want to use than directly today. Reporter David Cameron defending the decision to fly flags at half staff following the death of king abdullah. Saying that information provided by the gulf states has saved his lives. L
We will have special lines for republicans and democrats independent, and active and retired military. The numbers are on the screen. You can also use social media on twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. Two charts to help understand the piece of the budget puzzle that we are talking about this morning on the first front first 45 myth of washington journal and that is the 585 the 4 trillion request. What we are talking about this morning to my want your thoughts on defense spending and the increases that the president is seeking. Here is a comparison of the department of defense spending request to some other agencies on the hill. This is according to Washington Post this morning. The president s budget plan came out yesterday, and of course, all of the agency heads and undersecretaries Holding Press Conferences to talk about their agencys budget request for fiscal 2015 fiscal 2016. Secretary of defense spoke about how the 585 billion request is still a s