Housing urban affairs will come to order. Welcome to the three witnesses in person and our fourth witness online, and thank you for that. Climate change is, here the country knows that it is here for ohio teachers, and students forced to work in schools without air conditioning in 90 plus degree heat. For more and more days at both ends of the school year. It is here for ohio cities and towns like the one mr. Florida comes from, the draw their Drinking Water from lake erie and face higher and higher qassem harmful algae blooms. It is here for ohio farmers, many of whom lost an entire growing season in 2019 because of extreme rain and will who suit will soon be forced to learn to grow crops better suited to arkansas van to ohio. It is here for neighbors and kentucky who watched their homes and communities washed away in the devastating floods this week. The kind that scientists warn are becoming more common. We. Have seen these pictures, probably all of us in this room. The flooding cou
[inaudible] the committee on banking Housing Urban Affairs will come to order. Welcome to the three witnesses in person and our fourth witness online, and thank you for that. Climate change is, here the country knows that it is here for ohio teachers, and students forced to work in schools without air conditioning in 90 plus degree heat. For more and more days at both ends of the school year. It is here for ohio cities and towns like the one mr. Florida comes from, the draw their Drinking Water from lake erie and face higher and higher qassem harmful algae blooms. It is here for ohio farmers, many of whom lost an entire growing season in 2019 because of extreme rain and will who suit will soon be forced to learn to grow crops better suited to arkansas van to ohio. It is here for neighbors and kentucky who watched their homes and communities washed away in the devastating floods this week. The kind that scientists warn are becoming more common. We. Have seen these pictures, probably all
Longterm reform, and thats part of the work that we have described here and that were undertaking as part of our task force. I know that my colleagues this evening all agree with me that we need to continue this work and take advantage of advancing technology, the metrics that exist now, the examples of good practices, the leadership of providers and the medical community and good ideas wherever they are. And whoever is willing to offer them. I want to thank my colleagues for joining in this effort. I look forward to returning on this subject, and i have now some additional remarks on a separate subject that i wish to be separated in part by a different space, if thats possible, mr. President. Briefly, mr. President , i want to express my strong support for the transportationh. U. D. Appropriations bill thats before us and take a moment to explain an amendment that i have filed to this bill that ensures that men and women who have bravely served our country cannot be discriminated agai
Conservatives, but the Vice President meets them with a very different message. Lets make a deal. There is no deal in principle. There is a solid idea that was offered that as we look at well have to evaluate as it affects premiums, but i can tell you that the Vice President did a good job of articulating that and we are certainly encouraged by the progress we seem to be making. In the senate poised to go nuclear meaning here in washington a dramatic rules change smcho respects can overc opposition to President Trump Supreme Court pick. This is going to be very bad. Let me tell you whats going to happen. The judge the will become more ideologic ideological. Its so unnecessary. With us to share their reporting and insights, margaret of bloom berg politics matt and cnn dana bash. I want to start with this warning. If you have children in the room, you might want to ask them to leave. These images are quite graphic. At least ten children and dozens more men and women killed when air strik
Multiple sources say susan rice requested to unmask the names of trump transition officials. The unmasked names, People Associated with donald trump, were sent to the nsc, james clapper, john bannon including former deputy nasa security adviser ben rhodes. These names were part of incidental electronic surveillance of candidate donald trump for up to a year before he took office. One of the names collected, they are supposed to be masked meaning they are redacted from reports unless its an issue of National Security or crime. There are loop holes and ways to unmask these through back channels, but americans are supposed to be protected from incidental collection. Our sources say in this case, they were not. This comes in the wake of Evelyn Farkus interview. She said in part, quote, i was urging my former colleagues and frankly speaking to people on the hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence before presid