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
Thats why youre going with speed, right . You are not putting this out to bid. We have not agreed on any pricing, but i can assure you before we were to sign off on a contract, we are going to make sure that this is the best value for taxpayers. Yes. Yep. Youve had a couple of questions around this, what kind of fights do you anticipate in congress when this, by [inaudible] and not having a competitive bid, there will be some pushback, right . Well, this wouldnt be washington if there wasnt pushback, but i dont expect, i do not expect anymajor fights on this. I think that the one thing i feel extremely proud about, about the way the congress has acted when it comes to veterans issues, is the bipartisan support when its the right thing to do for this countrys veterans. And i do expect that to, essentially, carry through on this. That does not mean that it is not appropriate to ask hard questions, to make sure that the Due Diligence is there, to make sure, as we said, this is a risky pro
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] vice pres. Pence secretary, leader mccarthy, chairman bill shuster, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade practices, and hes been working with congress to repeal and replace obamacare. And thanks to president donald trump, america is back. [applause] american businesses are growing and investing in america again. More than 600,000 private sector jobs have be
Ladies and gentlemen, former secretary of transportation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] secretary, leader, chairman, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade practices, and hes been working with congress to repeal and re place obamacare. And thanks to president donald trump, america is back. [applause] american businesses are growing and investing in america again. More than 600,
A vote could be held next week. Global news 24 hours a day. I am Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. China fortifies its firewall in the latest move to tighten online censorship. We dig into the new crackdown. Teslas model 3 production goes into overdrive. Twotime nba champion and emerging investor i do iguodala making a iguodala is big play for Silicon Valley. Bloomberg scoop china is cracking down on what its citizens can find on the web. It has ordered the three major carriers to block individual access to Virtual Private Networks by february 1. It essentially shuts down a major window to the global internet. Thousands of websites are currently blocked in china including facebook, twitter, and some google sites including youtube. Is normally based in tokyo but joins us from new york today. What do we know . China has been playing this game of cat and mouse with Virtual Private Networks for years. Fo