Subcommittee will reconvene. Hearingthe most clunky ive ever participated in, let alone chaired and that is saying a lot for the United States senate, so i apologize for our way to our witnesses, but to all who are paying attention, how challenging it has been with the series of votes. Senator cantwell is next to question. Cantwell thank you for inviting a witness that is both in kansas ander a Washington State residents to boot. I do want to work with you on the manufacturing workforce workforce issue that you and senator warner introduced keeping the supply chain and aviation manufacturing. I appreciate this hearing and i know we are dealing with an increase in the number of cases and challenges we face. Im very proud our state has kept our rates of infections and hospitalizations down, and appreciate the ongoing efforts but im also impressed by the manufacturing efforts in our state. Everybody working together. Outdoor research converted one of its seattle facilities into making sur
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Has supported from the beginning. This morning a lawmaker calls the plan a missed opportunity. Kaitlan collins at the white house. The scope of this proposal may be not the big deal that the president seemed to indicate he was all for at that meeting at the white house. Reporter thats right, john. Its a lot less dramatic than any of the language weve heard the president use since that shooting. One of the biggest parts of this proposal unveiled overnight by the white house and three weeks after that shooting was something the president has pushed for which was Arming School teachers. This proposal specifically calls for, quote the rigorous training of School Employees to be able to use these firearms but i should note that it doesnt call for any new funding for states to be able to provide that training to teachers, but whats most notable about these proposals is whats not included here, john, and thats the president s idea to raise the age limit to purchase certain firearms from 18 to
Antigovernment protests has and to take to the streets and once again to deny on jobs and Better Public Services. And u. S. President donald trump its as if his former lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation with the president back payments to a former playboy model trump say the taping could have been illegal. Im on its own its good to have you with us the Israeli Military has evacuated some eight hundred syrian wife helmets to safety in neighboring georgia the White Helmets are known for rescuing the wounded in the aftermath of airstrikes and shelling and rebel held territory in syria the government though accuses them of aiding a terrorist israels army said on twitter that they had been rescued at the request of the United States and europe. Countries as part of a humanitarian effort it was feared that they could have been killed by Government Forces if theyd stayed in syria when the syrian army has been advancing in recent weeks and its now approaching the israeli con