Primary, he got enough writein votes to be the nominee for the democratic and progressive parties. Prior to becoming Lieutenant Governor, he served in the vermont house and senate for a combined 14 years. He runs an organic farm with his wife. Welcome to you both. Its a pleasure to have you on this debate with us today. Thanks for being here. Thank you for having us. Thank you. Were going to have a round of questions that i ask to start off and then youll be able to ask questions of one another. In the last third of this debate, well have questions from listeners including some from local High School Students. Well throw in lightning round questions if we have time and i will give you a chance to offer final thoughts when i lets get started. You will have one minute to answer these questions and if i ask you a followup you will have a minute to answer that. In january the governor will be dealing with significant unemployment and an uncertain Economic Future including the potential for
Ahead on washington journal, your thoughts and reaction to the events of the last few days as President Trump continues his treatment for covid19. We are dividing our phone lines regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. Those of you out west, 202 7488001. Send us a text message at 202 7488003. You can join us on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Good sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. A lot to get to in the next couple of hours, including this headline from the New York Times, confusion and concern as the president ails. This headline, trump saying he is doing much better. He is not out of danger. That is from white house chief of staff mark meadows, contrasting a rosy picture painted by the president s dr. On television. Saturday evening, the president said he was starting to feel good. The video meant to reassure the nation posted on his website at realdonaldtrump. Com. [video clip] i want to begin by thanking all the incredible medica
The administrator of the United States Environmental Protection agency andrew wheeler, this marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of president nixons creation of the epa. The epas work he paralyzes the challenges of modern administration, challenges of expertise and democrat accountability, regulatory responses, rules of law, government power and conservation and innovation, discuss the epas mission, its record in the road ahead, opening remarks and have some questions. You can have questions on the event page and our youtube page. By email to elaine. Alan. Epa. Org. Welcome. Thank you for inviting me to be here today. I provide reflections of the past 50 years of the Environmental Protection agency and layout plans for its future. Today i would like to explain based on what we accomplished over the last few years. It is incontrovertible that today the environment is in better shape under donald trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution has fallen 7 . Last year epa delisted 27 sites, th
People get the sleep they need to operate safely. When you are working on a 24 7 operation, we have seen too many people in investigations at the ntsb be pressure to work long shifts. Those laws are there to really protect the driver and all of us that are on the roadway. As you know, there are certain threshold requirements. It is the weight of the vehicle the size of the vehicle, the type of operation they do as to what laws affect them and whether or not they are considered a commercial vehicle or have to hold a commercial drivers license. Until those things are changed if those vans are beneath the 26,000pound threshold for interstate commerce, they will not get picked up. Some companies insure that all of their drivers, no matter the size of the vehicle they operate, obey the rules. Those are the best companies could we have got to figure out a way to highlight those and get the Bad Companies out of business. Host one more call out of New Hampshire. New hampshire. Caller two separ
Spoke and said some things as well. I listen to what you say and i dont always follow it. Theres tablets, things you carry, a lot of displays Virtual Reality coming. Theres all sorts of technology. Some of which are aware of lcd and things like that. Some have not been invented or research labs. I really do want to correct. Its not just about apple. Apple is a great company. They are doing great things. Vizio is talking about going public today. In terms of what else well be seeing in the near term its had a successful run. When i talked to retailers, i hear about sets going off the shelves. The numbers are truly astounding in terms of how they are selling and the price you can get. Because we all work in washington, d. C. , i suppose the obligatory question has to be, well start this time with you, michael, what can the government do to help or, on the other hand hinder your industry and filling out its role in the future of television and feel free to lay out any concerns you have ab