Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives, accompanied by the honorable Kevin Mccarthy, mckay cole james, the honorable barbara mikulski, the honorable Brenda Lawrence, the honorable debbie lesko, ms. Cokie roberts, and ms. Rebecca boggs roberts. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. Good afternoon. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon, yes, yes indeed this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today in the house of representatives. Well, thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making it so pleasant for us. [ applause ] im honored to be here with Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues, congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [ applause ] and let us welcome cokie robe s roberts,
Wesco, ms. Cokie roberts. And ms. Rebecca bonds. Ladies and gentlemen the honorable nancy pelosi the speaker of the house of representatives. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. This afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and for what happened 100 years ago today. In the house of representatives. The String Quartet i want to thank them for making it so pleasant for us. I am honored to be here with leader Kevin Mccarthy. And the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly are women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues. As congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [ applause ] and let us welcome cokie roberts, a trailblazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca an outstanding journalist in whole or in right, writing about women. [ applause ] as many of the women members know, the lindy boggs room in this room, the only rim name for a woman in the capital is named for cokies lovely mother, and reb
process about $290 billion and in addition, also changes the circumstance for people on medicare by putting a cap of a maximum $2,000 a year they have to pay no more than $2,000 a year no matter how many prescriptions they have. for all the prescription drugs. which is especially important for people with cancer, and long-term diseases. it s a god send. literally be a god send for many families. second, the bill locks in place lower health care premiums for the next three years for millions of families that get coverage under the affordable care act. average savings of $800 a year for 13 million people. third, invests $369 billion, granted i call for 500 plus, but invests $369 billion to secure energy future and address the climate crisis, bringing down family energy bills by hundreds of dollars by providing working families tax credits. it gives folks rebates to buy new and efficient appliances and weatherize their homes, and tax cuts for heat pumps and rooftop solar, and ta
To ask questions. Without objective, thats so ordered. Can would like to welcome everybody to the hearing today. Its going to focus obviously on how we can build the 21st century infrastructure. And the committee is holding a host of hearings to gather ideas on what congress can do to achieve this goal. And today, were going to hear ideas from our highways and transit stakeholders. Gathering input from our stakeholders is essential to the process. That we use to again surface transportation policy. Its valuable in our efforts to pass the act, which was the first longterm highway bill in a decade, and were going to continue to need your assistance with future legislation. Even with the Additional Resources we provided, the nations surface Transportation System still needs additional investments. Enacting a long Term Solution for the Highway Trust Fund is a critical component to insuring we can address those needs long into the future. Since passage of the f. A. S. T. Act, building a con
And how it shaped his interest in nature. He talked about the legislative houses and opposition to establishing the 10th National Park. Hosted by history colorado, this event marking the centennial of the park is a little over one hour. On genuine 26, 1915, Woodrow Wilson created rocky Mount National park. Five days earlier on january 20, the enabling legislation, a cartoon on the screen behind me appeared in the denver post. It shows enos mills shaking hands with the goddess colorado, who was saying, enos, i am proud of you. In the background, to mountains speaking. Further complements followed, and within months enos mills was being hailed as the father of Rocky Mountain National Park. The title that mills himself would appropriate in his own writings. That title has followed mills from his time to our own. To cite the most obvious public example, that title graces the pedestal of the bronze lifesize statue of mills and his border collie, scotch. It has stood in the corner of a park