Members about the president s plan to privatize the nations Traffic Control system and reductions to Capital Investment and surface transportation projects. This is two hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Before i begin, i just i know that all of our minds are a little bit in many ways elsewhere because of the incidents yesterday at the baseball practice field, and i just wanted to once again mention how all of us are praying for, obviously, the whip, mr. Steve scalise, the two Brave Police Officers that were injured, along with a member of the staff and a former member of the staff who were injured. So just we cannot forget them and we wish their full recoveries. With that this morning we welcome secretary chow to testify on the fiscal year 2018 budget for the department of transportation. I dont have to tell any of you that secretary chow comes to this position with thank lone o most impressive records of Public Service that anyone will see, having served as chairman of the m
Have time at the end for a q a session please line up at the microphone to the right so with that i will handed over to the interviewer the managing editor for the Chicago Tribune. Welcome to ruth printers row lit fest. I am pleased to be sitting here with lisa napoli with a fellow journalist who is the offer of ray and joan the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who you gave the ball away. We were working on a cover line for a magazine people dont put appreciate how long it can go. Reading the New York Post that this was different and i got lucky. It is a book about the man who made mcdonalds what it is and then the head spinning philanthropy of his wife joan kroc so liz taylor who was the Chicago Tribune editoratlarge in said a Business Editor should do the interview and then said it is more like a love story. I think it is a little more complex than that. Is. It is a love story and a hate story and about mid 20th century americana and that is what kept me going it took
Broadcast live on cspan 2s were going to have time end to have a q a session so when the time comes, please like up at the microphone to your right so that our home viewing audience can hear the questions. With that, im going to hand it with that, im going to hand it over to your interviewer, amy carr, associate mapping are editor for the chicago tribune. [applause] welcome to lit fest. Im here pleased to be here with lisa napoli. Former journalist, current journalize. He man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all wow. I love this title. Thick people dont often appreciate lounge it goes into getting a perfect title. I think this is a great headline. I grew up in new york which is the master of headlines but i got lucky. It is a book about that man who meat mcdonalds to what we know today and amazing, headspinning philanthropy of his third wife, joan kroc. When we were putting together the program, liz taylor, who is the chicago tribunes literary editor at large, w
Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan 2s booktv. Were going to have time end to have a q a session so when the time comes, please like up at the microphone to your right so that our home viewing audience can hear the questions. With that, im going to hand it over to your interviewer, amy carr, associate mapping are editor for the chicago tribune. [applause] welcome to lit fest. Im here pleased to be here with lisa napoli. Former journalist, current journalize. Always a journalist. The author of ray and joan he man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all wow. I love this title. Thick people dont often appreciate lounge it goes into getting a perfect title. I grew up in new york reading the north new new New York Post a book about that man who meat mcdonalds to what we know today and amazing, headspinning philanthropy of his third wife, joan kroc. When we were putting together the program, liz taylor, who is the chicago tribunes literary editor at large, wa
Actions, it boils down to the good, the bad and the nasty. I am an optimist, the pallet cleansing aca action calls for full repeal of teetering and collectivist health care law. The president is telling federal agencies and leash holders if employees and minions dont like obamacare, they dont have to keep it. Love it. The federal hiring freeze. This goes in the basket of adorables as the new administration is telling a corp. Ullent, bloated and glutunnous government, you cant buy any more entenmans and bur, its cold in here, there are so many freezes in the atmosphere. More frigid than the birchs meat locker, regulation freeze is in effect. Jonesing agencies cant spike veins with edicts and rules and the bird flying Energy Standards that president obama tried to ram through. Theyre also happily on hold. President trump is giving mr. Obama a place to put his overused pen and phone and like barrow, alaska, the sun dont shine much there either. Im not too hot on pulling out of the tpp, ye