Shovelready private sector infrastructure project. How many times were we promised in the stimulus bill that we were going to create x number of jobs that were shovel ready, and most of that 800 billion went to public employment, not to shovelready jobs. In fact, the president even admitted that. This pipeline is shovel ready. Its time toned th time toned tl delay. I yield. A senator mr. President . Id like to thank the good senator from iowa who i think has made the case so well. Mr. Hoeven and i look to his experience in Energy Issues and ag issues and his understanding of what it truly takes to have an alloftheabove Energy Policy. And as he said so well, its not only needed infrastructure but its jobs. Here we are talking about getting the economy going and getting people back to work. This doesnt cost one penny not one penny of federal spending. Yet it puts people to work and it creates hundreds of millions of revenue to help reduce our deficit and our debt. So were talking about p
But we continue to talk about temperatures on the rise. Nearly 70 degrees today. Right now we have that rain coming true. It will dry out quickly. Preconditions and some sunshine. 46 at ohare. 47 in lansing. 49 and juliet. Rain and clouds in the temperatures have not dropped too much. Most of the region has been dry. We had lights prickles a moment ago. This line will continue to press to the east. Low pressure moves through and it should be out of the way by lunchtime. Showers taper off quickly cloud cover will move for a few hours but it will break up quickly by the afternoon. 62 by noon. High temperature to say 68. Cooler for the weekend. Looking good on the road a bit of construction should be picked up by 530 or 6 00. Heading out early, not too much to worry about. No major accidents or hot spots. A Police Officer from gary is in the hospital, after his squad car crashed during a high speed chase. It happened last night, near burr street and the borman expressway. The officer was
To the state department for a report on religious freedom. We will have that live for you on cspan. President obama is in town today. He is taking part in a town hall meeting at the washed fellowship for Young African leaders. You will be able to watch that live on cspan two. The house and senate are in session. The house starts at noon. They will start to work on 16 suspension bills. Another will be strengthening sanctions against north korea. The senate against at 2 00 eastern. For more on their agenda we spoke with a congressional reporter this morning. The house has its own bill and the senate has a version as well. When might the house take up their legislation . You can see it happening this week. There is lot of contention in the caucus about this bill. Are they giving too much money . Is there enough for Border Security . You are going to see john boehner and Kevin Mccarthy really working their conference this week before they schedule a vote to ensure that they have the abilit
It emergency funding for the influx of unaccompanied minors across the southern border. Its recessress delay to address the southern border if it cant get the legislation passed and agreed to in both chambers this week . Border state residents. You can join the conversation on social media. Us. Can also email we will get your thoughts. Joining us is warrant a. She is with politico. Its own bill in the senate has a version as well. House take up the legislation . You can see it happening this week. Of contention in that Republican Caucus about this bill. Is there enough for Border Security . Youre going to see john boehner reallyin mccarthy working their conference this week before they schedule a vote to ensure that if they put it up they have the ability to pass it. Democrats will not be joining in their efforts. Host democrats will not vote. Why is that . There are some reasons. Antipelosi is opposed to changing that 2008 antitrafficking law in conjunction. As as fine doing it proces
Andy lopez, many hope that this is a first step on the long road to the community healing. 13yearold andy lopez proudly carried the body of the teen. It is sad, even if you did not know him, it is really sad. I guess our children are safe with the cops around, theyre supposed to be out here protecting us. What happened to the youngster were uncalled for. The relationship between the community and Law Enforcement is strange. He says those concerns are shared by many in the community and it is time that the elected officials step up. Transparency and honesty and integrity, they dont feel they have that right now. What dialogue can we create to ensure that we have that, it is quite frankly does not exist right now. The the Community Mourning andy lopez, the community can heal. Just know that this thing is not going to be in vein. We have to do this from occurring again. We have to Start Building and focusing on bringing the Community Together and better relationships between Law Enforceme