Type issues before the committee and more than two,. Host we will explore some of those in this next half hour i want to start with some news that came out this week, which is the fcc declaring huawei and zte corporations can be National Security threats. What is your view of that . Guest this there some validity to that. Its one of the reasons you saw the bill passed in the energy and Commerce Committee with greg walden and Bob Goodlatte and myself and mr. Pallone, which is now were just waiting for the appropriators to put some money in it because we estimate it will take about one, 2 million to assist the Somalia Companies that want that equipment to make them whole so they can remove the equipment and put other equipment in. We have been generally supportive of that and we are hopeful the appropriators will put the sufficient funds in the bill so that can happen. Host here to up help us explore some of the issues youre subcommittee facing is chris mills rodrigo, with the hill and h
Staff, thank you. Thanks for your service. Welcome back. What you do is important. It matters. So with crisis momentarily averted, the president outlined three areas of focus. Passing a budget, Immigration Reform, farm bill. Those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. At the top of that list, those charged with the task paul ryan and patty murray have begun talking and are hoping for the best. I want to have a bunl agreement that gets this debt and deficit under control, that does right by future generations and helps us grow the economy. Were going to try to find out if we can have an agreement that does that. Chairman ryan knows im not going to vote for his budget. I know hes not going to vote for mine. Were going to find the Common Ground between the two budgets we can vote on and thats our goal. In the next 90 days optimism will be critical. Discretionary spending in the budgets is 91 billion apart. No one understands better than the