This is about two hours. I am happy to be with my colleagues. I think it is an encouraging atmosphere, i noticed it yesterday on the floor, and again today. We did a lot of good work before the recess. Got plenty of work still to do. I am delighted to kick it off with this hearing. In march our Committee Held its first oversight hearing on the bipartisan infrastructure laws, Drinking Water and wastewater provisions. Today we will expand upon those after focusing on the laws on Drinking Water. Nearly two years after becoming law, bipartisan infrastructure law is helping to help make is helping to make clean water a reality for communities, schools and childcare facilities. As the benefits of this law continue to become a reality in morecambe committees across america, our committee is anxious to hear from stakeholders about how you believe this work is progressing. And if we can make any improvements. Mike rawlings heard me say my colleagues heard me say anything i can do we know we can
Okay. Put in a good word with the organizers that was the reason i was late getting on the stage. Theyre keeping us about five feet apart it is just well thats nice. [laughter] oh would you mind extending cane so i can see how far i need to be away. Are we set . Okay. Let me first of all express my appreciation for your turning out for this event. On behalf of susan and tim and karl. E deeply appreciated. We owe a special debt to karl this is his 23rd panel in 36 hours. [applause] i understand the best panel was at 1 a. M. In had the parking lot of the supermarket across the street from the hotel. And those of you who were in your jammies i know who you are. [laughter] let me say to the panel, when we run out of o time here, id like each of you to name a book that you think qowb mosten lightening, helpful to anyone in the political system who is considering campaign for president. Mow, last year the winning suggestion was emily post and her book courtesy. [laughter] so you cant do that
Social security was much closer to going bankrupt and then it is today. The reason we have it today is the work the commission did, the surplus that was piled up in the intervening years until finally the baby boomer generation began to retire and are drying it down pretty rapidly. An opportunity to do that again, if we could reform Something Like that, we prevented this for three consecutive congresses by this president could be the person who saves Social Security, put it on firm footing and it would be done in a bipartisan way. My friend on the other side of the aisle are always concerned this means cutting but look what Ronald Reagan did with that commission was to bowe neil and Ronald Reagan the next year won reelection with 49 states and to bowe neil remained speaker of the house, you can do this in a bipartisan way as long as you are protecting the program because it is a popular program. The way they did it is gradually raised the age, i was 34, told me youre going to retire at
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