As well as the joint economic committee. He has spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council for he became the citys First City Council president. Congressman peters the completion of a number of infrastructure product projects. Thank you so much for having me, jessica. We have about half an hour and i will read the questions as they come in. Inflation reduction act. In addition to that, you were one of the cosponsors of the adaptation and resilience strategy act which is a bipartisan bill designed to do a number of things, including streamlined the federal response to climate hazards that threaten human health, safety, and critical infrastructure. What can you tell us about all of these different moving parts and pieces, why they are important and what we should know about them . I should maybe start by saying where you stand depends on where you sit. I am sitting in california. It is a lovely day. Climate change, wildfires, it happens much
Committee. He has spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council for he became the citys First City Council president. Congressman peters the completion of a number of infrastructure product projects. Welcome and thank you for being here today. Thank you so much for having me, jessica. We have about half an hour and i will read the questions as they come in. I want to start with the big news of the day which is the passage of the inflation reduction act. In addition to that, you were one of the cosponsors of the adaptation and resilience strategy act which is a bipartisan bill designed to do a number of things, including streamlined the federal response to climate hazards that threaten human health, safety, and critical infrastructure. What can you tell us about all of these different moving parts and pieces, why they are important and what we should know about them . I should maybe start by saying where you stand depends on where you sit. I a
Committee. He has spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council for he became the citys First City Council president. Congressman peters the completion of a number of infrastructure product projects. Welcome and thank you for being here today. Thank you so much for having me, jessica. We have about half an hour and i will read the questions as they come in. I want to start with the big news of the day which is the passage of the inflation reduction act. In addition to that, you were one of the cosponsors of the adaptation and resilience strategy act which is a bipartisan bill designed to do a number of things, including streamlined the federal response to climate hazards that threaten human health, safety, and critical infrastructure. What can you tell us about all of these different moving parts and pieces, why they are important and what we should know about them . I should maybe start by saying where you stand depends on where you sit. I a
Representative scott peters talks about the militarys role in combating Climate Change during a discussion with the American Security project. This is just under half an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. We are pleased to have congressman scott peters join us to discuss National Security and environmental protection. Congressman peters currently serves on the House Budget Committee and the house energy and Commerce Committee as well as the joint economic committee. He spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council where he later became the citys First City Council president. Congressman peters helped lead the cleanup of the citys beaches and bays and the completion of a number of Infrastructure Projects while he was on the council. Welcome and thank you for being here today. You so much for having me, jessica. We we got about half an hour, and i will weave in questions and answers as they come in, but the big news of the day is the passage of th
This afternoon with terms for her testimony, the committee, Senate Judiciary Committee Says it will vote monday on kavanaughs nomination. Tensions are high. Ford and her family have been forced from their home after getting hate mail, Death Threats, and harassment. And u. S. Marshals are investigating Death Threats to kavanaugh and his wife. Where do things stand right now as far as you know from the white house perspective . President trump has remained silent about the new deadline. He only tweeted about the economy earlier today. We learned about the deadline from chuck grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee in a tweet that read like an apology to judge brett kavanaugh. In it, he says he is typically not this indecisive. As you know, we have blown through a number of deadlines already for fords legal team and republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee to come to an agreement. Fords attorneys are suggesting that grassley should be apologizing to her because of the st