Continue to have serious concerns with the president s action plan and use of executive authority to circumvent congress. Advocatedget proposal the continuation of this alarming process. There are many other things i could say. In terms of trying to Pay Attention to the request to keep it brief, i will and with this. I incurred you end with this. To help us move trendd in correcting that and help us to get increased resources into this critical part of our nations Water Infrastructure. Inc. You. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for this opportunity. I want to thank you for holding this hearing. Mission to protect. Supervision than any other state. In the past we have not stepped up to hold people accountable for the messes we are making. We are spending billions of dollars of taxpayer money unnecessarily. Now it isright appropriate and important that the budget needs to make Climate Change one of the top objectives. We must address the threats caused by Climate Change be
Billion dollar budget request for the epa next year before the House Appropriations subcommittee on environment. Her testimony is to a half hours. Two and a half hours. This meeting will come to order. Thank you for rearranging your schedule today for the sneering. We are having some votes today a little bit earlier for getaway day. I appreciate your working with us on this today. Again, good morning. The beating for the Environmental Protection agency. Today we are joined by Gina Mccarthy and acting chief financial officer, marion follett, to discuss the proposed budget. Mccarthy, i believe that this is your first formal Budget Hearing. I know that our members on both sides are interested in what your budget proposes and we look forward to discussing your ongoing work. Overall the fiscal year 2015 Budget Proposal is that the level of 7. 8 9 billion, 310 million, 3. 8 are sent below the active level. At this level the budget for the epa would be reduced for the fifth Consecutive Year f
Eliot good evening im eliot spitzer, and this viewpoint. The socalled fiscal cliff was finally surmounted tuesday night as the polithouse g. O. P. Joined democrats in a bill that will avert steep tax heights for most americans and postpone major cuts to government programs. But the bill also guarantees lots more Political Drama in the weeks to come as the House Republicans threaten to use a debt ceiling vote to extract cuts in social programs from the Congressional Democrats and the white house. Tuesdays vote in the white house saw just 85 republicans join 172 democrats in supporting the bill that had won overwhelming support in the senate the day before. The bill will hold out tax rates on individuals with incomes that top out at 400,000 a year. To 450,000 a year and extend Unemployment Benefits, and extend tax breaks for the low income americans for five years and keep alternative minimum tax from raising taxes on the middle class. President obama said the bill affirmed his Campaign
Seated while the Vice President leaves. On behalf of brookings, and myself, thank you so much for coming by. Thank you. Congratulations. [applause] president , house and senate leadership, and remarks about funding the government passed september 30. First, president obama speaks to reporters in the Briefing Room followed by remarks from Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell and majority leader harry reid. Then, members comment to send the senate will funding the Government Back to the house. First from Senate Democratic leaders then republican senators ted cruz, marco rubio, and mike lee. The senate today voted along party lines to remove the language from the house passed to fund the government through november 15. After the vote, president obama and saidreporters plans to delay the healthcare law would not happen. The president begins by announcing he spoke on the phone with the iranian president. This is about 15 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. Before i discuss the situation i
Car, your taxes, the whole thing. The next big headline for market baby jobs friday. Where is the job creation coming from in this economy. Ad space is just about gone, apparently, for this years super bowl. You will not believe some of the money that companies are throwing around this year. Welcome, everybody. We have to start with the markets. At the top of the hour, we go to the New York Stock Exchange. Nicole we are seeing the markets with thing this morning. We have seen all the major averages over a 2 gain. A stellar day on wall street with the Dow Jones Industrials of 245 points. I just checked a moment ago. All 30 name remained in the green. Hewlettpackard really got beat up last year. It is a top performer today. Bank of america out which was up over 100 last year moved to a 52 week high. Gains across the board. Connell thank you. We will talk about the fiscal cliff deal in a few minutes. What does it really mean for you. What is in this thing for, peter barnes will be on it a