Testimony. H final we see Committee Chair representative lee hamilton made closing statements regarding his testimony and participation in the iran contra affair. Colonel north, we are just about finished. Do you have any final statement to make . , sir. Ry brief one to thank theke American People who have responded with their good prayers. Upport and i thank them and salute them. That is my statement. Privilege to recognize the chairman of the house select committee. May i express to you my personal appreciation for the matter in which you have recited over these committees presided on this committee in the last several days. You have been firm and fair and kept these proceedings moving along. Colonel north, let me join with others for expressing my appreciation to you for your testimony. Iraq that a president i recognize a president and those carrying out his policies sometimes safe agonizing sometimes to free hostages. Fight communism. To advance the best interest of the nation. Man
Forced to back down over plans to overhaul the house ethics committee. Laura thats where we begin this hour in the united states, when what shouldve been a day of triumph for republicans, today the party took control of both house of representatives and the senate, and in 17 days, Republican Donald Trump will of course take the white house. But instead of celebrating, Senior Republicans were left redfaced. Here to tell us why is are reported from washington. A really debacle for republicans today. Tell us a bit about what happened. Reporter a complete turnaround, some 24 hours after members of the house, republican members basically got to out and ethics committee, in doing so behind closed doors. So secretly that the president elect himself blasted that move and forced the rankandfile in congress to basically withdraw and quickly back down from that desire to do away with a very unpopular committee in Congress Whose task as its name indicates into ethical matters, forcing their dirtys
I am just going to start giving that time is of the essence. There we go. Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, tuesday march 21st. Mr. Clerk, could you call the roll . Roll call, commissioner breed . Breed is absent. Cohen. Present. Farrell. Absent. Fewer. Present. Kim. Present. Peskin. Present. Ronen. Present. Safai. Present. Sheehy. Absent, tang absent. Yee, absent zeshgs quorum. I am sure that the alarming President Trump federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years o
I am sure that the alarming President Trump federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years of review and development and leverage significant state and local voter approved funds, including cal train, and barts expansion and, vehicles and train and control and other local and regional priorities such as better Market Street and brt improvement and cal train, but the impact would not be limited to the region as jobs that are associated with these projects span across the state and nation, in the hundreds of thousands. I want to than
I am sure that the alarming President Trump federal budget is not a surprise, but nonetheless they remain disturbing in stark contrast to invest in infrastructure, he has proposed the budget of 16. 2, billion reflect as a 13 percent cut, with major impacts to transit, and hitting urban and Rural Community as like, the budget proposes eliminating all future funds for grants that we know as the new starts program when are not a part of the signed full Funding Grant agreements. This will effect several major transit projects that have undergone years of review and development and leverage significant state and local voter approved funds, including cal train, and barts expansion and, vehicles and train and control and other local and regional priorities such as better Market Street and brt improvement and cal train, but the impact would not be limited to the region as jobs that are associated with these projects span across the state and nation, in the hundreds of thousands. I want to than