Traffic control system. This is held at the heritage foundation, its an hour and 10 minutes. We ask that courtesy that our other mobile d devices have been silenced or turned off as we begin. For those watching online and here in the house, we remind that questions and comments can sent at any time to speaker at heritage. Org and we will post on the heritage home page for your future reference as well. Eading our discussion today is michael sergeant, Research Associate in our thomas a. Roe for Economic Policy studies. He leads our efforts to free ate and implement market transportation and infrastructure policies. Oversees and watches and examines our surface ransportation, of aiation, waterways and other policy issues related to infrastructure around the country. Contributor to the daily signal and his commentary has also been featured in the washington boston herald, houston chronicle, thehill and fox news. We welcome michael sergeant. Mike. [applause] mike thanks, john. Good afterno
That questions or comments about be sent at any time to speaker heritage. Org and of course, we will post the program on the heritage home page for your future reference as well. Leading our discussion today is michael sergeant, Whos Research society yat in our institute for Economic Policy studies. He leads our efforts to form late free market transportation and infrastructure. He oversees and watches and examines ur surface transportation aviation, waterways and other policy issues related to infrastructure around the country. He is a regular contributor to the daily cig nsignal and has bn the Washington Post, boston herald, houston chronicle, the hill and fox news. At least in terms of sheer lip service, infrastructure was one of the most prominent issues during the 2016 campaign. Both candidates addressed it as a way to deal with our crumbling roads and bridges and dilapidated airports. Now the new president is poised to offer a 1 trillion infrastructure plan and has the democrats
Forever. I cant imagine what the mother is going through now. A tightknit community of Fairfax County. Its definitely hit very hard. Jeff as you look at the home, you can see it is a total loss. The windows are blown out throughout the home. The debris in the driveway cleared out of the garage following the fire. Coming up at 5 00, well have more with the heroic efforts by the firefighters who tried to save the young boy. We will speak to a neighbor who knew the young boy well. Say he was a funloving very kind boy that will be so greatly missed. Live in lorton, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan heartbreaking, jeff. Thank you. This just in the newsroom. The officer that was involved in this crash, the one caught on the dash cam here, boom, right there. He has been taken off patrol by fairfax police. The wreck happened saturday on Leesburg Pike while an officer was responding to a disorderly call. He just slammed in the side of a minivan. The officer was going above the speed limit when
Director of the cbo. Hes been in front of us many times. We always find his views and positions extremely enlightening. Enlightening. Its wonderful to have dug with the spirit and its also good to have Glenn Hubbard with us it was dean of, sorry, dean at Russell Carson professor of finance and economics of the columbia business school, and is a past chair of the cea under george w. Bush. And finally we have our moderator Michael Peterson who is the ceo and president of the Peterson Foundation. Michael oversees a strategy for the foundation, and look at the key fiscal policy challenges that we all face, michael and the foundation are longtime supporters and backers of nabe, and were delighted to have you again michael. So over to you. Okay, thank you. [applause] spin the Peterson Foundation had to be back at nabe egg and this year and with a great panel double focusing on fiscal policy. As part of a role at the foundation would like to contain different perspectives and find common grou
Sometimes when you are a conference and panel, it is like bringing friends together, and this is one case like that. Onhave real friends of nabe the dais today. Pleased to have Doug Elmendorf with us, dean of the kennedy school, professor of Public Policy and as all of you the cbo. T director of he has been in front of us many times and we always find his views and positions extremely and lightning. It is wonderful to have doug with us. It is also good to have Clint Humbert with us, glenn of financeh us, dean and economics at Columbia Business School and the past chair of the cba under george w. Bush. Finally, our moderate moderator who is ceo and president of the peterson ambition. Michael oversees stratus he strategy for the foundation and looking at the key fiscal policy challenges that we all face. Michael and the foundation are longtime supporters and back backers and we are delighted to have you. Over to you, michael. Michael thank you. The peer found Peterson Foundation is very