First, i would like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt for your tax money today. With respect to todays hearings we will abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30 when administrative pruitt has to leave the building. Of course, members will have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. Todays hearing is to examine the epas record today after the first year of the administration. The Environmental Protection agency under the leadership of administrator pruitt has been doing the hard work of protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the communities our families live in. Mr. Pruitt has led the agency fairly. He is balanced with the need to prioritize Environmental Protection with the desires of americans have thriving and economically sustainable communities. H
[applause] this attack is back [applause] [applause] downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, he was asking do i stand for the army or for the air force because he was in the army airce force. I said you are 93yearsold q. Can stand up for anybody that you3ol want to. [applause] and Army Air Force veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from the airfield as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1943, at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder flying to p. 47 and p. 51 in the n pacific with the 78h fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over Japan December and april 1945 and has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on the 14th of august, 1945, the data combat ended. On this mission his wing man was the last man killed in a combat mission in world war ii. His experience as a Fighter Pilot ar
Minister scott pruitt testified before the Senate Environment and public works committee. Good morning. I call this hearing to order. We have quite a full house today and i welcome the audience. This is a formal senate hearing. In order to allow the committee to conduct its business i will maintain the core of. That means if there is any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience that person causing the destruction will be escorted from the room by the capital police. First, i would like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt for your tax money today. With respect to todays hearings we will abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30 when administrative pruitt has to leave the building. Of course, members will have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. Todays hea
In his physical eternal rest, jennifer said then, do you see that smile on his face . My husband is going to heaven hes already gone, and with that she had peace. So i hope that we have peace and we continue this, and make sure that we keep these doors open and keep this family wrapped around with us. Thank you. I hope that we welcome jennifer to the senate and give us a moment and we can be at ease and we can all go and greet her. The senate will stand at ease. So the South Carolina senate has voted to remove the Confederate Flag, and it was 36 yeas to 3. They are greeting the widow of senator pinckney gunned down a few weeks ago in a shooting that took place in South Carolina. The Associated Press is reporting that the bill that was just voted on faces a less certain future in the South Carolina house. Republicans met behind closed doors on monday and struggled to reach a consensus on what to do next. The senate bill would remove the Confederate Flag in front of the state house on th
And it is going to disrupt industries and create unemployment on a scale that we havent imagined before. Ifill plus, scaling back on the nuts and bolts that hold us together, when federal funds grow scarce. Stopgap solutions to maintain safe sidewalks, roads and bridges. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the u. S. Senate sent legislation to the president today authorizing a threemonth pat