Defense. We believe in a National Parks system. The National Institutes of health and science. We want to make sure our infrastructure is sound and secure all across the nation, but by the same token, since its introduction in 1913 as part of the irs code, as joe pointed out and in, states like ours the northeast and on the west coast, as you can see from that alwayss slide, have taken care of their own as well, by making sure that we are funding education, making sure we are funding our own Transportation System and investing in our hospital and Health Care Systems within the state. Because of that, the irs has always granted what is commonly referred to as the salt deduction or state and local , as theyich, of course said back in 1913, would otherwise result in double taxation. So the burden becomes double in terms of the fact that we are both sending more to the federal government then we are getting the connecticut General Assembly and governor malloy would like to see the 8 billio
He has done that since harry truman was president , all the way to President Trump. 10 years ago, we decided to take the question global and see how the world feels about u. S. Leadership. Not just u. S. Leadership. He wanted to ask about chinas leadership, germanys leadership, and russias leadership. This announces the new results now that trump has been in office for a year. Host take us through the results. Guest after conducting surveys and 134 countries, we find the Approval Ratings today are now in, down from 48 last year, obamas last term in office. That decline is the single biggest shift we have seen in the history of our tracking. Host in comparison to the other countries utrecht germany at 41 . China at 31 . The u. S. At 30. China at 27 . Take us over time, the shift we saw with the u. S. Numbers. How big of a shift is that . Guest it is a massive shift. In the first two years we started tracking, more than the last years of george w. Bush in office. The global median droppe
The recently passed tax reform bill and new provisions affecting connecticut taxpayers. This is two hours. Is two hours. You ready . To try that again, that afternoon. Always a pleasure and a delight forums,educational particularly with my two favorite congressman, who i will introduce to you. Not that they really need an introduction. Congressman larson represents connecticuts First District, and is in his tent term. He is on the house ways and , and on aittee committee for Social Security is the ranking member. As as proven himself staunch advocate for working andlies, manufacturing Common Sense Solutions for problems that we face every day. And of course, congressman joe courtney, reduced to be our regional on our regional inisory council, was elected 2006 to represent the second district. He serves on the armed forces and education and workforce committees, and cochairs the congressional shipbuilding caucus and is a member of the , serves onommittee the Pensions Committee as well a
That we are never never lose face like this again. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Announcer house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on railroads held a meeting yesterday on recent train crashes and positive train control, which automatically stops trains in dangerous situations grade we hear from witnesses from the federal Railroad Administration, the natural Transportation Safety Board National Transportation Safety board, and amtrak. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I ask unanimous consent ask questions without objection so ordered. Good morning and welcome to the subcommittee on railroads, pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Before we proceed, i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focuses on the of limitation of positive train control across the United States and as we have seen, we are in need of an update. Ptc is
Federal Officials Say the Safety System could have prevented recent a real mans including amtrak trains the House Transportation Committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal Railroad Administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train control across United States and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the Railroad Industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implem