P. P. E. And other medical supplies so they can adhere to the safety guidelines and provide a clean and safe environment. But it doesnt stop there. Im also working to assist our lowerincome families, those who rely on the Child Care Development block grants and those who simply need access to clean diapers. Just a couple of weeks ago i was in davenport, iowa, where i got to take part in a Diaper Distribution with the hiney heroes of the qadhafi at the quad city. The National Diaper bank donated 25,000 diapers to this important diaper bank. We know that during this pandemic the diaper supply has run short and ive teamed up with democratic senator chris murphy on this effort to include additional assistance for our diaper banks. Covid19 has also created challenges for our farmers. These hardworking folks are facing new challenges while working around the clock to make sure americans have adequate access to food and fuel. I was visiting with some farmers at the bloomfield livestock market
[background noises] the committee will come to order. Take two. Thank you for being here today. I will not recognize myself for five minutes for the purposes os questioning the witness. Flood insurance is an issue is an important impact on my district in indiana. Arwhile we are firmly in americs heartland and have no risk of flooding froms, hurricanes, much of indianas ninth district sits along the ohio river running from aurora and Dearborn County anto walk new albany and along e river in harrison county. Indianas ninth district is also home to many creeks, ponds, lakes each of which can have a flooding impact on property, businesses and homes during times of heavy rainfall. Causing Property Damage and sometimes death. Just last september i was on the ground with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security for flooding that occurred in switzerland, jefferson in ohio counties in my district. Several years ago i worked for u. S. Senator dan coats and worked with stakeholders during the
We all voted to give that 12 weeks. All of us know exactly why the can keeps being kicked farther and farther down the road. Its because the majority cannot muster the majority of their own members to support bipartisan funding bills. Because the governing party which controls the house, senate, and white house has not been able to govern. Senate republican john cornyn can always y, seemed to be kicked down the road. And here we are again with republicans doing exactly that. Mr. Speaker, lets call this c. R. For what it is, a chaotic retreat from rational regular order and fiscal responsibility. We have a supplemental bill that provides some emergency Disaster Relief for those affected by our natural disasters, but it ought to do more, in my opinion, to help those in puerto rico and the virgin islands. Its been three months since irma and maria devastated puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands and harvey visited so much water on houston. Many still do not have electricity in puerto r
Camp washington along i75. You can see the snow is falling there 9 first warning chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh is here with your first look at road crews are ready for whatever Mother Nature throws thier way. 9 on your side reporter John Genovese is live the roads ready. John . Theres a lot of work a lot of people stuff ready to go. This giant vat is holding just some of the nearly 15thousand gallons of beet juice that will hopefully help prevent ice from building up on the roads. Around the bend weve seen salt trucks pulling up to the dome getting filled to the brim by that bulldozer. The majority of workers are scheduled to arrive here in a little less than an hour. Theyll be working 12hour shifts overnight driving some of the 60 trucks on hand in the city to keep things as clear as possible. Each truck is responsible for clearing 52lane miles roughly the distance from here to dayton. They were waiting for the rain to pass before pretreating roads. As always theyll focus on the m
Supposed to be caring for. That nurse was once facing decades in prison, but tonight, shes a free woman. 9 on your sides ashley zilka spoke with the Dearborn County prosecutor about what led to this decision. Kathy hess worked at this care center for almost 20 years. She had a good reputation until one day back in december 2013 when her patient died. The dearborn Prosecutor Says it was almost ruled a natural deathuntil a witness came forward. In december of 2013 77 year old dionne scalf died here at Woodland Hills care center in lawrenceburg. Now two years later her nurse, 60 year old kathy hess admitted she broke scalfs vertebra while in her care. 01 03 the point was to hold some point of accountability to this lady whose actions resulted in the death of dione scalf. 11 at one point hess was looking at 20 years in prison. Now she will serve 18 months on nonreporting probation. This week hess received a three year sentence. Dearborn county prosecutor, aaron negangard, agreed to dismiss