Happy new year to all. May it be a great one for all of us. First to the reverend and the were, i thought they extraordinary in their blessings and indication. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] gov. Cuomo before i begin, i would like to acknowledge my partners in progress here with me on the stage today. We start with Lieutenant Governor kathy hogle. Hochul. New york state comptroller thomas dinapoli. Attorney general eric snyderman. Senate majority leader john flanagan. Speaker carl hes deep. Leader client. Leader brian cole. We had with us today our court of appeals, judges, and the great chief judge. Lets give them a round of applause. ,ts not that they are unhappy the judges. Its by protocol they dont applaud for anything. I didnt realize that the first couple of years, but i now got it. Another round of applause for not applauding for anything. [applause] my friends, looking back to 2017, it was a tough year by any measure. Also, new yorkers rose to the occasion. We h
Give a warm welcome to andrew cuomo. Thank you very much. Welcome to albany. Happy new year to all. May it be a great one for all of us. First to the reverend and the were, i thought they extraordinary in their blessings and indication. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] gov. Cuomo before i begin, i would like to acknowledge my partners in progress here with me on the stage today. We start with Lieutenant Governor kathy hogle. Hochul. New york state comptroller thomas dinapoli. Attorney general eric snyderman. Senate majority leader john flanagan. Speaker carl hes deep. Leader client. Leader brian cole. We had with us today our court of appeals, judges, and the great chief judge. Lets give them a round of applause. ,ts not that they are unhappy the judges. Its by protocol they dont applaud for anything. I didnt realize that the first couple of years, but i now got it. Another round of applause for not applauding for anything. [applause] my friends, looking back to 2017, it
All of us. Rabbi, i reverend and thought were extraordinary. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] before i begin i would like to knowledge my partners in progress who are here with me on the stage today. Lieutenant governor, lets give her a great round of laws. Eaker carl hes deep. Leader client. Leader brian cole. We had with us today our court of appeals, judges, and the great chief judge. Lets give them a round of applause. ,ts not that they are unhappy the judges. Its by protocol they dont applaud for anything. I didnt realize that the first couple of years, but i now got it. Another round of applause for not applauding for anything. [applause] my friends, looking back to 2017, it was a tough year by any measure. Also, new yorkers rose to the occasion. We had frightening incidents of terrorism in new york city, as mayor bill de blasio well knows. We also have the best police and First Responders in the country. And some of them are here today. Lets give them a round of ap
Well call the Sub Committee to order and like to ask that members who are not on the Sub Committee be permed to sit with Sub Committee of todays hearings to ask questions. With that objection that is still ordered i would like to welcome everybody to the hearing today. It is going to focus , obviously, on how we can build the 21st century infrastructure. And a committee that is holding a host of hearings toth gaer idea on what congress can do to achieve this goal and today were going to hear ideas from highways and transit stake holders. Gathering input from stake holders is essential to the process, an that we use to develop Service Transportation policy. And it is valuable in efforts to pass the first longterm highway bilge in a decade and continue to need your assistance with future legislation. Even though with Additional Resources we provided nation Service Transportation system needs additional investment. Enacting longterm solution is a critical component to ensuring that we can
From three women about their experiences Running Companies and working to promeet increase ownership and nvrsment roles for women in American Business and industry. This is just under an hour. I know everybody is having a good time. And net working and moving the enterprise forward. We have two votes at noon. Well be on a short string here. That shouldnt in any way dent grate the importance of this hearing. Of the Small Business committee. And what were going to do today is explore ways to help women owned businesses reach their full potential and grow the american economy. I want to thank my colleague senator shaheen for working together on this. A matter of great importance to all of us. And to all america. Even though all america sometimes doesnt know it. Fair statement. As you know october is National Women Small Business month. Which sefbs as a great reminder that female entrepreneurs own more than 11 million businesses in the country. And employ more than 9 million workers. They