Patient herself. They acted valiantly and professionally and did everything they were supposed to do for the initial resuscitation. And theyre phenomenal people as well. Reporter the driver appeared to have missed the turn for the parking garage, threw her car in reverse and moving backward fast hit alvarez in the crosswalk. Surveillance cameras may have captured the impact. The driver is under arrest under the suspicion of driving under the influence and could be facing more serious charges. After several days in grave conditions, sunday night Alvarez Family made the difficult decision to take her off life support and she died. Childrens director of emergency and Trauma Services worked with alvarez for more than 30 years. People looked up to her and counted on her. Her compassion, and her ability to care for people as if they were her own. Reporter this Holiday Season was supposed to be filled with thanks. Less than 12 hours before the crash, alvarez third grandchild a baby girl named
Off, thats very heartwarming. The long time e South Sioux City police chief scot ford saying farewell to the Department Friday afternoon. He is a good leader and hes very professional. Very compassionate. Does a very good job of organization. Hes a great guy, and i wish him well. Family, friends, city leaders and dignitaries came together to give their best wishes to ford. To meme hes like the captain of the ship. The Police Department was the ship. His hand was always on the helm no matter what happened. He knew where he wanted to go. He came on to the force more than 40 years ago, promoted to sergeant on january 1st 1979, and promoted to chief of police over 26 years ago on september 19th , 1989. He handles things in a very even handed manner. He doesnntreat anybody any y differently than anyone e else, and he handles his force the same way. I think they all respect him for that. Just so deserved and thank you for your service. Ford has had a tremendous impact in Public Safety and pr
Friday afternoon. He is a good leader and hes very professional. Very compassionate. Does a very good job of organization. Hes a great guy, and i wish him well. Family, friends, city leaders and dignitaries came together to give their best wishes to ford. To me, hes like the captain of the ship. The Police Department was the ship. His hand was always on the helm no matter what happened. He knew where he wanted to go. He came on to the force more than 40 years ago, promoted to sergeant on january 1st 1979, and promoted to chief of police over 26 years ago on september 19th , 1989. He handles things in a very even handed manner. He doesnt treat anybody any differently than anyone else, and he handles his force the same way. I think they all respect him for that. Just so impressed to see this. So well deserved and thank you for your service. Ford has had a tremendous impact in Public Safety and protecting the neighborhoods. Ats more, ford always served the boys and girls club home, haven
Important and difficult policy decisions the president made early on. Josh, plunging oil prices and raising gas prices for infrastructure. In the past, you said is on the table. Is it on the table . We have put forward our very specific or postal for how we believe we can make the investment needed in infrastructure in this company. That is typically what the gas tax revenue is dedicated to. Closingbelieve loopholes and using the revenue for closing the loopholes and infrastructure upgrades. Some have different ideas, including raising the gas tax. That is something we will take a look at, but is not something we have considered from here. Among those, chris mercy chris murphy planned to raise by . 12 per gallon over two years. Are you ruling a gas tax increase out for something specific on infrastructure . Loopholes and using the i do not have anything about the specific topic. As it relates to specific proposals, we will certainly consider proposals put forward bipartisan proposals l
For the elderly is 21. 4 . And over 63,000 households receive food stamps. In the state of illinois over 13000 children are homeless. At the end of last year, chicago had the highest fifth highest foreclosure rate in the nation. This bill is fiscally irresponsible and reflects misplaced priorities for our nation. We can make improvements to the bill to address the concerns of Small Businesses and family farms if current law is inadequate but wholesale repeal reflects poor leadership. The fiscal recklessness of the republican approach that balloons our deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars via tax dozens of tax cuts reminds me of the adage that says death by a thousand cuts but this is debt by a thousand tax cuts. Its bad for our economy. It is bad for our citizens and it is bad for our nation. I will vote no. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from washington reserves and the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady mr. Speaker, im very proud to introduce a key member of t