Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th
Made in a president ial bid about wanting to eliminate the Energy Department saying after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. This is about three hours and 30 minutes. Good morning. Where did he go . Hes in the front row with his wife. Okay. Im looking for him. Good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second cabinet level confirmation hearing of this inaugural week. Id like to start by thanking senator cornyn, our senior senator from texas for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee. Always good to have you before our committee and also our fellow committee member, senator manchin from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for our nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willi willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed th
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But air force, the electrical grid and more. This as the white house and House Speaker paul ryan now say the gops new plan to fix obamacare is in the stages. Well, we hope Republican Congressman jason has a way we can pay for all of this. Were going to ask him. Hes on the house budget and Infrastructure Committee. Plus, take military action against the north Korean Nuclear threat. At this hour, there is a growing corious of military leaders who seek action against kim jongun must be taken. Is diplomacy a deadened in this case . Former un ambassador to george Bush Christopher hill with me live. And shocking news about one of the most respected Federal Reserve president s. Why the richmond fed president has suddenly resigned. On wall street, stocks turn from red to green as President Trump said its time to come together to rebuild america. But the s p sort of flat at the moment, so were watching it very closely. Were less than an hour to the closing bell. Lets start the countdown. Okay.
Press reporter stephen ola ohlemacher. Washington journal live at 7 00 on cspan. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton spoke on friday and spoke about a range of issues including energy policy, student debt, lgbt writes and the heroine impacting the state. In her plan to organize an alternative group to the National Rifle association. This is about 1. 5 hours. [applause] i think we can all go home now. Wow. Thank you. I know, as you said, this was not easy to do. Ank you. I want more people to hear stories like that. So that this is not just some political debate about something happening far way. But people can really begin to think about standing in the shoes of those who have been victims of gun violence. And trying to understand what e can all do together. Clay survived that brutal, hateful attack in her own home. 90 people a day dont survive because of guns. 33,000 people a year die, by homicide, by suicide, or by ccidents, using firearms. I think we are better than that, as a n