Cspan. Org slash landmarkcases. Scott pruitt testified earlier this week before the Committee Wyoming senator John Barrasso chair the committee. Good morning. I call this hearing to order, we have a full skmous i welcome the audience. This is a formal Senate Hearing to allow the committee to conduct business. If theres disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience that person will be escorted from the room by the capitol police. First, id like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Agency scott pruitt for your testimony today. With respect to todays hearings were going to abide by the committees five minute rule for length of mitsubishis questions in the first round. Time permitting well have a two minute second round of questions until 12 30 when pruitt has to leave the building. Will have the able to submit written questions to stray tor pruitt for the record. Kmning epa record after the first year of the administration. Has been doing the hard work of protebting t
Now, good morning. I call this hearing to order. We have quite a full house today. I welcome the audience. This is a formal Senate Hearing in order to allow the committee to conduct its business. Im going to maintain decorum. That means, if theres any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience, that person causing the disruption will be escorted from the room by the capitol police. First, id like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for your testimony today. With respect to todays hearings, were going to abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting, we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30, when administrator pruitt has to leave the building. Now of course, members will also have the ability to submit written questions to administrator pruitt for the record. Todays hearing is t
Agreements reached with democratic leader senator Chuck Schumer and congresswoman nancy pelosi, gives for tax cut gets as gop leaders issue statements fast and furiously and hold news conferences, we singled out what we see as the key sentences he talked to the crowds in just the past couple of hours, along with the resulting spin from inside the beltway. Our Political Panel is going to translate how they interpret it all and what it means to your tax bill . And simplification too, how about that . America facing one heck of a tax bill to get florida back on its feet. Forbes magazine saying dont rebuild the florida keys. That man on the screen represents 26th Congressional District which includes the lowlying ribbon of islands. Hes about to respond to that. How damaged is the ultimate symbol of florida. The orange . Oh, boy, look at the oranges in the mud. Exclusive new video from the citrus groves, looking like morning joe will cost more than a pretty penny. On wall street, the dow he
Be what you think, connell . Reporter it is interesting. No doubt a good night for the republicans last night and they are 4 for 4 in the special elections to your choice. But glass halffull, half empty. Look at numbers. Margins may tell us something as we look forward to 2018. Well look at all four races. With the race in georgia last night, 3. 8 percentage point win for republicans and karen handel on that side, compares to last time this seat was open a 23point margin. We saw in other races, South Carolina, which was much closer than anybody anticipated with republicans only winning it by 3. 2 Percentage Points, versus a district where they won by 20 point the last time around. The other two races, four special elections for the republicans so far have gone 44, montana, 5. 6, versus 16 Percentage Points last time around. The final one kansas where we saw something similar. This was 30 plus point win for republicans in the 2016. Special election is six points. You say a win it is a w
Bloomberg daybreak europe. We start the program by looking at brexit, one year on. We mark the oneyear anniversary since the brexit about. Lets have a look at the Bloomberg Brexit parameter. This is based on proprietary indexes that have been made by bloomberg and u. K. Inflation. Economic activity and that inflation adding up, which has been deteriorating in the most recent months. The start of this brexit process. Uncertainty weighed on this index. Data was clear up the start of the one youre period, helping some of that data to bounce back. That tradeoff between growth. Nd inflation growth trend we will talk more about that in a moment. We had 3 million e. U. Residents having in the u. K. That was news out of brussels overnight. That does support the pound a little bit. 1. 27 on the pound. Here is the risk radar. A lot to talk about on the commodities story. This is where we are on the oil price. We are up, as you can see. Were a bungled as well. Wti before below 40 a barrel. Gold b