Addresses. They have to choose to not go to school or risk getting ticketed by sfmta. I get calls stating families are worried about free clipper and public charge. Caregivers keep little ones home because they have no bus fare for school. If you dont have bus fare you can get a ticketed. Undocumented families are afraid they are on a list when they hand over their passports to sfmta. I have heard about sfmta officials. While i am sure it is rare but it happened. Asking for immigration paperwork and searching back pats. Some encourage people to carry red cards to school to give it to officials. It is traditionally for ice agents. I have suggestions. To get the clipper cardses that we distribute and hand the paperwork over for approval. For the sfmta officials not to be able to question without a caregiver. Caregivers get passes when transporting young people. Make muni freeforall. Thank you. James johnson. I am James Johns Sana regular guy. I have a quick story. I will start with and i
And who foots the bill . We sent cydney long to question lawmakers in trenton today. Shes live in Evesham Burlington county. What did you find out . Reporter i need to be clear that this is not about the cleanliness of the water source in your immediate town or municipality but about that water supply flowing through potentially old or lead contaminated pipes at your Childs School and to their mouth at the fountain. I want the best for her. Its scary sending her there. Reporter erica doesnt want her daughter to be at risk for drinking lead poisoned water at her school. She suffered poisoning as a child ingesting paint chips so applauds new legislation. It requires the district to test water immediately, it has a process in place to notify parents to move over to bottled water. Senate democrats are calling for the 21 counties and says it should have been done yesterday. Of course its a reaction. With the National Spotlight on flint, michigans lead contaminated water and Dangerous Levels
Give taken a particular interest. You go there lots a what draws you up there . A couple of things. Canada as in northern nation. That is what, one of the things that makes us distinct from the United States. Whereas in canada, the United States, you say go west to find your identity. In this country, it has always been go north. That is the part of the country that defines our identity and has so much promise in terms of its abundant resources. I do want to say this one of the things we tried to do as a government, with some success, is we come to office with two views but too often in the past, were seeing. One is that this government is extremely proamerican. The valiant the relationship with the United States. We could not be in a better situation than to have the United States as our only real labor, closest economic partner and oldham of the allied. And ally. At the same time, were Strong Canadian nationalists and think in our own modest way. We see no incompatibility with that.
Concerned today than i was a day or two ago. In the sense at the moment policymakers are moving in opposite directions. In part thats the ways of washington and i think well see a few collapses before we ultimately get together somewhere in the days before christmas on a compromise. We have been talking about marginal tax rates, which i think are a key part not only of the budget question, but a key part of the broader economic question in terms of Economic Growth. And im hopeful that any solution that comes together is going to think a lot about Economic Growth and not just budgets. Host ethan . Guest i think i may be a little more hopeful than alex is. I think that theres a general agreement that the sequester will happen. Republicans and democrats and the president are all opposed to it happening. Theres also a consensus right and left it would be bad for the economy. So i think that when we are just looking at the tax component, there are certain things that we kev knitly definitel
Today. And the order of business will be that i will start with an Opening Statement, provide some background, and will yield to mr. Cummings this morning, and other members who wish to be heard, then well turn to our witnesses. Well hear from all of them and then go to questions. Pleased to welcome, again, everyone this morning. Now, this is one of a number, we have actually held fourth in a series of full Committee Oversight hearings on amtrak and u. S. Passenger rail policy in the United States. We actually have two more scheduled. One will be on thursday, december 3, and that will focus on high speed and inner city Passenger Rail grant program. And then well have the final hearing on this important subject. Thursday, the 13th of december, and that will be on the northeast corridor. Ironically yesterday i was back in new york city actually looking at some of the flood and storm damage. Many of the transportation infrastructure facilities were adversely impacted, huge amount of damag