Senator as you know there were originally seven Pilot Projects that we looked at. For them were approved in three of them are not approved including the 70 Million Dollar mississippi grant. We were deeply disappointed as well because he wanted to try to make this work but at the end of the day the state in nta couldnt agree on terms because the states plan didnt provide the necessary level of detail we needed to meet the statutory requirements. As you know under the btop program there were specific statutory requirements that this had to meet and the mississippi plan that came forward was not a viable alternative that medbee statutory requirements. One of the things that ntia is committed to the. To requirements from 2012 . I believe from the original btop program and my understanding is the Mississippi Program didnt provide broadband so that was one of the challenges of this. But look we wanted to try to make this work or at the Firstnet Team worked very hard and long hours with missi
Screeria nigeria. Environmental officials from california, indiana, wyoming, wisconsin and new york testified on the hill this week on the challenges and successes with the epas Greenhouse Gas emissions rule for power plants. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened the hearing. Senator jim inhofe chairs the committee while senator Barbara Boxer serves as Ranking Member. This is just shy of two hours. Good morning. Before we begin let me get clarification Senate Armed Services committee embraced by everyone but well use it that is when we hit the gavel whoever is here well go by the early bird well go by seniority. Then those who come in after the gavel well get to them after everyone is already taken care of. So with that ill make note of who is here. If you would do that. Well bring this meeting to order. Great to have the panel. Had a chance to meet each one of you. I really do think the most important thing when we get into these rules and regulations is the state
North america. Will county is crossed by six class 1 railroads, five interstate highways, several commercial water ports on our nations largest inland waterway. Last year we processed over 3 million containers containing 65 billion worth of goods that are grown, manufactured, assembled, and delivered throughout the United States and the world. Our first and last mile Infrastructure Requirements today total 3. 6 billion of new investment just in our county, and that does not include bringing our existing road infrastructure up to a state of good repair. Our needs extend far beyond roads. Increased utilization of freight by rail as weve heard is resulting in more at grade rail crossings and its impacting commerce from public safety. We need at the very local level more grade separation structures and first and last mile interstate connectors to accommodate the freight of the future. The growth of freight has been stated we believe by 2045 that increase will be about 45 putting more press
Sanctions. We will not get any sanctions because the other countries will not go with it. Host ok, we are all out of time on capitol hill right now. Before the Senate Finance Committee Testimony to be had about protecting taxpayers from schemes and scams during the 2015 tax Filing Season. That is the topic. We will bring you live coverage on cspan. Welcome. The Committee Meets to talk about growing criminal activity that is threatening taxpayers across the country. These criminal acts are prevented by themes hiding behind telephone lines and computers, preying on august taxpayers on august taxpayers and robbing them of tens of billions of dollars a year. We are here to hear about federal and state officials on the fight to catch these crooks and protect taxpayers. First, i would you talk about one case in particular. In one very large number, by the way. This is a hearing that is long overdue as far as i am concerned. We will get into it. I have to apologize that a senator is not. , bu
Facebook comments, and tweets. Now to london, for todays question time. He talked about the upcoming United Kingdom general elections set to take place on may 7 and whether or not he will participate in candidate debates. This is 35 minutes. Order. Questions for the Prime Minister. Thank you mr. Speaker. I had meetings with colleagues and others. I shall have further meetings later today. Thank you. Our allies are warning of a dangerous gap between us in america. Can the Prime Minister tell us what is more important for him protecting our armed forces or introducing tax cuts . Combining Economic Security and national security. And the two go together. We inherited a 38 billion pound black hole in our defense problem. By this chance for this government, we have filled that gap, where our economy is strong and our country is safe. In the mediation scheme, the post office has just sacked the independent investigators, and told them to destroy all their papers. Does my right honorable frie