Million acres of public land and million more acres of private land. Is in excess of 900 billion which would make us equal to the 24th greatest corporation on the fortune 50 list. It is the greatest wildlife system in the world. That is able statement but it is easy to backup. And its absolutely true. This is built over the last 110 years over the efforts of american sportsmen and women. The states definitely have it writes. There are many many recreational assets and the recreation for the american sportsmen and Outdoor Industry is the wildlifebased agencies that provide for the management and the the most unique aspect of our statebased model is the significant portion of the state raised revenue stems from what we call a user pay system. This revenue is generated from sportsmen activities like hunting, fishing licenses, boating, fees. Revenue, or as it is more commonly known, the Sport Fish Restoration models. One of the most significant contributors is the lwcf. I will not dwell on
Watch at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. And the senate gavels in sunday at 2 00 p. M. They will consider amendments to the current highway bill. Funding is set to expire at the end of the month without congressional action. We spoke earlier with a capitol hill reporter. With current funding set to run out at the end of the month, the senate is set to formally begin debate on its bill. Manu raju of politico, youre right that ted cruz came to the floor and accused Mitch Mcconnell of telling a flatout lie. Tell us what that was all about. Mr. Raju it was really a remarkable moment. Rarely do you see a senator going and singling out another senator in stark terms, accusing them of lying, someone within their own arty. And stashed their own party. And certainly a party leader. It just does not happen in a chamber like the senate. It is usually a very collegial place. Youre not supposed to address senators directly. But Mitch Mcconnell assured him and other republicans that the xm bank, which
Republicans, 202 7488001. Independencts, 202 7458002. You can also find us on facebook and twitter. You can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. The dodd frank act was named after its authors, and senator chris dodd and barney frank. It was a massive bill that required federal agencies to write hundreds of new rules. Here are some of the things that the dodd frank act did. It was signed into law by president obama on july joint first, 2010. It created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It attempted to an too big to fail bailouts of Financial Firms. In eliminated loopholes of financial products, providing shareholders a say on executive compensation, and enforce regulations on the books. Here are some polls that show just exactly the scope of this bill. A summary of the bill by a law firm shows that the bill was 22,290 six pages long. It has had 119 congressional hearings, and there have been 139 bills issued in congress to amend or repeal the act. The stats also give you a se
We are live of the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia today. Our continuing coverage of the National Governors Association Annual summer meeting being held this year at greenbrier. The association is composed of executives from the states territories, and districts of the u. S. It is chaired by governor hickenlooper of colorado and the vice chair is governor herbert of utah. The form that is about to get started focuses on state efforts to combat drug use. Steve bashir is chairing the session. But Coverage Today on cspan. If i could have your attention, lets take our seats so we can get the joint session started. First of all, good morning, welcome. I am governor steve bashir from kentucky. I chaired the health and Human Services committee. We will call this meeting to order. Welcome all the governors who are here. This is a joint session of the health and Human Services committee and the Homeland Security and Public Safety committee. Joining me as vice chair of our committee is vice c
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org tonight, f. C. C. Commissioner on key issues before the f. C. C. Like net neutrality, regulating the internet, and the publics influence on policy making. When an item is made for an open Commission Meeting and presented to the level that should be made available publicly. I think that would provide an opportunity to comment on exactly what were thinking and hone in on issues they see as problematic. Right now we have people who raise concerns regarding our items but they auvent dont know exactly whats being put forward. So theyre doing shots in scattered structures. And thats problematic from my point of view. I would rather people target in exactly where they want to see and not spend time on thing that is dont need attention. Tonight on