We have a cspan audience, Live Streaming soap wonderful to have everybody joining us for what they think wilwethink will be at conversation. Im excited about the people weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression
Weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression that the Fiscal Health of the country is good. It is not. Our debt relative to the economy is twice what its been on average. We are on track to bother us to be 10 trill
Philadelphia as the eagles win the trophy for the first time in their history. Good morning. Its monday 5th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Michel barnier will be in downing street later for talks about a transition period after britain leaves the eu. He will meet the brexit secretary, david davis, in the first of a series of discussions this week. It comes after the government indicated it remains determined to leave the Customs Union when brexit takes place next year. That is being seen as an attempt to defuse a growing row within the conservative party. Mps to back brexit say membership of any Customs Union would restrict british businesses ability to trade freely. Adam fleming is in brussels for us. Looking through what Michel Barnier said this morning, he didnt seem to be drawn very much on this message from downing street saying that britain would not be staying in the Customs Union. No, he batted away all questions about the stuff that is in todays new
Rules. That is when i explain it in a goes through rep. Brooks you have no judgment a you cannot explain it to the committee . Admin mccarthy there is no specific definition i can offer you. A judgment that will be well documented by the science. Rep. Brooks how long has the epa been working on that . Admin mccarthy since we created the Clean Air Act. Rep. Brooks what year . Admin mccarthy 1990 . Rep. Brooks decades later you still do not have the definition. Admin mccarthy it is not apply to that away. Chairman smith thank you. The gentleman from virginia. Rep. Beyer thank you for being so patient and gracious this morning despite rather combative nature of the questioning. Our chair, my good friend and distinguished chair claims the epa has severely damage our economy. How do you reconcile that with 64 straight months of job growth and 12. 8 million private sector jobs and tripling of the stock market. If there is not perhaps better to look at the infrastructure bills we failed to pa
Mr. Thompson if that freshwater doesnt run through and to the ocean the saltwater runs back in. I have two major cities in my district that relies on that for the source of water. If this bill passes, their water supply is in jeopardy. You cant drink salts water. It just doesnt work. California is in the middle of an extreme drought. Its not due to a lack of pumping. Its not because our states water regulations and its not because were putting fish ahead of farms and people. Its because theres no rain and theres no snow. No bill can make it rain but this bill makes a bad situation even worse. Its wrong for california. It wont stop the drought. It wont make it rain but it will kill jobs and it will ruin Drinking Water for millions of californians. The state of california wont support this bill because it ignores 20 years of established science and undermines our extensive efforts to implement equal measures to address longstanding water shortages. Weve been down this road before in cali