Arent aware that the president will be making his speech about the environment today but they live it on a daily basis this is a very outdoors state youre very aware of the outdoors when you are here and i think people even some officials are quite costly to talk about manmade Global Climate change but at the back of many peoples minds is or what can we do about this were seeing this happening on a daily basis and then for the fires for instance the hotshot crews that are brought in from all over the country a very thinly stretched i know fire officials are thinking well if alaskan summers keep getting hotter and longer were not going to have the resources to deal with things like this and were not talking about Something Like deforestation where you can replant trees were talking about glaciers that of tens of thousands if not millions of years old rapidly disappearing and theres not much without radical policy change that anyone here can do thanks so much i think gallagher there. Cen
[applause] thank you. Thank you very much. And i hope youou all had a truly wonderful Independence Day weekend in spite of the heavy rain and it was really heavy. We had a remarkable salute to america on the national mall. Incredible. [no audio] [applause] standing on the steps of the Great Lincoln memorial and looking out on the crowds, these incredible big beautiful crowds, braving the weather all the way back to the washington monument. We celebrated freedom in all of its magnificence while saluting our great military. It was something really special and i will say this. It was a wonderful day for all americans and based on its tremendous success we are just making the decision and i think we can say weve made the decision to do it again next for and maybe we can say the foreseeable future. [applause] as we celebrate our nations founding, we are reminded once more of our profound obligation to protect americas extraordinary blessings for the next generation and many generations in c
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united dates. [ applause ] [ applause ] thank you, thank you very much. It is great to have you and i hope that you all had a truly wonderful Independence Day weekend. In spite of the heavy rain and it was really heavy, he had a remarkable salute to america on the national mall. It was incredible. [ applause ] standing on the steps of the Great Lincoln memorial and looking out on the crowd there were incredible dutiful crowds braving the weather all the way back to the washington monument. We celebrated freedom in all of its magnificence while saluting our great military. This was something really special. I will say this, it was a wonderful day for all americans and based on its tremendous success, we are just making the decision and i think we can say we have made the decision to do it again next year and maybe we can say for the foreseeable future. [ applause ] as we celebrate our nations founding, we are reminded once more of our profound
Going to our website and entering Manhattan Institute in the search bar. Were going to go live now to capitol hill as the House Rules Committee starts two days of hearings on earmarks. President trump has suggested that those earmarks be restored. They were taken away in february of 2011. To ensure that the government allocates taxpayer dollars responsibly and in light with the values and wishes of the American People. Over the years, the manner in which congress fulfills those duties has been the repeated topic of discussion, debate, and calls for reform. While most agree that the constitutional responsibility to determine how taxpayer money is spent lies with the legislative branch, we can also agree that abuse has been associated with the process. This has, understandably, fueled concern among tax paying citizens. As a result, earmarking became known a process known for its secrecy and selfinterested motivations. Despite efforts to reform the earmarking process, and increase transpa
We welcome everyone today. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Article one of the constitution explicitly gives congress authority for spending. Is oversight authorization central to congresss responsibility to ensure the government allocates taxpayer dollars responsibly and in line with the values and wishes of the mecca people. It has been the repeated topic of discussion and debate and calls for a forum. We can agree that abuse and a lack of transparency have often been associated with the process. This has, understandably, fueled concern among tax paying citizens. As a result, earmarking became known a process known for its secrecy and selfinterested motivations. Despite efforts to reform the earmarking process, and increase transparency, the American People and many members of congress remained unsatisfied. Highprofile cases persists. Since the enactment of this ban, members have become frustrated as federal funds have been appropriated only to be redirected via the execu