If you have ever been up in the arctic, its a difficult environment. When your car breaks down it, you just leave it there. Imagine the massive military might that was up there. All along these islands, you see it. Military all over the place. They have announced projects to clean some of these spaces. Its going to take a long time. They are doing it. They created more preserves and sanctuaries and so forth. In that sense, its not like russia ignores the environment entirely. Really the soviet tradition. Easier to create National Parks that are protected from any kind of human activity. Territory. Huge it it is free of charge. The decision does not tackle the big issues, but there are some initiatives in terms of waste from the soviet system. Modest. Ry theireel pressure by issues globally. , i dont think nato can be a solution in the arctic. Cooperation,of russia is cooperating with japanese and korean. Korea is becoming very active. The three Asian Countries plus russia have fishing
[indiscernible] after visiting and neighborhoods he spoke at a Community Center in an area of the city that was once under 17 feet of water. He spoke for proximally 40 minutes. [indiscernible] president obama every have a seat. Hello. Where are you . In the bigto be back easy. And, this is the weather in august every summer. Soon as i land in new orleans the first thing i do is get hungry. When i was here at the family a few years ago i had shrimp, at the bakery. I still remember it. Office maybe leave i will finally get a rebirth at the maple leaf on tuesday night. See theet a chance to mardi gras and celebration. Now, i just go to meetings. I want to thank michelle for the introduction, and more importantly for the great work she is doing, what she symbolizes, what she represents in terms of bouncing back. I want to acknowledge the great friend and someone who has , worked tirelessly on behalf of the city. He is following a family legacy of service. Your mayor, Mitch Landrieu. [appla
The pennsylvania secretary of education, pedro rivera. Thank you for being with us. The proposed budget for your department in the coming year is about 6 billion. Where does that money go . Mr. Rivera first, thank you for the opportunity. It is an interesting topic of conversation as you are looking specifically at Education Funding. The vast majority of ending is actually passed through to School Districts. We are a relatively Small Department in terms of service to 500 districts across the commonwealth including 174 harder schools and Technical Education Centers Charter Schools and Technical Education centers. But most of our funding is for but how do you allocate that questio . Mr. Rivera we are proud of some of the work we have in engaged in. For the first time, pennsylvania has a basic Education Funding formula. Historically we had run our lending through a legislative process, meaning wherever you started ended last year is where you would start this year. The first time over two
The chair is authorized at any time and all members will skr five legislative days to submit to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america oversight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today we welcome the 17th sick tear of the department of housing and urban development. Welcome, sir. At least in one respect he may be among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in communities who grew up in boston. Not only does he understand poverty personally but he understands what it takes to escape it. He is passionate about helping others escape as well. He also understands that huds approach to eliminating poverty too often fails and thankfully he is committed to changing it. When it was created 52 years ago hud was intended to be the main weapon in th
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized at any time and all members will skr five legislative days to submit to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america oversight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today we welcome the 17th sick 17the secretary secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Welcome, sir. At least in one respect he may be among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in communities who grew up in boston. Not only does he understand poverty personally but he understands what it takes to escape it. He is passionate about helping others escape as well. He also understands that huds approach to eliminating poverty too often fails and thankfully he is committed to changing it. He