strong winds and heavy rain are battering the orlando area as the storm moves its way toward the atlantic ocean. the storm created catastrophic flooding that left entire communities under several feet of water and sent cars and debris floating down streets. take a look at these images. the water was just relentless. crews are still carrying out emergency rescues on land, air and sea. in bonita springs, a group of good samaritans rescued an elderly man stranded in his car in surging flood waters, dragging him through waist-high water to safety. ian s strong winds brought down trees, power lines, knocked out power to more than two and a half million homes and businesses. the winds also literally ripped off roofs from a number of homes, including this mobile home. a short time ago, governor ron desantis call canned the impact historic ask also addressed comments from the lee county sheriff that there may be hundreds of fatalities, something that s not been confirmed. we have h
Good morning. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from the director of the office of management and budget, the honorable mick mulvaney. During our hearing we will hear directly from the director of omb and we appreciate you being with us here today, mr. Director. Your insight will be very help of in our understanding. We see that the president s budget each year marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it, and the white house officially kicked it off on monday. While congress ultimately controls the purse strings, the president s budget request is still an important document for lawmakers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents documents the president s policy and spending priority. These are important for both changes to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earn
Good morning. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from the director of the office of management and budget, the honorable mick mulvaney. During our hearing we will hear directly from the director of omb and we appreciate you being with us here today, mr. Director. Your insight will be very help of in our understanding. We see that the president s budget each year marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it, and the white house officially kicked it off on monday. While congress ultimately controls the purse strings, the president s budget request is still an important document for lawmakers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents documents the president s policy and spending priority. These are important for both changes to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earn
Good morning. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from the director of the office of management and budget, the honorable mick mulvaney. During our hearing we will hear directly from the director of omb and we appreciate you being with us here today, mr. Director. Your insight will be very help of in our understanding. We see that the president s budget each year marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it, and the white house officially kicked it off on monday. While congress ultimately controls the purse strings, the president s budget request is still an important document for lawmakers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents documents the president s policy and spending priority. These are important for both changes to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earn
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