Its international, but its also big time national. I think youre characterization of it is correct, senator. Its a huge feature of our work. In all of our field offices, we work in 70some task forces to try to address it. We work internationally to try and address it, so its a big feature in our life. We are trying to make sure we send a message that there are huge costs to doing this in the United States. Were focused on the individuals. You allude to the challenge with internet sites. Thats a challenge for us. Obviously, we have a wonderful country with a First Amendment that protects peoples ability to create sites. Were trying to focus on the individuals who may be operating a site with purposes of trafficking and lock them up for a long period of time and were doing that all over the country. Have you had any success . Oh, yeah. We sure have. Could we learn more about that . Not now. Id appreciate sitting down with you. According to the Government Accountability office, the famous
Epitome of the pure partnership. Its the most important event of the year for transportation, and it represents a group of people that go off and do their own business separately, but here theyre partners for the greater good of the overall. Were very excited to be a part of this. We would like to think that we can help in any way we can, but we hope to get to work with all you guys for the next two days and learn a little bit about where things are going, and hopefully make some impact for the greater good of the whole industry. So with that in mind, i have a couple things. One, dont forget while youre here that the purpose of this event, and it reads to direct the industrys advocacy efforts and legislative strategy. The key words i saw there were the advocacy, so everyone here is an advocate. And second is that youre doing it for the industry. And so please look out for your cohorts, your friends, the other guys who couldnt be here. Dont forget the rural folks who dont get to come to
So when you do those conversations that leave you scratching your head a little bit. What are you asking for . What could washington do to make this easier for you . Short of comprehensive . I dont know. Short of comprehensive reform what they can do. President obama has chosen that course and we can agree or disagree with it, but hes not saying as the rest of us arent saying we dont need a comprehensive solution because when you pick up pieces like Border Security and dealing with health care and dealing with the dreamers. Youre still leading a big segment of the population in the communities today unaddressed in terms of their status and in terms of their contributions to our community and their feeling of being part of our community and for all of us in cities we want our residents to feel like theyre in a secure place. All right. We have a question over here. Yeah . Quick question. Ive been a School Principal for many, many years and what weve done when other students are coming fr
Will break it down, day part, we will have 60s in the morning. And that sunrise time, of course at 5 38 and this have afternoon we do expect high temperatures in the 80s. We will be at 82 by noon time today. Sunny skies warm and humid. It will indeed feel like summertime, yesterday we were in the lower 80s. Today we expect mid to upper 80s. High temperature around 87 degrees for your memorial day. Is there your holiday fox cast, we will have much more, to tell you how long all this warmth and warm weather will last coming up. What are we looking at in traffic this morning . Not much in the way of traffic but lets check our roadways, starting with the vine street expressway, just a couple of cars, on that roadway and were westbound at 24th street right there. Then we will go to i95, at cottman avenue. It doesnt look like any impediments to progress, right now. Knock impeding the flow. Nothing impeding the flow, yes. Why did that sound naughty i dont know. Septa bus 204 205, 30, 312 316
Happening since last night, the answer comes in two words. Ted cruz. Cruz set this up beautifully. First he prevented the house and Senate Budget committees from meeting on what the government should be spending. This stopped the appropriations process in its track. Not a single appropriations bill has been signed. The result . Of preventing a single bill, the continuing resolution, from getting enacted. This is the brilliance of ted cruz. No spending bills have been passed, shutting down the u. S. Government could be complete. It wouldnt be some departments or agencies being shut down, but the whole shebang. Brilliant. The freshman senator from texas has brought the american political process to total dysfunction. The American Government to a shutdown. His plan now quite bluntly is to turn the United States into a dead beat nation. By the end of this month should he still be in control, the chinese billionaire who went into tea bonds will be in the same boat. There wont be a nickel in