Discussion about a shutdown again. Why would we have a shutdown in september . If the appropriations process is still not working by september, that is a bad thing for the country. One of the things that we like as members of the government is that the proper functioning of the appropriations process is critical to the constitutional function of the government. The house and senate are supposed to use the power of the purse. When they dont do appropriations bills, our constituents voices are not heard. We hope that comes back as part of the process. We are pleased with the deal today. Thank you very much. Thank you for letting me have a shout out to my wife. Can we identify the location of that wall exactly . Sean sean. Really . No one leave. [chatter] they are not coming back . [chatter] announcer cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. This morning, republican congressman Chris Stewart of utah discusses tensions with north korea to then
I am honored to introduce the chairman bourassa who was appointed that one special election 2008 and reelected to a full six year term in 2012 with more than seven 5 of the vote. Known as wyomings dr. As an Orthopedic Surgeon as the whelming medical society before franking member as chairman of the Senate Republican policy committee. So please join me to get the senator up to the podium. [applause] mr. President it is wonderful to be here with you today and senator car per from delaware was here earlier this morning somebody said he was here first thing we were here before 7 00 in the morning may have heard the of president give his address talk about infrastructure i thought he did a wonderful job talking about the fact nine years from now twenties 26 is the tatar 30th birthday of United States of america and to take a look and think aspirational where we want to be one celebrate our 250th birthday also nationalsecurity and infrastructure to put that emphasis on that. Volume to do is
Secretary pete buttigieg. After a release the Infrastructure Committee and hearing with more on high speed rail investment, Port Infrastructure, Highway Safety and real estate investment. This part runs about three hours. Calling back to order. inaudible to allow the airport to meet its growing needs. However, as you know, a series of challenges hindered progress and as a result the airport is seeking to scale the project and focus solely on the 24th street overpass because the obligation date for the grant is rapidly approaching, the airport is at high risk of losing these critical federal funds. Mr. Secretary, this project is important to the city of phoenix and sky harbor future growth. Will your Department Support the eligibility for the grant and work with the airport on this modified project so it does not lose these critical fund . Our goal is for every grant recipient to succeed when funds are awarded. In this case, it was 2019 funding. I believe the issue here had to do with m
How reliable is the train for you . Dear god. There is always something, like always. So when donald trump said were like living in a third world country when it comes to our infrastructure, do you agree with him . I dont disagree. Its a sad fact of our government, Lawmakers Across Party Lines dont agree, dont get along and as a result dont get much done. Case in point, this years state of the union address, which was delayed because of the government shutdown. Washingtons dysfunction was on full display. Madam speaker, the president of the United States. Are we going to see a single 2020 democrat shake his hand . I dont think you will see a single democrat, period, shake his hand. The state of our union is strong. It is always interesting to watch. Yeah. But in the starkly divided room there was an issue that had bipartisan support. Both parties should be able to unite for a great rebuilding of americas crumbling infrastructure. Infrastructure. Its withinbeen to popular talk point for
This is a category five storm. You can see the slow movement will puersist into the straight couple days coming close to the florida coastline. Thats really the biggest concern. Even if its within 60 miles, a slight jog to the left could make a big difference in the impacts for florida. This storm is going to affect hours further north. It goes by thursday very close to the carolinas, and we may see a third land fall with this monumental storm, Hurricane Dorian still a category 5 hurricane. Stay with us. Ill have updates throughout the night. Were at penn station. Why dont you like coming here . Its old, crowded. Theyre working with old tracks, old trains, infrastructure that is not in the 21st century. Were the richest country in the world. The richest country in the world. Democracy, america. And our infrastructure is not great. Is that what you think . What do you think . Yeah. It smells like piss. How reliable is the train for you . Dear god. Theres always something. Like, always.