That i would recommend to this g body we consider. Because if were going to fix our debt and our deficit, we also need to look at the procest of how we do budgeting and fix t this. Here are a few trillio thoughts. You year. We do a budget every two years. O we should at least do a little o bit of advanced planning. We should be able to do that two years in advance. Le the spending. Every we could do appropriations everf single year to be able to provide accountability. The how major budget process we should do every two we should get rid of the udget. Gimmicks that dominate this body and how we quote unquote balance the budget. I like pinch and smoothing. Corporate timing shifts be an odd of our favorite chips, insi which everyone outside this citd thinks is a monkey and everyon inside of this city know its just a great budgeting technique. Heres how some of those work. Heres an example from octobers budget agreement. The acceleration in section 502o changed the due date from pension p
Everybody all set . Good. We made a lot of progress over the past seven years on our economy, unemployment is down, deficits are down, gas prices are down, job creation, wages, the rate of americans with Health Coverage are all up. So as i said at the state of the union, america is as strongly positioned as any country on earth to take advantage of the opportunities of the 21st century. But what were aware of is we all have a lot of work to do. Not only to try to maintain momentum but to go at some of the structural issues and problems that may be impeding people from making progress, getting opportunity and living the kind of lives for themselves and their children that we all want for every american. The budget that were releasing today reflects my priorities. And the priorities that i believe will help advance security and prosperity in america for many years to come. These are proposals reflected in the budget that work for us and not against us. It adheres to last years bipartisan
These things until congress is propelled to do the right thingh lets put a process in place, beginning with budget reform, s how we do the budget, and strutheral changes here to pushn this body to do what everyone outside this body says needs to be done. In the days ahead when were spending more on interest than r national defense, this body should hang its head in shame. St should fix it so that never happens. And we can get on top of our debt and our deficit with a straightforward process that gets us back to work. With that, mr. President , i yield back. Wednesday on capitol hill, janel yellen testifies on the state of the economy, live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspa cspan3. The zika virus with centers for Disease Control and prevention and National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases director. Thats at 1 00 p. M. Eastern also on cspan3. After releasing his 165 page budget proposal, president obama talked about the increased investments in Cyber Security. Lets take a l
Yesterday anything we see will be very light. Skies cleared overnight and temperatures have plunged into the 20s. 27 cary. 25 roxborough. 28 clinton. At 8 am 25. 35 at lunchtime with a mix of sun and clouds. High of about 40 today. It will be a little breezy. The full forecast coming up. A second suspect is behind bars accused in the murder of the raleigh taxidriver. Mikaya thurmond is in the newsroom with what you learned about the case. Reporter the suspect is being held without bond at the Wake County Detention Center Raleigh Police arrested 27year old conrad patterson. He will face a murder charge. It happened on the same day the first suspect arrested in the case appeared in court. Patterson and 25yearold major earl edwards junior are accused of shooting and killing Jose Dominguez at an apartment complex on hodges creek drive on monday. Conrad is expected to appear in court at 2 pm. Police in fayetteville are looking for a person of interest as they investigate a mans death. The b
By the time this moves through, we could have a decent half inch when it rolls through the next half hour. Highs today back in the mid 50s with afternoon sun and more thunderstorms this afternoon. Well time all that out plus two more storm systems this upcoming week. Lets toss things over to mike. I want folks to look at the lens. Watch these dots forming. Theres actually rain falling on the lens. Anthony talked about the rain coming in to san jose about 6 00. Perfect timing. A little build for that commute. Slick roadways, show you the dispute. Looking at dublin as well. Slower drives as well developing for west 580 out of the altamont and through dublin through livermore. Were talking about slick roadways, the offramps. Folks coming off at freeway speeds. Spinouts likely. Weve seen a number this morning. Looking toward the bay bridge, were looking at our camera there. Gusty winds are a factor as well. Bay bridge, san mateo bridge, the highrise. Chp gave an earlier warning as well. No