This book is i want to read from the book of course, but i dont want to give away too much because this first chapter is going to describe why i wrote this book so maybe i should read the first chapter and then i will talk about the book and kind of expand what its about. Okay. Im going to read the first chapter. First chapter is called tainted vegetables and it starts with the little tag line that says i like my town with a little drop of poison. Every spring i plant a garden. A small but noble pursuit, small in the sense there are many important items on the calendars of our lives. Noble because each step of safety because of sustainability has the Food Industry and its own game. In my line of work i travel a lot sometimes to places where food is measured by cups of rice and water is delivered by tenure rules that have to walk 5 miles to get to the well. Plants in the garden is a way of keeping the harsh reality of the world at bay. It seems the same practice in the world to help. I
Expecting the u. S. Economy to grow to . The reason i raise this is to go down there and talk to policy makers and business people. We could have more taxes here, more regulation there. A little more cost of labor here. And a fair amount of uncertainty and take on one of the great economic miracles. They understand this thing they have a great economy growing rapidly is fragile and requires government to facilitate rather than later uncertainty. That is almost like a test tube of forcing. We had a time in which we had a huge amount of uncertainty. Comes from some comes from government action. We had an aggressive regulatory agenda. We have not made a certain investments we have made. You add that up and you have a period in which businesses are operating under huge weight. Creates the conditions under which businesses can operate in intellectual freedom. Among the things government can do is create the conditions under which cost [no audio] to allow businesses to innovate. One of the s
Er raf congressional history. Im confident we can move these issues forward in a bipartisan way. Chairman issa and congressman connelly reform act. It passes committee on a bipartisan basis. We need the committee to put forward a bipartisan lowhanging fruit year. More than just one a year. And take the information that we have readily availability to us. We are agreeing on of it. We arent doing anything really about it. So this Committee Still finds those and you do too the 900 hammers. I look forward to many more hearings like this and finding real area of cooperation. We can make a difference. Thank you very much for being here. I thank the gentlelady. I thank the members. I mean, i know chairman issa appreciates everyones cooperation. I have to thank our witnesses for the extensive testimony and participation today. Its a great way to start off the new year. There being no further business before the government reform and oversight committee, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. [i
Drivers got plenty of warning that a bridge closure was coming. Going to take the kids across it. Well walk the bridge with everybody else and hope to be one of the first Million People to cross it. There were a lot of folks who wanted to be the last person to cross the bay bridge before it closed. Some people were driving in slow motion and got the attention of the chp. The chp was on hand to clear the people out. They were in fact some of the last vehicles over. Whether they got the last vehicle title doesnt matter as long as they got to have that last moment. Reporter the bridge closed at 8 05 and soon after that, the work began. Still be grinding, grading, repaving, striping and creating a new roadway. Between the toll plaza and the new east span of the bridge. Reporter the caltrans spokesperson says that 3 tons of dirt and gravel will be coming out. By tuesday the seismically safe side by side eastern span will be open. The port of oakland will be to the right, the east bay hills
Claiming tonight. We have good reason to believe that theres a bombshell in Donald Trumps taxes. Either hes not anywhere near as wealthy as he says he is or he hasnt been paying the kind of taxes we would expect him to pay or perhaps he hasnt been giving money to the vets or to the disabled like hes been telling us hes been doing. At this moment, trump firing back on twitter saying mitt romney who blew an election that should have been won is now playing tough guy. This battle coming as trump is celebrating a massive win in nevada and calls to grow him are growing louder tonight. The Washington Post Editorial Board calling on trump tonight, two mainstream republicans, a congressman from Donald Trumps home state, both of them are outfront. One of them endorsed trump today. The other backing rubio and says trump is a terrible move. Im going to speak to them both in just a moment, but jim aacosa is outfront in las vegas. Trump is celebrating today. Reporter absolutely, erin. Hes still cel