Ms. Pelosi good morning, everyone. We know youre out there, we can see you breathing. I know it was a late night last night, but a victorious one for the American People. I want to thank Chuck Schumer and the democrats in the senate for their unity. I want to thank senator mccain for establishing a higher level of participation as to how we should proceed and to the senators who courageously, senatormichalski murkowski and senator collins and senator mccain, thank you for hearing the voices of the families. To the families and outside groups who weighed in on in our offices, in town halls, on the phone, in the mall outside the capitol, thank you for making your voices heard in such an important way. Right now, we go forward recognizing the value of the Affordable Care act, which last night was once again protected and we take great pride in that. But we also know that there are updates and improvements we can make. So we call upon the speaker to establish a process, we can go right to
But selecting the phones. We have randy in williamsburg, virginia. He is an educator. Caller good morning. Good morning, america. I own a business called virginia is for education. It is a very unique business. Trailermobile fitness for children k12. Had been operating for 14 years throughout the state of virginia. There are close to 1200 schools that i visit. One particular problem i operated in where we had a School Called the center for Educational Opportunity which was a very regional district, collaborative to take care of education of longterm, expelled students. This were 120 130 kids in program. For threeservice hours every wednesday. I had a cohort before i showed up and after i did the program. We have excelled academically lease and bounds. Leaps discipline go down and bounds. Why . Because one godhead showed up with a unique asset that he had bills and show interest in the students with academic problems. Friends with many of the students my see them around town, and im fri
I want to welcome you to the subcommittee. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today. And we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. Beencc has not reauthorized since 1990 and its current appropriation is 430 million. It is charged with the administration of Communications Act. Reexamine the Core Functions and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory class left by chairman wheeler. The fcc plays a vital role in our increasingly Technology Dependent society. The subcommittee has released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing Net Neutrality. The commissions decision to classify the internet as a public utility was a power grab laced with the irony of suffocating the most innovative part of our economy with in 1930s era law. This gave new meaning to the term progressive. Reply comments to the commissions are due august 18. We hope you are keeping that wed whacker handy.
This wont get her in trouble, but it is because of her and two other republican senators that his first congressional session was remarkably historic. He wanted to do more. This good woman presiding over the senate said no. Enough is enough. And we had to retract some of the things we wanted to do. It was hard. But i do say this. It would not have happened but for the presiding officer. President saved the country from economic collapse, ushering in a new era of growth. In 2010, the economic recovery has added more than 16 million private sector jobs. Median housetold incomes have risen. And in some states, like the state of nevada, more than 14 . President obama brought to the Auto Manufacturing Companies that from collapse with unique programs, cash for conquerors. More than 800,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010. The Auto Industry has added more 2000700,000 jobs since nine. Domestic production of automobiles and doubled from below 6 Million Units per year before, 12the year milli
If you live in the eastern or central time zones, call us at 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain or pacific time zone, 202 7488001. You can also send us your thoughts on twitter. You can leave a comment on our facebook page. This fight between president elect donald trump and the labor unions started after what appeared to be a victory last week. He had negotiated a deal with a factory in indiana to keep jobs from moving to mexico. That deal became controversial after these comments from a union leader in indiana. Here is the story in the cannotgton. washington post. The story says that chuck jones, the president of united fuel workers, which represents carrier employees have felt optimistic when donald trump announced he had reached a deal until thee 1100 jobs union leader heard that only 730 of the projected jobs wednesday and 550 Union Members would lose their livelihoods after all. Jones hoped donald trump would explain himself. When he got up there, and for whatever reason he