It eroded. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president s 2021 budget request. During the hearing she addressed infrastructure project, highway and rail safety, investment into the nations ports and discretionary Grant Programs that impacted the needs of rural and urban areas. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off the subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 20 21 budget request for our department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Frur serves as the foundation and quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects Education Opportunities and plays a significant role in our nations overall welfare. Theres no question our country requires an massive investment into bridges and restore Transportation Systems to a state of good repair, improve our ports, bui
Hear what she said about President Trump and Hurricane Maria, not quite down with us yet, wait until you see what see is doing at the shore, that, local weather and headlines coming up, i am bill spadea, this is chasing news. Hurricane maria devastated puerto rico. People struggling to get enough food and water. Fema response has been aggressive, army corp of engineer, cove guard, u. S. Army contributing to try to get power back on, get people food and water they need. Ashley johnson. With the local response from our area. Reporter residentses in rowes e parts puerto rico are stranded. At least 10 people died in puerto rico but of Hurricane Maria, 1. 6 million are without power, that is nearly half of the island, puerto rico governor, said that island is on brink of humanitarian crisis, and has called on Trump Administration to provide more help and resources. In new jersey many continue to worry with about their loved ones, there is outpouring of support at the community center, volun
I need a hero welcome to power lunch. Im Morgan Brennan the stocks are holding steady. We have a mixed session. Two more trading days to go in september, the dow and s p 500 are on pate for an eighth straight quarterly gain. Mcdonalds giving the biggest boost to the dow today the transports hitting another error intraday high well drill down on some of the big movers roku, stock of the day, this is up 50 on its ipo debut. Also keep an eye on mccormaiccck we begin with washington, President Trump unveiling the longawaed tax pla promising tax cuts today House Speaker paul ryan and the top economic adviser came to squawk box to push the plan ylan mui joins us with the latest. Reporter it will have to go through the sausage grinder before it can be legislation, gary cohn was very clear on cnbc the 20 corporate rate is nonnegotiable. Speaker ryan was equally clear that the house is committed to hitting that number. Look, when we polled the border adjustment from our build back in the middle
The speaker pro tempore on this 23 e yeas are the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 237, the nays are 189. He bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Reminded that all visitors here are guests of the shows of opinion are against the rules of the house. He smotion on passage. The clerk senate 782, an act to reauthorize an the chimes against Children Task force program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the howls suspend the rules will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this
Planes. It literally meant seat. Just paying for a fraction of the cost. He will only travel commercial now. No exceptions. But will that be enough to save his job . I look forward to gaining regaining the trust that the American People some of the American People may have lost in the activities that i took. Why are you constantly defending that the rich are not going to get a tax cut . Theres absolutely nothing wrong with wealth. Details on this tax plan are still limited. With details scarce, there are doubts about whether the final bill will live up to the administrations promises. Our tax plan is aimed at making sure we give middle class americans a tax cut. I cannot guarantee that. You could find me someone in the country that their taxes may not go down. Today seerp Administration Officials say the tax plan will be the policy backdrop for the president s speech in front of a group of manufacturers. Were going to be covering all of that. But this morning new ways there are new way