Nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. Forest service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to be able to welcome you back to the committee, thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately, it is up to us to determine what programs to fund and what levels. Although this years budget request is far from perfect, i agree that the priority must be on Wildland Fire Management and improving the health of our forests. Im encouraged that the administration is proposing to invest significantly in hazardous fuel reduction and other active Forest Management activities. We know such investments pay dividends in reducing the risk of severe wildfire. Hopefully we will see this important work planned
We got wildlife, snakes and bears and stuff like that. Before help finally arrived. And royal appearance. Duchess meghan takes her place on the balcony to attend the queens official Birthday Celebration trooping the color. All the pomp and pageantry. And raptors soaring. Toronto taking game four of the nba finals leaving the warriors in an unfamiliar position, down three games to one. Can golden state battle back . Drakes take on it. Where yall at . Where yall at . And could kevin durant be the warriors last hope . All the drama on and off the court. Can we just talk about how nuts it is that golden state is down . Theyre down. Theyre such a stacked team. Back against the wall. But i mean good for the rap im from the bay area so i support the warriors but good for the raptors, though. Always love an underdog story. I spent some time recently with some friends from toronto. This is a huge deal foouin well ha to see. Well have much more on this wild series coming up, but we start here th
The Senate Hearing will come to order. This is on the children, families and the Opioid Epidemic crisis. Later today, senator murray and lland senator jung wi introduce legislation to try to address the Opioid Crisis. The National Institutions of help had predicts that a new nonaddictive painkillers could be achieved within five years with more flexible authority to conduct the necessary research. Moreill would give the nih flexibility to address Research Research that addresses the Opioid Crisis. I each haveay and an Opening Statement and well introduce the witnesses. After their testimony, we will have a round of fiveminute questions from the senators. The Opioid Crisis is particularly heartbreaking for families and children. No one understands that more than an east Tennessee Woman who lost a baby in the nearly two decades in which she is struggling with addiction to opioid and other substances. And she entered into recovery in 2012, she had no drivers license or formal education bu
Pictures like these are becoming more and more common as Climate Change alters the world we live in but leading governments are doing little or nothing about it the United States will withdraw from the paris climate accord. Donald trumps cabinet include several former Oil Executives who play down the Climate Change. There is no model that has yet been developed that scientists would say is all that good at predicting the future. But some lawyers in the us say big oil is lying prosecutors in new york of sued exxon mobil and other companies in a multibillion dollar case. Every fossil fuel company. Has a responsibility to be honest with his investors and. With the public the First Amendment ladies and gentlemen just not give you the right to commit fraud. Carol muffet has also been trying to get to the bottom of this law hes found documents that he says prove Oil Companies have been researching Climate Change for sixty years without informing the public of the results so the Oil Industry
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