2027488001 is your number this morning. You can also join us on twitter if youd like at twitter. Com cspanwj or post your omments on facebook. Com cspan. Republicans only this morning will start off the show with just hearing their voices on the possible back and forth between republicans and democrats on allowing undocumented youth to say here in exchange for the wall. Does any deal have to claw wall . The Washington Times frames it this way this morning. Democrats back off wall for better deal on dreamers. Senate dreamers on wednesday backed off their red line host though the president said it can be built much faster and cheaper. Here is the minority whip in the house, steny hoyer of maryland yesterday talking about this. He held a News Conference with socalled dreamers. Heres what he had to say. Senator feinstein said to the president , mr. President , youve greed were going to do this in two phases. One being the dreamers and the second being comprehensive Immigration Reform of a
I think we better get it going. The committee will come to order. To this mornings hearing. Today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and Human Services. I would like to welcome him this morning. I want to thank them for being here. Thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. He has his work cut out for them. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our Nations Health care system. Confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. Knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. Our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. Hhs, mr. Azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the Medicare Advantage program. He was also a leader in hhss response to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9 11, t
Government officials testified about the infrastructure needs at recent senate hearing. Good morning. I call this hearing to order. Today we are holding a hearing to highlight the importance of passing a new Water Resource Development act or werda during the 1 is 5th congress. It authorizes funding for the army corps of engineers Water Works Program which need past wedder today provisions. Prior congresses have too additionally passed werda on biannual basis going back to 1986. Unlike other contentious issues, historically, republican and democratic members of this Senate Environmental Public Works Committee, have been able to pass werda legislation. This is legislation that moves. Regardless of Party Affiliation we understand these kinds of investment are par too important to the community to fall to partisan politics. This represents a did i veers group of communities with different needs. Our committee has members that represent baltimore, maryland, anchorage, alaska. Wyoming and wi
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the governor of the great state of missouri, eric greitens. Governor greitens thank you, thank you. Thank you, all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor parson, speaker richardson, and the members of the missouri house, president pro tem richard, and members of the missouri senate, chief justice fischer, and judges of the supreme court, state officials, members of the cabinet, our first lady and my wife, sheena greitens. We have many honored guests here tonight. And one who is particularly special to me is my kindergarten teacher, anne richardson, who is here with us tonight. [applause] Governor Greitens i was in mrs. Richardsons kindergarten class at mckelvey elementary, home of the dragons and it was , at mckelvey elementary that i first heard the story of a boy from the town of diamond, missouri. He was born over a century ago, and he was born a slave. When he was a baby, he and his mother were kidnapped. He
International economics in cash flows. That we knew that would need some revising. So far, though not a lot really , needs to be done, other than i would call small things. Steve no republican support for the Affordable Care act, no democrat support for this bill. Is that the new norm . Secretary perry i hope not. I was surprised that not a single democrat voted for this. I think they will be regretful of that, because in 20 days, you have seen two million families, two million workers getting raises and bonuses. You are seeing all these raises being announced, you are seeing Electricity Companies announcing that they are lowering rates as a consequence. In milwaukee, we have a big insurance company. A couple of months ago, they said because of the tax laws, they were going to move to bermuda. Now, they are staying in milwaukee, staying an american company. You are seeing stories like that businesses staying here, businesses expanding, investing in capital, workers getting wage increas