Recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Graduating from high school and going to college is an important goal for many, Many American teenagers. College offers the promise of an education, new friends, new experiences. And when parents drop their children off at their new dorms, they are trusting those universities with the wellbeing of their kids. The dark reality is in many cases this trust is woefully misplaced. Mr. Speaker, approximately one in five women are sexually assaulted in college. Thats one out of every five of our daughters, sisters and friends. This shocking statistic would lead most people to assume that colleges have extensive protection to support those peopl
On the Home Mortgage deduction and its benefits for high income households. Conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is monday, october 23, 2017. The house of representatives returns today at noon for the morning hour and 2 00 p. M. For legislative business. The senate is in session today. We will spend our opening session today hearing from you about your trust and confidence in the nations major institutions, including the three branches of government dont schools, unions, the military, police, and others. We want to know which institutions you trust now and why. Give us a call. Republicans 202 7488001. Democrats 202 7488000. Independents 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. Wj, ander at cspan facebook. Com. What u. S. Institutions do you trust . That is our question for the first hour. You can start calling now. We show you a recent Gallup Survey report on american confidence in u. S. Institutions, noting american
The subcommittee will come to order. Our minds are elsewhere because of what happened at the baseball practice field menn of one to once again mention those two Brave Police Officers ever injured with a member and former member of the staff so we do not forget them and we wish there full recovery. Still with that be welcome secretary chao with fiscal year 2018 budget secretary chao comes to this position with frankly one of the most to impressive records of Public Service having served as chair as the Maritime Commission the department of transportation director of the peace corps not to mention in leadership positions in the private sector and not for profit you have large and complex organizations were fortunate to have somebody of your expertise and experience and knowledge facing deity as we face some challenges but nobody is more prepared than we have agreed to come back to Public Service has to always have. I work look forward to working with you to maintain the safety of our Tra
The subcommittee will come to order. Our minds are elsewhere because of what happened at the baseball practice field menn of one to once again mention those two Brave Police Officers ever injured with a member and former member of the staff so we do not forget them and we wish there full recovery. Still with that be welcome secretary chao with fiscal year 2018 budget secretary chao comes to this position with frankly one of the most to impressive records of Public Service having served as chair as the Maritime Commission the department of transportation director of the peace corps not to mention in leadership positions in the private sector and not for profit you have large and complex organizations were fortunate to have somebody of your expertise and experience and knowledge facing deity as we face some challenges but nobody is more prepared than we have agreed to come back to Public Service has to always have. I work look forward to working with you to maintain the safety of our Tra
Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org. It is on our homepage or video library. Secretarysportation alain shout testifies on a president s 2018 budget request and other priorities for her department. From houseuestions members about the president s plan to privatize the nations air Traffic Control system and reductions to transportation projects. This is two hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Before i began, i know that all of our minds are a little bit elsewhere because of the incident yesterday at the baseball practice field. I just wanted to, once again mention how all of us are whip,g for, obviously the steve scalise. The two Brave Police Officers along with a member of the staff and a former member of the staff who were injured. We cannot forget them and we do not. We wish their full recoveries. With that, this morning we welcome secretary chao to testify for the department of transportation 2018 budget. I dont have to tell any of you that secretary chao comes to this