I think the nation is frustrated that it doesnt on his job. Can you bring ted cruz on whatever strategy you have, not to include obamacare, can you board . Cruz on as we let folks know, certainly on the house side, that everyone in the house of representatives will be able to input into the budget. Every individual help an opportunity to talk with their colleagues about the solutions that we bring forward. Process, andme to open process, delivered in process, ambitious process, that will allow individuals to say yeah, i know it can be everything i wanted to be, but i had an opportunity to affect the outcome and therefore i supported. Georgia congressman tom price, our guest on newsmakers. On cspan. Iowa senator tom harkin is retiring at the end of this term. Harkin has served five terms in the senate. Republican ll he joined in for a conversation about iowa politics. This is about 20 minutes. Renewable energy, and the environment, and probably lots of others, but those are things that
Was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and from mote competition and promote competition, believing thered be innovation, more investment, more consumer choice, more innovation and, you know, fortunately, i think the result has proven us correct, that thats exactly whats happened. But now were in a situation, you know, not that many years later that there needs to be, again, i think, a massive overhaul. And out of all the new technology, all the new applications, all the new modes of service. Host rick boucher, youve covered, worked on telecommunications for a long time especially as a member of congress. Did congress understand what was going on with the 96 Telecommunications Act, or was it just limit today a few members with expertise . Guest well, as is often the case in the committees that focus on particular subject matters took the lead in this reform. Jack was chairman of our subcommittee. Other members of our subcommittee had been focused on telecom
Cspan sundays and it 00 published my Public Affairs books now available in your favor bookseller. Up next a look at the resources securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to enforce regulations under the doddfrank financial. The sec is requesting over onehalf billion dollars for next years budget. The cftc is asking for 280 million. This is an hour and a half. Udal room waiting for the hearing to get started. We may be waiting for the s. E. C. Chairman to come to the hearing om. Th good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. I am pleased to convene this airing of the financialservices and general Government Subcommittee to get some of the fiscal year 2015 funding requests of to keep federal regulatory agencies. Cal year 20 requests of two key federal regulatory agencies. The securities and Exchange Commission, and the commodity futures trading commission. I welcome my distinguished Ranking Member, senator mike johans and some of my othe
Money with these measures, at the expense of veterans. And email showed that he gave explicit directions to a hospital in fort collins, colorado, and having long treatment delays. The scandal was revealed after he retired doctor claimed that as many as 40 veterans died while awaiting treatment. And the hospital administrators covered up their identity on a secret list. And the white house again today showed support for eric shinseki. The president remains confident that he can take appropriate action. There seems to be no part of the Obama Administration led government that is working as intended. Is there anyone capable of doing what is expected . The administration is now marden scandal in the treasury department, the department of justice, the bureau of Land Management, to name just a few. And did we mention obamacare and health and Human Services department . From one to be a scandal as well as the latest developments in the ukraine, we are joined tonight by former army vice chief
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