Mr. Morgan good morning and thank you all for being here today. As the commissioner of customs and Border Protection, im pleased to announce the official release of cbps southwest Border Migration statistics for the month of august. And ive said this many times, since congress has failed and continue to fail to pass meaningful legislation to address the crisis at the border, which would ultimately stop children from being used as passports and end the cartels ability to exploit this population, as well as our laws, the Trump Administration has taken a number of unilateral actions, unprecedented actions, that were going to discuss today. But, first, lets discuss the results of the administrations incredible efforts. During the month of august, cbp apprehended, or deemed inadmissible, a total of 64,000 individuals. For july, if you recall, that number was just over 82,000, which represents a decline of 22 . Moreover, the august numbers reflects and this is critical the august numbers ref
Oversight of the department of Energy Research and development enterprise. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Were delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities so i hope we see you much more frequently from now on, and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make draconian cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs, most actually fared well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a subst
Conservative and sturdy so i guess we will do that the same way. Due to extreme planning i am so thrilled to announce that this here tonight is the World Premiere of andy after the release of the book which happened today. [applause] sometimes it just works out. Those who were here three years ago you may recall that andy spoke about some of those passings say hes at the center of attention for that and was the center of attention for the mueller pro handbook of collusion which we will be hearing about in a few minutes and also has some thoughts on the epstein case and if theres time and in your questions he can talk about that as well because he is always the center of attention. Thank you for coming. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Andy mccarthy. [applause] thank you so much. She says its dumb luck. I think that she was planning this from the start. [laughter] it is a delight to be back here. I think we started to talk about coming back four or five months ago and i had such a great time t
And them for your. Some of you may remember that andy was just years ago, was august, so we are conservative we all do that the same way. Due to extreme planning on any including that, im so thrilled to announce that this here tonight, the World Premiere of andy after the recent of the book which happened today. [applause] sometimes it just works out. Those of you were here threes ago, you may recall that she stopped spoke about that, using the senators attention for the mueller probe, which you will hear about in a few minutes. Theres also spot on the epstein case. You can talk about that as well. So thank you so much for coming. [applause] thank you so much. Erica says its dumb luck. I think she was planning this. [laughter] its a delight to be back here. I think we started to talk about coming back for or five months ago and i had such a great time here the last time, i didnt need to be asked twice. I think its a sheer fortuity that it turns out to be the day the book came out. Its
Infrastructure for electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Thats a reality of consumer desire, as well as dealing with the realities of Climate Change. We give local discretion for funds to initiate Emission Reduction strategies. That include simple things like providing alternatives for our cars, people who want to walk or bike rather than getting into our cars. Its a major commitment that we are going to provide resources and partnerships with local governments to deal with our realities and the responsibility in the transportation sector to reduce carbon emissions. I can tell you, mr. President , as i told my colleagues on the environment and public works committee, every day i face it every day, every day i community from baltimore to work and have to deal with the realities of congestion. Its been estimated that the delays caused by congestion and the excessive fuels that are used by congestion costs our economy over 300 billion every year. So theres not only a quality of life iss