Park. Nikki burdine is there live with a preview of whats expected to get under way around 7 00. Nikki . Reporter good morning. Protesters in fact hope traffic will be an issue. And ive covered a lot of these in the past. Today they say they hope to disrupt peoples lives. Thats really been the point of these protests all along because they said if they go somewhere where nobody will notice them, then nobody will notice them and no one will listen to them. These protesters are part of the d. C. Ferguson movement. They will be out here starting in about an hour at 7 00 at Mount Vernon Square. Theyll be marching through the streets staging dieins that weve seen. Weve covered several of these, a few here at Mount Vernon Square. This is video youre looking at right now of previous protests by the d. C. Ferguson movement and these protesters say they dont care that theyre inconveniencing people. They dont care theyre making people late for work because they want you to pay attention. Theyre
Strategy, the pivot, the military girding of that is largely the u. S. Navy and the central that makes much sense if the navy is stable in size or growing because otherwise you have 60 of a smaller force that may be less than 50 of the old force and if you do the math, sequestration is roughly at the crossover point. In other words, it would force a reduced fleet size if it was to stay over longterm, which would be in the range of lets say 240, 250 ships, maybe less and 60 of that is no improvement. Relative to 50 of where we are today. Which is about 285 ships. Its more or less a watch. If you are trying to send a signal, you have taken the ability away by sequestration. Thats a clear way and a reason im against sequestration. I dont think we need a build up, but a nice, steady, real increase would be, to me, a good thing. Over to you. Thank you. If i had a real good answer for the question, id probably call the secretary of defense this afternoon and let him know, but its a very impo
Screeria nigeria. Briefing. And later epa Administrator Gina Mccarthy testifies on her agencys 2016 budget request. Next treasury secretary jack lew and John Koskinen testify on the 2016 budget request for the Treasury Department. They also discuss cybersecurity, tax fraud, Taxpayer Services, and Small Businesses. This runs just under two hours. The subcommittee on Financial Services and general government will come to order. Good afternoon. The subcommittee as i said, will come to order. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Services and general Government Subcommittee for the 114th congress. This is also my first hearing as subcommittee chairman. And im pleased to serve alongside the new Ranking Member my good friend, senator coons. I would also like to acknowledge senator langford and senator durbin. Although our subcommittee is small, the number of agencies we fund is large. And their impact on our economy is significant. Im confident that our members are up to the task be
On the theme that chairman boos man started with about, Community Banks can make significant difference. Describe how the Community Development Financial Institutions fund is used to help rebuild distressed neighborhoods and Small Businesses and the bond guarranty program ramp up two billion how they might play a constructive role providing access to capital first. Second, senator boozman. About the burden, the Regulatory Burden on smaller banks. I heard from a number of folks from the Financial Community who believe once banks obtain more than 50 billion in assets they suddenly become subject to Regulatory Oversight of the megabanks. While im a strong supporter of steps taken in doddfrank to prevent future crises im wondering if that is quite accurate or is there a step series where you steadily ratchet up regulation into froing size . Would welcome your insight into that point as well. Thank you, senator. Cdfi i think is enormously Effective Program both because of what it does direc
And now live to london for british Prime Ministers question time. Each week the house of commons is in session we bring you Prime Minister David Cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings on cspan2. We invite your participation via twitter using the hashtag pmqs. Prior to question time members are finishing up other business. And now live to the floor of the british house of commons. Debate of devolution must be financial also. Mr. Speaker, im a bit surprised by the question because we worked really hard on the side of the house to deliver a devolution package for wales that strengthens them clarify somesome makes devolution their four wheeled brick effect is the negative response from welsh labour in recent dates be more about divisions in the labour party, and you should be thinking about speaking to his own colleagues. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Number one please, sir. Prime minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker this mo