That are necessary to respond to the explosions. I am troubled by the prospect of thousands or maybe tens of thousands of these facilities operated under the radar screen in there used to be a sense of urgency on this issue at all levels. It is essential between osha and dhs and the coast guard and state regulators and there has to be enough Information Available to identify those facilities that could pose a risk. That information needs to be shared. The next challenge is to ensure that dhs analyzes the facilities that provide information and gao has told us that when it comes to assessing and assigning risk, arguably the most essential aspect of the program is neither reliable or consistent. To that point the blue rhino facility exploded scented fireballs into the night sky and it was not determined by dhs to be high risk. But i believe with a lot of work and smart people in this program, we can do better. That is why we have called on the president to bring together experts to tackl
But today republicans voice their displeasure on the bills process. The reason why we were in the debacle were in is because weve refused to pass any of the appropriations bills, most of the authorization bills, so you end up all jammed up at the end of the year. The reason i voted against it last night, heres 1 trillion bill with a few hours of debate. A big part of that drama centered on ted cruzs efforts to hold up the bill against president obamas immigration action. Heres harry reid criticizing the junior texas senator. The junior senator from texas is wrong, wrong, wrong on several counts. Because its not an appropriate place to debate the constitutionality of any executive branch action. Lets go right to Nbcs Kristen Welker joining us from the white house as her usual post. And kristen with a hello to you. Lets walk through some of the hi highlights of the bill. The big highlight, this bill funds the government for an entire year. Thats the first time weve seen a bill fund the g
The Safer Together Initiative meetings will cover topics including safety at college, behavioral health awareness and traffic stop safety, with some discussions in Spanish.
Pignetti s-Temple is closed for storm damage. A Taco Casa is headed for the former Zoës Kitchen spot. Gas prices are down heading into summer, and more Waco-area business news.
Consistent heavy rainfall in the Waco area this past week flooded multiple homes along the Bosque, led to multiple water rescues, damaged county roads and closed others, officials said Monday.