Certainly my state as well. This also represents a milestone as members of this Committee Work to complete a multiyear highway bill the first time in a decade. And long overdue. With Service Transportation programs set to expire on friday, it is imperative we work quickly to reach a bipartisan and by cbicamybicameral agreeme. A number of issues happened to be particularly important to my state. For example, upgrading the freight corridors and interstate system that moved goods through my state to Global Markets every day and providing Additional Resources for Public Private partnerships and border infrastructure. Delivering investment certainty so we can plan for and deliver the highquality infrastructure that our country and my constituents deserve. This bill is important. But im proud to say the leadership in texas havent waited on the federal government. In november 2014, 80 of texans approved a Ballot Initiative that provides 1. 7 billion to upgrade and maintain the Transportation
We should get all the questions in from all the members before the second series of votes. Well be back. Thank you. Were in recess. Now recognize mr. Green from texas for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you for our understanding our vote schedule on the floor and hope you had some rest between the questions earlier. 20 years ago we started doing vaccinations for our children so we would raise our vaccination rate. Weve been doing that since then. And its been really successful. Well partner with our local school districts, our county health department. Texas children hospital. Weve raised the percentage of children immunized and always talk about its the cheapest medical doctor we could ever spend. Because its most effective. Texas Childrens Hospital did childrens vaccines. Walgreens, pharmacy, one of the chain pharmacies in our community did the adults and seniors. We didnt get a good turnout. This is our first. People expect us in august to do the childrens vaccine in au
5 a. M. Here in new york. With thousands protesting nationwide for police reform, President Trump is calling for only modest changes. Sources briefed on the order say it mainly leans on congress to do the heavy lifting because the president doesnt want to alienate the Police Officers. It includes incentives for Police Department to send Mental Health officials on calls. Jim acosta has more. Reporter christine and laura, later today the president is expected to unveil a new executive order aimed at Cushing Police brutality. It will add a new database to track police misconduct. Its calling on Law Enforcement agencies to refrain from using police choke holds. Heres more of what the president had to say. Were going to have some solutions, some i think good solutions. Some of it, as you know, its about great people. We need great people in our Police Departments and we have mostly great people. I would say that. I would say that with certainty we have mostly great people. I know so many of
Covid19 testing ahead of the event as some fear the event been a super spreader of the virus. And the tulsa mayor says he didnt get any heads up about the rally from the trump team and shares the concern about the risk. The president seemed more interested in sending messages to his supporters than to the protesters. That is true. President trump met with families of brutality, but they didnt appear where the president signed an order. But he turned it into a Campaign Speech attacking former president barack obama. Few were wearing a mask despite new concerns about the coronavirus. Offering little more than new guidelines, the president talked about the protesters who have taken to the streets since the george floyd killing. Americans want law and order. They demand law and order. They may not say it, may not be talking about, but thats what they want. Reporter the president down played misconduct saying it is a small number of rogue officers. It is tiny, but you have them. A small per