Downstream to rivers and bayous and areas south of houston and people are still, their lives are still being disrupted and unfortunately more and more bodies are being found as the water has receded in places that have been flooded. Eight days ago harveys wrath was still being felt but we are still counting the cost. He as one lady in houston told my off staff, she said normal is a long way off. Its more than just days we are counting. Families return to their home and peace their lives back together, the numbers keep rolling in. T the numbers are how we keep track and i want to mention a number of numbers that i think will help all of us understand the magnitude of what has occurred. The numbers will help usst wrapper had around what this disaster has meant for not only texas but for the country. The largest numbers of the toughest. Not the toughest to swallow, i will get to those in the moment, but simply to comprehend. They are the ones that make your jaw drop like 27 trillion gallo
Dont have enough human powerwer there. E. People are still waiting to get the supplies they need, and to step over two weeks out. The federal response was underwhelming to say the least. Host as far as the ability to get supplies outcome is aes strictly a federal cause or other issues within the state itself on the island itself that couldve been tended to better leading up to the storm . Guest were talking about major challenges. Roads are blocked. The truck drives, many of them are still being with her own catastrophes at home. Now were talk about no cellobls phone service so its hard to commicommittee. Theres no streetlights so its hard to drive at night. It takes not only Major Military trucks but also helicopters. The type of infrastructure and equipment that most state let alone puerto rico has before hand. A lot of this shouldve beentic. Anticipated. Host using fema shouldve had decent pizza place before it . Guest or at least get them within day one, two or three. We saw obviou
Senator compareder in the United States was the last senator gardner the United States was the last standing. It was hurting our interest. It was hurting the ability of this elected government to have a good start in addressing the problems that had been ignored by 50 years of military authoritarian repressive rule. It does not mean burma had reached perfection. Mr. Murphy we knew this would be bumpy. We knew there would be challenges. We had to look at the tools available to us to encourage behavior change and proper actions. Proper actions are required by all in the International Community, including china. We would hope as a member of the Security Council china could join us in recognizing the militarys disproportionate response has exacerbated these problems, and china needs to work with others on the Security Council to understand that the instability thats being created could affect the neighborhood, including chinas own interest. Senator gardner has china publicly condemned the
Appropriation hearing but i believe the president has sent us two good nominees. We waited a long time on the vice chairman, supervision for the fed. I hope the hearing goes well and we can expedite these nominees and get them in place, thank you. Thank you, senator shelby. The hearing will come to order. We will consider the nominations for the comptroller of currency, joseph otting and Randal Quarles to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and vice chairman for supervision of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Welcome to both of you and congratulations on your nominations to these offices. You have friends and family sitting with you and welcome them here as well. These positions are critically important to assure a safe, sound, vibrant Financial System. We are fortunate have two qualified individuals to consider for these posts. Joseph otting bring particular understanding of the Banking System from a long career in national service.
Ill bet putin and the russian generals are not anxious to go back and get their tail whipped as it happened back in the 80s and 90s. Host first golfer you gentlemen speak if you can watch this online cspan. Org. Take you live to the white house for todays press briefing with spokesman sean spicer. [inaudible] im going to try to keep this on the short end. This might be present at a listening session with the attorney general and fraternal order of police, with the Vice President to discuss lawenforcement issues related to terrorism and innercity violence. The fraternal order of police, the Worlds Largest organization of sworn Law Enforcement officers with more than 330,000 members. They represent those who dedicate their lives to protecting and serving. The advocate for improved working conditions for Law Enforcement officers and for the safety of our communities. The president thanked the fop leadership for the support, reaffirmed his pledge to have their back. The president remarked