Welcome one and all. Great to see our witnesses. Great to be here with senator johnson, and well call this hearing to order. I appreciate the effort of all of you to get here today. Im glad were having the hearing today, and not tomorrow. If we were having it tomorrow we might not be having a hearing. Todays hearing, as you know, is focused on the costs of not being prepared for extreme weather events, and exploring the ways that our federal government can increase resiliency in our communities, and just to underbehind this, and save money. Save money in the long haul. We have deficits coming down, theyre still too much. Down from 1. 4 trillion, i think, four years ago, this year expected to be down to about 550 billion. Only 550 billion. Thats still way too much and we have to continue to look in every nook and cranny and figure out how do we save more money. Thats the focus of todays hearing. But, i will try to take about five minutes for my Opening Statement and yield to senator joh
From this traffic jam . Republicans, 202 5853881. Emocrats, 202 5853880. Ndependents, 202 5853882 new jersey residents, 202 585 3883. Let me begin with the front page of the New York Times. Christie faces scandal on traffic jam. Mystery of who closed two lanes on the George Washington bridge. It goes on to say this. That is in the New York Times this morning. Front page of the Washington Post also with the story. Lets show you what the governor on to say about this december 19. He had a press conference where he talked about it. [video clip] i . Why would why would i . I know you guys are upset with this. Obsessed with this. I am really not. It is not that big a deal. Just because the press writes that it, lets not pretend it is the gravity of the issue. Host this is the statement that he put out yesterday. We turned to all of you this morning to get your thoughts on this. Is there some political or other fallout for the new jersey governor . Bill in massachusetts. Republican. Caller g
Now the testimony of gms Ceo Mary Barra and the attorney who conducted the investigation. The hearing is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] i now convene this hearing titled the gm ignition switch recall investigation update. Ms. Barra when you were before the committee three months ago, you could not answer many of the questions about why to took gm years to figure out why the air bags were not deploying in your vehicles when they should have. It took years before issuing a safety recall. Now the report is public and it concludes it doesnt appear to be a case of coverup or conspira conspiracy. Instead the failure to recall the vehicles was a case of imco imcomptence and neglect. I still have questions about the whether the employees willingly withheld information that could have led to an earlier recall and prevented some of the tragedies that occurred. The facts surrounding the recall are far more concerning than a coverup. The employees giving the facts and who were t
Liz first we take a look ahead to tomorrows gm hearing on capitol hill. Ceo mary vera will testify, but we have an advanced copy of her remarks. We have reaction on a number of fronts. We will start tonight with an attorney representing families of many of the People Killed when their gm car malfunction. Ball, welcome back to the show. I want to start with some of those comments that surly impressed me, mary talking about just how a victim Settlement Fund my get started and when. Here is what she said. I quote her here, mr. Feinberg has full authority to establish Eligibility Criteria for victims and determine compensation level. He has indicated he will show the final criteria with us by the end of the month. We can also expect to process claims by august 1. Does this surprise you . Is what you expected . I know you have talked to feinberg, what he has told you . Good afternoon, jerry. So, couple questions us first ms. Vera has been talking the talk now for some time. Im at ground zer
Did that and use went way up and states that dont require it very few doctors look at the database. A doctor thinks they know what an addict looks like. They think they know what somebody with this disease looks like and they dont. Thank you very much, everybody. I think it was a very good hearing and we have got some very good notes and food for thought, so thank you very much. Its appreciated and the hearing is adjourned. Taking a look at the prime time lineup on cspan tonight, a special program on the use of consumer drones. From taking your picture, mapping construction sites to cleaning the outsides of highrise buildings. All things drones are being used for these days. On cspan2 tonight, book tv, well focus on some of 2014s nonfiction best sellers including Lynne Cheneys book on president James Madison and also starts at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Cspan3, American History tv with u. S. Foreign policy. Well examine americas response to totalitarianism and the ra juan dan genocide. Now ke