Committee will come to order and thank you for joining us for a fun rules committee today. The rules committee will be considering the concealed carry reciprocity act of 2017. The concealed. Reciprocity active 2017. Conflicting state codes and legislations have created a patchwork of reciprocity agreements for concealed carry permit holders. Citizens of a state issued concealed carry permit from a state that does not require permits can lose their Second Amendment rights when entering another state if that state may have different rules and regulations. They concealed carry reciprocity citizenses lawabiding s Second Amendment rights do not end when they cross state lines. The facts show citizens to carry concealed handguns undoubtedly better prepared to act in their own selfdefense, but also a defense of others. Legislation under consideration acludes the fix nix act, bipartisan act to ensure that federal and state authorities comply with existing law and support criminal history recor
That, democrats are not going to ut up 60 votes needed to overcome filibuster, those bills would move separately. Is nt seem likely the map there to conceal carry component. Dumain, covering for mcclatchy. The house will take up that Gun Legislation this afternoon. They gavel in at noon eastern. First votes around 1 30. First votes initial votes on the legislation around 1 30. The House Rules Committee voted yesterday to allow no amendments today. Heres part of yesterdays Committee Meeting where members suggested what amendments they wanted. Thank you very much for joining us this afternoon for another fun rules Committee Meeting. Today the committee will be mr. Sessions the rules committee will come to order and thank you for joining us for a fun rules committee today. The rules committee will be considering the concealed carry reciprocity act of 2017. Conflicting state codes and regulations have created a patchwork of reciprocity agreements for concealed carry permit holders. Permit
As we heat up this afternoon, well see scattered showers and thunderstorms redevelop by the afternoon and into the evening. So temperatures will be a little bit lower today in the upper 80s. Still warm and sticky through the afternoon. Well talk about more thunderstorms for tomorrow. Larry, over to you. Thanks, allyson. Everything still running on schedule. Buses and trains, good news there. Its 395, the northbound side that we have some trouble. For those of you going through that area, want to let you know two thru lanes on the northbound side of i395 are closed as a result of an accident. One of our web producers is actually making her way up this area. She took a picture for us that she posted on twitter to show us the situation there. So you can see not only emergency crews, tow trucks but the situation. Were seeing delays all the way from shirlington circle. Heres a live look from our camera now. You can see all lanes pretty much crawling for the most part. You can account for th
Secretary thomas perez. Then Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson at a house hearing on Immigration Enforcement. After that, president obama talks with reporters about the Iran Nuclear Deal and other issues. This week on newsmakers, u. S. Secretary of labor, her as. Thank you for being here. We also have melanie trottman, labor reporter with the wall street journal, and Lydia Depillis of the washington post. Radio will go first. Lydia a lot of the news is on the minimum wage and there is a strong push for 15 to be the base. In places that are not coastal cities like new york or los angeles, and you think is appropriate for them are went they do themselves damaged by the going to that level . Secretary perez i applaud the effort state and local levels are trying to raise and wage. No one should have to live in poverty while they are working. That is the reality because of the daily of the Republican Leadership to work on the minimum wage. The president has been vocal in his support o
If this wasnt in front of me and ready for signature, we would end up having projects all across the country that would be frozen after mid. On the other hand, we have now made it a habit where instead of fiveyear funding plans for transportation and instead of longterm approaches where we can actually strategize on what are the most important infrastructure projects, how are they getting paid for, providing certainty to government norors and mayors and localities about how they are going to approach Critical Infrastructure projects roads, bridges ports, airports instead we operate as if were we hand them out three months at a time. Which freezes a lot of construction, which makes people uncertain, which leads to businesses, not being willing to hire because they dont have any longterm certainty. Its a bad way for the u. S. Government to do business. So, i want to make sure that before i sign this, Congress Gets a clear message. That is we should not be leaving all the business of the