That had 333 recommendations for reform to the Grant Programs at fema. Howev however, only found four permanent changes in which these recommendations came forward. Despite reform over a fiveyear period, little in the way of reform appears to have occurred. We had a hearing on this in 2013 in which we went through some of the various forms of waste occurring at fema. Even since that hearing, we still continue to have problems. 280,000 was recently spent for a bear cat Armored Vehicle in dover. We complained of a 600,000 bear cat Armored Vehicle for keen. I guess New Hampshire is ready for the next invasion. We also found recently or the inspectors have found 1. 7 million for unused radios and generators and 174,000 for unused radios in d. C. This is since we last meant to talk about waste. Every dollar wasted makes a difference two taxpayers. Right now, fema is more than 20 billion in debt because of the Flood Insurance program. Disaster spending often far outpaces the annual Funding C
The 96 act said we want competition competition. Some places it has worked. Some places it hasnt. This is one place where it really hasnt. We think consumers would have more choices and lower prices if we got competition into that space. The first question is is there a market for set top boxes . The answer is really in terms of what is delivered over the cable network, no, because the box is actually a component of the network. Thats the most efficient way to design and deliver Cable Television service. Its the cheapest way to do it, most efficient way to do it. No market has developed. The companies would prefer a market if it was more fish to do it that way. Watch tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan 23. Our live coverage of the president ial race continues tuesday night for the new york state primary. Join us at 9 00 eastern for election results, candidate speeches and viewer reaction. Taking you on the road to the white house on cspan, cspan radio, and cspan do ot ork org. Live covera
On him. The joy and peace in that mass were a gift to many, who continue to respond to it. Since his death, i have learned so much about my fathers faith and how he lived it. That our understanding of him continue to grow in to death. That we have a new understanding of gods love. Some of my friends have expressed this beautifully in the jewish tradition. May his memory be a blessing. It is that and a source of grace and opportunity to grow in faith. I cannot think of any greater legacy. Thank you. [applause] thank you, everyone. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] democrats are holding caucuses in maine. Republicans have a primary in puerto rico. The results asou they become available. Yesterday, senator bernie kansas won caucuses in and nebraska, while clinton won the primary vote in louisiana. Donald trump won in lo
Americas northern triangltrian recognition of acute challenges these countries face. U. S. Assistance through the strategy complements the investments northern triangle governments are making through their own development plan, the alliance for prosperity. They plan to spend 2. 6 billion this year on their own plan. Continued u. S. Support will be vital to colombias success as it seeks to implement a peace accord. Our partnership with mexico remains an important priority for the United States, and includes a range of issues that benefit both countries, including trade and investment, energy and security. The merritt initiative continues to provide the framework for our bilateral Security Cooperation at both forward and state levels. Our request also includes a central democracy assistance for cuba and venezuela, where the United States will continue to provide assistance that advances universal human rights and supports vibrant civil societies. Promotions of democratic principals and h
Rnd. Why doesnt he go over and talk and say it has been a nice ride, but what we are going to do is just going to depend on you a lot for r d. We will pay our fair share, but why dont we do something for our people instead of looking toward europe, asia and everybody else . Have him put his money where his mouth is and lower costs medicine. Host donna in massachusetts, good morning. Caller hello. I just wanted to ask a question regarding psychotropic medications and how dangerous they are and as far as the cost of health care, billions and billions of dollars in big pharma and i wish that the doctor was still on because there were not any lab test the confirm a mental illness. Sometimes, people keep talking about the stigma of mental illness, but it just makes up symptoms and that book or whatever it is, it is like hundreds of Mental Illnesses, but they are not being honest but there is big money in the pills that are really dangerous to people, especially the children. They want to sc