Thank you very, very much. [cheers and 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] boycotts that are underway, were joined by kate taylor, she is a retail reporter and at business insider. Guest thanks for talking with me. Host tell us more about the origin of this grab your wallet boycott. Guest Shannon Coulter basically started this hashtag before the election was over in october. And since the election is finished, it picked up a lot more steam that i thought i had prior tohashtag used the election completing. It really picked up steam with a lot of people discussing it and discussing different brands they are going to boycott. Nordstroms, the ceo sent out a companywide email earlier this week discussing the boycott and why nordstrom was not making the decision to stop selling the market trumps line. Line. Nka trumps after t
Fast act provides a certainty and reforms necessary to improve our nations infrastructure and spur economic growth. The fast act was a significant bipartisan achievement showing once again the senate is back to work for the american people. This committees work, which accounted for more than half of the text of the bill, helped to enhance safety, increase transparency, reform regulatory structures and improve planning for free with reforms covering everything from railroads to cars to trucks to ports as well as research and technology, this legislation was a True Team Effort to reduce congestion, protect passengers and improve our nations multimodal supply chain. Protect lives on our nation roadways by promoting Greater Consumer awareness and Corporate Responsibility for safety. Im please that had the whistle blower act is now the law of the land. This law which i introduced with Ranking Member nelson and others incentivize to blow the whistle when manufacturers sit on important safety
Changes provided for under the fast act including processing procedures and an application dashboard. And finally something that goes hand in hand with all of the departments efforts is research and innovation. In march we began the competition for utc grants which allows students and faculty to Work Together towards innovative transportation solutions. Weve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. Im proud of the work the department has accomplished in such a short period of time. But this is just the beginning. And it would not be possible i would like to repeat without the work of this congress on a bipartisan basis. We will continue our aggressive schedule to execute the reforms you put into place because if our nations going to have the type of Transportation System tomorrow that is better than it had today, wasted time is something none of us can afford. So with that, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you and i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Secretary. A
We werent able to achieve it, but on the other hand i think youve been able to work with mayors and transportation directors for State Government and aarp and other stakeholders. If you could just give me a quick update on how were moving along with respect to this because whether the statute read exactly how i wanted it to or in the compromise version, i think the key is implementation at the sort of administrator level so i want to know how were doing and i know you have a special perspective having been a mayor. Yes, sir. I think were moving along fairly well. We did initiateing . E something that brought 200 mayors from across the country together to share best practices on how to implement essentially complete streets designs. Our federal Highway Administration is also creating greater flexibility in the design of federal aid to highways so that theres at least the possibility that states and local governments can use those roadways in more innovative ways for all users. I think t
202 7488000. Are you opposed . 202 7488001. Republicans with and some democrats that congress should take a pause on the program . 202 7488002. You can also lead us or go to facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. We will get to your calls in a minute. Listen to what the speaker had to say yesterday about republican concerns and why they want to halt the program. [video clip] isis showed that they are committing an act of war against the west. What else do you call what they did in paris . What is the congressional response . We have the authority under the existing the way we look at this issue is, number one, in front of us is the fact we have a refugee situation that we think requires more comprehensive assessment on how to guarantee members of isis are not infiltrating the refugee population. Please know that this is not only about refugees. This is about having a comprehensive strategy to deal with isis by defeating isis, that is what we dont have. The bill we are sending som