Today is the first day of fall, i think, and you described the summer as the cnn of substance. I just want to look back at the pieces of legislation that we just had an to get your sense of how they add up, because sometimes the messiness of the legislative process and the fact that its been so uncertain, its hard to remember if there was actually a theory we hind some pieces of legislation or if there is a vision behind it all. Well, there was. First of all, when you talk about the biden agenda, a lot of it is built on the obamabiden agenda, we were able to expand Health Care Coverage to a number of people, we were able to pass Climate Change legislation because we had the Paris Agreement that president obama worked on. So we built on a foundation, but i think we took that foundation to a new direction. The first is, we face different problems and we faced in the obama administration. The world has changed. So we inherited a whole different process. That led to two things. One, a dete
Pandemic, inflation, and the war in ukraine. I just learned david from law school class, we were in law school together. Today is the first day of fall, i think, and you described the summer as the cnn of substance. I just want to look back at the pieces of legislation that we just had an to get your sense of how they add up, because sometimes the messiness of the legislative process and the fact that its been so uncertain, its hard to remember if there was actually a theory we hind some pieces of legislation or if there is a vision behind it all. Well, there was. First of all, when you talk about the biden agenda, a lot of it is built on the obamabiden agenda, we were able to expand Health Care Coverage to a number of people, we were able to pass Climate Change legislation because we had the Paris Agreement that president obama worked on. So we built on a foundation, but i think we took that foundation to a new direction. The first is, we face different problems and we faced in the ob
Prevent outbursts or clapping or demonstrations of any kind during these hearings. There was so much interest in todays hearings that we had to expand opportunity for the audience in an adjoining room. The overflow room is 226 of the dirksen building. I will make opening remarks and give Ranking Member cruz the same opportunity and then welcome our first witness. We are here to discuss a critically important issue, maybe a very basic question. We venerate in this country are committed to the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of those who live in america. We also guaranteed under our bill of rights the right to bear arms. Can we make these two consistent . Can we protect a persons right to own a firearm and still say to the rest of america we also need to protect your light youre right to life, peace, freedom from violence from those same firearms . According to the centers for disease control, more than 11,000 americans 11,000 are murdered by guns each year. That is more each
Who say they believe nesbit has other victims in this area. Two Santa Clara County sheriffs deputies are recovering after being involved in a shooting in saratoga. The suspect is in critical condition. Police reported to a call of a suicidal man. Theyre not clear how the nature of his injuries but they are not life threatening. Were learning new information about an underground fire that burned for hours near the oakland hills. The fire created an eerie scene with flames creeking through the cracks in the asphalt. Tom vacar has been at that site. And you spoke to pg e crews about how they finally put that fire out. Reporter there is a small army out here. Pg e crews trying to replace a pipe that ruptured earlier today. It is a high priority because its going to be very cold tonight. But what happened here was as much luck as it was an excellent response. Reporter at 8 30 this morning the interception of golf links road and fontaine street started to burn. There was no sound. No car wre
Businesses, and new private sector jobs. Its going to create uncertainty. Because more government breeds complicated rules and laws that Small Businesses cant afford to follow. Because more government raises taxes on employers who then pass the costs on to their employees through fewer hours, lower pay and even layoffs. And because many Government Programs that claim to help the middleclass often end up hurting them. For example obamacare. It was supposed to help middleclass americans afford Health Insurance. But now some people are losing the Health Insurance they were happy with and because obamacare created expensive requirements for companies with more than 50 employees, now many of these companies arent hiring. Not only that, theyre being forced to lay people off and switch from fulltime employees to parttime workers. Now, does this mean that theres no role for government . Of course not. It plays a crucial part in keeping us safe enforcing rules and providing some security agains