It is an honor to be here. As a young man brought up in the Public School system, i pledge my allegiance to that flag every honor, maybend the one of the greatest honors of my life today, is to be here, and leverage the work that i have done as testimony that may in some way benefit this nation that i love. I would like to start by saying thank you to chairman corker for your leadership in this endeavor and to the senator. Your leadership has been extraordinary, and i would like to say thank you to the rest of the committee that has supported this effort. This is a bipartisan effort, and in a country that is riddled with bipartisan separation on so many things. Slavery seems to come up as one of these issues that we can all agree upon, and i applaud you for your agreement, and i believe in you in your leadership and your ability to take us out of it. I am here today to defend the. Ight to pursue happiness it is a simple motion. The right to pursue happiness is bestowed upon all of us b
House sparked a war of words spnspn with steve bannon. His forthcoming book went after members of the president s family and he fired back in a statement saying mr. Bannon not only lost his job he lost his mind, close quote. Theres more to this story playing out in the newspapers this morning. But we want you to comment to us about this latest spat between President Trump and steve bannon. The white house and steve bannon as well, 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002 on twitter, you can tweet us cspanwj and not only post there but see statements made bizarrea sanders at the White House Press briefing, that as facebook. Com cspan. The book is called fire and fury, inside the Trump White House and excerpts of it appeared on the website for new York Magazine. Part of those excerpts commenting and quoting steve bannon, particularly on several members of the trump family, including donald trump jr. Here is one of the quotes. The three senior guys on the campaign thought it
Planning and autism. He talked to senator or in chairs the committee. The committee will come to order. Before i begin i wantto discuss on behalf of the committee how we all feel. In light of yesterdays events in florida. I was personally horrified as i watched the news unfold yesterday, that though i was also moved to hear some of the stories of the heroism displayed by some of the students and teachers at the school. In times like these i know that the thoughts expressed by those of us far away can sometimes seem empty and meaningless in the face of such a terrible tragedy. I will simply say i am praying for all those affected by these acts of senselessviolence. That of course includes a member of our committee will i know is mourning the loss in his own state. May they all find peace, healing and a speedy recovery. I welcome everybody here. And todays hearing which will be our third and final hearing on the fiscal year 2019. Currently, we already have the treasury secretary and the
Good morning. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from the director of the office of management and budget, the honorable mick mulvaney. During our hearing we will hear directly from the director of omb and we appreciate you being with us here today, mr. Director. Your insight will be very help of in our understanding. We see that the president s budget each year marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it, and the white house officially kicked it off on monday. While congress ultimately controls the purse strings, the president s budget request is still an important document for lawmakers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents documents the president s policy and spending priority. These are important for both changes to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earn
Bipartisan policy center on the possibility of a Government Shutdown at midnight tonight. We will discuss the mix of politics in the olympics with eric xoma eric host the federal government will shut down in 17 hours a month the house and the net vote deal with the issue. Including nancy, want to see a deal for dreamers. She was speaking for eight hours and seven minutes, the longest address and house history, to drive home the point. This is washington journal. In the first hour, your thoughts on the price tag, the issue surrounding the budget deal, and other related issues. Here is how you can call us. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. For federal workers, your thoughts are welcome, 202 7488003. You can post on our twitter feed, cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Post has aton breakdown of these increases that could happen. Reportingvan substantial increases would incur for military and the mystic spending. Previous spending lim