Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to review on going Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, as well as efforts to rebuild it electric grids on those islands in a smarter and hopefully a more resilient manner. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a week ago that senators cassdy, franken and i along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors. For your hospitality. The time you gave us during that visit. It was incredibly important i think for all of us to see to be on it ground and to be hearing directly from you and those that you are working with. I know that some other members of our commi
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to review on going Recovery Efforts in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria, as well as efforts to rebuild it electric grids on those islands in a smarter and hopefully a more resilient manner. Were over two months removed from when Hurricane Irma devastated st. Thomas and john on september 6th and its been nearly 60 days since Hurricane Maria hit st. Croix and puerto rico. Just a little over a week ago that senators cassdy, franken and i along with senator carper who was just here and senator harris as well as some of our house colleagues visited both st. Thomas and puerto rico. I want to thank both governors. For your hospitality. The time you gave us during that visit. It was incredibly important i think for all of us to see to be on it ground and to be hearing directly from you and those that you are working with. I know that some other members of our commi
Watch all the fans waving and the players. To look at the players and the coaches and the reactions on their faces as they took a breath and kind of soaked it in. Were home and celebrating with our fans. And then they arrived here at civic center park, which, of gathered at 7 00 a. M. They had been chanting and music. When they introduced that team, roar. We were excited to hear from the mvp and, of course, our quarterback, peyton manning. Definitely a team season. Everybody did their part. Our special teams were awesome all year. Its no question the defense led the charge. We did our part. We made plays at critical times. Everybody contributed. Can you go back next year and do it again. Back to back, right . 50. It was so great to watch, and the reaction of the crowd, it was wonderful, all the tributes and the way everybody cheered over pat bolin and the mayor and governor and special proclamation, this day forever known as pat bolin. We heard from fans everywhere. They watched the co
Because youve been through this. During the clinton impeachment trial there was an agreement between Senate Majority and minority. Theres no agreement now. Thats one difference. Another difference is we dont have any idea what the process is or what the rules will be because Mitch Mcconnell hasnt told anyone yet. Why do you think that is . What does he gets out of that . The fact we dont know is a problem. The fact that the house managers dont know is a big problem. They had to start as early as wednesday to present their case. They dont know how much time they have and they dont know how to break that up. Its a combination of things, i think. Mcconnell is still trying to figure out in his caucus how far he can push this. He wants to shut this town as quickly as he can. The other is he wants to mess with the gears of the democratic machine trying to present this. He wants to make it as hard as possible for them to present their case, and he wants, i think, to make it as hard to watch a