Investigative report on u. S. Disastere joins us to discuss a report on u. S. Disaster response. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host it is tuesday, september 3, and this is washington journal. The house and senate in for pro forma sessions. They will likely face new requests for more disaster aid money in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. As we begin the program, we americans to ask are have we become too reliant on government assistance during and after disasters . Andou live in the Eastern Central time zones, that number is 2027488000. Mountain and pacific, that line, 2027488001. If you live in a disaster prone area, particularly if you are anticipating Hurricane Dorian, that line, 2027488002. Also looking for your posts on facebook. Facebook. Com cspan and your cspanwj. Well at we will talk to florida congressman on the coast and fema. The front page reporting of usa today on the hurricane, bahamas b
Story got a lot of debate over is not whether we should spend money on Disaster Response, it is who should spend the money. Should it be the federal government or the states taking care of it . The argument is if it is the more is responsible for and more Disaster Response, they will take steps to reduce the potential damage from disasters. Talk aboutrock long stronger building close and better land use. States can do that kind of thing and they can say, we have this area just keeps getting destroyed by hurricanes and we are just not wanted not going to allow development anymore or stronger building codes, so peoples houses do not get destroyed. That is the argument for putting states more in control of Disaster Responses so they can affect the actual cost of disaster recovery, like taking this mitigation and prevention steps. Host there is likely to be a request coming after hurricane after thesome sort hurricane occurs, and i wanted to point out an article in the florida phoenix. The
Conference in steamboat springs, colorado. He offers his thoughts on how conservatives should promote their ideals. Sen. Demint that guy looks better than i do. It is great to be with you. Thank you for including me im looking forward to discussion in a few minutes. For being part of supporting the Steamboat Institute and inspiring america to greatness. I want to start with a few minutes of framing what we will talk about. A lot of this is coming from the book entitled conservatives knowing what to keep. It will be out in a few weeks. A would have loved to have copy today but we are about two weeks away from it being printed. Speech comes between the thank yous. Thank you very much. For all you do for the conservative movement. Toer the speech i will have thank the audience for listening to me and not throwing any of that good food at me for what i said. If a political speech were a sandwich, the thank yous would be the bread. It means tod what be a conservative, you have to make the t
Enough, Mountain High aint no valley low enough sen. Warren hello, and thank you, carly and others. That was fantastic. Thank you for the introduction. I also want to say a very special thank you to pam and dennis for opening up their backyard for all of us. What a beautiful way to do democracy. [applause] sen. Warren i am so glad that all of you are here. I appreciate your being here. I know there are a lot of things you could be doing on labor day, but 2020 really matters, and not just for the next four years or the next eight years, but for generations to come, and we all know that is going to come straight through the center of New Hampshire, so thank you all for taking the time to be here today to invest in your democracy. I appreciate it. Thank you. [applause] sen. Warren i just before i get started, i want to say a word about the fact that we are here on labor day, and what that means. When i did the official announcement for my campaign, i went to lawrence, massachusetts. I do
Im joined today with a couple of distinguished panelists. Ive got to trippe immediately to my left, although maybe a lot further to my left. Well find out. [laughter] probably. He is the principal and ceo of the group, which is a progressive Public Policy strategy firm. The atlantic called him colorados answer to karl rove. And i found another interesting tidbit from the denver post, says one of the most important players in colorado politics youve probably never heard of. Well, that was in the denver post 10 years ago and im sure a lot more people have heard of him by now. Previous to his work, he had a decade of Government Relations in political consulting, a Government Relations group at brownstein. [applause] and we also are joined today by trent england, the executive Vice President at the Oklahoma Council of public affairs. Hes also a distinguished fellow, and that organization and prior to working in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Council public affairs, he was the executive Vice