Now House Science Committee chair lamar smith on opportunities for changes in environmental and Energy Development policies, in a Trump Administration. He and others talked about their goals in working with the new president. Good morning. Good morning. Are my mikes work singh thating . Im john hillboldt, it is my privilege to welcome everyone to the sarah and douglas auditorium as well as those joining us on the heritage. Org website were pleased to host with the texas Public Foundation. Our housekeeping duty is to make sure your mobile devices are turned off as a courtesy to our speakers. And of course, were running we house vote schedule so some things this morning will be a little bit on the fly. My introduction of our first guest will be very brief. Welcoming on behalf of the Heritage Foundation is my colleague, becky norton donlop, who served as our Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow. Member of the Reagan Administration working in the white house with president reagan and attorne
Watch this market move according to the likely vote count. There is one positive from politics. Judge gorsuch had a solid performance for the Supreme Court and likely to be approval and its approval that investors want. One more headline, please, sears is definitely in the retail ice age. It says there is substantial doubt it can stay in business. How about that . Varney company is about to begin. You are a no on this. Do you know how many other nos are out there . There are more conservatives. There are 30 or more no votes for conservatives and 10 to 20 other moderates. Stuart that was House Freedom caucus members, there may be as many 50 House Republicans who will vote against the g. O. P. Health bill tomorrow. Liz peek is here, if you listen to that, they dont have the votes. I say this is make or break for the presidency shall the agenda, the Republican Party. What say you. And the country. Lets not forget the country here. Theres a reason were trying to get rid of obamacare, its h
The figure is higher for women than men. An article in the Washington Post showing women are more supportive of this. We need to continue to have leads and debates, move legislation people can agree on and we have to show works that it is effective. Without militarys consequences the life issue i think is an example of how to continue to press on a difficult issue and make progress because people listen. They may not listen intently over the short run but theres an openness to listen as they we see what certain decisions that brought. I think we need it that way. Any other questions . Okay, if not thank you all for joining us for this panel and i will invite tim chapman up for some closing remarks. Thankthank you, panelists, for a great discussion. [applause] next congresscongress man tom price, the new Budget Committee chair, he outlines the Budget Priorities for this year and his hopes for reducing the debt. Debt. From the Heritage Foundation, conservative policy summit, this is one
Positive solutions to save and strengthen and secure medicare, medicaid and social security. And i cant wait to have our new members on the Budget Committee sink their teeth into these wonderful issues that are so important to solve if were going to get our fiscal house in order and create an economy that will thrive and grow. Third, i think that we have on the conservative side, we have either ignored or put on the back burner come back in, everyone grab their seats. Well begin our next session. We are excited to have congressman jeff duncan talk about his xpand act and the broader topic of energy across the country. I know senator demint is particularly excited the South Carolinaen on stage. I think you all know that jeff duncan has been a consistent conservative voice since coming to washington in 2010. That really, really important year of 2010. That class was really huge because it was a tea party surge sent here to washington to reform washington. And well hear later this afterno
Said, to participate in the formal economy is vast, both for the economy itself and its growth but also for the impact it has on their families and their communities. Research shows time and time again that women reinvest all the money that they make back into the home and into the Wider Community, so it makes Good Business sense to help women participate. As for the foundation, what we have tried to do is to work with small and mediumsized entrepreneurs in developing countries and in particular in africa, the middle east, and asia to help them expand and grow their business partly by giving them capacity training, partly by giving them opportunities for mentoring, and particularly by harnessing the power of technology. And i think one of the ways weve done that the most successfully is by not trying to do it all ourselves but by partnering with others, thats other nonprofit associations working in this area and also with the private sector and with government, and a great example of t