Trying to figure out. Did you guys get in trouble . They sent you down at the other end of the table. Everyone is together, but youre down at one end. Listen, were going to get started. The subcommittee hearing will come to order without objection, the chairs authorized to declare recess in the committee to any time. This briefing is an extension of several hearings we have had discussing Climate Change. And on the current Economic Impacts of global warming. Im going to differ in the Opening Statement for myself and i know when we spoke earlier, in the holding area, i mentioned the fact that we would be hopefully trying to do a hearing, in fact, this is a briefing, we do have time for your Opening Statements, so, what i would like to do is to afford each of you the opportunity to do so. So, let me introduce the four of you and then we will move to you, mr. Gomez. We have alfredo gomez, director of National Resources and government accountability, office dave, joness new director for en
Several hearings we had discussing Climate Change focusing on current, future and Economic Impacts. I will defer to the Opening Statement for myself. When we spoke earlier in the holding area, i mentioned the fact that we would hopefully do a hearing. We do have time for your Opening Statements. What i would like to do is afford each of you the opportunity to do so so let me introduce the four of you and move to you, mister gomez. We have j. Alfredo gomez, Government Accountability office come a dave jones, senior director for in my mental risk and Nature Conservancy, institute for Economic Freedom and the heritage foundation, doctor Michael Michael greenstone, Milton Friedman, from the university of chicago and Stephen Benjamin mayor of the city of columbia, South Carolina. With that, director gomez, you are recognized to give an oral presentation of your testimony for five minutes. I am pleased to be here to discuss how to limit the federal governments exposure by better managing Cli
On this weeks show while the political right is scoffing at the new green deal they seem unconcerned about how Climate Change is threatening our National Security how real is that threat grab the armrest but 1st the scourge of opioids how we got here and how when an orthodox legal maneuver which you might have heard about 1st here. He is rocking big pharma holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. V. America. The National Institute of drug abuse reports that every day more than 130 americans die after overdosing on opioids how did we get into this situation and how do we get out lets ask dr John Dombrowski a Board Certified anesthesiologist and Board Certified addiction Medicine Specialist washingtonian magazine named him one of the serious top docs and the website for his Washington Pain Center is d. C. Pain doc dot com john welcome back and you know i had a root canal about a week ago how many of those hydrocodone pills should the doc have given me well its not wha
This is a big one. This is no joke, this hurricane, unless of course you are part of the Graphics Team at fox 5 new york. For the lesser antilles, you see winds at around 60, 65 miles per hour. A lowend hurricane. Jimmy the weather men get very excited in these types of situations. Anyway, its good to be back. The most interesting take on the storm in my opinion is not from a meteorologist. It came from a random guy in florida, yes, who believes we could put a stop to these storms if we just use the resources we already have. See how they havent come up with some kind of way to combat these storms yet. They keep saying, you know, two days ago, three days og, oh, its going to hit all this warm weather, all this warm weather and warm water. We have a navy. Why dont the navy come and drop ice in the warm water so it cant get going as fast as its going. Theres got to be ways to combat this instead of just pointing at the thing and saying, its getting worse. You know its getting worse. But
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is critical to patients and families in my home state of washington and across the country. Today parents are wondering if they will be able to get the health care that their kids need, and communities are wondering if theyll be able to provide it. Thats unacceptable. Congress has to swiftly and fully restore the Childrens Health insurance program, or chip, and funding for other Services Families need, Like Community Health Centers, which have been waiting now more than 100 days for a longterm solution. And they should do so without making deep cuts to successful prevention programs in the ce