With . Prof. Ginsberg absolutely. This is a true story and those who live in washington have probably heard versions of the story. I was at a dinner party and sitting next to me was a pretty senior hhs executive, someone whom i have known for a long time, very nice person. And she said to me, well, what are you writing these days . So i said, a colleague and i conducted a survey of washington officials. Because everyone is always surveying americans to see what they think of washington, we said, lets survey washington to see what it thinks of america. So we surveyed officials and what i will call members of the policy community, that is the contractors, who often are interchangeable with officials, people who work in think tanks, everyone involved in developing rules and regulations. So i said, we want to see what they thought of americans. In fact, my original title for this book was what the government thinks of the people. But publishers never like my titles, they always say my titl
On donald trump. Also tonight, tariffs are terrific. Unless you happen to be a Chinese Communist peer working against china economy, chinese manufacturer weakening and more western companies are leaving communist china. So how does the Chinese Government react to all of the pressure. The chinese vice premier says the trade tensions with america actually are a good thing for china. It is good because there is more where these tensions came from. And more terror on the seas and the middle east. The United States says i rented it. Accusing iran of attacking two oil tankers in the gulf. The u. S. Navy rushing to rescue the two crews of the tankers discovering an unexploded mine attached to the whole of one of the ships. The same type of mine use last month to attack four oil tankers in the same area. Secretary of state, mike pompeo, just in the attacks earlier today. Iran is lashing out. Because the regime wants our successful, maximum Pressure Campaign lifted. No economic sanctions can ha
This is just over an hour. [background noises] [background noises] we have cspan here so we all have to behave. Good morning Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is Shalonda Young director of the White House Office of management and budget. This is her first appearance at a monitor breakfast so welcome. Director young hills from louisiana urges degrees for Loyola University in new orleans and she worked on the hill for years pierced most recently as a staff staff director and House Appropriations. In 22 atd once she became acting omb director a year later it was confirmed easily by the senate including 14 republican votes. I picked up one. [laughter] way to go. In this day and age that is something for director young was a key negotiate of the debt ceiling talks last year. We will be interested in getting her take of all the government funding issues now urgently on the table. So again welcome. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here, pl
Vice presidency. He observed Vice President will 10 years of our gorka a dick cheney, mike pence and kamala harris. Exploring the american story, watch American History tv on cspan2 and find a schedule of your Program Guide or watch online on cspan. Org history. While testifying on capitol hill, the head of the Drug Enforcement administration discussed efforts to bring fentanyl traffickers to justice including ongoing investigations and charges against drug cartels and chinese Chemical Companies, she also gave examples of how smart phones had changed the nature of Drug Trafficking and outline President Bidens 2025 budget request for the dea. The House Appropriations Committee Hearing runs two hours. In order, good morning, everyone. Without objection, declare recess at any time. Administrator, we want to welcome you to the subcommittee today to testify regarding the Drug Enforcement administrations fiscal year 2025 budget request. On a personal note i want to thank you for your attenda
This hearing runs about two hours. This hearing will now come to order. Good morning everyone. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Administrator milgram, we want to welcome you to the subcommittee today to testify regarding the Drug Enforcement administrations fiscal year 2025 budget request. On the personal note, i want to thank you for your attendance earlier this year at the annual Prescription Drug summit in atlanta. Your passion for the efforts to combat the drug epidemic is commendable, and your presence at the summit was greatly appreciated and understood. Before we delve into the specifics of the budget request, i want to address a broader theme that has emerged in our examination of the deas operations. While the mission of the dea remains crucial, and the commitment of administrator milgram appears sincere, it is evident that the support the agency receives from both the department of justice and this administration in general, is lacki