Called home we are charting and new half one built on collaboration and respect and one that places our state and people first. I am proud of the work we have done, the progress we have made, and im confident we can continue to move West Virginia forward together. Together. Tonight we are more than just immigrants and republicans. We we are and will forever be West Virginians. Thank you. God bless you. God bless your families. God bless the state that we call home. Thank you. [applause] tonight on t1, speeches from some of the nations governors starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern georgia governor with his state of the state address. Address. Then the inaugurations of two new governors. After that we will here from new mexico governor. Providing live coverage of the u. S. Senate floor proceedings and key Public Policy events and every weekend book tv now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Authors. Created by the cable tv industry and brought to
Issues. We have callers during the first 45 minutes saying, why are they focusing on jobs and the economy. Concern think that is a that some republicans have. As i said a minute ago, many the basics see political rationale for these hearings as seen as how they can make make life difficult for secretary clinton. There are other republicans who think this is over doing it and it is a basic argument within the House Republican conference over how they should be positioning themselves for the fall. Wee say emphatically all need to do is tear down the president and make life difficult for the president , say no to everything the president is for. And others are saying the voters dont want just to vote against people, they want to vote for people, and the republicans should be standing for something, should be promoting something, should be advocating things. John boehner, the speaker, does try when you see him go before the cameras which he does a couple of times a week generally after Hou
Profile of the nations infrastructure issues to recruit new c. E. O. s and toplevel voices to the cause, and to generate more interest among the Business Community for addressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. Little did i know a year later we would be here today with a week packed full of events and national and Regional Media campaign involving a Steering Committee that unified business, labor, and think tanks. Paul urassi is the president of hnt tv culls companies. Paul, thank you to your dedication to modernizing our roads, railways, rivers, runways, and waterpipes, and your ability to put the chamber and the Council Together for that all important first meeting. For that, we are here today. Paul, please accept my thanks and the Steering Committees gratitude for h. N. T. s generous sponsorship of the week. Please join me in welcoming paul urassi. 6 [applause] i have the honor today of introducing the first keynote speaker, donahue. A number of years a
It might be more cities and five pillars. We will then transmit a report to the president , the congress, and everyone else that will listen with their principles and recommendations. Some have accused me of being an optimist. I cannot help myself. I am irish for the most part. Some people think well [laughter] so i say it is time to start viewing this issue as an opportunity, not only as a challenge. If we are smart, we can set a path that will ensure Adequate Funding for years to come. We can create jobs and we really need them. We can spur Economic Growth the country needs. We can promote Cooperation Among all levels of government and private sector. We can ensure that money is spent wisely on projects with the greatest national and if it. And we can build trust and confidence in the American People and make clear all of the benefits this investment will bring. The chamber is committed. My colleagues supporting this effort are committed, and we look forward to working with you to ge
Should we diminish enforcement and penalties for those other crimes that are far more serious . Racialhere are disparities in the approach to criminal justice, we should seriously consider examining the types of sentences and approaches we take to dealing with those Public Safety issues. I take that as sort of a yes. Do you agree that there is thatl bias or bigotry leads to these rates of arrests . People dont draw that conclusion based on analysis that is race alone. I think you have to look at other factors. I brought up one of the factors that we considered that calls for service. There are more police in an area, there is likely to be more arrests. It is an issue that needs to be looked at carefully. Worked on the metropolitan Police Department for 25 years. They would obviously be very at set to hear that theyre being accused of biased enforcement. To reiterate a statement you you are notyou say affirmatively going into community seeking out criminals. Youre getting calls. And you