senate democrats that president obama s selections were given once they had gone through the confirmation process. if you things i want to highlight p last night, the president announced his intent to nominate the assistant attorney general of the antitrust division at the department of justice. this morning, we announce the president s declaration of a major disaster in the state of nevada and ordered federal assistance to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, and mudslides this past february. finally this morning, the president is pleased to see that ford announced $1.2 billion investment in three manufacturing facilities in michigan just two weeks after automobile executives came to the white house and met with the president. this as to the growing wave of positive news, jobs news under the president and continued investment from charter communications, approval of the permits for the keystone xl pipeline friday. in addition, energy transfer p
from the minority senate democrats, the president obama selection were given once they had gone through the confirmation process. a few things i want to highlight. last night the president announced his intent to nominate mccann dell rahim to serve as attorney general of the anti-trust division at the department of justice we announced the president s declaration of a major disaster exists in the state of nevada and ordered federal assistance in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding and mudslides this past february. finally this morning the president was pleased to see that ford announced $1.2 billion investment in three manufacturing facilities in michigan, two weeks after automobile executives came to the white house and met with the president. this adds to the growing wave of positive news, jobs news, under the president and continued investment from charter communications, his approval of the permit for keystone xl pipeline on friday and in addition energy transfers partner
push them over the finish line. hhs and budget director set to testify today and, again, we re going to see if the democrats will finally play ball and to help the president finally fill out his cabinet. they are not going to help but they will try to get the job done anyway. meanwhile, we talked about the contentious nature of the ongoing battles for confirmation. let me share part of a conversation that we heard, about this exchange over the senate floor between chuck schumer and tom cotton. now, it s believed that schumer said, listen, where were you 8 years ago. sort of referring to cotton saying where were you during president obama s cabinet battles to which cotton is said to have replied 8 years ago i was getting my well, you know, shot at in afghanistan. so don t talk to me about where i was eight years ago. we give him bonus points for clarity and for being pithy. i want to show you a tweet from the president of the united states he says right there we ll be meeting at 9:00 wi
the transpacific partnership agreement and restored respect for taxpayers by instituting a hiring freeze on the executive branch. he also reaffirmed his commitment to life by re-establishing the mexico city policy. and the president ended his day yesterday with a bipartisan, bicameral meeting of congressional leaders where he made it clear that he expects there to be no delay in getting an agenda his agenda through congress and action out of washington. this morning the president began his day with a breakfast listening to key automobile executives. they spoke about the importance of increasing manufacturing capabilities, specific to the automotive industry. they touched on the need for regulatory reform and a modernized safety standards, which will advance the industry leading technology and job creation here in the united states i think you ve been briefed on the attendees but quickly, mary barra, the head of general motors was here, former governor matt blunt, president of the ame
the trans-pacific partnership agreement and restored respect for taxpayers by instituting a hiring freeze on the executive branch. he also reaffirmed his commitment to life by reestablishing the mexico city policy, and the president ended his day yesterday with a bipartisan bicameral meeting of congressional leaders where he made it clear that he expects there to be notably delete my delay in getting an agenda through congress and action out of washington. this morning, the president began his day with a breakfast listening to key automobile executives. they spoke about the importance of increasing manufacturing capability, specific to the automotive industry. they touched on the need for regulatory reform and a modernized safety standard which will advance the industry leading and technology and job creation here in the united states. you have been briefed on the attendees, but the head of general motors was here, former governor, president of the american automotive policy council, f