This is just over two hours and 20 minutes. Let me call this hearing to order. We are here to examine the implementation of the drinking and wastewater portions of the bipartisan infrastructure law, this is helping to deliver clean Drinking Water to millions of households and schools across our country. Before we do that, let me say how grateful i am to both panels for joining us today, including representatives of Drinking Water and large utilities. We are appreciative of the assistant administrator who leads epas office of water. The love our guests. We want to remember this day. Yesterday, the Biden Administration took a major step in addressing the presence of toxic forever chemicals in our Drinking Water. This announcement was some 20 years in the making, and issue we are dealing with in 48 states. I want to commend the administrator, assistant administrator and all of epa for proposing a thoughtful, sciencebased National Drinking standard. Its a critical step to protecting Drinki
We are live on capitol hill this morning where irs commissioner John Koskinen is set to testify on cybersecurity. Hell be appearing before the Senate Finance committee. Live coverage here on cspan 3. We expect it to start in just a few minutes. Again, waiting for the start of testimony from irs commissioner John Koskinen this morning. Hell be talking about cybersecurity and how the irs protects the information of taxpayers. This is taking place before the Senate Finance committee. Just a couple moments away. While we wait for this to get started, elsewhere on capitol hill today, visits continue for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Merrick Garland. Hes meeting with 14 senators today, seven democrats, six republicans and one independent. So far, he has had meetings with 21 senators, 18 democrats, 3 republicans. Oneonone meetings with senators to take place in their offices today. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley was up first and they started at about the 7 45 today. There was
It was also to include the priorities, on both sides of the aisle as well as in the committee. And outside the committee. We agreed to clear the bill to clear exports. It was written by senator barrasso and others, agreed to include major efficiency bill headed up by senators portman and shaheen and include mineral security that i met with senators about the use of hydro power, clean renewable resource favored by almost everyone in the chamber. We agreed to expedite Natural Gas Pipelines without sacrificing any environmental review, this was an effort led by senator cavanaugh. We agreed to a new oil and gas permitting pilot program, one of several ideas, we picked up a proposal from senator collins to boost the efficiency of schools, we agreed to approve our nations cybersecurity based on legislation for senators rich and we made innovation a key priority to promote development of new technology. As part of that we agreed to reauthorize many of the Energy Related portions thanks to lea
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They feel the curriculum and this whole package is a test and punish regime, not a support and improved version. It nears the curriculum, it ignores a lot of other things that are about education, inquiry, question, collaboration, i want local affairs, teachers and School Boards to make the decision about assessment the in the with the kids need. Theyre the ones who care most about kids. Mcdermott , gore is an abomination virtually. I have a nine year old. We go through 3000 homework every night. I end up having to do most of it for her because she doesnt to be. Unfortunately, i dont get it either. I read it i dont understand. Listen, 8. 6 is 14. Its not eight plus two is 10, taken away from six to make for, take eight plus two, at four. Eight plus six is 14. That maybe minimizing it. The problem is we have to do a lot to common core and we can do. Astorino its been an an unmitigated disaster everyone admits that. The role it was terrible. Emendation is terrible. This is the federal go