Ms. Sanders good afternoon. I would like to start by saying the president and all of us at the white house were thrilled to see scott congressmans the least back on the floor today. Our thoughts and prayers have been with him and his family for many weeks now, and we will continue to root for him as he makes a full recovery. Today, the president actively engaged in the Recovery Efforts in puerto rico. He received an update from the femur at the fema administrator. The full weight of the United States government is engaged to ensure food, water, health care, and other white saving resources are making its way to the people who need it. The president waved the jones act. This ensures that resources make it to the islands, but we will focus on the challenge of distributing those resources. Challenges. Esents government relief workers are there, including 7200 troops on the island working tirelessly to get people what they need. We have prioritized lifesaving resources to hospital, and can
Being here. On the jones act, critics say the white house should have moved forward quickly in waiving the jones act. Why is that an unfounded complaint . Mr. Bossart it is an unfounded complaint. The jones act is a rule that favors u. S. Flag vessels. If there are not enough to make the need, we waive the jones act. At this point, we had enough to exceed the requirement in need of diesel fuel and other commodities. Now we are seeing backlogged diesel fuel needs in the island. It was misunderstood that we had a capacity problem and had to waive the jones act. Not the case. We had commodities as necessary, the challenge became landbased distribution. That remains a priority today. Last night, the governor called me and said to ensure that the Additional Needs are met, it would be good to pull out all the stops to make sure that capacity ran into the problem. President waived it right away. It was not too late or too early. Reporter at this point, distribution is one of the biggest chall
Refusing to take them. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Are you [ bleep ] kidding me, tsa . I would not call it a crisis. The airports in serious pressure to speed things up. Beefed up security and not enough agents. The lines are long and likely to get longer. Im not a fan of tsa. Fire shooting up into the air. This is a mattress store. 100 l. A. Firefighters on the scene. We will not yield to blackmail. Texas pushing back against president obamas instructions to let transgender students use the bathroom they identify with. Its to ensure that our schools are inclusive and safe. A crash on a new york bridge made a mess as a northbound truck broke an axle before it flipped. A singleengine cessna reported engine trouble after taking off from the lodi municipal airport. Fireworks going up in flames after an up expected explosion at a Garden Center in southampton. All that score the lightning have won game number one. And all that matters this is what wi
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