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Outside parliament ahead of his funeral tomorrow. Showg up, the paris motor kicks off. Many of the big players in the industry have decided to give this years event of miss. First our top story live from paris. The families of the victims killed in the 9 11 attacks in the u. S. Have won the right to sue saudi arabia officials. 15 of the 19 hijackers that day were saudi national. Barack obama had vetoed that hill saying it could have serious implications on u. S. National security down the line. Democrats and republicans in congress joined together to overrule obamas veto for the First Time Since he became president. For the first time in his presidency, Congress Overrules a veto by barack obama. A bill that would allow families of 9 11 victims to sue saudi arabia officials has now become law. 15 years after that tragedy we are still learning the facts. Evidence thating ....
That its more than just making access available. If access is denied it doesnt make any difference whether or not you have sold those leases. Its all about being able to access them. Let me move to a second question here. And this relates to my on going frustration on behalf of king cove. You made that decision to abandon the opportunity for a roughly 300 to 1 exchange to facilitate a 10mile onelane gravel road. You made that decision december 23rd of 2013. Do you know when king cove saw its most recent medivac . Im not aware of their most recent it was sunday. Sunday night. Do you know how many medivacs have been carried out so far . Is theres been five. Do you know how many were carried out last year . There were 16. 16 were coast guard, ten were noncoast guard. Do you know how many have been carried out . 21 medivacs. 7 coast guard, 14 noncoast guard. Now, as you and i know, its not the coast guards mission to provide merks edivacs services. But they do so because they are the only ....
Apply and a lot of people are getting hit with these huge bills that they do not know about. A lot of the consumer advocates that we talked to said that lawmakers really need to step up on this and take some sort of action to close the loophole in the overall law for Debt Collection so that it does include government Debt Collection as well as consumers consumer Debt Collection so that everyone is on the same Playing Field and that consumers do not end up in these situations. Host the story can be found on cnnmoneys pace. The headline is the secret world of government Debt Collection. I want to thank both blake ellis and melanie heck of a for joining us as one. Guest think you very much. Host were taking it ....
And the statement has done, that giving lewis clark project 22 million last year which was almost ten times the amount of funding that you included in last years budget. Yet this year you still came back and only requested 2. 7 million for the project. Congress has already demonstrated that we can fund these projects at a higher level, routinely increasing funding in appropriation bills beyond your budget request. These local communities and the state have done everything that has been asked of them and more. Putting more funding than they were supposed to. What will it take to get interior to prioritize these projects . Im going to may i, madam chair . Okay. Ill make my part very brief and turn to mike for the specifics here. Indian water rights settlements have taken priority for us and making sure that communities that do not have access to water are prioritized. And i know you appreciate that. Weve talked about that before. Theres some money in the budget for lewis clark to continu ....