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Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] vice pres. Pence secretary, leader mccarthy, chairman bill shuster, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade practices, and hes been worki ....
Is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here but i especially want to thank secretary elaine chao, leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, kevin. Chairman bill shuster, thank you very much, bill, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [applause] its about time too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans, who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple, ....
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] vice pres. Pence secretary, leader mccarthy, chairman bill shuster, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade practices, and hes been worki ....
Ladies and gentlemen, former secretary of transportation. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States accompanied by the secretary of transportation. [applause] secretary, leader, chairman, senator cruz, distinguished members of congress, honored guests, on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of a new era for american infrastructure. [applause] since the first day of this administration, President Trump has been working tirelessly to keep the promises that he made to the American People. Our president s been putting jobs and this economy first, rolling back excessive regulations, unleashing american energy, ending unfair trade ....
Before i call the meeting to order let me apologize fob being a little late i got called on a couple things coming down the hall. Were going to stand at ease thats a military term i learned a long time ago in the air force for just one minute while i talked to my trusted friend the Ranking Member and then well open the meeting. Call this meeting the Senate VeteransAffairs Committee together i apologize for being a little bit late but i wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt mess anything up. I want to welcome secretary shulkin whos had a great start. I dont think anybody started out with a better unanimous vote than he, you cant do any better than unanimous when you get affirmed. I think the vote last week on accountability was extraordinary. And the way we got to the decision working together ha ....