Remarks and then i will ask questions. You can submit questions as well. But first your opening remarks. Welcome. Thank you for the introduction but i want to welcome aei for inviting me to be here today earlier this month i have reflections on the last 50 years of the epa and laid out our plan for its future at the Nixon Library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past four years how we will get to this future. It is incontrovertible today the environment is in better shape under President Trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution in this country has fallen 7 percent. Last year superfund sites the most in a single year since 2001 and b will list another 27 this year the epa is trying to finance more than 40 billion of clean Water Infrastructure supporting 7100 projects and 27000 jobs during President Trumps first term and they have recovered more criminal and civil appointees them the Obama Biden Administration did and their first term. The
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] host this is washington journal. Protests continue at colleges and universities this week as administrators try to handle student activism. To start the program, we went to hear your view 202 7488000 of those protests. At College Campuses. The line for support is we want to hear your views of the protests at College Campuses. For support is the line for support is 202 7488000. You can text us at 202 7488003. We will get to your calls and comments in just a moment. A headline about those protests. They persist as unrest mounts. Authorities arrested around 200 people. Student groups resisted orders to break down encampment while some universities pointed to antisemitic acts committed on their campus. Student groups are demanding cutting financial ties to israel , define pressure from administrators to disperse. It has prompted schools to do away with graduation ceremonies. The university of Southern California is one of those schoo
Want to hear your views of the protests at College Campuses. For support is the line for support is 202 7488000. You can text us at 202 7488003. We will get to your calls and comments in just a moment. A headline about those protests. They persist as unrest mounts. Authorities arrested around 200 people. Student groups resisted orders to break down encampment while some universities pointed to antisemitic acts committed on their campus. Student groups are demanding cutting financial ties to israel , define pressure from administrators to disperse. It has prompted schools to do away with graduation ceremonies. The university of Southern California is one of those schools that has canceled their graduation ceremonies. Here is the valedictorian talking about her meeting and what they told her about canceling the event. They did not tell you about any specific threats. My asking about any potential threats was denied. It led me to consider whether the decision to revoke my speech was made
Significant impacts as is the case i wrote about for good and ill and unintended consequences. Im happy to be here. I started following you on twitter not that long ago when i saw the book was coming out. I currently have an International Company based here we just do stuff off the computer. Hightech companies and big business for the fourth resolution do you think thats going to increase even more, and when i say that i mean he mentioned Subsaharan Africa for example. We all have cell phones now. Do you think companies will shift these high skilled highpaying jobs from traditionally western countries like the u. S. Or europe and spend less money to train these people to do the same job and get the same productivity for even greater value, less money than paying somebody here. Im glad you asked that because i get to give an optimistic answer. Yes thats on a good day. I talk about a company that goes into places in Subsaharan Africa where there is a love places like lake of nigeria. The
Academy of Television Arts and sciences and at 90 hes still a consultant. Thanks to roddie for saving us. And thank you. God bless america. [ applause ] all i can say is i want to look like these guys when im 90. Im very honored to call upon american pastor chris edmonds, son of the late Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, righteous among the nations from the United States of america to receive the medal and certificate of honor on behalf of his father and to offer some remarks. [ applause ] lester, you did good. Thank you. Ambassador dermer, mr. President , might i say its an incredible honor to have you here. This is one memory that our family will cherish always. And might also say its my first time speaking at the embassy as well. [ laughter ] [ applause ] rabbi lau, mr. Wiff, senator corker, the gunden family, im going to mess this up, im from tennessee. The be say it for me. There we go. Ill get it right next time. And distinguished guests. Tonight on this noble occasion my moer mary