[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you mr. Speaker. [applause] thank you, all very much. Thank you all very much thank you mr. Speaker, for thend i ape recognition. Its an honor to be her today governor jones, speaker burns, pro tem kennedy, speak the genel assembly, the officers, embers of the Public Service committee. Mayor dickens, members of the judiciary, members of the■ fellow jorgensen later this year, the people of the state will once again fulfill their civic duty. Choose who occupies these services they what course america takes in the years to come. It is they have in years past, when they got the ballot box, they will see a stark difference between georgia, nations capitol. Itil see what we have achieved it together as a state level of georgia and even greater place to live, work and raise a family will see the hardships in washington d has■2d place on every Kitchen Table across our state. Congress has become synonymous with runaway spending, l
Sarah Huckabee Sanders grilled on power strug bell who is running the Consumer Protection bureau. How the white house and the interim director Mick Mulvaney are responding now. Plus shocking, humbling, embarrassing. Senator al franken responding to allegations of sexual harrassment speaking to the press this afternoon, looking to learn from his mistakes. David yeah, right. Melissa to put this all behind him, but can he . Well ask karl rove. As this scandal looms large, it is makeorbreak time for the senate, back to work on capitol hill this hour, facing a blistering schedule to push through highstakes agenda items by end of the year. Chief among them, by the way, tax reform. That is very serious. We are hearing key holdouts could be coming around. Where things stand right now. David . David what is full responsibility . I take full responsibility . Melissa yeah. What does that mean when nothing happens, after you say it . Melissa yeah. David at any rate, stocks sliding after hitting ne
Language. We are prochoice. We are a movement that believes that a woman should have the agency to choose whatever she feels is right for her and her family and her body. Watch on cspan 2. We are live now as the House Rules Committee starts its second day of hearings on congressional earmarks. In february of 2011, Congress Imposed a ban on earmarks, and President Trump is suggesting that they be restored. Yesterday, the Committee Heard from congress members, and today, it will be representatives from outside groups supporting and opposing earmarks. These sessions are designed to be a debate about earmarks. Should get under way in just a moment live on cspan3. Rules committee will come to order. Thank you very much for joining us this morning. Today, the committee will be considering article i effective oversight and power of the purse. Yesterday, our subcommittee and rules of the house and organization of the house, chaired by chairman doug collins, received and heard testimony from ov
He is not embarrassed about it and angry about the label thats associated with it and he said, these were federal tax dollars that came from my constituency and we decided to get how to spend them. Now, in my district, thats close to 400 and we have to sort that out. I will end with this, mr. Chairman, i dont like the translation, those folks ought to be in jail, if they are doing something they are proud, they ought to be on tv. We talk about spending as itas exploded inhe modern age. What has exploded is the ability to help hold members of congress and administrations accountable. Theres not a member in the room who has seen pork barrel because it didnt originate in 1990s or 1970s or 1950s. We have had the challenge since 19th century and the earliest days of the institution. I would like to believe that with your leadership where we have been challenged but i but to mr. Sullivans point of low e Approval Ratings, i dont want the suggestion to be made that folks, that anyone wants to
President elect donald trump. And we have Live Team Coverage for you. We start with Leland Vitter from the bank stadium in baltimore. What a night it was. Reporter what a night it was especially if you are an army fan, julie. You can imagine the emotion to bring men and women to tears. That happened on the field and stands. A number of army veteran and west point alumni saying we have finally won after 14 years and last play of victory formation. And in the stands, the future commander in chief of the United States, donald trump taking in the game. He is the first president elect. Y we believe and continued the tradition of sitting on one side for the first time and navy on the second half. He told everyone i am neutral. It is humbling. It is a great honor but it is a great responsibility. When you see incredible people, we just want to be strong and they want to be strong. Its beautiful to see and the spirit. You dont see this at any game. You dont see this kind of spirit anywhere. Th