You may be seated. Behalf of pence on the president of the United States, it is my honor to welcome you here for a very ofortant moment in the life our administration as id minister the oath of office to of labor foretary the United States of america, alexander acosta. [applause] vice pres. Pence we are fortunate to be joined by his family. Would you welcome them as well . [applause] vice pres. Pence i also want to thank all of our distinguished guests, who have joined us for this important moment, especially congresswoman iliana the hispanic, and community that are here with us today. Thank you for being here on the historic day. This saturday marks the end of President Trumps first 100 days in office, and is the straws to this draws to as a close, we need to reflect on the progress sweeping across the nation thanks to President Trump. For nearly 100 days, President Trump has been delivering on the promises he made to the american people, one after another. He picked a worldclass cabi
You may be seated. Behalf of pence on the president of the United States, it is my honor to welcome you here for a very ofortant moment in the life our administration as id minister the oath of office to of labor foretary the United States of america, alexander acosta. [applause] vice pres. Pence we are fortunate to be joined by his family. Would you welcome them as well . [applause] vice pres. Pence i also want to thank all of our distinguished guests, who have joined us for this important moment, especially congresswoman iliana the hispanic, and community that are here with us today. Thank you for being here on the historic day. This saturday marks the end of President Trumps first 100 days in office, and is the straws to this draws to as a close, we need to reflect on the progress sweeping across the nation thanks to President Trump. For nearly 100 days, President Trump has been delivering on the promises he made to the american people, one after another. He picked a worldclass cabi
Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending for the budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions, it w
Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending for the budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions, it w
What is being called the iiic summit which includes leaders from Central Europe the baltic states. He is expected to meet with the president s of poland and croatia. Then he goes to germany for the g 20 summit where he is expected to have his first facetoface meeting with russian president vladimir putin. Other leaders attending the g 20 include chancellor Angela Merkel of germany, president of china and Prime Minister of japan. Now labor secretary Alexander Acosta testifies about the president s budget request for his department. Missouri senator roy blunt, chairs the Senate Subcommittee hearing. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, education and related agencies will come to order. First of all good morning secretary acosta. Were glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal year 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the propo