incredible privilege, should they feel an obligation to enhance and build the society they come from? no, they just feel like destroying it. governor greg abbott is defending his decision to lift the statewide mandate. the all the numbers are moving in the right direction. there has to come a time when you begin a return to normalcy. don t stop believing brian: of course, the governor of texas saying what other governors are saying, the governor of connecticut is saying, the governor of maryland is saying, obviously, the governor of florida is saying. there is a time almost a year to the day when we shut down, i think 15 or 5 hours to slow the spread, and it ends up being over a year. and now people like to condemn governors in red states for opening up their state, but it s about time. we re doing well with the vaccines, we re turning the corner when it comes to living with this, we know more. i think that s the spirit which we ve got to put through the country right
washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. water systems across the country testified at a house hearing about federal funding for infrastructure to provide clean drinking water and treat wastewater. this house energy and commerce subcommittee meeting is 1:45. i d hilike to call the meetg to order. i would like to thank our witnesses. first of all, it s early. one thing that s true about washington, d.c. there s uncertainty around us. because of other meetings scheduled and planned we asked for you to come early, and i do appreciate it. and it shows you in the interest of our colleagues, that they re here this early. so that s great. no matter first of all, we ve got folks from as far away as alaska and close as pennsylvania. no matter how many miles you ve traveled to be with us, we re grateful for the time and financial sacrifice you re making to share your expertise today. i want to mention that even though they did not send someone to present oral testimony, i a
subcommittee meeting is 1:45. i d hilike to call the meetg to order. i would like to thank our witnesses. first of all, it s early. one thing that s true about washington, d.c. there s uncertainty around us. because of other meetings scheduled and planned we asked for you to come early, and i do appreciate it. and it shows you in the interest of our colleagues, that they re here this early. so that s great. no matter first of all, we ve got folks from as far away as alaska and close as pennsylvania. no matter how many miles you ve traveled to be with us, we re grateful for the time and financial sacrifice you re making to share your expertise today. i want to mention that even though they did not send someone to present oral testimony, i appreciate the environmental protection agency providing us with written statement to include in our hearing record. i ask that unanimous consent, without object, ion so ordered. the agency has agreed to take written questions for our hea
in illinoisillinois illinois ca tennessee recently testified. i d like to hall kacall the to order and thank our witnesses for joining today. i know it s early. the one thing that s certain about us in washington d.c. is that there s uncertainty around us, so because of other meetings scheduled and planned, we ask for you to come early. and i personally appreciate it. it shows you the interest of our colleagues that they re here this early. so that s great. no matter how many miles you ve first of all, we have folks as far away as alaska and as close as pennsylvania. no matter how many miles you ve traveled to be with us, we re grateful for the time and financial sacrifice to share your expertise with us today. even though they did not have send someone to present oral the testimony, i appreciate the environmental protection agency providing us with written statement to include in our hearing record. i ask that unanimous consent without objection. so ordered. i m also p
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thanks, 2 minutes. if that same day, he finished another installment of the dossier that went out to former trump campaign manager carter page for ties to russia. there were more installments zeroing in on the allegations against paul manafort. the bottom line is all these strands suggests, as the president has been tweeting, there may have been collusion or connections on the other side of all of this dealing with russia, that have not been investigated yet. martha: with more on this, brian lanza the former communications director for president trump s transition team. he is now the managing director of mercury lobbying firm which currently does work for an independent board member of oleg dariposka s energy company. also former democratic national committee spokesperson and he is a fox news contributor. i want to start with you.
does it distribute the story that ed laid out? it s a convoluted story. martha: what s convoluted?