South carolina governor tim scott. The hearing of the Pensions Committee will come to order to consider the nomination of betsy devos to be United States secretary of education. Openingmake an statement to introduce the nominee. We welcome senator scott and senator lieberman. He will make introductory remarks. Following the nominees comments, we will have a fiveminute round of questions. One note, we have capital will removeay who anyone who attempts to disrupt the hearing. This is the First Committee in our new congress. It has considerable differences of opinion on a variety of issues. We have found that we can sometimes resolve them in important ways. What was thee past most important bill in the congress, 21st century cures. The year before, no child left behind, which president obama called a christmas miracle, plus 33 other bills signed by the president. I want to thank senator murray and republicans on the committee for operating in that fashion. We have done that by showing cou
Hello and welcome to westminster in review. I look at the last three months of parliament a term dominated by arguments over brexit, budget that backfired in an unpredictable american president its the Brexit Debate that is taking up the most time and stirred the strongest passions. Suddenly countries around the world are queuing up to give us trading advantages and once again we have become a sovereign nationstate and command of our own destiny and im absolutely delighted about that. The chance are forced to drop the budget almost as soon as he delivered it. It is shocking that the chancellor has been forced to come here to address a key budget decision. British Prime Minister met the new u. S. President but there was an explosive reaction from the commons speaker. After the imposition of the migrant ban by President Trump i am even more strongly opposed an address by President Trump. There were other changes in the direction. This scheme allowing child refugees from europe into the u
Valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. A jaw dropping revelation about the stadium bill. Had nevada lawmakers reconvening after midnight last night to review the new information. brian loftus it came to light just hours ago. That if a stadium was built. The Nevada Department of transportation would need to accelerate nearly 1 billion dollars in freeway projects. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio. Lawmakers reconvening after midnight, right . The bill would approve using 750 Million Dollars in public funding from a Hotel Room Tax increase. To pay for the stadium. But just hours ago. Lawmakers learned the Nevada Department of transportation would need to speed up hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements if the stadium were to open by 2019. This all began late last night. After the Las Vegas Review journal published an article citing the results of a it had been kept quiet for several days and the article was quickly deleted. Th
Valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. A jaw dropping revelation about the stadium bill. Had nevada lawmakers reconvening after midnight last night to review the new information. brian loftus it came to light just hours ago. That if a stadium was built. The Nevada Department of transportation would need to accelerate nearly 1 billion dollars in freeway projects. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio. Lawmakers reconvening after midnight, right . The bill would approve using 750 Million Dollars in public funding from a Hotel Room Tax increase. To pay for the stadium. But just hours ago. Lawmakers learned the Nevada Department of transportation would need to speed up hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements if the stadium were to open by 2019. This all began late last night. After the Las Vegas Review journal published an article citing the results of a it had been kept quiet for several days and the article was quickly deleted. Th
Valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce. A jaw dropping revelation about the stadium bill. Had nevada lawmakers reconvening after midnight last night to review the new information. brian loftus it came to light just hours ago. That if a stadium was built. The Nevada Department of transportation would need to accelerate nearly 1 billion dollars in freeway projects. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us in studio. Lawmakers reconvening after midnight, right . The bill would approve using 750 Million Dollars in public funding from a Hotel Room Tax increase. To pay for the stadium. But just hours ago. Lawmakers learned the Nevada Department of transportation would need to speed up hundreds of millions of dollars in road improvements if the stadium were to open by 2019. This all began late last night. After the Las Vegas Review journal published an article citing the results of a it had been kept quiet for several days and the article was quickly deleted. Th