This includes the National Fish Habitat Conservation through partnerships provision, a bill i championed. This title establishes a National Fish habitat board that supports a successful Publicprivate Partnership to restore fish habitat. I would like to thank the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources committee, rob bishop, and the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife, tom mcclintock. I would also like to to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their ceaseless effort and commitment to making sure we do everything we can to conserve prork tect and enhance the resources that we are in charge of taking care of. I look forward to continuing to advance other important provisions, but this bill hopefully will be on its way to the president s desk. As cochair of the Chesapeake Bay watershed task force i would specifically like to act modge my friends an colleagues in the bay delegation who labored so hard for so long to help clean up our great Che
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That as Senate Democrats went into the wee hours of the morning holding a marathon series of protests against republicans efforts to repeal the Affordable Care act. Theyre accusing republicans of trying to repeal and run. With trump cabinet confirmation hearings set to start, both sides are bracing for a fight. First up, trumps pick to head homeland security, general john kelly, and his choice for attorney general, senator Jeff Sessions. But its sessions whos taking the brunt of the controversy as his civil rights record comes under fire with groups like naacp and aclu denouncing his nomination. Democrat cory booker is planning to come out against sessions becoming the first sitting senator to ever testify in opposition to another for a cabinet position. Still, trump says his nominees, particularly sessions, should fly through. I think every nomination will be theyre all at the highest level. Jack was even saying, i mean, they are the absolute highest level. I think theyre going to do
Early today starts now. Happy friday to you. The country wakes up this morning following the nastiest day of campaigning yet as donald trump matches Hillary Clintons fire with fire. Shes a bigot because you look at whats happening to the inner cities, you look at whats happening to African Americans and hispanics in this country where she talks all the time. Bigotted is having hatred toward a particular group. Shes selling them down the tubes. Shes not doing anything for those communities. She talks a good game. So she has hatred or the policies are bigotted. She knows theyre not going to work. Youre saying shes personally bigotted. Of course she is. He denounced the clinton campaigns against him. Youre racist. Youre racist. Its a tired, disgusting argument. Well, now, trump is turning the tables on his opponent putting out a new ad that goes after clinton for her own alleged racism during the 2008 campaign. Clinton delivered a blistering denunciation of trumps personal history and del
Its going to be seeping with humidity though. Daytime highs today just about everybody 90 or higher. Downtown locations and along the i95 corridor, mid 90s today. Its going to be a hot one outside. Redskins hosting Buffalo Bills at fedex field. It will be 90 degrees as the game gets started, falling back into the low 80s by 11 00 tonight when you are trying to get your way out of the steamy stadium. Here is now Melissa Mollet on a friday morning traffic report. 95 southbound hereafter 175 in maryland crash on the left shoulder. Police response headed to the scene right now. Not seeing anything affected northbound or southbound right now but wanted to let you know about that one. In virginia, southbound on 95 as you are headed out of fredericksburg today at 639 near ladysmith. One lane is getting by on that. They are going to stick around for two more hours there. 66 into town and out of town is just fine. Well take a look at 270 coming up. Kristin wright here at the live desk. Were mon