Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were here today to consider the nomination of Dan Brouillette to be the secretary of energy. He currently is serving as the deputy secretary of energy, and i am certainly one who believes that you have done an excellent job as second in command to secretary perry. So we welcome you back to the committee. Its good to have discussion with you last week. I want to thank you really want to thank you for all youve done at the department, for your willingness to serve to this point, and for your willingness to step up in this new and higher capacity. Weve got our colleagues here this morning to introduce the deputy secretary, both texas and louisiana are well represented. Mr. Deputy secretary, you should feel very welcome by having these gentlemen next to you. So we will start with senator cassidy up here at the dais followed by senators cruz and kennedy to introduce the deputy secretary this morning. So senator cassidy, if you would
Look at all of these schools, aling. Yes, gloucester township public schools, mostly middle and elementary schools. So i want to gave you a chance to look at these, like mike said, quite a list. Then the other School District, black horse pike, Regional School district. Their high schools, highland regional, timber creek regional, triton regional high school. Trying to figure out why so many schools are being closed. Someone just sent me a tweet, kristen, she said that usually these two School District, they try to stay on the same schedule because they share bus as lot of the kids. Makes sense. Because people have kids in both district because near each other. So just waking up, why, why . Something started last night about 8 30, 9 00 there was shootout between police and somebody inside after house, they think theyve got this person cornered inside that house, and theyre trying to, you know, negotiate now. And abundance of caution as they say. So, theyre just shutting down the school
Make it to 2026 your premiums would go down by as much as 20 . So really they are still going up but it will feel luke they are going down. Its like having Food Poisoning after the stomach flu. Supposedly 22 million more americans would go uninsured with 15 million foregoing insurance all together because the peopleups are too high. Because the peopleup premiuo high. High. Whats the worst part about this kind of ponzi scheme . You have to hold a gun to peoples head. Millions want to opt out of that coercion. But then insurance gets really expensive fit only covers sickos. So republicans are trying to put together another individual mandate. If your coverage lapses you have to sit it out for six months. Its a complete fiasco. So what have democrats been saying about the legislation . Its not even a healthcare bill its a tax cut for the wealthiest americans. Its not a healthcare bill, its a tax cut for the rich. Republicans cannot excise the rotten core at the center of their healthcare
Make it to 2026 your premiums would go down by as much as 20 . So really they are still going up but it will feel luke they are going down. Its like having Food Poisoning after the stomach flu. Supposedly 22 million more americans would go uninsured with 15 million foregoing insurance all together because the peopleups are too high. Because the peopleup premiuo high. High. Whats the worst part about this kind of ponzi scheme . You have to hold a gun to peoples head. Millions want to opt out of that coercion. But then insurance gets really expensive fit only covers sickos. So republicans are trying to put together another individual mandate. If your coverage lapses you have to sit it out for six months. Its a complete fiasco. So what have democrats been saying about the legislation . Its not even a healthcare bill its a tax cut for the wealthiest americans. Its not a healthcare bill, its a tax cut for the rich. Republicans cannot excise the rotten core at the center of their healthcare
Welcome to today in new york. Its february 28th. Weve got a leap year. So one more day left in the month. Im pat battle. Im gus rosendale. Its almost 40 degrees at 6 00 in the morning. If you havent made plans to be outside, Raphael Miranda is saying do it now. In for a treat. Almost 40 degrees now. Thats where weve been since yesterday afternoon. Temperatures remained stationary. Its dry and mostly clear skies in new york city, down the jersey shore. A bit of cloudiness in fairfield and westchester counties. Its 27 in fairfield. As you head closer to the city, its 37 in west port. 29 in shelton. 32 degrees as you start your day in redding. Not all that cold out there. Even in the distance, north and west of town, 27 in monticello. 34 in morristown. 34 degrees in long branch. As you plan your day, get outside this afternoon. Look at these temperatures. Back to the 50s by lunchtime. Todays high a toasty 58 degrees anutwere keeping it dry. A beautiful afternoon. A nice feel even at 6 00