Good afternoon, im josh benson. And im stacie schaible. This is first at 4 00. Cooler temperatures are getting a lot of peoples attention. We went back into the winter section of the closet. Its true. Heres storm 8 meteorologist jewel ulie phillips. Good afternoon, guys. Were dealing with cooler weather now. The Winter Clothes in the back of your closet getting use out of. 63 degrees in the auto mall. You can see beautiful blue skies. It feels cooler is the breeze. In the east winds at this location coming in at 18 milesanhour. Temperatures in the low to mid60s. 61 in st. Pete. 66 in zephryhills. 6 in weeky washy. They need a light jacket. Heres the winds at 10 milesperhour. Were seeing gust over 20 milesperhour at time. Does feel chilly outside. High pressure in place, so besides the stronger winds, we actually have quiet conditions across much of the eastern half of the its looking dry. As we look closer at the tampa bay area, a few high dealing with plenty of sunshine. For the rest
Screeria nigeria. And later the House Budget Committee works on its 2016 federal Budget Proposal. President obama signed an executive order that sets a goal to cut the Carbon Emissions by 40 over the next ten years. White house Senior Adviser brian dee briefed reporters on the executive action today. Later press secretary josh ernest addressed events in the middle east including recent comments from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a palestinian state. This portion of the briefing runs about 25 minutes. Thanks. Ill just be brief about the announcement that the president made today and then happy to take questions, if youve got them. We just returned from the department of energy. The president signed an executive order, which sets a new goal for the federal government to reduce our Greenhouse Gas emissions by 40 over the next decade. Thats in comparison to 2008 levels. The executive order also commits the government to increasing the share of electricity that the federal go
Saying lets give states the ultimate flexibility and to innovate according to our to their unique characteristics. In michigan, in the year 2000, we had between 1 and 8 and 1 in 9 michigan residents on medicaid. Now we have 1 in 4 on medicaid. As we notice across the country, over 30 of physicians are not even accepting new medicaid patients. And this is at the same time when federal reimbursement rates for medicaid are being cut across the country. So it is not a sustainable program. I think what this does is puts us in a far better path to innovate and to encourage healthy behaviors, and get on a more sustainable path for the future. And i yield back. I thank the gentleman. I yield the remainder of the time, mr. Westmoreland. Mr. Westerman, excuse me. Thank you. I will be brief. And just reiterate some of the things that have already said. In my state, not only do we we have not a fourth of the population getting medicaid services, but a third of the population getting medicaid servi
Now heads ways and means. Again, the committee here taking a break. We expect until 5 00 eastern. Well continue our live coverage then. And also online at cspan. Org. We will be back to the Budget Committee when they gavel back in which should be at about 5 00 eastern. Our coverage continues online at 2 00. A reminder of the senate Budget Committee thats under way. Thats also on cspan. Org. But also happening today, the Federal Reserves federal open Market Committee wrapped up today. And the chairman of the fed, janet yellen, as she does after these meetings, held a press conference with reporters. Chairman yellen good afternoon. As you know, the federal open Market Committee this afternoon reaffirmed the current zero to 25 target range for the federal funds. 25 target range for the federal funds rate. The target range for the federal funds rate remains unlikely at our next meeting in april. With continued improvement in Economic Conditions, however, we do not want to rule out the poss
The gentleman from virginia reserves and has 14 1 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from minnesota is recognized and has 17 minutes remaining. Mr. Kline thank you, mr. Speaker. Id like to yield three minutes to another new member of the committee weve got an almost embarrassment of riches of hardworking new members the gentleman from my neighboring state, wisconsin, mr. Growthman, three minutes. Mr. Grothman glad to speak one more time on s. J. Resolution 8. Im make two points. Again. One of the things we see here is we have new rules which continue a trend and that is youre fundamentally changing the way things have been for 70 years. Ok. In the past, unions have done a good job organizing. We have added Union Representation to things. But one of the things that business wants and america wants is consistency. One more time no big problems for 70 years, we are turning things fundamentally around. Why is that bad . The gentleman from oregon just said this is no big deal because busine