Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. Any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
Usmca that might come as a result of these negotiations that can improve the outcome of American Workers im happy to consider. Its important to remember that usmca is better than nafta by nearly every standard, including labor and environment. So i hope discussions between House Democrats and ambassador lighthizer is an exercise in getting to the yes that i feel Speaker Pelosi wants to get to. One particular area where everyone can agree is that enforcement across the board is a key compromise that must be hammered out. Factors outside of farmers hands such as an oversupply of grain in the global market, an unusually wet spring across the midwest, and natural disasters like flooding have all contributed to increased uncertainty and less profitability for farmers and leading to anxiety among those same farmers. Passing the usmc will help alleviate some of that uncertainty and anxiety for the years ahead by providing stable export market for american corn, soybeans, pork and dairy to nam
Immediate compupport cspan as a public service. Along with these other Television Providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm testified on President Bidens 2025 budget request for her agency before house energy and commerce subcommittee. She also discusses u. S. Liquid natural gas exports, appliance efficiency standards, and electric vehicle supply chains. This is three and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] the Subcommittee Energy climate and security will now come to order and id like to take a moment to welcome our newest member to the subcommittee congressman rick allen from georgia welcome to the subcommittee. The chair will not recognize himself or five minute Opening Statement. Welcome to todays hearing to review the department of Energy Performance and fulfillment of the statutory responsibilities. We will examine the departments fy 2025 budget request to congress. Welcome back to the Committee Secretary granholm. The department
And americanmade movie producer talk about the state of u. S. Manufacturers. Host republicans in congress will be focus on text reform. Before us expects to vote on its plan this week. The senate will markup their version. Find more information at cspan. Org. Monitor it on cspan radio. Debates 13, one of the on how the middle class will fare and that is who we want to hear from in our first hour, those of you consider yourself middleclass. What you think of this effort to change the tax code . If you consider yourself middleclass and you want to get your thoughts on twitter facebook. So post on one of the debates is how do you define the class tackle define middleclass . Iss is 59,000, as of 2016 the median income. That is a bit of an increase from last year. For those in the higher ranges, 78,000 in maryland. Generally, that is the median income. If you could to cnnmoney, they have a poll like get aspects of middleclass when it comes to income, saying, what he considers of middleclass
By the way, in florida has her leading by a point and a half. So florida is very much in convention. In nevada, the candidates are tied, actually tied, according to a brand new nbc wall street journal marist poll. In New Hampshire, that little state up there in the nbc polls, clinton up by nine. Another poll, monmouth, shows her lead in New Hampshire just four points Hillary Clinton warned supporters not to get complacent and she mocked Donald Trumps debate performance. I stood next to donald trump for hour in and a half hours in those three debates. Proving i think once and for all i have the stamina to be president. No matter what he did, no matter what he said, no matter how he stalked me and lurked over me [ laughter ] i just kept thinking about what Michelle Obama said when he goes low, we go high. Well, meanwhile a standoff between one of trumps top surrogates, Newt Gingrich, and fox news anchor megyn kelly marked the campaign trail today. Heres the fox Exchange Last night. If tr