coming up in an hour, representative dunn rodney davis representative rodney davis of illinois, top republican on the house administration committee, discusses election security. and oregon representative earl blumenauer discusses the future of health care. and it never really stopped. we have been going through this now for over three years. it was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops. kers and liars, and this should never happen to another president ever. i don t know that other presidents would have been able to take it. some people said no, they wouldn t have. host: this is the washington journal for february 7. that was president trump from yesterday, at the white house democratic processes during impeachment and other aspects. what house speaker nancy pelosi said about the president post acquittal, and we will hear from you too. a two-hour program today, so in the first hour you can let us know about the events of yesterday on one of two lines. if you consider
Defend. To just over a month ago, the Congress Overwhelmingly cast and the president signed into law an appropriations bill that included 100 61 billion in discretionary funding for this subcommittee. While that was a billion dollars less than we had the year before, we were able to eliminate programs and prioritize programs in a way that allows us to do things, like return the yearround pell, the first time in nine years where students who begin this fall will have the opportunity to have a pell grant available to them yearround. This year, fiscal year 2018 budget proposes a significant funding decrease and labor, hhs, approximately 24 billion below what we are spending in the current year in the agencies that are reflected in the work of this subcommittee. That is a 15 cut. It includes approximately 59 billion, which is a 9. 2 billion reduction. You not only get the start with a new look at the department of education, but also with a new look at what we should be doing. We are glad
This is chaired by senator roy royt will stop senator blount. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, and Human Services will come to order. Morning to everybody, particularly good morning secretary devos and thank you for appearing before the subcommittee today. This is a difficult budget defend. To just over a month ago, the Congress Overwhelmingly cast and the president signed into law an appropriations bill that included 100 61 billion in discretionary funding for this subcommittee. While that was a billion dollars less than we had the year before, we were able to eliminate programs and prioritize programs in a way that allows us to do things, like return the yearround pell, the first time in nine years where students who begin this fall will have the opportunity to have a pell grant available to them yearround. This year, fiscal year 2018 budget proposes a significant funding decrease and labor, hhs, approximately 24 billion below what we are spending in the current year
This is chaired by senator roy royt will stop senator blount. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, and Human Services will come to order. Morning to everybody, particularly good morning secretary devos and thank you for appearing before the subcommittee today. This is a difficult budget defend. To just over a month ago, the Congress Overwhelmingly cast and the president signed into law an appropriations bill that included 100 61 billion in discretionary funding for this subcommittee. While that was a billion dollars less than we had the year before, we were able to eliminate programs and prioritize programs in a way that allows us to do things, like return the yearround pell, the first time in nine years where students who begin this fall will have the opportunity to have a pell grant available to them yearround. This year, fiscal year 2018 budget proposes a significant funding decrease and labor, hhs, approximately 24 billion below what we are spending in the current year