>> to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today. makes you proud. >> santa clara county has officially sworn in its first vietnamese american supervisor. betty duong succeeds supervisor cindy chavez after winning a highly competitive race last month. she will oversee district 2, which includes east to parts rather east san jose and then also parts of downtown with a large vietnamese population. says that he is a lifelong resident of santa say and will prioritize creating more affordable housing and making county services more accessible. now, staying in santa clara county today, the board of supervisors unanimously approved protections for its immigrant residents against what they say are threats from the incoming trump administration. 5 million dollars in money will be set aside for this supervisors say although they don't know what to expect in the coming 4 years. >> they know based on experience from trump's prior policies, they have to be ready to move and they have reason to be concerned for the immigrant community. >> what we

decisions on sentencing, theresa stasi >> to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today. makes you proud. >> santa clara county has officially sworn in its first vietnamese american supervisor. but he'd succeed supervisor cindy chavez after winning a highly competitive race last month. she's going oversee district 2, which includes east san jose in parts of downtown with a large vietnamese population long says that she is a lifelong resident of santa say it will prioritize creating more affordable housing in making county services more accessible. meantime, the board of supervisors unanimously approved protections for its immigrant residents against what they say or threats from the incoming trump administration. talking about 5 million dollars in money that is being set aside. supervisors say although they don't know exactly what to expect in the coming 4 years. >> they say they know based on experience from trump's prior policies that they have reason to be concerned for. the county's immigrant community. >> we have seen so far is a lot of fear in our co

. ♪♪ >> to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today.es you proud. >> santa clara county has officially sworn in its first vietnamese american supervisor. betty duong succeeds supervisor cindy chavez after winning a highly competitive race last month. she will oversee district 2 which includes east san jose and parts of downtown with a large vietnamese population. says is a lifelong resident of san jose prioritize creating more affordable housing and making county services more accessible. staying in santa clara county, the board of supervisors unanimously approved protections for its immigrant residents against what they say are threats from the incoming trump administration. 5 million dollars will be set aside supervisors sale, though. they don't know what to expect in the coming 4 years. they know based on experience from trump's prior policies, they have reason to be concerned for the county's immigrant community. what we have seen so far is a lot of fear in our community starting from the first really from day after the election. an

the fight against climate change, and i as chairman of the environment works committee had an opportunity to be his partner. he must be getting tired of me hanging around. >> your paths have crossed. sen. carper: we've done a lot of , a lot of good work for our country. >> you have this model airplane you living vietnam in your office all these years. why is that important to you? sen. carper: is like family. usually just men in my squad, now we have women, in the top officer in the navy today is a woman, which is great. it used to be when i was at ohio state, we didn't have women in our unit, we didn't have women in my squadron, didn't have women on ships. i was at the uss delaware last week. there submarines -- we had had a navy ship named after delaware for, gosh, i would say about 100 years. the secretary of the navy said we need to have a vessel named after delaware, and we did. last week i was on it. we had a great time celebrating thanksgiving. >> another important piece of history in this office is the image of your uncle. what role did he play? sen. carper: i never met him. my mo

. >> to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today. makes you proud. >> santa clara county has officially sworn in its first vietnamese american supervisor. video, one, a highly competitive race last month. she'll oversee district 2 which includes east san jose in parts of downtown with has a large vietnamese population. she says she's a lifelong resident of san jose will prioritize creating more affordable housing and making county services more accessible. she succeeds supervisor cindy chavez who turns out this year. >> still ahead on kron for news at 4 is giving tuesday. we're checking in with a couple of local food banks to see how holiday help has been and what's still needed. >> also, 6 former apple employees have been charged in a charity fraud scheme. what they're accused of fit tech giant out of more than $100,000. plus. >> president-elect trump's cabinet nominees are back on capitol hill to meet with senators as they work to get confirmed. and, you britain, washington, i'll have that story coming up. >> course, celebrating re

. >> to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today.es you proud. >> santa clara county has officially sworn in. its first big enemy is american supervisor. but you one a highly competitive race last month. she will oversee district 2, which includes east san jose in parts of downtown with a large vietnamese population. she says she is a lifelong resident of san jose and will prioritize creating more affordable housing and making county services more accessible. she succeeds supervisor cindy chavez, who supported betty's run here. and cindy chavez, terms out this year. san francisco mayor elected hillary has announced he will be receiving a salary of one dollar. lori as the heir to the levi strauss fortune. his campaign tells kron 4 the mayor-elect is required to receive payment, but he will be returning. >> all but one dollar per year. >> to this city through a charitable donation, laurie also issued this statement saying in part, i've spent my life fighting poverty in working to serve this community and that commitment will continue.

. >> to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today.es you proud. >> santa clara county has officially sworn in its first vietnamese american supervisor, buddy, young one, a highly competitive race last month. she will oversee district 2, which includes east san jose and parts of downtown with a large vietnamese population. she says she is a lifelong resident of san jose and will prioritize creating more affordable housing in macon county services. more accessible. she succeeds supervisor. cindy chavez who supported her. and she also turns out this year. u.s. officials are seriously concerned amid some political turmoil and south korea, the president declared martial law. only have lawmakers vote to lift it just a couple of hours later. our washington correspondent jessi turnure reports on these developments and the u.s. is involvement. u.s. officials say the south korean president did not inform them ahead of his decision to declare martial law in his country. we watching these developments with great concern. the conservative south ko

>>to our neighbors committed to creating a welcoming environment committee for all. today. makes you proud. >>santa clara county has officially sworn in its first vietnamese american supervisor. betty duong, the succeeds supervisor cindy chavez after winning a highly competitive race last month. she will oversee district 2, which includes east san jose and parts of downtown with a large the in these population. wang says as a lifelong resident of san jose, she will prioritize creating more affordable housing and making county services more acceptable. and staying in santa clara county tuesday, the board supervisors unanimously approved protections for its immigrant residents against what they say are threats from the incoming trump administration. 5 million dollars in funds will be set aside to help supervisors say that, although they don't know what to expect in the coming 4 years, they do know based on experience from trump's prior policies that they have reason to be concerned for. the county's immigrant community. >>we have seen so far is a lot of fear in our community

when the environment of public works committee, the opportunity to expand the government's commitment to our infrastructure. the recently enacted bipartisan infrastructure law included many of my priorities. for example, it included funding for reconnecting communities that had been disadvantaged through ill conceived transportation projects. the poster child for this initiative is the franklin carter in baltimore. it's not surprising that baltimore received funding in the first round of federal grants. i'm equally proud of the expansion and transportation alternative program, tap. i was the author of the tap program that allows governments to make their own priority decisions on the use of part of the federal highway funds. that has been a favorite source of funds to provide trails for local communities that connect neighborhoods for walkers and bikers the c and o bike path, and myrna and i take advantage of the paths to absorb the beauty of our community connected now through paths and trails. and others with leaded pipes into the drinking water of their homes and schools. and it pr

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the environment of public works committee helps each region of our country that suffers from a catastrophic event that destroys infrastructure. i think the leadership of the committee for reaching out to maryland after the tragic loss of the francis scott key bridge. the biden administration has been there every step of the way to help maryland and i am confident congress will provide the resources and authority to move forward on the construction of the new bridge as quickly as possible. i have been both the chair and ranking member of the small business and entrepreneurship committee. i am so proud of the bipartisan work that the committee -- working with senator rubio, particularly during covid. the historic relief packages we designed not only saves many small businesses but truly helped to save our economy during the pandemic. i am particularly proud to help underserved communities. senator warner and i worked to provide support so financing options were available in under banked communities including nonprofits and returning citizens to the program which once again provided services t

as a matter of fact, as chairman of the environment and national resources committee he took responsibility for overseeing the national parks, he had never been to the state that has five of them, the state of utah. so i invited he and his wife gail to come and visit utah and visit some of our national parks and we walked together and hiked together and he made sure that gail was able to make it through all of the rocks and crevices and see the beauty of our great land one more state. but i've come to know this man not just by virtue of his physical prowess, but as a man of character. and a number of people have spoken about the legislation that he's worked on and we worked together on several pieces of legislation and accomplished a great deal, but that which has stood out in my experience with joe manchin he's a man who stand by his belief. he's a man of principle and character. and my life's lesson has been, that one person of conscience and character can change a whole nation. and joe has had that kind of influence on the people of the state, the people around him, the people in this bo

have been protests already, this is a further protest as the first hearing of the environment, food and rural affairs committeeffects of the changes to an territory in stacks. we can see the sun whitehall, the main thoroughfare of the parliamentary area a ministry of government being brought to a standstill by the trucks and farmers' tractors with the message being taken straight to westminster. we will keep an eye on those processors a day goes on. the government says it'll create 14,000 more prison places in england and wales by 2031, as part of a ten year strategy to deal with overcrowding. over 6000 spaces will be created at four new sites, but the justice secretary has said that building alone won't solve the problem. shabana mahmood has warned that jails in england and wales could run out of spaces within three years despite the government's plans. even though we will be increasing supply, even though we are investing in maintenance so that we don't lose cells to dilapidation, on their own that won't be enough. what we have published is both the supply line that shows that going up, but also the demand l

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i know the way that works, i was also the chief of staff of the environment of public works committeepublic works aspects of the infrastructure bill. i know when you pass these laws , the transportation secretary gets calls, gets letters from members of congress saying, can you please make sure this project in my district, my town gets funding. have you been getting those request as secretary from republicans who voted against it ? >> all the time, absolutely. >> why don't you run into a microphone every day? >> it is so tempting. president biden made it clear to this administration, we are not going to punish americans, constituents, for the behavior of their representatives. >> voted against it. >> we will certainly call them out and we have. i think it is important to remind everybody this infrastructure package didn't just happen we talk about it now like it could not have been any other way, three years ago this week president biden signed it. three years and two months ago, everybody in the town was writing political obituaries for that legislation again and again. >> including

i was also chief of staff of the environment and public works committee in the senate which has a lot expects of the infrastructure bill so i know when you pass around these laws, the transportation secretary gets calls, gets letters from members of congress say in, can you please make sure this project in my district in my town gets funded. have you been getting those requests as secretary from republicans who voted against us? >> all the time. absolutely. >> why don't you just run out to a microphone every day? >> it is so tempting but you know, president biden made it clear to this administration that we are not going to punish americans' constituents for the behavior of their representatives. we are certainly going to call them out, and we have. i think it is important to remind everybody that this infrastructure package did not just happen. we talk about it now like it could've been any other way. it was three years ago this week that president biden signed it but you know, three years and two months ago everybody in this town was writing political obituaries for that legislation

the environment and public works committee helps each region of our country that suffers from a catastrophic event, that destroys infrastructure. i thank the leadership of the committee for reaching out to maryland after the tragic loss of the francis scott key bridge. the biden administration has been there every step of the way to help maryland, and i am confident that congress will provide the resources and authority to move forward on the construction of the new bridge as quickly as possible. i have been both the chair and ranking member on the small business and entrepreneurship committee. i am so proud of the bipartisan work of the committee, working with senator rubio particularly during covid. the historic relief packages we designed not only saved many small businesses, but truly helped to save our economy during the pandemic. i am particularly proud of the focus i brought to help traditionally underserved communities. senator warner and i worked to provide support for the cdfi's, so financing options were available in underbanked communities, including nonprofits and returning citi

dallas-fort worth international the airport is telling travelers about its committee to harmony between aviation and the environment's largest carbon-neutral airport. >> stylish. >> reporter: with all the carbon emissions in aviation how do they pull that off? >> it's like an active site here. >> this is the real deal, yeah. >> reporter: chris mclaughlin is the chief operating officer at dfw. the airport is investing in more efficient facilities like this $230 million utility plant, almost half paid for with federal grants. it will heat and cool the sprawling terminals, using less energy. >> we expect to contribute about 80% less carbon into the environment as a result of this facility. >> you're pretty excited about this, aren't you? >> i am so excited about this. >> reporter: when it comes to emissions at an airport, how much are coming from the terminals and how much is coming from the airplanes? >> so generally speaking, i would say that the number coming from the airport is less than 10%. >> reporter: according to the faa, less than 2% come from airport operations including the terminals. at dfw they're cuttin

committee, 30 plus years ago. and i, i recognize the the environment and how the health plans work. we've spoken about trying to see if the acute rehab unit could become parts of the network of other health plans in terms of broadening this. approach for plans, since we have a very fine rehab unit. this also requires not just sending to hospitals but working with the other health plans to see if we can be part of the acute rehab network. so just looking at areas where we can serve the city. and it may be useful how the unit is our out reach is going in terms of just looking at the ated mission by priority and from i understand, we need to also work with the health plans. it's just a work in progress but i think an additional area in which we could then have more out reach and also then, fulfill our desire to be a trusted place for rehab for experiences for example. okay, thank you. >> okay. income the next item on the agenda is governing bylaw. last meeting, we asked for modification sxz you have they them before you. the propoeds revision right side highlighted in yellow. so, at th

and with a lot of other legislation that has emanated and come out of the environment and public works committee. i want to commend senator capito for working with me and our democrat and republican colleagues to help make that help again in the last two years. in closing, let me urge all of our colleagues to join senator capito and me in supporting what we blefb is an excellent bill, certainly not because of my name but because every state, every single state stands to benefit from the provisions that this legislation contains. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. a senator: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. duckworth: i ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. the presiding officer: without objection, the question is on the motion to concur. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: the is there a sufficient second? the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. the

the legislation also passed out of the senate environment and public works committee by voice vote andull senate by unanimous consent. and the house transportation and infrastructure committee by voice vote in september. mr. speaker, i urge support of this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman is recognized. >> i rise in support of s.2781, the good samaritan remediation of abandoned hardrock mines act sponsored by mr. hinrich. this bill also introduced by ms. it would create a pathway for good samaritan entities to receive the legal insurances they need to move ahead with remediation of historic mine pollution. i applaud the bipartisan work that's gotten the bill to this point and i'm pleased to see we're on the cusp of enactment. ms. peltola: the impact to society is great. tens of thousands of miles of streams around the nation are contaminated by acid and metals drained from these abandoned mine sites and thousands of reservoirs are impacted by the runoff of these mines. the remediation of mines act in 20

what this committee is judgment was particularly environ four but throughout all volumes was not only did rush into fear but during your interference in 2016 they had a selected candidate they were for any selected candidate they were against her for candidate trump, against candidate clinton. have you had a chance to review our documents and have you reached a similar conclusion, conclusion that actually reinforces the unanimous conclusion of the intelligence community assessment, or can you comment on our volume four? >> i very much appreciate the bipartisan approach in which this committee addressed that issue. i did have a chance to review volume four which i know confirms the icy assessment. i have no reason to dispute the committee findings. i will say i have no reason to dispute the committee that i serve on, hpsci, house intelligence committee findings, which is a different perspective with regard to the one issue that you mentioned about a preference for a candidate. i was not on the committee at that time. i have not, i respect both committees but i've not seen the underlyin

as chair of the senate environment and public works committee, tom carper helped lead the fight to pass the inflation reduction act, the most significant investment ever, ever to tackle the climate crisis. the law also helped lower health care costs and energy costs and strengthen america's energy security. what a combination. tom carper was a key author of the largest long-term infrastructure investment in the history of the united states, the bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs acts. as the last vietnam veteran serving in the united states senate, and think about that for a moment, the last vietnam veteran serving in the united states senate, senator tom carper was a key force in passing many laws, including the agent orange act of 2009, the pact act to provide health care for veterans sick by exposure to burn pits and other toxic actions, and a measure that allows the v.a. to allow moodest compensation -- modest compensation to family members who are caretakers for veterans. tom also encouraged a generation of young people to enter public service and run for office. next mo

it has cleanest and who's the environment and the certainly supporting system which allows people to live a healthy life. the citizen supervisory committee was set up in 2018. monica is wonder if it's members, they come from various areas of civil society. are environmental experts or former government employees. their aim is to show where the cities waste management system is still not working. and where detection is needed. we strongly foot forward association photo monitoring mechanism, which could at least over see what was being done. more than 2000000 people live in google chrome, and yet 85 percent of its waste is not salted and recycled properly. the results, overflowing municipal landfills and elite dumps. the biggest problem is post by bulk, waste generators, such as housing estates, companies, schools, or even political parties. anywhere where to please to 100 kilograms of waste is produced every day. most angled from the center for science and environment saves the vast majority of them. simply don't comply with the law the legal mandate for them as original data that i see for basic mandates. the 1st one is the have to segre

it has cleanest and the host, the environment, and these certainly supporting system which allows people to live a healthy life. the citizen supervisory committee was set up in 2018. monica is wonder if it's members, they come from various areas of civil society or environmental experts or former government employees. there to be used to show where the city's waste management system is still not working. and where detection is needed. we strongly put forward association for monitoring mechanism which could at least over see what was being done more than 2000000 people even go to them. and yet 85 percent of its waste is not salted and recycling properly. the results, overflowing municipal landfills and in the dumps. the biggest problem is post by bulk, waste generators, such as housing estates, companies, schools, or even political parties. anywhere where to please to 100 kilograms of waste is produced every day most and go from the center for science and environment saves the vast majority of them simply don't comply with the law, the legal mandated for them as original data that i see for basic mandates the 1st one is the have the say good the

applied his background as a nuclear engineer to his role on our staff of the senate environment and public works committeed tirelessly with me, senator capito and her team -- our team to move the advance act, her legislation -- she led us on this. but it was our legislation to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy safely and move that legislation through the senate, through the congress and to the president's desk. in my view, no one -- no one -- is in a better position to help implement that advance act legislation that we passed here overwhelmingly. no one better prepared than matt marzano. and no one else on the nuclear regulatortory commission possesses his commission of, on the one hand, a deep expertise, and, on the other hand, relevance experience. matt is pragmatic. matt is hardworking. he is thoughtful and he is kind. he believes, as i do, in working across the aisle, finding common ground. he is a dedicated public servant of the american people. it is no surprise that his nomination is one of the key organizations involved as we attempt to bring about a new nuclear era. they include the nu

as a matter of fact, as the chairman of the environment and natural resources committee, he took responsibility for overseeing the national parks. he'd never been to the state that has five of them, the state of utah. so i invited he and his wife gayle to come visit us in utah and visit some of our national parks. and we walked together and hiked together and he made sure gayle was able to make it through all of the rocks and crevices and see the beauty of our great land, one more state. but i've come to know this man not just by virtue of his physical prowess but pass a man of character. and a number of people have spoken about the legislation he's worked on, and we worked together on several pieces of legislation an accomplished a great -- and accomplished a great deal. but that what has stood out with my experience with joe manchin is he is a man of principle and character. and my life's lesson has been that one person of conscience and character can change a whole nation. and joe has had that kind of influence on the people of his state and the people around him, the people in this body, an

the environment of public works committee helps each region of our country the service of a catastrophic event that destroys infrastructure. i think the leadership of the committee for reaching out to maryland after the tragic loss of the freight to scott key bridge. the biden administration has been there every step of the way to help maryland, , and i'm confident congress will provide the resources and authority to move forward on the construction of the new bridge as quickly as possible. i have been both the chair and ranking member of the small business and entrepreneurship committee. i am so proud of the bipartisan work of the committee working with senator rubio particularly during covid. the historic relief packages we designed that only saves many small businesses that truly help to save our economy during the pandemic. .. in addition, maryland opened its first veteran business outreach center. because of these programs, small businesses are thriving in maryland, especially those led by women, particularly women of color. my service in congress built on my record of inclusion sta

the environment and public works committee helps each region of our country that suffers from a catastrophic event, that destroys infrastructure. i thank the leadership of the committee for reaching out to maryland after the tragic loss of the francis scott key bridge. the biden administration has been there every step of the way to help maryland, and i am confident that congress will provide the resources and authority to move forward on the construction of the new bridge as quickly as possible. i have been both the chair and ranking member on the small business and entrepreneurship committee. i am so proud of the bipartisan work of the committee, working with senator rubio particularly during covid. the historic relief packages we designed not only saved many small businesses, but truly helped to save our economy during the pandemic. i am particularly proud of the focus i brought to help traditionally underserved communities. senator warner and i worked to provide support for the cdfi's, so financing options were available in underbanked communities, including nonprofits and returning citi

environment on capitol hill tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and the chairman of the senate budget committee, rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, will join us next with the senate perspective on this ongoing budget crisis now on capitol hill. that's next. crisi now on capitol hill. that's next. whenever heartburn strikes, get fast relief with tums. it's time to love food back. also try new tums gummy bites. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. (♪♪) >>> here's what the democratic majority leader in the united states senate, chuck schumer, said about the budget deal he negotiated with the republican speaker of the house this morning before donald trump tried to blow up that deal. >> this cr is a sound and bipartisan compromise that will keep the government open and deliver many, many good things for the american people. so now time is of the essence, the sooner congress acts the better. if we ewant to avoid an unnecessary government s

environment of these parties together. and right. while all the women that the committee interviewed stated that their sexual activity with representative gaetz was consensual, at least one woman felt that the use of drugs at the parties and events they attended may have impaired their ability to really know what was going on, or fully consent. indeed, nearly every woman that the committee spoke with could not remember the details of at least one or more of the events they attended with representative gaetz, and attributed that to drug or alcohol consumption. and a reminder, this isn't just a random member of congress. this is a prominent, powerful member formerly of the house of the conservative movement that donald trump wanted to be the attorney general in a very short lived proposed nomination, who spoke at a very high profile conservative rally this weekend, where the president elect also appeared. >> i do want to ask about the lawsuit this morning from matt gaetz, trying to, i think, shut off the committee's ability to post the report. i think didn't work clearly ri

environment is safe and preserved for future generations. >> thank you. >> this is not an epa secretary administrator the suspended desperate he's been on the road with scott turner making sure looking at the committee, seeing what's going on and clearing the way, get big government out of the wake of checking them so these businesses can come back to the kennedy. another crucial part, scott, is education. we want people to have jobs, want entrepreneurship but we want quality businesses. what are you guys have been doing to make sure these people ready to go out there, being the workforce and then great, the job creator? >> so, it's one thing to have jobs to be created which have to train the people to take the jobs. workforce development is a tremendous and a very important initiative of the administration and ivanka trump is leading the effort when it comes to workforce and workforce training. and so on the opportunity and revitalization counsel there's 14 federal agencies and three state and regional partners. we have different pillars inside of the council from entrepreneurship economic development to safe neighborhood and to labor and education, workforce training. that is a tremendous and a bi

together, do a lot of legislation, affect policy in the realm of energy and environment which have been strong points for the committee and certainly a particular interest for me. i do appreciate the people who teach us in their daily walks in life. your son is an inspiration. thank you for carrying the torch that enables people to showcase their abilities, to be able to be included in a very powerful way. it's a life-savoring life-changing opportunity that we can present the given community. so i thank you for that forcefulness. personally speak, thank you for the assistance on the medication-assisted treatment effort, the mad act which will in my opinion save lives as we enable people to prescribe for those that are struggling in living with the illness of addiction. that's going to be a major difference for so many people. that we'll never, ever meet. that's joy. i think the soulfulness of this job, where we're able to aseys those that will be here in this universe well after we've gone or people that live here and share the moment with us but that we'll never meet. so those are great opportunities for us to expres

a trump administration and with a republican-led key committees in congress and that sort of thing. so protecting his son in the larger environment, reversing what he said many times publicly. among those who are critical now is vermont senator, democrat, peter welch, who says in a post that president biden's pardon of son, hunter, is as the action of a loving father understandable but as the action of our nation's chief executive, unwise. that echoes some of what we've heard from democrats around the country who have been critical understanding, making the distinction that the father role, they understand, but they believe that the president reversing what he had said publicly and also some of the criticism directed by president biden toward the prosecution of his son, putting it in a political context that that could put democrats at some disadvantage in the future or give sort of a free pass to donald trump when he returns to office for his use of pardons and so forth. so there are a lot of political ramifications to this, chris. >> thank you. >>> now to israel where an american born israeli soldier who was thought to have bee

environment on capitol hill tonight, really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> and the chairman of the senate budget committee, rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitehouse will join us next with the senate prospective on this ongoing budget crisis now on capitol hill, that is next. >> [ music ] next. >> [ music ] discover the power of wegovy®. with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. and i'm keeping the weight off. i'm reducing my risk. wegovy® is the only weight-management medicine proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and obesity. don't use wegovy® with semaglutide or glp-1 medicines, or in children under 12. don't take if you or your family had mtc, men 2, or if allergic to it. tell your provider if you plan to have surgery or a procedure, are breastfeeding, pregnant, or plan to be. stop taking and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or any of these allergic reactions. serious side effects may include pancreas inflammation and gallbladder problems. call your prescribe

environment is safe and preserved for future generations. >> thank you. >> this is not an epa secretary administrator the suspended desperate he's been on the road with scott turner making sure looking at the committee, seeing what's going on and clearing the way, get big government out of the wake of checking them so these businesses can come back to the kennedy. another crucial part, scott, is education. we want people to have jobs, want entrepreneurship but we want quality businesses. what are you guys have been doing to make sure these people ready to go out there, being the workforce and then great, the job creator? >> so, it's one thing to have jobs to be created which have to train the people to take the jobs. workforce development is a tremendous and a very important initiative of the administration and ivanka trump is leading the effort when it comes to workforce and workforce training. and so on the opportunity and revitalization counsel there's 14 federal agencies and three state and regional partners. we have different pillars inside of the council from entrepreneurship economic development to safe neighborhood and to labor and education, workforce training. that is a tremendous and a bi

environment. and so the fiscal and operational health committee has done heroic work over the last six months to created that's going to continue its updates. and i'll let chair lam of the committee chair lam explain a little bit more about this. but but this we're going to make sure that the board that all the budtis ae whole board. so commissioner lam, thank you, president alexander. so the four main objs of the fiscal operational health ad hoc committee. one was to monitor the superintendent's plans and progress, making recommendations to improve the board's ability to carry out its fiscal and operational governance, make recommendations to improve how the board oversees and evaluates the superint■óendent's management of the district, and ensure that the full board understands the district's financial and operational status and associated risk. and it was really important that, you know, as we transition of this current board and knowing that there will be a new board that will be seated in januaryiw of u alexander and superintendent sue, that it was really it continues to be critical that the gover

be a critique of the media environment when aoc speaks, the media covers her, that is what you need to mobilize the spotlight from a minority position in the oversight committee. >> you have to be someone who can grab onto the megaphone and speak to the masses and let the people know here is what is happening in the administration. the administration doesn't want you to know about in this specific administration, it will be extremely important. this isn't to say that jerry is a bad choice. but given the energy that we will see with republicans trying to do their best to bolster trump's agenda, especially the things that don't have to go through congress or be debated in legislation, that is where the ranking member will be crucial to making sure the american people know what's going on. >> this seems like a self- inflicted wound here for democrats. we all saw the results coming out of the election that young voters were not as enthused about the democratic party. and you have somebody who is a prominent member of the democratic party who appeals to the young voters in this country and she is not elevated. >> i said the day after the election, the democrats ha

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