system with our federal system of justice. review our federal system of justice at adequately addresses the crime problems, especially the narcotics level of the international trafficking or drugs in your country in mandatory minimums are a very essential and vital process prosecutors to be able to move up the foodas chain and prosecue those who are major traffickers in dealers in heroin and methamphetamine and those kinds of drugs. the attorney general is absolutely right. the system is working very well and there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about how the system works and only about 30% of our federal prisoners actually are serving mandatory minimum sentences. many more are charged with mandatory minimum crimes but as a result of those men and more mandatory minerals they cooperate get the sentence reduced or we have what we call a safety valve so if you're a first-time offender you didn't use weapons, you're not an organizeravav or leader of the g transaction you avoid the mandatory minimums to a start with. >

we prosecute federal and civil cases. any case before the united states district court judge will representing the government, criminal cases or civil cases. host: one's criminal justice reform. your thoughts on the florida by some for a call stricter gun control. guest: it is a terrible tragedy and something we have to fix as a country. assistant united states attorneys feel deeply about these situations. be potentially federal crimes. they tend to be more dressed at the local level. i think that we need to look at the frequency of the kinds of weapons being used and perhaps limit those kinds of weapons. we will not eliminate the problem. there will always be people that are deranged that do terrible things, but we should limit the causey of them to destruction by limiting the weapons available to them. host: where get this be a violation of federal law? are clearlyeapons probably not made in florida, so the interstate nexus would give us federal jurisdiction. host: what then? guest: we would prosecute them for a firearm

you mentioned the federal reserve. how did we get from the demise of the national ban bank to the difficulties of? >> guest: a long protracted process during which we have many financial crises. depression, panic, etc. and eventually in the early 20th century they just decided they needed to do something about this and the federal reserve was what they came up with to give us a system with which we have a unified approach based on these financial matters. >> host: we have about 15 minutes and we are going to wrap up the discussion of this case and we invite you to join us. 202-7489 euro one for those of you in the roundabout pacific will be in hawaii as the most recent call was. and we have a few more minutes to get the coals in. i would like you to spend a little bit of time because you wrote about it in the last chapter of the book about the executive is life after this case because it is quite an interesting story. first how did you find out about it because there isn't very much paper available about him. >> guest:

the federal government has the power to coin money, although we didn't have a central federal currency at the time. the federal government has the power to do a number of things with regard to financial affairs, infrastructure for the postal roads, to raise taxes to spend for the general welfare. and part of what marshall does in mccullough is give you a list of these other powers that congress expressly has, and then draws the connection that that, the necessary and proper clause means it then has the ability to give effect to those, many of which are relate dodd this question of managing the financial affairs of the nation. >> this twitter question, interstate commerce writes par 44 is regulated by the federal government with banking because congress doesn't bank itself. do you find the question is there? interstate commerce is regulated by the federal government with banking because congress doesn't bank itself. >> well, i may draw a question out of it. one question that could be raised is, is a bank which is not actually a part of federal government, is that actually an exercise of

have a central federal currency. the federal government has the power to do a number of things with regard to financial affairs the infrastructure, for the postal roads, to raise taxes to spend for the general welfare. what marshall does is give you a list of these other powers that congress expressly has and draws the connection that is the necessary and proper clause means that has the ability to give effect to those, many of which are related to managing the financial affairs of the nation. the twitter question. commerce is regular did by the federal government with banking because congress does not bank itself. guest: i may draw a question out of it. one question that could be raised is, is a bank which is not actually part of the federal government, is that an exercise of the interstate commerce clause? the answer for the history of the question has been yes. of thethe key issues decision and one of the arguments that maryland raised is this is not a government agency. this is just a corporation. private parties

the federal law covers all elections. federal, state and local.he one thing it does not cover is state or municipal ballot measures. there was an certainty about that for a while. the fec said federal law did not cover it. there are no federal ballot measures. any state or municipality that uses the ballot measure process can enact its own band to cover that. >> are states doing things now to address this figure problem? legislation, ballot measures? >> why don't you tell us about st. pete, my hometown? >> ok. st. petersburg, florida adopted a local ordinance that says if you are a foreign influence corporation, meaning you have an ownership threshold that is at least 5%, one single equity stakeholder one aggregate, it , limits the money you can spend in expenditures in a st. pete election. are there other efforts going on now to respond to this, whether it is through the guise of corporate spending or the guise of any other way foreign money may be able to infiltrate and affect our elections? >> it is likely the ballot measures that will be on th

the secretary: federal money is not free. federal money comes from our communities, taxpayers and our communities. they take that money, send it to washington and we decide how to use it and send it back to communities with a lot of strings attached on what they need to do. so what we are trying to do is o recognize the states and localities, communities understand best what their infrastructure needs are and to allow them to have much greater flexibility to decide their own projects, in con junction and in partnership with the federal government. reporter: one of the criticisms of the plans it doesn't address he highway trust fund. can you say why that wasn't in the president's broader infrastructure plan and what does the administration plan to do with that important funding? the secretary: the highway trust fund needs to be addressed because every year more money goes out of it than receipts are received. and this will be a huge problem in 2021. so we in con junction with the congress has to address this issue so we are no

federal law enforcement officersam have endorsed my amendment. for those that imposed an unworkable burden? i think they understand this amendment encourages local law enforcement to share information with the department of homeland security and to temporarily and briefly hold people in custody until people can get there. this is a bipartisan amendment , 2016 when the senate voted in the form ofiv a freestanding bill with bipartisan support unfortunately the minority blocked it to but the fact is it is a bipartisan piece of legislation so i don't think it should be controversial but we will have a v vote on this relatively soon in the coming days and i hope it will have broad support. it is common sense standing for the principal and safety of the american people matter and the lives o

host: why doesn't that spirit translate to the federal level? about the cerned partisanship in washington, d.c. in the building behind me? i am.or: i've been there and i was there uring what we thought were partisan times and if you look on an individual >> you can see the last few minutes of this "washington journal" segment on our website c-span.org. we take you live now to the house floor here on c-span. 6, e 0. the house will resume questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. roe: i move to suspend the les and pass h.r. 45 3 as amended. the clerk: h.r. 45 3 a bill to designate the health care system of the department of veteran affairs in lexington, kentucky as the lexington v.a. health care system and make certain other designations. the speaker pro tempore:

if you look at the federal workforce, and this is not unique to obama or trump, by and large, federal workers don't believe they are in an environment they are safe to raise problems, and that is a big problem. the political leadership hold themselves accountable to creating that environment, and this is one of the key metrics of doing so. there are some agencies that will say it is only about a third of the workforce saying they can raise a violation of law or ethics. but the overall averages billy over 60%. that number is more than 15 points lower than it is the private sector. that is a problem. host: you mentioned the best places to work in your rankings. you can see the large agencies, nasa, transportation, commerce topped the list. working people read this chart? guest: you are a kind man. towork.com.n government is fundamentally different. one key way is it is seeking public goods rather than financial returns. measuring performance is more challenging, not impossible, but more challenging. one commonality, whether you are in the private sector or in government, and a knowledge

her had we marshall federal assets to draw a broadband deeper and utilizing federal lands. the other thing we would hope for is to talk about the leadership with respect to state local sightings as well. assist leadership at 92 and 96 to give guard whales in guy guidance about how this can and should work to make sure we have deployment of wireless and broadband. federal guidance also needs to be updated. when we get the rules right 5g will be transformative to your communities. it will unlock self driving cars in the internet of things. it will create jobs in downtown pittsburgh. the server $200 million in the economy. that's why were excited about winning the 5g race. need make sure all americans have access to broadband. we think with bold leadership of this congress and committee we can and need to do both thank you. >> at this time you have five minutes. >> as you know, for the last year aca and its members have been discussing with members of both sides of the aisle the administration and fcc about how to effectively and efficiently close the digital divide. aca appre

on my first appearance as the chairman of the federal reserve. i want to express my appreciation for chair, janet yell skpn her important contributions. the economy continued to strengthen and policymakers normalize the level of interest rates and the size of the balance sheet. together, we have worked to ensure a smooth leadership transition and provide for continuity in monetary policy. i would like to express my appreciation for my colleagues on the federal open market committee and finally, i want to affirm my continued support for the objectives assigned to us by congress, maximum employment and price stability and transparency about the federal reserve policies and programs. transparency is the foundation for our account spblt i'm committed to explaining what we're doing and why. today, i will briefly discuss the current economic sbags out look before turning to monetary policy. the u.s. economy grew at a solid pace into this year. monthly job gains, averaged 179 thou through july to december and in january. this pace of job growth was suff

and federal law infringes on efforts in two ways, first federal insurance, there's a difference between the bank of north dakota and bank on cannibis, it will likely not get federal deposit insurance, ruling out the commercial bank charter but leave open the possibility of a credit union or new public bank charter that does not require federal insurance. second is the federal reserve payment system, this is referred to as the master account number. a traditional public bank should be able to get a master account number from the federal reserve but a bank with cannibis likely not. this was the result in the colorado case mentioned, it was charted by the state of colorado but denied the master. that lawsuit is still pending but the bank of north dakota is the alternative example. it does not have federal insurance because it is backed by the state of north dakota and has received a master account number from the federal reserve system. i can speak more about the bank of north dakota, some of your earlier questions highlighted their practices. recommendations are for the strongest possible

people say the federal workforce is growing. it has stayed steady as responsibilities have increased. i think the point is correct. when you say three to four months to get through the process, it can take beyond the year. a lot of people can't wait that long. one area that the government has to change is the hiring process. if you talk to anyone on the inside that cares about the operation of government, they will point to that. take explain why it make three or four months. guest: to be clear about this, i'm talking about career hiring. there are some similarities. part of it begins with the process. it's incredibly difficult. there's a lot of information that's required. the federal government adopts .rocesses that are unique i think that's something more that needs to happen. security clearances, there's a massive backlog. that could be a huge hindrance in getting talent. host: who would play the biggest role in making changes? is a combination? load is onbiggest the executive branch. the rules need to be modernized. many of

more state, local, and private, less federal. why if the impetus will be mostly on state and local governments to do this, why aren't they doing it now? guest: they are doing it now. i think the majority of infrastructure spending in this country is at the state and local level. just surface travel and water, 75%. a little more is state and local and that is under the status quo . this would increase that slightly, but fundamentally it is not a major shift in how we deliver infrastructure in this country right now. the state and local are still the most important. they own this infrastructure. as kevin said, if you take this in the context of the budget it means one thing. if you assume that this program goes on top of additional spending, which some of what was telegraphed in from the administration leading up to the announcement suggests they do not think congress will enact any of the cuts they are suggesting. you can view this in two very different ways. host: how realistic is it, given the current state of congress, that an

our federal government. we need to see all of those nonprofits and others focused on making sure that in addition to whatever policy they want, we have a government that is effective at delivering results for the public. that is our focus. how do you get good talent in the government, how do you make sure it is well led, and how do you make sure the system promotes effective and efficient delivery of services. how do you make sure people care about what government does and does it well. get most nonprofits, we donations from individuals, foundations, corporate support, and we do a fair amount of work training leaders in government. that work is done the poor service. as a ceo of a nonprofit, it is where i spend a decent chu nk of my time. host: what is the president's role for filling federal positions? guest: we have a crazy system. it is a good starting point. no other democracy on this planet has anything posted. the president has 4000 political appointees to make. 1200 of those require senate information

want to receive federal grants. [applause] i do not want to defund any urisdiction, cities, states, but we want them to rethink -- we want them to change their policies and start to cooperate with our i.c.e. officers whose lives can be at risk when they go out in neighborhoods chasing somebody down when just a few days before they were in the state slammer. we can do better. we are not going to send funds to jurisdictions that do not meet the minimum standards of partnership. all of us have known how the detainer system has worked for decades and we are getting a lot more lawyers harassing and filing and objecting than before, but this partnership where one jurisdiction holds the prisoner for the other jurisdiction is fundamental to successful law enforcement. it's just basic partnership, and i know that this is important to you and i was in florida last week to discuss our ongoing opioid crisis and i had the chance to meet with a number of florida this was. and working with you, the national this was association, 1

federal reserve officials and former federal reserve officials they can make a clear case for there to be four interest rate hikes my concern is that might be one or two too many for this economy to handle it again this is an economy that is built on the building blocks of this economy our debt and making debt more expensive tends to make the economic outlook a lot more fragile and one of the people danielle who may have a lot of influence on what the f.o. mc does and particularly on the new chair jay powell would be the number two in charge the first year in government to what the new administration is spent putting people in place and and then the second year they really start you know put it into a second third gear and at the fed we still got that second spot open do you have any idea who the president might want to nominate and are you available well i would certainly be available but i'm not so sure that they wouldn't bar and change the doors and not allow me i'm trying to trying to really hear. what do you think they're going to choose well you know it's been the names that h

state chartered credit unions and federal credit unions. in all cases, the numbers have been decreasing and the asset size increasing per institution. but the most dramatic is with the commercial banksment you can see the increase in asset size by type of institution. the blue dotted line, which is jumping up the highest over time is the national commercial banks. what that means for the city, we're working now with much larger institutions. their focus is certainly national, international really in all cases. while san francisco is one of their markets, it's certainly not the focal point or key to their mission and business objectives. so back to the options and some of the benefits and limitations of each. the commercial banks and the ones that the city has been using have extensive service capable. they're highly capitalized and collateralized. it's a charter for additional depository institution such as commercial bank or industrial bank, the banks are required by state law, to get federal deposit insurance. the city of san francisco wo

right.are entirely it is a real challenge for the federal workforce. there are approximately 2 million career show so servants, and that is not including the postal service. a lot of times people say the workforce is topsy-turvy. not so. it is actually pretty steady. i think the callers is entirely correct. unfortunately, it can take beyond a year. note, thereightly are a lot of folks that can't wait that long. one area of the federal government has to change in is how we process. >> explain a little more about why it might take just four months, or a year, what goes into that timeframe? >> there are some similarities. part of it begins with the process, which is incredibly difficult. there is a lot of information that is required. in many ways the federal government adopts processes that are unique to it rather than standard process in the private sector. big difference, however, are things like security clearances where there is a massive blog. that can be a huge hindrance in getting talent for a lot of different jobs. biggest role in making changes

of federal law officers. i have seen it work and i know it works. we respect you. we know that you do not work for us, i can tell you that. that is why we reinstated our equitable sharing program. civil asset forfeiture is a key tool. fromevents new crimes being committed, it weakens the criminals and the cartels. thel asset forfeiture take material support -- takes that material support of the criminal and makes it that material support of law enforcement. funds that were once being used to take lives are now been used to save lives -- are now being used to save lives. [applause] there is nothing wrong with adoptive forfeitures. congress is worried about it. we have all worked on it. weis really important that convey to them how important forfeiture is. how it has always been a part of our system and how the supreme court on multiple occasions has a firm did -- has affirmed it. the whole thing is unconstitutional. how can it be? the supreme court has been ruling on this for years. adoptive forfeitures cannot

with the federal system of justice.believe the federal system adequately addresses the crime problem, especially at the internationall at trafficking of drugs into the country. mandatory minimums are a vital tool for us as prosecutors to move up the food chain and prosecute those who are major traffickers and dealers in ,heroin methamphetamine, those types of drugs. the federal system is working well. there is a lot of confusion about how the system works. prisonersf federal are serving minimum sentences. anymore are charged with mandatory minimum crimes, but as a result of the mandatory minimums they cooperate and get sentences reduced. we have a safety valve to where if you are a first-time offender did not use a weapon, are not the leader, you avoid the mandatory minimums to start with. and: what are the myths misunderstandings/ there is a bipartisan push on capitol hill to do something about the nation's prisons and alleviate the population. some see mandatory sentencing as a way to do that. guest: the myth is the m

federal law.> tucker: you don't believe in federal law because this city card, the i.d. that you madeau possible, is explicitly designed to prevent federal immigration authorities from enforcing federal law. obviously you don't believe in some federal laws. i just want to know what you think. if you could make the law, would you allow, as a theoretical matter, noncitizens to vote? >> i mean, no, of course not. we have laws on the books to make sure that citizens can vote. i just don't believe in demonizing undocumented neighbors. i don't believe in turning people into the other. that is not how i run my office, this is not why i ran for office. i'm a son of immigrants. and when i hear this kind of rhetoric -- >> tucker: that's irrelevant. you were born in this country. you're a citizen. y the question is not do you like all people here, that is a separate category. the question is, is there a meaningful difference between a citizen and noncitizen? you are trying to erase that difference. >> of cou

--r federal worker, julie judy federal worker, retired man. caller: when we shut down the federal government, senatorial and congressional employees, their pay should not be continued. it should be stopped. they get and other workers get use some of that money to increase the deficit we have, like a lot of states are right to work states. they chose to be senators, congressional paper will. they need to be accountable for that. to be accountable for the government. host: what did you experience the shutdown while you are with the government caller: i did. it think it was the first one, probably in the mid-90's. weeknk we were off for a or so, not that long. mother's up and down, up and down. people who talk about opioids, use money for stuff like that. for people to have grandchildren. thehen you experienced shutdown, the thing terms they do today, essential, non-essential employees, things like that yes. i was a nonessential employee. i worked for trade united states army recruiting command. i was the secretary. >> thanks for your call from i

the federal government, and previous decades, has sent federal troops into states when they do stuff you understand the fire that they are playing with? it's cool because you think illegals should stay here? >> i just think that throughout the judiciary, we have shown that the states and cities are the laboratory of democracy, the states have such power to do much more than the federal government has done. what we are seeing here, a city saying we will push back against the overbearing government. we've done that. >> tucker: you're getting your bumper stickers confused. the colonials -- okay. [laughs] i'm sorry. i'm not allowing you to teach american history on my show because it -- >> that's why we had a colonial war. a revolutionary war because we pushed against a tyrant, while that violated the rights of us -- >> tucker: i wish heou didn't say we.ua since you are not a citizen. you don't get to say "we." >> i'm an american. ii think values make you an american. >> tucker: i don't know who told you that that -- no. you become an american when you become a citizen.io that is the def

--etimes we informed federal we and federal law enforcement can help you by not being bound by jurisdictional limits and can be really good partners with you in important cases. -- important chases. i know many of you have met with president trump, and jonathan, i think you will be doing that again. he is very open and very serious when he says i am a line order president. i doubt any president has met with more law enforcement groups in the time he is been there, and it's not as if he hasn't had a few other things to do. he has done that regularly. [applause] i do appreciate your comments and saying we do listen, we want to be partners because we want to improve public safety in america. we want to see it get better, safer. we have to work with you to do that. i know that sometimes in the past, law enforcement has not received the support it needs and deserves. politicians sometimes tire hands -- tie your hands and our hands with an effective policies and failed to recognize the difficulties your deputies face every day. sometimes they don't understand it or respect the importance of the wor

after that senate confirmation hearing for nominees for positions with the federal trade commission. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein has announced the charges have been filed against 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for allegedly interfering in the us political system, including the 2016 presidential election. his announcement is about ten minutes. >> good afternoon. a grand jury in the district of columbia today returned an indictment presented by the special counsel's office. the indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere in the united states political system. this includes the 2016 presidential election. the defendants allegedly conducted with a call to information warfare against the united states with the stated goals of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. according to the allegations of the indictment 12 of the individual defendants worked at various times for a company called internet research agency llc, a russian comedy based

drugs can or cannot be a very good platform for a specific federal official. it's very hard to pin your hopes on whoever is or is not in the white house.i would not recommend it. things are going to change to fast yes, it's a great question. >> it shaved its success because of the reagan administration but ultimately the reagan administration caused us to self-employment as well and all because of money. >> so did the dare program of the mid-late 80s, when it started, was the outcome of, were they riding the wave .? i read ultimately that was not very successful. >> it wasn't very successful. der has had a lot of problems. it was a program, everyone's familiar with the dare program. the drug education program. calls would come in the classrooms in elementary or middle school and talk about the dangers of drug use. for the most part that was, they could not decrease drug use, in fact it might have inspired drug use because now parents knew what to look for. that was actually sounded in 1983 by a los angeles police official, darrell gates. he formed their with t

>> it was a federal judge. amy: a federal judge ruled on a free speech issue in your case and state your deportation, which was set for this past saturday. loucks correct. what is even more important to note, the judge -- this was an agreement between the government agents, ice itself, and my attorneys and they both agreed to stay this deportation in the judge was does all the judge did was ratified what was agreed to. amy: explain what that case was about. >> that was about free speech. a targetingeeing is of leadership, immigrant voices who are speaking out against this travesty, this terror is a show of our community, immigrant community. the destruction of our families and the people around us. they are taking this with an cause, with a plan to further terror, psychological warfare they call it, against those people. because if they take me away -- i have a lot of support. it sends a message that no matter who you are, who is supporting you, we you will be deported. juan: were you jus surprised by the decis

the federal courts will. it is not going to happen that way, because americans -- it is a long story -- american preparedence was not for that shift in fundamentalism. it is too bad, but it is true. reconstruction is a huge tug-of-war between -- it is as old as our original constitution. the struggle. what exactly are the powers of the federal government and the states? and those powers got vastly changed by the civil war. the question was -- will they stay changed? or would the power of state sovereignty, especially when used now by resurgent democratic party's in the south and its vision -- let's just be honest, it is vision was a virulent white supremacist vision, which was not going to tolerate black civil rights, or for that landr, even black ownership. in the 1870's, and that by 1875, 1876, all of the ex-confederate states except three had been taken back -- control of those states had been taken back by the southern democrats, and they -- the reconstructive process. but federalism is at the heart of it

elaine chao: you know, federal money is not free. federal money comes from our communities. people, taxpayers and our communities. they take that money and send it to washington and we decide how to use it and send it back to the communities with a lot of strings attached on what they need to do. so what we are trying to do is to recognize the states and thatities and communities understand best weather infrastructure needs are. and to allow them to have much greater flexibility to decide their own projects. in conjunction and in partnership with the federal government. reporter: one of the other facets of the president's plan does include addressing -- can you address why that was not included within the infrastructure plant? what does the administration plan to do about that important source of funding? elaine chao: the highway truck fund does need to be addressed because every year more money goes out of it than is received. this will be a huge problem in 2021. we in conjunction with the congress of got to address this issue. so, we are not in any disagreement about that

we led the federal government in that effort. eventually we were joined by the department of justice and the state attorney general's enjoined my action and there is still ongoing in my view, misleading and dispositive -- deceptive advertising surrounding powerful painkillers that could lead to opiate addictions and death. it also can lead to lasting damage to careers, lives and families. i will come your receptiveness and i hope to work with you on ongoing solutions to this problem. i want to come back to the bread-and-butter of the ftc, the ninth circuit's decision in ftc versus at&t mobility has followed you -- as all of you know by virtue of your legal training, this decision enables companies to escape ftc authority and frustration by purchasing a minor side business that creates a major gap in your jurisdiction, you being the ftc jurisdiction, providing a common carrier service even if it engages in all kinds of unfair and deceptive practices with a regarding the rest of it. in effect, it means that verizon by virtue of its

there's no interest in changing the federal standing. we should assume that the marijuana on a federal level will remain a schedule one drug. the real reason it's treacly is because of its own history. cannabis is the only truck that has had the distinct ability to move back and forth between legal and illegal. and it has done so repeatedly. these are state laws may seem to change quite a bit. the pendulum doesn't stop swinging and that's because activists keep rising up to push it in the opposite direction. only about 60% support legalization. recent reports show only 10% of americans actually smoke pot with any regularity. why legalization is important that doesn't have the same personal think that issues like a marriage or universal healthcare deaths. we are talking about an intoxicating truck. the reason ideas keep changing this because arguments about the drug is about more than the drug in its use. oftentimes it can mean many things at once. for some it might represent freedom from government interference in personal life freedom f

the federal government has borne substantial cost as a result of this crisis. a medicare prescription drug

both our countries are federations, and indeed our federation and constitution were no small measure inspired by yours. government is described as being washington style, they of washington and westminster. theemplating about australian federation is like -- complaining about the us trillion is like complaining about the swiss mountains. our two nations are federations of great states. each is so much greater than the sum of the parts. ofit says on the great seal the united states, on the scroll carried of the beak of the eagle, e pluribus unum, out of many one. i'm struck by the sheer adversity of ties that bind or two countries. utah, wherebert of an australian mining company has generated more at sports, income, and employment than any other private sector operation. chairman send a val, australian german sandoval, australian engineers are working with the university of nevada, made the first regulator approved supplies for 7-eleven. i'm told are working with nasa to sort out the details of air traffic control. relationship,ur as proud and independent federations, really came of a

hairs but to split it's $200 billion of federal money over 10 years. that's offset by $170 billion of cuts to existing federal infrastructure programs over that same time which means it's $30 billion of new money over 10 years, $3 billion per year. compare that to the $80 billion per year in funding, increased funding the defense department just received and it's pretty obvious that this is not really a priority for this president. from kathy is up first mesh again, a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning john and dan. was born and raised in flint in 1957. gm business being there, there were a lot of roads built and sidewalks. you could get anywhere really by walking or riding your bike. there was a lot of driving. the roads are in poor condition in the state of michigan and that's a long story but i think we need to encourage the building of paths for people to walk or fixing the roots of people can safely travel. there is nothing wrong with that. when people see someone walking, they think they have a mental health issue when really, we should

federal reserve officials and former federal reserve officials they can make a clear case for there to be four interest rate hikes my concern is that might be one or two too many for this economy to handle it again this is an economy that is built on the building blocks of this economy our debt and making debt more expensive tends to make the economic outlook a lot more fragile and one of the people danielle who may have a lot of influence on what the f.o. mc does and particularly on the new chair jay powell would be the number two in charge of the first year in government what the new administration is spent putting people in place and and then the second year they really start you know put it into a second third gear and at the fed we still got that second spot open do you have any idea who the president might want to nominate and are you available well i would certainly be available but i'm not so sure that they wouldn't bar and change the doors and not allow me i'm trying to trying to really hear. who do you think they're going to choose well you know if the names that had been

the debt in utah has been growing at 3.7%, of the federal federal government at 9%. reducing co2. utah has been reducing co2 at 1.9%, the country as a whole only 1.4%. exports. our exports are growing at 8.6% per year. the nation has only been growing at 3.9%. employment growth rate, what a story this is. over those 17 years, growing at 2% per year. whereas the nation is less than half that. personal income growth. wages and salaries here are growing at 5.4%, the nation as a whole only 3.9%. you can turn out the slides now. i happen to believe that the environment that we see here in utah, with our legislature and governor, is an environment that will expand to washington, d.c. were there is respect between people and parties, where we look for common answers, where we balance budgets and see wages going up, fight to improve our schools, make sure the environment is as clean as we can make it, and i intend to fight for those things if i am lucky enough to become your senator. let me make one more comment before i close. i want to talk about where we are headed as a nation. i happe

just like federal rules need to be updated so does that federal guidance. if we get those rules right, when we get those rules right, ig will be transformative to all of your community spirit and will unlock remote surgery, self driving cars in the internet of things it will create jobs, create 2010 or jobs in downtown pittsburgh. 3 million across the country. it will build communities. clarksville tennessee will see over to $200 million added to s economy, 500 billion nationwide. we are excited about winning the 5g race. we also need to make sure in doing that we also make sure all-americans at the exit to broadband at the same time. we think with bold bipartisan leadership by this congress and committee we can and need to do both. thank you, madam chair. >> thank you so much. at this time, mr. polka, five minutes. >> thank you turbaned. as you know, for the last year aca and its members have been discussing with members on both sides of the aisle the administration and fcc about how to effectively and efficiently close the digital divide. .. the administr

thank you for having me here today for the federal regulations of how the federal regulations affect my ranch and others across the country. my name is nels hansen, my family is in the branching in our area for 120 years. today, my son is home taking care of the ranch so i can be with you today. as stated, i am the past president of the association, past chairman of the wyoming state grazing board, member of the national almonds association, i currently serve as secretary-treasurer for national public lands council. our ranch covers 230,000 acres around in central wyoming. it's private and bln in checkerboard land. and we stand over three waters, and beyond branching, we take as much of the last 30 years working on these issues that we are discussing today in wyoming and in washington dc across the west. as recently as last week at the national almonds convention, i taught the class on working with other agencies and how to try cto educate people how to get along and work towards their goal. in our interactions with the federal agencies, our first priority is also waste to identify c