i think this is a longtime promotion for joe collins and many of you know him through his work with thepolice and he's actually been [inaudible] for nearly a decade. he brings a lot of experience and a lot of value to this role. that means that the fifth counselor position is open. they are actively recruiting and they are having interviews, i believe, set for january so hopefully we'll be able to have a fifth counselor soon. that's all i have. >> thank you. colleagues, questions? let's go to public comment. thank you for your presentation at public comment is open. public comment is closed. thank you clerk call the next item >> item 14 discussion i'm scheduled 2017 board meetings. esther huish >> we provided a schedule you'll notice that all the second wednesday of each month except for mayweather we have determined that because any pc holds an annual investment conference were moving it to the third wednesday to encourage board members to attend the conference. discussion item only >> thank you. but take public comment on this item. public comment is closed. clerk alden please >> item

i think this is a longtime promotion for joe collins and many of you know him through his work with thepolice and he's actually been [inaudible] for nearly a decade. he brings a lot of experience and a lot of value to this role. that means that the fifth counselor position is open. they are actively recruiting and they are having interviews, i believe, set for january so hopefully we'll be able to have a fifth counselor soon. that's all i have. >> thank you. colleagues, questions? let's go to public comment. thank you for your presentation at public comment is open. public comment is closed. thank you clerk call the next item >> item 14 discussion i'm scheduled 2017 board meetings. esther huish >> we provided a schedule you'll notice that all the second wednesday of each month except for mayweather we have determined that because any pc holds an annual investment conference were moving it to the third wednesday to encourage board members to attend the conference. discussion item only >> thank you. but take public comment on this item. public comment is closed. clerk alden please >> item

. >> joe, thanks so much. >>> chris collins, currently the co-chair of president-elect trump's house leadership committee and services. he also serves on the house energy and commerce committee. good morning, congressman. >> yes, good morning, alisyn. >> let's talk about scott pruitt. how is it going to work when a fierce critic of the epa is put in charge of the epa? >> well, as a fellow fierce critic of the epa, i know he's going to roll back the regulations that have been an overreach. the epa has gone to extreme measures whether it was a couple years ago or last year. the waters of the u.s. trying to regulate and call mud puddles in a pasture navigable waters. the overreach of the epa as the republicans have said have hurt our economy, have hurt our farmers. certainly hurt our energy production and doing so driven up the cost of energy. so, i look at attorney general pruitt as someone who understands balance. the epa is out of balance. they've gone to the extreme. >> yeah. >> he will bring it back in balance and we all want clean water and we all want clean air. but there is an e

joe and his aviators will be sorely missed. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. in 1974, a freshman senator from delaware named joe biden was identified as one of "time" magazine's 200 faces for the future. that priestient pre-- that appreciateient prediction was before the decades of contributions that followed. joe biden served six terms in the united states senate and became vice president of the united states. but he is exactly the same person today as he was more than 40 years ago when he took that first train trip from wilmington to washington to be sworn in as a united states senator. he is everybody's friend but nobody's fool, and while joe biden changed washington, washington never changed him. it is an article of faith among those of us who know and love joe biden that nothing is more important to him than family. it is therefore irony that this good and decent man has faced so many family tragedies during his long and fruitful career in public service. although he has

joe and his aviators will be sorely missed. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. in 1974, a freshman senator from delaware named joe biden was identified as one of "time" magazine's 200 faces for the future. that priestient pre-- that appreciateient prediction was before the decades of contributions that followed. joe biden served six terms in the united states senate and became vice president of the united states. but he is exactly the same person today as he was more than 40 years ago when he took that first train trip from wilmington to washington to be sworn in as a united states senator. he is everybody's friend but nobody's fool, and while joe biden changed washington, washington never changed him. it is an article of faith among those of us who know and love joe biden that nothing is more important to him than family. it is therefore irony that this good and decent man has faced so many family tragedies during his long and fruitful career in public service. although he has

joes >> temple's new head coach was raised in georgia. he says he grew up a flyer hockey fan loving them because of their toughness. sounds like collinsl fit in nicely. he spent the last two years with the florida gators. he's so good he even asked himself questions at the news conference. >> i know the question so i'll ask it now. do i feel pressure? back to back winning the east. do i feel pressure? that's what i live for. that's what i thrive for. >> delaware introduced their new coach. he comes from the football conference. st. joes, the game with the hawks. a 15-4 hawks win 76-68. phillies resigned the infielder to a one year deal. that's a look at sports. >> thank you, ducis. "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline." music from metallica. action news at 4:30. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪ >> "action news" is sponsored by bob's discount

joe and his aviators will be sorely missed. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. ms. collins: mr. president?icer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. in 1974, a freshman senator from delaware named joe biden was identified as one of "time" magazine's 200 faces for the future. that priestient pre-- that appreciateient prediction was before the decades of contributions that followed. joe biden served six terms in the united states senate and became vice president of the united states. but he is exactly the same person today as he was more than 40 years ago when he took that first train trip from wilmington to washington to be sworn in as a united states senator. he is everybody's friend but nobody's fool, and while joe biden changed washington, washington never changed him. it is an article of faith among those of us who know and love joe biden that nothing is more important to him than family. it is therefore irony that this good and decent man has faced so many family tragedies during his long and fruitful career in public service. although he has been sorely teste

collins and ted cruz. so they need eight democrats to come over and eight democrats with very partisan politics you need 20 or 30. you think joe manchin and they're a handful of moderates in red states. e but most of them aren't going to cross over. why is an important? you need 60 votes to get stuff done and that means obamacare to immigration reform for more defense spending all big-ticket items are going to need 50 votes. sin there's a budget procedure and they don't need to get too far into it but there's a special budget procedure that allows majority to work with 51 votes in the senate because you can't filibuster. there are post some pretty strict rules about how to get to reconciliation. it's much easier. tax reform will probably be done that way. it's not clear but again otherwise you get. >> moving on to some of the personalities that we run into on a daily basis in the house and senate. congress can be a very intimidating place. it's not just the more than 500 members of congress and their staff. it's a big place like a small city. they are 27,000 people the work of the legislative ranch that state. the big apparatu

chris collins is joining us and the president of the new york stock exchange is here tom harley along with joe leiberman and john is with us. big show ahead. we kick it off right now with president elect's, former utah governor john huntsman and retired admiral is joining us as well. all of the names on the list. vice president elect mike pence weighed on the process. >> with regard to secretary of state we have been with the list and growing a bit. he's looking for the best men and women to advance the agenda. >> at the moment there's not a fine identity finalist only because he will interview with additional candidates really this week. more than 4. who knows how many finalists there would be. it's a big decision and nobody should rush through it. maria: today president elect donald trump will formally announce homination of retired general james mattis for defense secretary. joining us right now bree, thank you so much for joining the conversation. what are the strengths of the new candidates being considered for secretary of state in your view you've got john huntsman looking at serious co

francis collins has to cancel 700 of the medical research grants that he has already issued. because we have the moonshot headed by joe biden, we are going to find the cure for all those kinds of cancers. that is the great legacy that the vice president of the united states will have. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the vice president: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise in honor of your service, and i just want to tell my favorite joe biden story. this is a story that the vice president has heard me tell, but i want it on record because everyone should know this story. and it's a story of an interaction between our vice president on one of the most important days in his life and a young man from richmond, virginia, my hometown, on one of the most important davis his lievment it was election day 2008 and i was governor of virginia and i was responsible for the running of the elections in my state on that day when senator joe biden was running for vice president with our president barack obama. i received a call in the middle of the morning -- there was going 0 to be