in your experience at putnam in putnam county, are you looking more at extending new or replacing old? where's the push-pull there in terms of water infrastructure? >> both actually. we are expanding as i mentioned earlier in my testimony we just finished up a large sewer expansion to existing homes and businesses, but we are also very well aware of the maintenance that has to be done and up keep of our system, so we have expanded our water treatment plant as you know and have been there to see it, so we're still in that balance of doing both. >> is it easier to get funding for one or the other? >> i haven't had a difficult time obtaining funding for either one. >> okay. the other thing in your testimony you mentioned the -- we passed the word of bill last year as we were leaving and in that is a water infrastructure financing method similar to tifia for water ways and water projects, in my view this holds great promise i feel as though for another fund k mechanism for rural america and rural american water systems, you have expressed some skepticism about that would you like to speak

county, west virginia, testifying on behalf of putnam county. mike is known as an expert in our state and really throughout the nation in this area. he received a bachelors of science from west virginia tech and he has a masters from marshall university. he served as the general manager since 2004 and previously the director of the west virginia rural water association. rural communities and everybody is referencing this, have had particular challenges in west virginia not only do we have rural communities, we have some tough terrain to pose significant challenges for the deployment and the maintenance and operation of drinking water and waste water infrastructure. you know what, mike has found a way, very creatively, in his area, to work with the regulatory compliance and leveraging the federal dollars to extend a lot of municipal water to a lot of people. and we talked just yesterday, still some people left, that we can't forget about, and we won't forget about, but i know he'll bring valuable insight to this committee and, mike, thank you for

in your experience at putnam, in putnam county, are you looking more at extending new or replacing old? i mean, where's the push/pull there in terms of water infrastructure? mr. mcnulty: both, actually. we are expanding, as i mentioned earlier in my testimony, we just finished up a large sewer expansion to existing homes and businesses. but we're also very well aware of the maintenance that has to be done and upkeep of our system, so we've expanded our water treatment plant, as you know. sen. capito: right. is it easier to get funding for one or the other? mr. mcnulty: i haven't had a difficult time obtaining funding for either one. sen. capito: ok. ok. the other thing in your testimony, you mentioned the -- we passed the water bill last year as we were leaving and in that is wifia which is a water infrastructure financinge inging method similar to tifia for the waterways and for water projects. now, in my view, this holds great promise, i feel as though, for another funding mechanism for rural america, rural america water systems. you've expressed some skepticism for that. would you l

on the putnam prize competition, i did beat him our sophomore year.mily: how did you get to know bill? steve: we got to know each other, eight lunch and dinner, took math class together, brainstormed a little bit about what he was doing when he started microsoft. about year after the company moved to seattle, he called up, i was at stanford business school and he said we could really use a guy like you. emily: you joined microsoft in 1980. you were the 30th employee. wasn't there a time during this first few weeks where you are thinking i don't know if this place is for me and maybe i should quit? steve: bill and i were arguing. i wanted to add a bunch of people and build not want to add them. he said you are going to bankrupt this place. i thought why did i drop out of school? bill and his dad took me out and that's where i make up in my head that bill invented this computer on every desk and in every home. he said something like steve, you don't get it. we're going to put a computer on every desk and every home. i bought into it and stayed for a tot

putnam also points out that daycare and transportation needs constrain the amount of choice that poor parents have when it comes to voucher programs. we should all be working to fix that gap, but the voucher programs that mrs. devos advocates for threaten to increase the gap. the system that mrs. devos advocated for in detroit, michigan, has undermined public schools and hurt students in the process. in 2014, michigan taxpayers spent $1 billion on charter schools, but laws regulating them are weak and the state demands little accountability. the "detroit free press" reported on the detroit school system, finding a system where school founders and employees steered lucrative deals to themselves or to other insiders, where schools were allowed to operate for years despite their poor academic records. the "detroit free press" described a system with no state standards for those who operate charters and where a record number of charter schools run by for-profit companies refused to detail how exactly they are spending taxpayer dollars. one data mother said that mrs. devos' -- this is a qu

putnam will aim tojoin them later, they meet belgian side against the night.soon. further announcement would follow soon. more after ten o'clock. right, we have loads of comments from you about eating a lot of fruit and veg ona about eating a lot of fruit and veg on a daily basis. could you eat this all day, not all play, could you eat this a day, ten portions, as you can see? obviously you're not going to eat a lemon, i get that, that is just because it looks nice and yellow, but tend portions of fruit and veg a day, effectively —— ten portions. the latest research suggests we need to eat this to a cancer, heart disease and salon. how realistic is it, and what about fun to get your kids to eat more, because it is hard enough, as you know, to get them to eat five. earlier the lead author of the research —— dr dagfinn aune from imperial college in london —— spoke to the bbc and explained what he had found. what we did, what we conducted and did combined analysis of 95 already published studies on fruit and vegetable intake and mortality risk. and we found that

we take our first round, and additional senator, we start with senator putnam. >> i have several ideas on how to lower the price of medicine, but i would like to set those aside and start with the president's idea, bidding and negotiation. if confirmed, you will be the captain of the president's health team and have to persuade republican this to change the law so that the president can fulfill the pledge, more affordable prices for medicine through bidding jazz captain of the health team, will you do that? >> drug prices are afforded by individuals, access to affordable care, the negotiation of part d standpoint which i remind folks is a real success story, the cost of medications for seniors is half of what it was projected to be when part d past, pbms doing that right now. specific idea, it is the president's, the question is will you advocate to republicans for authority to negotiate? yes or no? >> what i was going to respond if you will allow me is to say right now the pbms i doing that negotiation. it is important to have the conversation and look at whether there is a better way