That representation Transportation Safety issues along with my Ranking Member senator cantwell let me welcome our Signature Panel of witnesses and thank them for this hearing. Well hear from the department of transportation including neil szabat ron brinks and straygur of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and deputy minister of traffic and safety. Welcome to each of you. Fixing americas surface transportation act of 2019 better known as the fastback rasterized the administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface transportation paid sns and fra. Identifying issues this committee should consider as we prepare for reauthorization. The fastback places a greater focus on our nations Multimodal Network that includes establishing the emperor Grant Program. This program and others such as formerly tiger grants are critical to improve our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the winces will provide the committee with an update on efforts to improve our i
How would you sum it up . Caller guest the Democratic Party has lost Rural America and time we get it back. This is our attempt to say there is plenty democratic policies good for Rural America and listening the Democratic Party needs to do. Host was that clear cut the last election or before . Guest the trend has been continuing since 2008, president obama did well in 2008 and less well in 2012 and 2016 was a disaster and you can see the trend. It is important that people understand you cannot win National Elections and you cannot win back the senate if youre not speaking to Rural Americans. Host what is the message to Rural America you think has to be delivered . Guest getting out there and having the right message and part of it is all about health care. Almost every gas station where i am from has a donation box for someone who is sick or got into an accident. Candidates, we are the party of health care. That is the message, one of the many messages. You see what donald trump is do
House budget committee, discusses federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown. And at 9 30, emily martin of the National Womens law discusses efforts to close the gender pay gap. Host political reporting that House Speaker nancy pelosi will meet with Steven Mnuchin to discuss finding ways to avoid budget cuts and raise the debt limit as congress possibly faces another federal shutdown later this year if these issues are not resolved. This is the washington journal for july 10. Part of his political many credit him for the rise of and airdparty system recent poll showed many respondents say the current twoparty system is broken. That is what we want to get your sense of in our first hour of the washington journal. When it comes to the twoparty system, do you think it is broken . Call us and tell us why. If you consider yourself a political independent, 2027488000 is the number to call and everyone else can call at 2027488001. You can post your thoughts on twitter a
Continues. Host a conversati on a reach out to rural voters with heidi from north dakota, former senator from 20132019 and a founding board member of the one country project, j. D. Scholten, and the state director for working hero iowa. One country project. How would you sum it up . Caller guest the Democratic Party has lost Rural America and time we get it back. This is our attempt to say there is plenty democratic policies good for Rural America and listening the Democratic Party needs to do. Host was that clear cut the last election or before . Guest the trend has been continuing since 2008, president obama did well in 2008 and less well in 2012 and 2016 was a disaster and you can see the trend. It is important that people understand you cannot win National Elections and you cannot win back the senate if youre not speaking to Rural Americans. Host what is the message to Rural America you think has to be delivered . Guest getting out there and having the right message and part of it
Usmca that might come as a result of these negotiations that can improve the outcome of American Workers im happy to consider. Its important to remember that usmca is better than nafta by nearly every standard, including labor and environment. So i hope discussions between House Democrats and ambassador lighthizer is an exercise in getting to the yes that i feel Speaker Pelosi wants to get to. One particular area where everyone can agree is that enforcement across the board is a key compromise that must be hammered out. Factors outside of farmers hands such as an oversupply of grain in the global market, an unusually wet spring across the midwest, and natural disasters like flooding have all contributed to increased uncertainty and less profitability for farmers and leading to anxiety among those same farmers. Passing the usmc will help alleviate some of that uncertainty and anxiety for the years ahead by providing stable export market for american corn, soybeans, pork and dairy to nam