Good morning. I call this hearing to order. President trump has made improving our nations infrastructure a top priority. And this committee is continuing its effort to highlight our nations infrastructure needs. As i stated infrastructure is critical to our nations prosperity. In personal meetings i have met with members of this committee, both sides of the aisle, and i will tell you that infrastructure is always listed as a top priority. It is a priority because it is a driver of the nations economy and it impacts every community. This committee has a long history of working together in a bipartisan way on infrastructure issues. I want to continue that tradition. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has sweeping jurisdiction over our nations infrastructure. Our last hearing focused on highways and roads and the needs of rural water systems, all of which within this committees purview. Recent natural weather events in the last month in california and in other western stat
Because we are going through the same thing. Were going through the outofcompetition tests. All of that stuff. For me, in terms of internationally there has to be something done and something done now. Announcer and transparency issues at the tsa. Congresse relying on and youre going to withhold information . To the best of my knowledge, the guidance is not in writing will stop wait a minute . You just made this up . It is not in writing . Practice. Standing notice not. Is this a Standard Practice . Reince no, it is not. When is no turning point one Government Agency is investigating another government agencies. Senator bernie sanders. The fight against racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia. We are telling mr. Trump and his friends loudly and clearly, we are not going backwards. We are going forward. Rubiocer senator marco at a hearing on financial fraud targeting senior citizens. When you look at a list of the top fraudsters, they are almost entirely from south florida and almost
You go to a Department Store and as a young person youre not afraid to ask questions of your parents. I would say, why is there a colored restroom, why is there a white restroom . Why do signs there for, and water fountains and white water fountains . I was told that that was the way his. I said, why . Arts we all people arent we all people . I did not go to school with any africanamerican or other ethnic groups. That has greatly changed. Much to my delight. I went to undergraduate school at clemson university. I went there for Architecture School and they were one of the first to admit an thecanamerican into african and Architecture School. It has been a wonderful experience for me personally to see the change that is happened. I first worked with the native american community, we did a Cultural Resource center for the smithsonian. Over 12 years, you learn a lot. You learn a lot about the culture that is different than yours. Hoping that will be the case when people come to this museu
[speaking in native tongue] translator and we want to turn this into a highvalue added alliance that is ready for the future. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] well, congress is on a weeklong columbus day break. Legislative business resumes tuesday. She was Hillary Clintons deputy chief of staff at the state department and is now working on this comes president ial campaign. After the meeting the benghazi committees top democrat spoke with reporters. Congressman mccarthy making clear what this is all about. We then of course have the handpicked member of the republican staff. To affirm what mr. Mccarthy had already stated we then have congressman hannah to reaffirm all of it. But even if we wanted to put words to the side, the question becomes, we have been asked to not listen to the words of mccarthy, not listen to words of discussed , and not listen to the words of hannah the look at the actions of the committee. We have a situation where is cle
I thank you for your picture just him and your service to this country. I am tom carper and i agree with this message. This hearing record will remain open for 50 days until october to record at 5 00 p. M. So you have time senator baldwin for submission of statements and questions for the record. Thank you all. This hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] just hours before the expected elections for the speaker of House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy removed himself from consideration. Its been reported that outgoing Speaker John Boehner only learned about the decision moments before mr. Mccarthy spoke to members of the caucus. We spoke to a capitol Hill Reporter for an update on the situation. Prescod joining us on the phone from phone from the Washington Post newsroom is someone who covers congress. Thank you for being with us and what has been a very busy day. Guest it has indeed. We started out today thank you we knew the