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Thank you, madam chair. On want to get gavelled on. Well, you have 28 more seconds if you wish to continue. No. I will get some credit out of you. Oh, need your credit, thats true. Now were going to complete this first panel, which started a very long time ago, seems like yesterday. And were going to do it this way. Im going to give senator whitehouse take my two minutes. Senator vitter okay . Senate inhoff, senator sessions and then ill close. Everybody has two more minutes, okay . So lets star...

Good morning, welcome to al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. The first snow storm of the year is over. Millions of americans are bracing for bitter cold conditions. Forecasters say the next few days could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades. The wind chill factor may broach 50 below zero. The governor of new york and new jersey declared state of emergency, and temperatures are expected to reach zero degrees. The windchill is in effect until 5am in the...

In blizzardlike conditions. The governors of new york and new jersey declared states of emergency. In boston temperatures are expected to reach zero degrees. The cold snap is not over, and reporters forecasters say prepare for another blast. Richelle carey has more. The first winter storm of 2014 delivered. Almost 2 feet of sydney in parts of massachusetts, 18 in new york, and parts of ramont the wind chill made it fill like 29 below, cold enough to cause frostbite in half an hour. In maine, its...

Other body has in effect decided to, if not slowwalk tax reform, certainly take its time. Last month, the news here in washington was full of headlines about various discussions among the house leaders, and you got a sense all of them speak for themselves that the tax reform issues they were apparently going to take their foot off the gas. So, mr. President , it does not seem that the other body is poised to move forward any time soon on comprehensive tax reform, so because there is little indic...

Injustice, corruption, violence and immorality in our nation and world. Use our lawmakers to do what is best rewarding their faithfulness with a bountiful harvest. Lord, do for them. Immeasurably, abundantly, above all that they can ask or imagine, according to your power working in and through them. May the whisper of your wisdom fill our senators with peace, power and praise. Lord, infuse them with confidence in the ultimate triumph of your purposes. We pray in your righteous name. Amen. The p...

Committee in the congress the room to work on reform and decide which provisions to keep. For now, this is about balancing shortterm needs and longterm goals. In the coming months, the finance committee is going to pursue a tax reform plan on a bipartisan basis that gives all americans the opportunity to get ahead. But right now whats needed is to protect jobs and deliver more certainty. On april 3rd the finance committee passed the expiring provisions improvement reform and efficiency act. Mr. ...

President xi jinping. Day two of a threeday stroist china. These are live images coming through from there at the moment. We do have, of course, arriving here threeday visit, accompanied by a whole gamut of Business Executives from germany as they try to drum up trade between the two countries. Lets look in more detail and get to beijing itself. Stephen engle is there with a closer look at the visit here. Steve . Im looking at it just as you are right here. Shes going to be given full military h...

Energy use has declined as the economy has grown. Cars and trucks are becoming more efficient. All of that is good. At the same time, when you look at the affect that we already see from a destabilizing climate, droughts, wildfires, severe storms, you know that we need to be doing everything we can to accelerate a transition to a clean energy future, and weeks when we set the standard that high, that is when the president does not always reach the right marks. The way the president has laid out ...

Other parts of africa. Therefore, the key ingredient to progress there is speed. The quicker we surge in a response, the quicker we blunt the number of cases and the risk ,o other parts of the world including the u. S. , decreases. Angress has provided agreement to use money from the department of defense. Received 30e million for the first 11 weeks of this fiscal year, which we appreciate. Has an unprecedented number of people in the field right now in west africa and texas. How many people do ...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 415, the nays are 6. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the Senate Amendments are agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what rpose purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition . Madam speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accomp...