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Speech on the senate floor. the senate passed a $7 billion water bhoirl. the senator signed off on $175 million in aid for flint michigan. the bill also allots $558 million to california for drought relief. that part of the measure faced push back from california senator barbara boxer because she said that legislation eases back some environmental regulati regulations. still ultimately the bill which also allows 30 new infrastructure projects have gotten done and awaits president obamas signatur...

Straitjacket on ourselves. and while everyone wants to do what they can in this country, there is always the cost factor and i think theres the balance that a mandate like that would put us in a straitjacket. i think theres no question. everyone wants to buy u.s. made products. we need to bring our manufacturing back to this country to put people to work. >> why not have that provision? do you agree -- do you believe that american made steel should be the first priority and that is what we shoul...

The first out of the gate could be infrastructure. both sides seem to be willing to work on something that could rebuild roads, bridges, other aspects of infrastructure projects that need a lot of work. thats something democrats want to work with the president-elect on, but at the same time if the tone out of the gate is, hey, were just going to repeal the presidents health care law, were going to go through a litany of priorities that strictly appeal to republicans, you know, that tone could ev...

Away from its closing high. looking at the biggest gainer on the dow. caterpillar is up 38%. much of that happening since the election driven by hopes that donald trump will spend big on infrastructure projects. united health care up more than 30%. shares have fallen recently. goldman sachs and jpmorgan chase having a great year up 26% each. in the quest for world domination, amazon has gone after book stores and retail chains and electronic shops. now grocery stores with a twist. amazon go ...

>> he calls her an outstanding choice. he said with it a laugh. he said he would not recuse himself from voting on the nomination. when asked if he urgeded donald trump to choose her as the labor secretary, he would not, transportation secretary, excuse me, he would not comment. what will be interesting is the relationship between elaine chow and the senate as they try to move forward. the package early next year. well see how they work together. as a political the unit to push together a major ...

Infrastructure projects and give investors an 80 plus percent tax credit for their investment in these projects. anytime you have a private investor, paying for public infrastructure, it means that they have to get a return on their investment. so you have to go to a toll road or something else that spins off a user fee. so this is the privatization of public infrastructure, a terrible idea. >> for profit, for profit. >> exactly. wasting these tax credits on investors who frankly they dont need ...

Issues throughout the course of a day. i dont think we should be surprised hes moving around on some of these issues. its got to be -- at some point hes got to present a budget. at some point hes got to present a policy initiative that hes going to push, and we need to kind of be patient, and wait and see what it exactly looks like on paper when it gets to the house of representatives, and then we start that discussion. >> so some of the specific things mr. trump backed off on, climate change, h...

Excited about laguardia airport anymore, but back then it was one of the u.s. governments great infrastructure successful stories just like the golden gate bridge and the hoover dam. this country has a long history of big, exciting infrastructure projects that capture the publics imagination, and thats why this got some people really excited when they heard it. >> we will rebuild our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, highways, airports, schools, hospitals. we will rebuild our country, and were go...

A few years later they got their airport. years it became the worlds busiest airport. revolutionary. dime to watch planes take off and land. excited about laguardia airport anymore, but back then it was great infrastructure successful stories just like the golden gate bridge and the hoover dam. this country has a long history of big, exciting infrastructure projects that capture the publics imagination, and thats why this got some people really excited when they heard it. >> we will rebuild our ...

Stories just like the golden gate bridge and the hoover dam. this country has a long history of big, exciting infrastructure projects that capture the publics imagination, and thats why this got some people really excited when they heard it. >> we will rebuild our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, highways, airports, schools, hospitals. we will rebuild our country, and were going to put a lot of people to work. our roads are bad, our schools are bad, our highways, our tunnels, our bridges, our br...