Building, so i hope everyone had a good time with that. This winter meeting, we are privileged for marquis domestic partnerss attendance, including governmental staff. Their presence is greatly appreciated and we thank you for your contribution to our meeting. I will ask individuals to stand so we can recognize them. With regard to our former governors representing eight states, Kentucky Governor arnie fletcher, governor fletcher is here. Maine governor john the current in john mccurn in. Maryland governor parris clendenin. Mississippi governor, ronnie musgrove. Pennsylvania governor tom corbett. Pennsylvania governor mark schweiker. Top carolina governor jim hodges. Virginia governor george allen, Virginia Governor gilmore and guarantor. I guess they all get to sleep in now because they are former governors. Again, thanks for their participation and my personal thanks for them attending the meeting. I want to talk a little about my initiative. It has been about six months since we lau
From the New York Times, a forceful defense from the fbi under attack by the gop. The democratic memo bus republican charges. We will turn to that in 45 minutes. Inside todays New York Times, and donald trump, evangelicals have found the president. David brody joins us in the studio. Thanks for joining us. Guest thanks for having me. Host tell us about your book and why evangelicals trust donald trump. Guest do we have six or seven hours because there is a lot to unpack . I think there is a culture. They see a culture warrior and donald trump. I know that sounds crazy to folks, but its true. Donald trump is a guy that paints in bold absolutes. When you put the two together, they like the fact that he is a fighter. He is fighting for traditional judeochristian principles, which is shocking to many, but the truth of matter is that it shows that god has a sense of humor for sure because he, as in god, will send evangelicals donald trump of all people for judeochristian values. As we dig d
Bounceback quicker. This has to be part of a economic strategy. You cannot have climate happen and not Pay Attention to the cost today and the escalating cost tomorrow. There are tremendous benefits if you stand up and do what is our moral responsibility. The gentlemans time has expired. I think the administrator for her leadership. We will recognize the gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to start by showing a brief video clip. I was recently criticized for actually doing a tremendous amount of outreach. That is the kind of criticism i would really welcome. It was very painful for me to read how successful it was her people to comment on our rules. The tremendous outreach administrator maccarthy is one thing. But when you use this outreach intentionally to generate nearly one million positive comments on court rule. And not only, using that outreach for activist groups outside of the organization, that i have in front of me, the newsletter from an aba manage
Rules. That is when i explain it in a goes through rep. Brooks you have no judgment a you cannot explain it to the committee . Admin mccarthy there is no specific definition i can offer you. A judgment that will be well documented by the science. Rep. Brooks how long has the epa been working on that . Admin mccarthy since we created the Clean Air Act. Rep. Brooks what year . Admin mccarthy 1990 . Rep. Brooks decades later you still do not have the definition. Admin mccarthy it is not apply to that away. Chairman smith thank you. The gentleman from virginia. Rep. Beyer thank you for being so patient and gracious this morning despite rather combative nature of the questioning. Our chair, my good friend and distinguished chair claims the epa has severely damage our economy. How do you reconcile that with 64 straight months of job growth and 12. 8 million private sector jobs and tripling of the stock market. If there is not perhaps better to look at the infrastructure bills we failed to pa
That decision to uphold the conviction coming down from the u. S. Court of appeals fourth circuit. The decision outlined in this 89 page opinion says mcdonald received a fire trial fair trial. Back in september, juries found them guilty of doing favors for Johnny Williams in exchange for more than 165,000 in gives and loans. Mcdonnell responding in a quote saying i am greatly disappointed with the courts decision today. I have never violated my responsibilities nor disregard of the law. I remain blessed to have the unwavering support of my family and great friends which continues to sustain me. His legal team says the fight for justice is far from over and they say this case is expected to go to the supreme court. Todays ruling is dealing with mcdonnells case, not his wife. Jummy police speaking out about a robbery that ended with a clerk shot. Our Northern Virginia Bureau Chiefs life in stafford where police wrapped up a conference. Chief is live in stafford. This was a huge break in