Okay second panel. Are you ready . Just like before start out with Opening Statements from all the panelist followed by questions of members. I recognize thomas. Hes here on behalf of the electricity sub sector coordinating counsel. You have five minutes for opening statement. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is tom fanning. I am the chairman, president and ceo of southern company. Also the immediate past chairman of the electric institute. The association that represents all u. S. Investor electric companies. However im addressing you today in any role as one of three cochairs of the electricity sub sector coordinating counsel. We clob rate with colleagues from public power utility and Rural Electric corporatives. Im pleased to address the subcommittee and share the steps the electric Power Industry is taking to make Energy Infrastructure smarter and resilient. Allowing us to continue delivery affordable and reliable power. The 2017 Hurricane Season highl
Good morning welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im sara eisen im wilfred frost good morning to you from me as well its new music friday. We are kicking off with taylor swifts new song highly anticipated. But not very good i cant tell. Came out overnight i listened to it once upstairs with the team what did the team think. All disappointed, apart from the number one taylor swift fan, karissa. Well have to listen to it a few more times youll hear it more on the show it is new music friday first lets get to the big developing story out of the gulf of mexico, Hurricane Harvey gathering strength the storm a category 2 hurricane. It is expected to make landfall in Southeast Texas later tonight. Harvey is forecast to pack a punch bringing torrential rain, heavy flooding and damaging winds. Widespread evacuations have been ordered up and down the texas gulf coast were seeing a big reaction in the Energy Markets as harvey takes aim. 1 higher for crude prices right now. Same with rbob gasoline, that
Our viewers, who face a very tough weekend in that part of the country. This, too, is breaking as we speak, a barnstorming tour for President Trump. Hes on the stump for tax cuts just like ron reagan. He starts next wednesday in springfield, missouri. Its now a handson, allout push for the centerpiece of the trump growth agenda. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart well, youre looking at a happen of the race in the gulf of mexico that may be affected by the storm. Theres a lot of them, as you can see. Perhaps more important, onshore in Corpus Christi alone there are five refineries, some of which have shut. That will affect the supply and price of gasoline over a very wide area. But, you know, look, i dont want to make this a financial story, because its not. No. Stuart this is a human story. Our viewers are facing this thing. Yeah, this is of biblical proportions. When you talk about 20 inches, some computer models say up to 40 inches. Tremendous amounts of rain stuck over the sam
Three, amend the table of contents in section 1 so that the item relating to section 1001 reads as follows 1001, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n. I. H. Innovation projects. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent the amendment be agreed to, the concurrent resolution as amended be agreed toened a the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The Vice President without objection. Mr. Reid mr. President . The Vice President the democratic leader. Mr. Reid i see all my colleagues. The presiding officer served in the senate for 36 years. During the time he was here, he was about as much a man of the senate as anyone could be. He was a democrat, but he was also available to anybody any time, and i so admire him. I know that hes worked very closely with the republican leader on some very important issues in the last eight years. So i want the record to be spread with the fact that the presiding officer, proud of his family as anyone could be, and doing this for b
Applause during this debate until the end but lets welcome now to candidates with a round of applause. Thank you. [applause] moderator our candidates will have one minute to respond questions from a panel of journalists. We have kellys buyers of Louisiana Public broadcasting, Greg Hillburn of usa today network, Elizabeth Crist the advocate and jeremy offer editor and publisher of law politics. Com. Tonight we will attempt to cover a lot of territory as we delve into the National Issues that are important to the future of the state. A drawing was used earlier to determine the order of questioning and closing statements. We will discuss the Affordable Care act, we will discuss the Foreign Affairs and perhaps gridlock in washington and much more. First our opening question for the candidates. This question is what specifically in your professional career has prepared you to be liaison as next United States senator. Moderator mr. Fleming able start us off. I am the one among those who are