Democrats 202 5853880, and independents, all others, 202 5853882. You can send us a tweet. Or you can go to facebook. Com, or send us an email. Before the house acted on their border legislation last week president obama held a News Conference on friday, and this is what he had to say about executive action. We all agree that theres a problem that needs to be solved in a portion of our southern border. And we even agree on most of the solutions. But instead of working together, instead of focusing on the 80 where there is agreement between democrats and republicans, between the administration and congress, House Republicans as we speak are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable versions of a bill that they already know is going nowhere. That cant pass the senate, and that if it were to pass the senate, i would veto. They know it. Theyre not even trying to solve the problem. This is a message bill that they couldnt quite pull off yesterday so they made it more extreme so maybe t
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Agency. We have a right to ensure our future generations a cleaner planet and i do think that we have that opportunity and that anytime america has been challenged with a problem like this weve risen to the occasion. Host mike in pennsylvania, independent caller. Go ahead, mike. Caller yeah, one of my main concerns with g. M. O. s is the fact they allow pesticides, weed killer, to build up in the soil and i was wondering and then flow into the water system. And i was wondering why this buildup of pesticides from nokill and all that type of farming doesnt act to control the growth of algae, which is also a plant. Guest thats a great question, mike. I appreciate that. Ufl im not an expert on g. M. O. s but i can say that one of the things were most concerned about is the runoff going into these lakes and streams in hove alone nearly 5. 2 million rely upon the streams and rivers that would be protected under the clean Water Protection rule. They rely upon those actual streams right now fo
Front of me. Ambassadors of the african private and public sectors. Thepecially want to thank staff of congressman gregg meeks dialogueng this allowing us to meet and interact and defined u. S. African business relations. Im here to deliver a message. One to the u. S. Private sector and the other to the u. S. Congress. Two american ceos, i want to thank you for being open to expanding your business interests to the african continent. You have learned plenty about the warmth of the African People , a warmth you can actually see in front of you. I have a couple of points i want to share here. Withs that african ceos the confidence of the african by any global, standard. They have made significant africa, and the countries are part of the growing countries in the world as evidence in countries like andria, rwanda, mozambique, tanzania. Countries that are making strides in spite of the negative press stories we hear every day, stories of terrorism, disease, and corruption. , isria, for ins
What is called credit to buy equipment. The cheap energy that you have. It is very, very competitive, because component in manufacturing is not much, it is the energy. American equipment if that is not renewed i think that will be a bit of an issue. First of all, we are having a vigorous agreement, i find it amazing. Economics and if you are running a country, you have to create an opportunity for your businesses to be competitive. And thats all the exim bank does. And i have heard more ridiculous things said about the exim bank in the last six months than i heard in my lifetime. I need to do that in a way to encourage more Economic Diversification in africa. And i wish that not only our african panelists, but others here would give some thought to that. Right now, we want to get it extend it and how to craft the extension so we can support the Development Aspirations of the various african nations and what the people really need. Look, we are out of time. We havent talked nearly about