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Epa administrator scott pruitt answered questions about his agencys budget request. It calls for major cuts and a reduction in the workforce of nearly 4000 employees. This hearing was held by a House Appropriations subcommittee. It ran just over two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affected by yesterdays events, including steve scalise, in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police in being the first line of def...

The request calls for deep cuts and a reduction in work force of nearly 4,000 employees. Members asked mr. Pruitt about those cuts and how it would impact programs affecting their districts. Held in front of the house committee. This is about two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affiliated by yesterdays events including our colleague Steve Scalise in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police for their continued efforts, to b...

I think we will go ahead and start. My Ranking Member senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my Opening Statement and maybe we can begin the testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Mr. Pai, just personal like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility we need to strike. I think you will find that in this subcommittee so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Service and general Government ...

I think we will go ahead and start. My Ranking Member senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my Opening Statement and maybe we can begin the testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Mr. Pai, just personal like to thank you for your comments last week about the tone of civility we need to strike. I think you will find that in this subcommittee so thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing of the Financial Service and general Government ...

The request calls for deep cuts and a reduction in work force of nearly 4,000 employees. Members asked mr. Pruitt about those cuts and how it would impact programs affecting their districts. Held in front of the house committee. This is about two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affiliated by yesterdays events including our colleague Steve Scalise in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police for their continued efforts, to b...

I thank you for that. Today marks the first hearing in the Financial Service and general Government Subcommittee for the 115th congress. This is also my first hearing in my new role as the chair woman of this subcommittee and im honored to be serving. As we begin the important review of the budget request of the fcc we welcome our witnesses. Fcc chairman ajit pai and commissioner clyburn and michael oreilly. We look forward to hearing from you all about the fccs budget requests and the work your...

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I think we will go out and start. By Ranking Member senator could still be here shortly. I will go and make my Opening Statement and begin testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Id like to thank you for your comments last week about what we need to strike. Today marks the first hearing in the Financial Services and general government to committee for the 115 congress. This is also my first hearing in a new role as chairwoman of the subcommittee. As they began th...

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To order and thank everyone for their forbearance. We have concluded with member Opening Statements. The chair reminds members that all member Opening Statements will be made part of the record. We do want to thank our witnesses for being here today , taking time to testify before the subcommittee on this important issue. Each witness will have the opportunity to give an Opening Statement followed by questions from members. Again, as previously mentioned , we will hear from mr. Michael holmes, j...