That means the facility, as an appropriate facility has Good Laboratory practice and appropriate rules. It includes the fbi review of personnel reliability on all of those who we will be using it includes a set of requirements elevate biosafety and security inventory management, Access Control and it includes a process and ability to detect and respond including the notification of jurisdictions that have these facilities including but we did with the anthrax response being able to go in investigate, identify whether people are at risk and whether they are and this involves private sector as well as Public Sector institutions; is that correct . Thats correct. Where you find the best practices going from . Doctor hassell was talking about going to the private sector. Where are we finding the best practices today . Private or Public Sector . It is a combination of both. We will look at the private sector. That often does not happen as a 1st reaction. The department of defense my centers
In several feet of water. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If you are venturing out on the roads for any reason, you are going to run into high water. That is a certainty at this point. Catastrophic flooding devastates texas. It is hard to describe the extent of the danger. Pretty terrifying watching that water come up, come in. So many needed to be rescued emergency crews could not keep up. Volunteers joining First Responders helping to pull neighbors and total strangers to safety. Im not even thinking about myself. Im here to help and want to d my part. The National Weather Service Calls the flooding unprecedented and beyond anything experienced before. This is a landmark of texas. Texas has never seen an vent like this. Trump has convened an all cabinets meeting to ensure all agencies are doing everything they can to support the state of texas in its response. President trump plans to visit texas tuesday surveying the damage. The
We are waiting resumption of day number two and should get under way shortly. We will have live coverage. Live coverage under way of the white house briefing. Sarah sanders is on cspan 3. Wait for the Senate Committee to gavel back in. Part of the debate and markup earlier today. Senator sanders i believe and the people on our side believe that the budget being brought forth is one of the most unfair and destructive budgets ever proposed in modern history of this country. Bottom line is, it provides incredible tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country while it makes trillions of dollars in cuts to the needs of working people in terms of health care, medicaid and medicare, in terms of education, in terms of Environmental Protection and in terms of programs that many, many millions of people desperately depend on. This is a budget based on the robin hood principle in reverse and takes from people no need it the most and gives it to millionaires and billionaires. We have excelle
Of the committee resumes its meaning for the purpose of consider the budget resolution for fiscal year 2018. In ordering it reported. A business corpus present. I will forgo an Opening Statement but want to point out we will begin the consideration of amendments. I like to remind senators that as a result of using the new five day rule in which the resolution was provided to the offices last week, only timely filed amendments will be ordered. I want to thank both for following that court rule. Thank you for your cooperation forgiving. Members will be recognized for three minutes to explain the amendment, a member post will be given to minutes in opposition. When we have decided on the time will have one minute evenly divided prior to the votes. As has been the practice all amendments other than complete substitutes have to be fully offset over the total years. Amendments we know they are no senate amendments. Its considered to be a privilege matter we consulted on amendments offered to
I will remind the committee that as a result of the new five day rule, which was provided last week, only timely filed amendments will be in order. I want to thank both sides of the aisle for following that rule. I want to thank everybody for their operation for getting to this point. Members will be recognized for three minutes to explain their amendment. A member of post will be given two minutes in opposition. Decided,n we have there will be an additional minute just prior to those votes. As has been the practice of prior chairs, all amendments, other than complete substitutes, have to be offset over the years covered by the current budget resolution. Senate amendments will not be permitted. We know there are not any of those. We have consulted with the Senate Parliamentarian about amendments offered to make sure they do not risk status endangered to the resolution. Amendment would fund the resolution, i will will it out of order. Whenrs will be present votes take place in order for