We have a cspan audience, Live Streaming soap wonderful to have everybody joining us for what they think wilwethink will be at conversation. Im excited about the people weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression
Weve gathered and the ideas we are going to be discussing. Welcome to the committee for responsible budget for thostherf you who do not know if they Nonpartisan Organization the board of directors or people many of whom are with us today who have run all the bigbudget institutions in washington so the federal reserve, the treasury department, omb, the Budget Committees comes of a. To try to have a realistic understanding of the budget improvements are going to be needed to improve the fiscal situation in the country and to trick yo to have in a bipartisan way it kind of understanding of how hard it is to make these traces but there are so many reasons they are necessary to keep moving the ball forward. With that said i will say it is a rough time for the budget policy this country. Nobody should be under the impression that the Fiscal Health of the country is good. It is not. Our debt relative to the economy is twice what its been on average. We are on track to bother us to be 10 trill
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi avidseth kirshner, temple emanuel. Closter, new jersey. Rabbi kirshner as we embark on the sacred day of work to better the libes of all americans, we ask that you, god, help instill these leaders of the 115th congress with patience, wisdom, empathy and respect to achieve and exceed our goals for today and for tomorrow. Help us demonstrate our gratitude for our Service People and First Responders who work as our partners and fulfilling our shared mission. God, we ask you today to disseminate your sunlight and shower dawn your rain, which will help us cultivate the seeds of securing our freedoms, celebrating our democracy and championing tolerance for now and forever. May it be your will, that the generations to come that will live within and lead this great nation can enjoy the blooming flowers and sweet fruits of our labors on this sacred day. God, we ask you to bless this congress and thes
Very good wednesday morning to you. Its 6 00 right now. Im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. Were going to show you in just a couple minutes, the airports will be buzzing, lots of people set to travel and see family. Some of us are staying right here in the nice bay area as well. Well be here tomorrow morning. This morning some rain coming down. Still some rain. Were tracking that live as we continue on to see the weather system that brought us the heavy rain overnight. Still leaving lingering rain in the north bay. Here is a look at the radar now. A couple of spotty showers and moving toward napa. Then theres one moving toward lucas valley and also mill valley. You may rain within the next few minutes. Well keep a close eye on that. The Bigger Picture showing the bulk of the rain has moved off to the east. Theres snow in the sierra. That may also impact your travel plans. As we go into today, we will have clearing, ill ze tail that coming up. Heading over to mike, we has a look on how
Very good wednesday morning to you. Its 6 00 right now. Im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. Were going to show you in just a couple minutes, the airports will be buzzing, lots of people set to travel and see family. Some of us are staying right here in the nice bay area as well. Well be here tomorrow morning. This morning some rain coming down. Still some rain. Were tracking that live as we continue on to see the weather system that brought us the heavy rain overnight. Still leaving lingering rain in the north bay. Here is a look at the radar now. A couple of spotty showers and moving toward napa. Then theres one moving toward lucas valley and also mill valley. You may rain within the next few minutes. Well keep a close eye on that. The Bigger Picture showing the bulk of the rain has moved off to the east. Theres snow in the sierra. That may also impact your travel plans. As we go into today, we will have clearing, ill ze tail that coming up. Heading over to mike, we has a look on how