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Theres a supply in capability shortages and there is theres transportation problems and also labor shortages. >> yeah -- >> for the demands, actually, you can see, because of covid, we actually published this. and now actually, the supply was not able to catch up. >> yeah. you know, the way this is being framed right now. you know, you look on local news. its buy your christmas presents now because theres shortages and so on. you talk about this perfect storm. you add back to school, halloween, ...

Thursday of this week. well mark it up. i would expect to see republicans voting for that because theyre got road problems, transportation problems, bridges that need to be built. if they dont then yes we can put that bill out of the house of representatives without republican support. rather not do that. also a lot of republican earmarks in that bill. it will be interesting to see if the republicans vote against the earmark. perhaps they will. >> congressman, i do want to switch topics and talk...

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to take up the For the People Act (H.R. 1) this week, which the House passed in 2019 as well. The legislation is centered around government transparency and accountability. The House will also consider the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280) this week, which the House passed last Congress in June 2020. There will also be numerous Committee hearings throughou...

Together. the storm has moved off the east coast. but, look at how this impacted some of the transportation sector, including the airline industry. this was a dramatic video coming out of arlington, virginia. the reagan national airport. this pilot made a brave maneuver, decided nope, this is not a safe landing zone, too windy for this plane. im going to give it another shot. and they did have a second go around and landed safely. but really the cancellations on saturday really paint the picture...

That train. i didnt know that until about one minute ago during this interview. lots of people are going to be touched by this and people that dont even know it yet until they begin to learn. >> congressman heck, we thank you for taking the time to talk to us. much appreciated. our thoughts, again, and prayers go out to everyone involved including the niece of your staff member. thank you, congressman. >> thank you, alex. >> this is new. we just got the king 5 which is our seattle station out th...

Know the coastal end will be prepared of the but i do encourage people to leave the area, but those that will stay, weaver got the strength to bear it out. >> all right. but at some point its going to be hard to provide emergency services to people who stay and decide after this thing is bearing down on corpus christi that they then want to leave or move out of their houses. >> absolutely. i mean, it is always best to leave, especially on a volunteer basis while you can, because i dont know what...

Worried about this new technology and feel like they are stranded. their battery is empty and cant go any further. thats the number one reason they wont buy an electric vehicle. this technology can revolutionize that. >> the technology class is dynamic wireless charging. it work just like the wireless internet, but instead of getting you online, it charges your car as you drive. oak ridge national laboratory is a testing facility run by the u.s. government. their mission is to solve the worlds t...

Their mission is to solve the transportation problems. that means convincing people that it is worth it to rip up americas interstates. >> how do you retrofit roads to be wireless charging stations. >> one is the coil would be embedded in the roadway. this on the underside of the vehicle and this in the roadway system. >> if you assume that it costs about $2 million per mile, it would be $80 billion and you have the entire interstate equipped with electric hov lanes. that means you leave the int...

Best stated in "the washington post" editorial about that election today, which called ken cuccinelli a hero to the tea party and a culture warrior of the first rank. they do not mean that as a compliment, though. they say, quote, mr. cuccinelli lost because he was among the most polarizing and provocative figures in richmond for a decade. the cuccinelli record had nothing to do with job creation or the states economic well-being or alleviating deepening transportation problems, all of which are...

Republican party ran a hard line anti-abortion activist for governor, and they thereby lost a governorship that the republican party, by all rights, really should have won. the beltway diagnosis of what went wrong there is probably best stated in "the washington post" editorial about that election today, which called ken cuccinelli a hero to the tea party and a culture warrior of the first rank. they do not mean that as a compliment, though. they say, quote, mr. cuccinelli lost because he was am...