Good afternoon. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules now we have set up any mileage us to which members can send anything they wish to submit they wish to submit in writing in any of her hearings or markups. Our hearings or markups. Has been provided to staff. The first order of business is consideration of the energy and Water Development appropriations bill. For fiscal year 2021. Captornow recognize this ms. Captor to present the bill. Please let me also add my you for your honorable and dedicated service to our community and nation and for your recognition of the full potential of this bill. You will truly be missed. I am pleased to consider the energy and water bill today. It is a good bill. A bill that captures the spirit of ingenuity and independence of the American People. Are actually able to provide the most important Climate Change bill congress will pass this year. This bill provides the foundation of critical investme
Have the privilege of serving as director for the americas foundation. I think we ought to start this morning by thinking our good friends the United States secret service. There are a few of them in the room. [applause] they have done very important work. They have a very important job and fsoc to make this event possible so we are grateful or your service to our country along with the local Law Enforcement who acted as support for this event as well. It is such an honor to have karen pence, the second leg of the United States, and her daughter charlotte with us today. This talented duo will be introduced you in just a few moments, and when it happens lets make sure we give them a very warm welcome to Santa Barbara and the Reagan Ranch Center. Todays graham i think its worth noting is certainly not the first time that Young Americas Foundation has worked with the pence family. The whole family visited for private two other reagan ranch fn congressman mike pence addressed or student au
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Good morning that was great [laughter] welcome to washington dc. I know that you all have been here for two days now. And i hope that you have been enjoying this day in our nations capital. Thank you, for the kind introduction. It is great to have you and the rest of our countries mayors under the same roof to discuss and learn how we can make our Community Even better. Thank you for your service. [applause] i was saying backstage it is so wonderful in your organization where you all can get together and share ideas she when i was a first lady of indiana, the National Governors association would have conferences once and twice a year and it was so great to not have to reinvent the wheel. And to be able to say what can i do in my short time as first lady . And so, i applaud you for coming and sharing all of your ideas with each other. But for me it is a pleasure to be here to share about a little bit of what is near and dear to my heart. As a second lady of the United States i chose one
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