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At the white house this afternoon, we got an update from the Trump Administration on how they are handling the humanitarian crisis on the island. Thanks, sarah. Good afternoon. President trump has put people first and paperwork second. He has had us call out and pull out all the stops to provide as much federal relief into puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands as we can muster. I am here to take questions. I know you have heard parting from sarah, so i if i could jump in. Reporter on the jones act which is been a focus of attention for the last 24 to 72 hours, critics say the white house sh...

Being here. On the jones act, critics say the white house should have moved forward quickly in waiving the jones act. Why is that an unfounded complaint . Mr. Bossart it is an unfounded complaint. The jones act is a rule that favors u. S. Flag vessels. If there are not enough to make the need, we waive the jones act. At this point, we had enough to exceed the requirement in need of diesel fuel and other commodities. Now we are seeing backlogged diesel fuel needs in the island. It was misunderstood that we had a capacity problem and had to waive the jones act. Not the case. We had commodities a...

Millions of americans. The people of puerto rico and , similar toslands the situation in florida and the gulf coast some years ago in connecticut, and other parts of this country, save a natural at as almost a devastating as an attack would be but a foreign power. Different, but this maria,y 4 hurricane, caused consequentialist and it is a Natural Disaster, not manmade, that it is turning into a manmade disaster. The response so far from our governor has been underwhelming. In fact, it has been inadequate and any make. Anaemic. And shoulddersized be vastly upgraded and increased. Thatts ago, i...

The speaker i dont know about you guys, pretty awesome being in the capitol today. I cant tell you, im a little emotionally pushed. It was really nice to see steve today. I dont think i can add much. But we are so grateful and so relieved to have Steve Scalise back. He is such a fighter and force of nature and that was before this ordeal, watching him fight through the struggles and do so well, we are in awe of this. And i tell you what, im in awe of his family, jennifer, harrison and madison, im in all of his family. We are so grateful. Our prayers are answered. Crystal and dave, they are ama...

Required length of time. Is there a motion to favorably report these 3,196 military nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. Xh tig the Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General ton ford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distongue wished service to our nation. We are grate to feel your wife, ellen, for the support she has always provided to you, and to all who serve our nation in uniform. Id also like to well yom couco son patri...