they gave us this wyoming by asking first and always what is best for wyoming. to share the optimism we should all have in wyoming, its future and what we can do, i share with you the words of governor campbell, provided to the legislature in 1873. here's what he said. the future of wyoming is assured. we who have made our homes here know that we are living in a region of boundless wealth and inexhaustible resources where labor and true endeavor are certainly and bountifully rewarded but while this is the case, other territories with no natural advantages over our own, whose only superiority consists in earnestness and ability displayed by their people in publishing to the world their advantages, are outstripping us in wealth and population. the minds are as rich, the plains as fertile and the grasses as nutritious, the air as pure and health-giving and the climate is salubrious. the resources of wyoming are as varied as any of those in the rocky territories. there is, there can be no question as to the ultimate wealth and prosperity of wyoming. while your actio

they gave us this wyoming by asking first and always what is best for wyoming. to share the optimism we should all have in wyoming, its future and what we can do, i share with you the words of governor campbell that guided the legislator in 1873. here's what he says. "the future of wyoming is assured. we who have made our homes here know that we are living in a region of boundless wealth and inexhaustible resources, where labor and true endeavor are certainly and bountifully rewarded. but while this is the case other territories with no natural advantages over our own, whose only speuperiority are outstripping us in wealth and population, am mines are as rich, the plains as fertile and the grasses as nutritions, the air is pure and health giving, and the climate, and resources of wyoming as varied as any of the rocky mountain territories. there is, there can be no question as to the ultimate wealth and prosperity of wyoming. while your action or failure to act may be hard, it cannot prevent the future day of expectations of the most sanquine. great words today.

this body has invested in wyoming. my hats off to the plan for and to work through these important projects. however as we have invested in these projects we must adjust recognize me cannot continue to build at the same rate and must now focus on maintaining what we have built. my budget calls for dollars for major maintenance recognizing deferred maintenance is deficit spending. [applause] before i talk about the times that i wanted refute talk about last year paid 2017 was another year of budget reductions. reductions have occurred in for the last eight budgets. the budgets for some agencies for example the department of health the department of family services have been cut too much. the services and programs suffer suffer. their other concerns associated with bill cutting for example the department of corrections. in 1920 budget gives us an opportunity to remedy the situation and have begun that important work. j.c. members i appreciate the work and look forward to resolving our differences in my favor. [laughter]

wyoming has bucked the trend. by every measure we have smaller government than seven years ago with one exception. the one area where we were bigger which was good news is the money this body has allocated and build our savings. we must now work for better returns and we must recognize as jac has that we can put a lot of wyoming dollars to work for us right now to address shortages and education. the operating budget has gotten leaner and for some agencies like the department of health and the department of family services and a few others, the cut, in my mind, have gone too far. where overcutting has affected programs and services and that people relying on them created other conditions and we have the opportunity to right size the budget now during this session. we never want to spend too much, and we haven't, but if we spend too little that is a problem, as well. going back in history again and looking at the wisdom of prior governors i found governor francis warren and his thoughts regarding budgeting, he says

wyoming will celebrate. wyoming will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the law that gave wyoming women the note. in 2020 we celebrate, casting the first vote. we remain so very proud here in wyoming. that wyoming was the first government in the world, to grant unconditional women's suffrage. i have appointed a wonderful hard working council to plan commemorative events. historic occasions like women's right to vote. show the pioneering spirit that is our heritage with us still. it is part of our identity. part of our strength. we put inkreepsed emphasis on outdoors. new shooting sports initiatives. wyoming, top 100. governor's match. and, the racing world championships are examples. hunting, shooting sports are important, for our state's heritage. we appreciate the firearm companies that have been in wyoming for years. as well as the the ones that have moved here recently or are planning to move here. they promote sports shooting opportunities. fit with our affinity for outdoors and western traditions and a

they gave us this wyoming by asking first and always what is best for wyoming. to share the optimism we should all have in wyoming, its future and what we can do, i share with you the words of governor campbell, provided to the legislature in 1873. here's what he said. the future of wyoming is assured. we who have made our homes here know that we are living in a region of boundless wealth and inexhaustible resources where labor and true endeavor are certainly and bountifully rewarded but while this is the case, other territories with no natural advantages over our own, whose only superiority consists in earnestness and ability displayed by their people in publishing to the world their advantages, are outstripping us in wealth and population. the minds are as rich, the plains as fertile and the grasses as nutritious, the air is pure and health-giving and the climate is salubrious. the resources of wyoming are as varied as any of those in the rocky territories. there is, there can be no question as to the ultimate wealth and prosperity of wyoming. by your action o

s coming into puerto rico if there's a little bit more clarity and they kind of follow the wyoming lead all right let's dig into some technicalities here and i want to spend a long time on this but i think it is interesting to act twenty x. twenty two these are some of the minutia you encounter when you make decide to make a move like this can you kind of encapsulate in a minute the difference between the two just i just find this interesting michael just kind of brush on the tour so i'm not a lawyer or an account and i used to vote him in desmond's of video there's a lot of great folks down here who know their stuff so act twenty two is the one that is for individuals for investors every year they made it a little bit tougher. and that's been sort of as the numbers have grown that's sort of the way of making the bar and for a little bit higher in the beginning i believe it was fifty dollars to apply and five hundred dollars to get it once and they saw that investors were also bringing their secretaries their mistresses and that's not who they wanted to get the grants . so the year that

my -- as i think about ag in wyoming, i'm very proud of wyoming ag. it is our third largest industry and we see many long-term family operations provide not only food for the country's tables but also open spaces, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities and great traditions. as a rancher and governor of wyoming, i think about where we're going in the future with ag innovation, value-added products, tech advances that can help ag, increasing trade, all these present great opportunities in the 21st century. i'm surrounded by many family farmers today, and not only up on stage here, but many governors come from an ag background and understand ag at a very deep level. they're advocates for ag. in addition to these ag advocates, we have an excellent panel with us that includes a third generation cow farmer from georgia, a north carolina hog farmer and the president for the reliance of sustainable ag. we all know our farmers and ranchers and those who fish are just the first -- known rightfully so as the first conservationists. they rely on and work th

that's another business that's important to the people of wyoming. a local business in wyoming. when i was in the state senate, it was a place i went regularly to eat lunch. one of many taco john's facilities around the state of wyoming and around the west. when republicans cut taxes, working americans are seeing more money in their paychecks as a result. and this is what it talks about in terms of the confidence. it's a new survey, came out recently. talked about the heads of mid-sized companies all around america. here's what they said. 89% of the business leaders are confident, confident in the united states' economics and the prospects for the year. u.s. economic confidence soars, soars. 2016, 39%. 2017, 80%. now 89%. but the american people realize we have now beaten back eight years of bad policies from democrats in washington, and as soon as trump took office, we saw the confidence soar. i don't know that it's ever been higher. americans are feeling better about the u.s. economy. they're feeling better also about their own personal situation. that's the key, people's own

is coming into puerto rico if there's a little bit more clarity and they kind of follow the wyoming lead all right let's dig into some technicalities here and i want to spend a long time on this but i think it is interesting to act twenty x. twenty two these are some of the minutia you encounter when you make decide to make a move like this can you kind of encapsulate in a minute the difference between the two just i just find this interesting michael just kind of brush on the tour so i'm not a lawyer or an account and i used to vote him in desmond's of b.t.o. there's a lot of great folks down here who know this stuff so act twenty two is the one that is for individuals for investors every year they've made a little bit tougher. and that's been sort of as the numbers have grown that's sort of the way of making the bar and for a little bit higher in the beginning i believe it was fifty dollars to apply and five hundred dollars they get it once and they saw that investors were also bringing their secretaries their mistresses and that's not who they wanted to get the grants so the year that

s coming into puerto rico if there's a little bit more clarity and they kind of follow the wyoming lead all right let's dig into some technicalities here and i want to spend a long time on this but i think it is interesting to act twenty x. twenty two these are some of the minutia you encounter when you make decide to make a move like this can you kind of in. cap's lane in a minute the difference between the two just i just find this interesting michael just kind of brush on the tour so i'm not a lawyer to count and i used to about him and desmond is a video there's a lot of great folks down here who know their stuff so act twenty two is the one that is for individuals for investors every year they made a little bit tougher. and that's been sort of as the numbers have grown that's sort of the way of making the bar and for a little bit higher in the beginning i believe it was fifty dollars to apply and five hundred dollars to get it once and they saw that investors were also bringing their secretaries their mistresses and that's not who they wanted to get the grants so the year that i go

s coming into puerto rico if there's a little bit more clarity and they kind of follow the wyoming lead all right let's dig into some technicalities here and i want to spend a long time on this but i think it is interesting to actually act these are some of the minutia you encounter when you make decide to make a move like this can you kind of a. cap's lane in a minute the difference between the two just i just find this interesting michael just kind of brush on the tour so i'm not a lawyer or an account and i used to about him in desmond's of video there's a lot of great folks down here who know their stuff so act twenty two is the one that is for individuals for investors every year they made a little bit tougher. and that's been sort of as the numbers have grown that's sort of the way of making the bar and free a little bit higher in the beginning i believe it was fifty dollars to apply and five hundred dollars to get in once and they saw that investors were also bringing their secretaries their mistresses and that's not who they wanted to get the grants so the year that i got in it

s coming into puerto rico if there's a little bit more clarity and they kind of follow the wyoming lead all right let's dig into some technicalities here and i want to spend a long time on this but i think it is interesting to act twenty x. twenty two these are some of the minutia you encounter when you make decide to make a move like this in economy. caps played in a minute the difference between the two just i just find this interesting michel in this kind of brush on the tour so i'm not a lawyer or an account and i used to fighting in desmond's of video there's a lot of great folks down here who know their stuff so act twenty two is the one that is for individuals for investors every year they made a little bit tougher. and that's been sort of as the numbers have grown that's sort of the way of making the bar and for a little bit higher in the beginning i believe it was fifty dollars to apply and five hundred dollars to get it once and they saw that investors were also bringing their secretaries their mistresses and that's not who they wanted to get the grants so the year that i got

as i this i about ag in wyoming i'm very proud of wyoming ag. it is third largest industry. and we see many long-term family operations provide not only food for the country's tables, but also open spaces, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and great traditions. as the ra rancher and governor wyoming i think what we are going in the future, tech advances that can help ag, increasing trade, all these present great opportunities in the 21st century. i'm surrounded by many family farmers today, and not only up on stage here, but many governors come from an ag background and understand ag at a very deep level. and they are advocates for ag. and in ra digs to these ag advocates we have an excellent panel with us that includes third begin rapgs from georgia a, north carolina hog farmer and president of alliance for sustainable ag. as we all know, our farmers and ranchers and those who fish, are just the first, known right fully as first conservationists. they rye on and work the same lands year after year generation after generation. celebrate those who sustain the land

board what are your thoughts on that i'm a big proponent of that and i'm very encouraged with what wyoming did wyoming just had a unanimous legislature approval and the government signed an act to say that utility tokens which is most of what this i.c.a.o. phenomena comprises is a new asset class that is exempt from securities and money transmission and the courts will decide whether wyoming legislation trumps regulation but they're pretty adam of the day and they want to go into other territories and i've got nothing but you know open arms from the people i've talked to in puerto rico as will help the island we bring jobs here very open attitude about how can we go in first and foremost how do we keep our kids from like graduating and having to go to the mainline because they can't find a job here that's going to pay good wages generations coming up actually says that they could be part of building this new generation and it could be. as you say a petri dish and a really growth story now you mentioned ice yos and regulators for a second you know it's interesting is that this if d.c. think

certainly we have a lot of them in wyoming. the cash crop is beef. we want to continue to expert that. so i have concerns about this. i focus on american workers, businesses, commerce, productivity here at home and i just have concerns that this sort of thing may have repercussions at home that i don't want to see. what we have to expert is quite a bit and we want to keep the markets open. we need more customers, not fewer. >> wilbur ross says you're overreacting a little bit. this is targeted. our friends and allies such as canada, such as mexico and i'm thinking about the nafta arrangement, they will not be penalized by these. but we need to go around the world and look at who is trading fairly and who is not. does that make you anymore more comfortable? >> i'm happy the president decided to take a scalpel to this today and do it more gingerly. the big offender is china. there's no doubt about that to me. i think that's where we ought to focus and call out those behaving unfairly toward us. why ought to keep that focus -- i'm happy with the directi

talk about individual states wyoming. new pro ice you know what's left of basically contradicts everything has been some absurd. though where you think is going on here and this is going to be a states versus the feds matter. possibly i mean i finally thank you wyoming for being seen about some things and really addressing. a lot of the fears in the community right. maybe if all the states acted like that we wouldn't see such a massive exodus of talent and maybe we won't have a brain injury in the next slide that all senator it's a pot industry the marijuana industry and i in america once they pass laws that made it permissible for but this little marijuana other states followed suit people are thinking well wyoming they're going to get a big if if they get a tax benefit they get a tech benefit the dream game other states will want that piece of that action is what people are hoping for. then first of all if you think the wyoming is not going to be robust what they're doing is that for real that's only left to be seen mer

talk about individual states wyoming. new pro ice you know what's left of basically contradicts everything has been some absurd. though where you think is going on here and this is going to be a states versus the matter well possibly i mean i by the way thank you wyoming for being seen about some things and really addressing. a lot of the fears in the community right maybe if all the states acted like that we wouldn't see such a massive exodus of talent and maybe we won't have a brain injury in the next slide that all senator it's a pot industry the marijuana industry and i in america once they pass laws that made it permissible for but this little marijuana other states followed suit people are thinking well wyoming they're going to get a big if if they get it. so i expect that they get a tech benefit the dream game other states will want a piece of that action is what people are hoping for. then first of all do you think the wyoming is are going to be robust what they're doing is that for real that's only left to be see

so let me set the table quickly in wyoming. our education system is wholly dependent from state funding from the energy industry. so we actually have a prohi before the accident on local school districts from raising funds to augment their education. anything they raise locally goes to the state level and captured and redistribute the. we truly have equitable funding. it is less about quantity and more about quality of funding. and that's where we start digging into the equity commitments in wyoming. so we have tribal learners in wyoming and i have to give a shout out to my colleague joy in oklahoma who got me thinking about how to engage tribal learners in this process. for so long, even though we are thinking about equity, it is like there's no with a i to move the needing with our tribal learners we can't do it. there's too much. it's too big. and boy, my eyes have been opened. so through a grant we were able to engage our tribal teachers deeply than we did our other stake holder groups which to us brought forth a few aha mo

really thank you wyoming for being seen about some things and really addressing. a lot of the fears in the community right. maybe if all the states acted like that we wouldn't see such a mass at the exodus of talent and maybe we won't have a brain drain in the next slide that all senator it's a pot industry the marijuana industry and i in america once they pass laws that made it permissible for but this little marijuana other states followed suit people are thinking well wyoming they're going to get a big if if they get it. expensive but they get a tech benefit the dream game other states will want a piece of that action is what people are hoping for. then first of all do you think the wyoming is not going to be robust what they're doing is that for real that's only left to be seen parents i hope i certainly hope so because there is so much there's so many jobs that there's so many ways to capitalize on favorable legislation right now i mean see companies like academy popping up just doing block watch an education i just set my my son to a big point quoting course

talk about individual states wyoming. new pro ice you know what's left of basically contradicts everything else you see in print some of sort of. know where you think is going on here and this is going to be a states versus the pets matter. possibly i mean i. really thank you wyoming for being seen about some things and really addressing. a lot of the fears in the community right maybe if all the states acted like that we wouldn't see such a massive exodus of talent and maybe we won't have a brain injury in the next slide to build senator it's a pot industry the marijuana industry and i in america once they pass laws that made it permissible for but this little marijuana other states followed suit people are thinking well wyoming they're going to get a big fun with it they get. so i expect that they get a tech benefit the dream game other states will want a piece of that action is what people are hoping for. then first of all do you think the wyoming is not going to be robust what they're doing is that for real that's onl

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digital currencies so the large exchanges would not operate in the state of wyoming. that was one of the first hurdles we cleared out of the way. another one of the aspects we did was we actually identified utility tokens as being a new asset class. and by doing so, we're the first legislative body in the world to do so. >> and that was hb-70, correct so utility tokens, you want to be out in front of the s.e.c. at this point in terms of determining what kind of token is a security and what kind of token is not >> absolutely. i think right now, a really good time to get out in front of the s.e.c. and hopefully be a good example for them there's a lot of different federal regulations out there, but none of them seem to speak directly to icos so there are different organizations, differentmuch like the s.e.c. and the cftc are taking different stabs and going in different directions. >> are you afraid that wyoming will be the home of the ico scams? >> no, absolutely not. we've got regulations in place to keep the fraudsters out and we're looking for only those types of bu

and so let me set the table quickly in wyoming. our education system is wholly dependent on state funding from commodities, particularly from the energy industry. so we actually have a prohibition on local school districts from raising funds to augment their education. anything they raise locally goes to the state level is captured and redistributed. so we truly have equitiable funding but a whole lot less about quantity and a whole lot more about quality of funding. and that's when we dig into the equity commitments in wyoming. i have to give a shout out to my colleague joy in oklahoma who really got me thinking about how to engage tribal learners in this essa process. for so long, even though we're all thinking about equity, it's like there's no way to move the needle with our tribal learners. we just can't do it. there's too much, it's too big. and boy, my eyes have been opened through the essa process and through our commitments to equity with our tribal learners. through a grand with ccsso we were able to engage our tribal tea

so we have tribal learners in wyoming, and i have to give a shoutout to my colleague joy from oklahoma who really got me thinking about how to engage tribal learners in this essa process. for so long, eaven though we're all thinking about equity, there's no way to move the need will with the tribal learners. it's too much. it's too big, and boy, my eyes have been opened through the essa process and through our commitments through equity with our tribal learners. so through a grant from ccsso we were able to engage our tribal teachers more deeply than we did our other stake holder groups which to us brought forth a few -- a few a-ha moments, but in addition to that, essa has a requirement that we engage in formal government to government relations, and i have to say that's something about essa that really kept me up at night. how do we move beyond formal government to government consultation and move into a conversation that we haven't had before. there have been the nice tees with the tribal learners that going to the res advisiervation having them come to my office and say we need mor

they god continue to bless this wonderful wyoming. thank you. [ applause ] >> another state of the state speech now. governor john bel ezwardwards. this is about 35 minutes. >> the governor of the great state of louisiana, governor john bel edwards. >> thank you. mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the legislator, distinguished guests and my fellow louisianaens, thank you for being here today. he has been a faithful servant here for many years, and i am so proud to know him and to call him my friend and my brother. thank you, rodney. and also the cadets from lsu for presenting the colors today, that's special for us given the long military history and tradition that lsu has with the persian rifles, the old war school. and also hannah rice, who dona and i had an opportunity to meet this past december when we visit her school. what a wonderful, beautiful job she did singing the national anthem. it sort of seems like we just did this. i know you haven't been away for very long. i hope that in the past week you've had time to rest and

. >> trish: we'll get reaction now from gop senator from wyoming, john varasso.

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the forum is led by wyoming governor matt mead. >> good afternoon. my name is matt mead governor of wyoming and i'm pleased to have with

the gentlewoman from wyoming. ms. cheney: mr. speaker, you know, i enjoy very much serving on the rules committee with all my colleagues on the committee. one of the things that i'm often asked, because i'm a new member of this body, what surprised me most about being a member of congress and my answer is often that, you know, you see on the outside what looks like a lot of vitriol between the parties. but that in actuality i believe that every member of this body is here for the right reasons. they're here because they want to serve the people of their districts, the people of their states, the people of this nation. and i think it's crucially important, mr. speaker, particularly when we're talking about something as sacred as the safety of our children, that we not engage in the kind of partisan attacks that we not exploit tragedy, that we not engage in the kind of questioning of motives that i just heard my colleague on the other side of the aisle do. i know my colleague, mr. hastings, knows that we may have disagreements but

to my colleague from wyoming who has departed. he talked about the need for us to stop using barter. unfortunately we had to rely on barter because in the last administration they slowed down the cleanup through 2252 by 2044 with the funding they provided, which is a huge mistake not just for that site and the safety of that area in every industrialization that everyone wants, but also for the tax payer because it cost the taxpayer a lot more when you extend the life of the screen next. we need the funding. i did a research of 323 mining jobs in wyoming last year in uranium. when the funding was to be cut off, as you know, 800 jobs were on the chopping block. we have 1800 peoploing this cleanup. you've seen what they do firsthand. they are great people, doing it in a smart committed way, but the spending going up and down and the barter being pulled would obviously create again this crisis out there or be losing a lot of good people. and we need them. it's a community that is high unemployment already. i guess what i am suggesting

and when i'm in wyoming i'm trying to learn how to snowboard. it's something about water, liquid form or -- so yeah, man, when i'm out there on the snowboard it's so funny because i don't know how to get up from the front. so i have to get up from the back. and you put your feet down, kind of put your butt up in the air and come un. and then you kind of turn around and come down the mountain. that's the only way i know how to do it. every time i'd get up i'd turn around i see these white folks grabbing their kids and screaming, he's coming down! he's coming down! >> jimmy: there's a giant on the mountain. >> there's a giant on the mountain. and i couldn't find a black instructor. right? i could not find a black -- >> jimmy: is that right? >> snowboard instructor. no, not one. they need an inclusion rider. i could not find one. [ applause ] so i found this guy. okay, he's got a black shirt, this will be cool. he's not black, he's got a shirt. he's like dude, it's going to be real cool. just go down the mountain, don't get your back edge caught. i

and when i'm in wyoming i'm trying to learn how to snowboard. it's something about water, liquid form or -- so yeah, man, when i'm out there on the snowboard it's so funny because i don't know how to get up from the front. so i have to get up from the back. and you put your feet down, kind of put your butt up in the air and come un. and then you kind of turn around and come down the mountain. that's the only way i know how to do it. every time i'd get up i'd turn around i see these white folks grabbing their kids and screaming, he's coming down! he's coming down! >> jimmy: there's a giant on the mountain. >> there's a giant on the mountain. and i couldn't find a black instructor. right? i could not find a black -- >> jimmy: is that right? >> snowboard instructor. no, not one. they need an inclusion rider. i could not find one. [ applause ] so i found this guy. okay, he's got a black shirt, this will be cool. he's not black, he's got a black shirt. he's like dude, it's going to be real cool. just go down the mountain, don't get your back edge cau

we have an unprecedented standard review process in wyoming that is completely transparent and we get literally hundreds of comments through town hall meetings. before, during and after the promulgation. and so, that may seem desperate or separate, but it all fee into our accountability system in the sense that we are trying to build and utilize or leverage to make the state works much more robust. >> that is an important point that for so many states, for most states it is a component of the way in which you look at education in the state. you may have heard there have been concerns with your plan. there was no innovation that you neglected the groups. talk to us about some of those criticisms with some of those comments and how you are thinking about those in the state. >> happy to take that on. we believe what we have done has been very successful and we also think that we have bought what i would term as a commissioner's grassroots approach to the closing the gap topic in a little over a year ago we began work on first making the data that many of you know we have a great deal of

we have an unprecedented standard review process in wyoming that is completely transparent and we get literally hundreds of comments through town hall meetings. before, during and after the promulgation. and so, that may seem desperate or separate, but it all feeds into our accountability system in the sense that we are trying to build and utilize or leverage to make the state works much more robust. >> that is an important point that for so many states, for most states it is a component of the way in which you look at education in the state. you may have heard there have been concerns with your plan. there was no innovation that you neglected the groups. talk to us about some of those criticisms with some of those comments and how you are thinking about those in the state. >> happy to take that on. we believe what we have done has been very successful and we also think that we have bought what i would term as a commissioner's grassroots approach to the closing the gap topic in a little over a year ago we began work on first making the data that many of you know we have a great deal o

you have more crime in california than wyoming, because you have more people in california than wyoming. >> laura: congressman. are we to tell the american people, that,t because the california wants to be sanctuary, fugitive state. whatever you call it. we have t to sacrifice a certain number of americans for this utopian ideas that borders are pointless. that walls are bad that the rue of law, when applied to a family crossing the border wants a better life. you can't deport them. >> any chance i can get a word in here laura. >> laura: i think it is not a great argument. we want law and order. >> laura why do you need me on the show. it is your show, you can just talk. >> now the fact is, if you want less crime. move caymen island you can go a whole week without a violent crime. the fact is that immigrants or any group off people, if you're going to have people in this country, there's going to be some crime. >> laura: illegally in the country. >> every group of people. >> any chance i can get a word in here. >> laura: congressman. >> than have fewer people. >> laura: there is differe

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: mr. president, i want to thank the senator from georgia for those comments and would like to associate myself with all of those fantastic. we should have saved them for the concluding speech, i think. but i want to rise today also to honor a man who spent the last 46 years faithfully serving the state of mississippi in congress. thad, you're the longest currently serving member of congress, and we're going to miss your experience and your leadership. you've left a mark on congress that won't soon be forgotten. you've served with great distinction and made a difference in the senate. your time in washington began when the people of mississippi p voted to send you to the house of representatives, and you represented their interests in that chamber from 1972 to 1978. then you ran for and won an open senate seat. thad and i have found ourselves on two sides of the u.s. coin. he chairs the appropriations committee. i chair the budget committee. even though he does the details of spending the m

so we have tribal learners in wyoming. i have to give a shoutout to my colleague joy from oklahoma who really got me thinking about how to engage tribal learners in this process. even though we're all thinking about equity, there's no way to move the needle with tribal learners. we just can't do it. there's too much, it's too big. boy, my eyes have been opened through the process and through commitments to equity with tribal learners. through a grant from ccsso, we were able to engage tribal teachers more deeply than we did our other stakeholder groups which to us brought forth a few a-ha moments. in addition to that, they have a requirement we engage in government to government relations. i have to say something about it that kept me up at night, how do we move beyond formal government to government consultation and move into a conversation that we haven't had before. there's been niceties with tribal learners, going to the reservation, having them come to my office and talking about we need some help, more resources, we

i think folks in wyoming would and delware would be rereluctant to take the deal. the pad meteorologist's -- the administration's plan doesn'ted a up. in pennsylvania they modeled the proposal and have been modeling it for a while found it for $3 billion in state, local and private infrastructure. think about that. an additional $30 billion in infrastructure spending. that's a far cry from what the administration is promising. i think the president on the campaign trail saying saying we'll put a trillion dollars into infrastructure and folks up at the university of pennsylvania wharton school of business said issue don't think so. also concerned about the administration's proposal give projects incentive award based almost entirely on the percentage of nonfederal money they would raise regardless of project quality and benefits. might want to rethink that. there's something to be said for more money for -- to set the leveraging of federal -- more nonfederal money with the federal money, but project quality has to be among the considerations. does is make it safer o

i think focus in wyoming would be reluctant to take that deal too. it's one of a number of places where i think the administration's plan -- at least -- doesn't add up. last week up in philadelphia, the university of pennsylvania, modeled the administration's proposal. in fact, they have been modeling it for a while. they found out at most it would be $30 million in local and state infrastructure spending. think about that. an additional $30 billion in spending. that's a far cry from what the administration is promising. i think the president on the campaign trail basically saying we're going to put a trillion dollars into infrastructure. and folks up at the university of pennsylvania, wharton school of business, i don't think so. i'm also concerned about the administration's proposal to give projects and incentive awards based entirely on nonfederal money they would raise, regardless of project quality and projects. i think there is something to be said for, you know, more money for -- to incent nonfederal money with the federal money. but project q

i think of one in wyoming, the jackson hole ecosystem restoration. h how do we make sure those are delivered efficiently, effectively, and at the lowest cost for the american taxpayer. >> mr. chairman, you just discussed with madam secretary the -- the situation that i feel like has held up our way of doing business in the corps for a long time. and that's the fact of multiagencies overseeing the environmental impact statements as we go through developing those. under president trump's plan, there would be one agency in charge of that, one decision, one agency. the agencies will work together with the understanding that they don't have six years to complete an environmental impact statement. now, as far as the other things that the corps does, part of it's planning, designing, engineering, and then finally getting to contracts and construction. we're trying -- the corps has already internally made great steps and strides toward improving their process. i'm working with general semini and his key staff. we're going to further dig into that and try add

more people in california than in wyoming. every group of 10 million people -- coat >> laura: going to tell the american people tonight that because of that, we have to sacrifice a certain number of americans for this utopian idea that borders are pointless, that walls are bad, that the rule of law, when applied to a family crossing the border, you can't support them -- >> any chance i could get a word in? >> laura: i just think it's not a great argument. we want law and order -- >> laura, why do you even need me on the show? it's your show, you can just talk. the fact is, if you want less crime, moved to the cayman islands. got so few people there that you can go a whole week without the violent crime. >> laura: is that your argument? >> immigrants or any group of people -- if you're going to have people in this country -- 's spoon illegal in this country. >> every group commits some crime, and if you had to -- any chance i could get a word in here? then have fewer people. >> laura: there is a difference between illegal and l

gordon in laramie, wyoming you are on with max boot "the road not taken" his most recent book. >> caller: great. i may just to read invisible armies now, that's for sure. i am wondering i heard a rumor once that's when goodyear bought the rubber plant from michelin in the fifth season that's what got us in deeper and then also the best recommendation was -- that's all i've got it wet that i will get off the phone. >> host: thank you gordon. max boot. >> guest: i would second his recommendation hills of fire. thing is one the finest novels about the vietnam war and another one by carl marlantes. their number of good looks about vietnam but those are certainly to the best today didn't catch the caller's question about the rubber plantation. >> host: he talked about goodyear buying the rubber plantation from michelin ended that spike award plaques. >> guest: we went to vietnam because of the domino theory and the concerns in washington that if vietnam fell to the communists indonesia and the rest of asia would not be far behind. that was a strategic war which nobody thought we were going to

he a west pointer, came out of wyoming. his father was the sheriff of laramie, wyoming. if that does not give you a sense of his fortitude and toughness, i do not know what would. any thoughts on his career record in world war i? he flunked out of west point twice. the first time was an accident, the second time was done on purpose. >> i am not familiar off the top of my head with that experience, but after failing out of west point, which made him much maligned among the professionals, he was somehow admitted to m.i.t. and attended there for several years, and picked up a reserve commission. combatt believe he saw in world war i. i might be mistaken. he was a skilled trainer in the 20's and their -- 1920's and 1930's, and upstairs that gives him the recognition of talent in that role. ralph, our first question from the mezzanine? >> good morning. of the role. what i have always been fascinated with is at the early stages of the war, that the artillery group was so these wered, that untrained, untested -- how were they so advanced and able to respond so positively here,