Council we value european allies and valued u. S. Engagement in the transatlantic relationship and the initiative is precisely to make the case that the European Union is a key, critical Strategic Partner of the United States. Part of our role is to explain the developments within the European Union and to engage policymakers and great bridge between policymakers United States and europe especially in times of Great Power Competition for as you know president macron of france is laid out an ambitious agenda for reform of the European Union for engagement of partners like russia, reforming the eurozone, reforming and stepping up European Defense integration as well as changing enlargement policy. These are issues that are think will discuss today with the minister. Let me first turn to start with initial remarks and then we will open to a conversation with all of you and we want this to be as interactive as possible. Thank you very much. [applause] good afternoon. Thank you for hosting
You can take your seats. We want to take advantage ofg to the opportunity to give the secretary some time for the give and take and the dialog that we are going to embrace here for the next couple ofhink hours. I think we can proceed on the first issue so that we can get so, firs to the chairman, it is of no controversy. Mor so, first, let me call the waysa and Means Committee to order, before turning to our hearing thise morning, the committees aint budget for fiscal year 1974. 2021 in accordance with the congressional budget act, of 1974 in house rules for f, you will find a copy of the letter ininbr front of them, you will receiveubmit it in advance of todays notice the. Thank you for working with me on refl able to wholcan submit a conse document that reflects the a priorities of the ways and n means community. They will consider as open for amendment r at any point, and if there are no amendments i will now recognize mr. Thompson for the purpose of offering a motion. Imat i move t
You can take your seats. We want to take advantage ofg to the opportunity to give the secretary some time for the give and take and the dialog that we are going to embrace here for the next couple ofhink hours. I think we can proceed on the first issue so that we can get so, firs to the chairman, it is of no controversy. Mor so, first, let me call the waysa and Means Committee to order, before turning to our hearing thise morning, the committees aint budget for fiscal year 1974. 2021 in accordance with the congressional budget act, of 1974 in house rules for f, you will find a copy of the letter ininbr front of them, you will receiveubmit it in advance of todays notice the. Thank you for working with me on refl able to wholcan submit a conse document that reflects the a priorities of the ways and n means community. They will consider as open for amendment r at any point, and if there are no amendments i will now recognize mr. Thompson for the purpose of offering a motion. Imat i move t
Saying the country needs to be better prepared. The site in the texas desert, helping the us challenge chinas dominance in the production of rare Earth Minerals. Hello to you. Boeing has announced it is temporarily halting production of its 737 max aircraft. The planes have been grounded since march. Its in response to crashes in indonesia and ethiopia that killed 346 people. Regulators in the United States, criticised for earlier decisions on the 737 max, are now saying they will not approve any return to service before next year. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. Grounded and now pulled from production. Boeings production, problems have gone from bad to worse, with the aviation zone forced to admit it can no longer continue to admit it can no longer continue to make the 737 max. The temporary halt in production has thejet to make the 737 max. The temporary halt in production has the jet still not returned to service was that it was grounded globally in march followi
Hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family have attended the funeral of pc Andrew Harper who was killed on duty in august. The parents of harry done say they will only meet the American Woman allegedly involved in the crash that killed him if she promises to return to britain. And coming up on bbc news. England have to deliver agaisnt bulgaria Gareth Southgate rallies his side as they return to euro 2020 qualifying following fridays surprise defeat to Czech Republic. Good afternoon from westminster, where the queen has just unveiled the plans for the year for Boris Johnsons government. She said the governments priority was to take the United Kingdom out of the eu at the end of the month. But the queens speech also set out plans to introduce tougher sentences forforeign offenders, investing more in the nhs and scrapping the rail franchise system. On brexit, there are plans to end free movment of eu citizens to the uk. The queen outlined 26 bills but with the Prime Minister no longer ha