Minutes. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Sen. Crapo today, we welcome the regulators, the comptroller of the currency, brian brooks. Chair of the federal deposit insurance corporation, Jelena Mcwilliams, and rodney hood. We will receive testimony from each agency on efforts and plans since you last testified before the committee. Since the passage of the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act, or cares act, your agencies have taken many meaningful steps to mitigate the Economic Impact of the pandemic and provide conditions that will lead to a forceful recovery. Lead to a forceful recovery. On october 30, the Federal Reserve announced changes to its main Street Lending facility on october 30, the Federal Reserve announced changes to its main Street Lending facility including decreasing the minimum loan size for priority loan facilities from 250,000 to 100,000, and allowing borrowers to deduct any ppp loan for their outstanding debt. Loan for their ppp outstanding debt. Your
The country the chancellor and the leaders of the countrys largest cities taking action amid an increase. The head of the World Food Program expresses his joy as the agency is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Imagine all the people and on what would have been john lennons 80th breath a, we look back on his life and legacy. What would have been john lennons 80th birthday. Germany has marked the First Anniversary on a deadly attack on a german synagogue. The attack took place on the jewish holiday of yom kippur. The neonazi failed to get through the door but went on to shoot two people outside. It was an occasion to mourn and reflect for survivors, for the bereaeaved, and for germany. The ceremony marked the anniversary of an antisemitic attack that evoked germanys darkest history. A year has passed already a year. Just a year. A year ago today, a nightmare came true here in broad daylight in the middle of germany. In germany of all places. Earlier in the day, the city came to a standstill
The largest outbreak through death and disability and those International Resources we must ask ourselves what we should do right now to protect the American People before the unthinkable happens to ensure we are a nation prepared. That same road widespread and then to jeopardize and the report states and i quote as a strategic competitor including cyberespionage. This is a growing threat to the nation with Economic Security with every aspect of ours. Lives. [inaudible] and with the cybersecurity to defend america again cyberattack. And then in addition on a daily basis to be critical to have widespread damage. And those recommendations a high level on both sides of the aisle cybersecurity for the white house to develop and to streamline and the role this first formalized and then elevated and expanded and the National Security advisor john bolton with another layer of bureaucracy. And in 2019 and in 2020 it dropped to 17th. Today we have the recommendation to establish National Cybers
Committee in january of 2019 and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats. Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow. That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea. Raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the Cyber Capabilities including
Good morning this hearing will come to order. Today is the day that we are going to do the interior environment subcommittee and examine the president s fiscaleat year 2021 budget request for the admire Environmental Protection agency. Officer welc administrator andrew wheeler, with him is david bloom. Welcome to both of you. The fiscal year 2021, the president s request of 6. 66 billion dollars for the epa isy a 27 cut below f why 2020 and active level of 9. 06 billion dollars. This request from the president seeks to undo all the progress we were able to achieve on a broad we bipartisan basis in te fy 2020. For example, request eliminates the pro 39 million in new fundg we provided to the epa to address requests regarding climate and Energy Funding grants by 47 , that is a 409 Million Dollar cut below fy 2020. The request also slashes 100 17 million from the 3 billion we invested in fy 2020 to rebuild our nations crumbling Water Infrastructure. I recently held a listening section ses