Good morning. This hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from undersecretary defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord concerning supply chain integrity fourth apartment of defense in the United States. Since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armament director she has traveled to see the u. S. Throughout the u. S. And the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition and the Global Pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the Na
[indiscernible chatter] the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Madam chair, would you yield for a parliamentary inquiry as we start this hearing . I want to do my Opening Statement pardon me . I already recognize myself, but i will recognize you afterward. Id be holding, or that we would be holding a hearing under these circumstances. But i think it is a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid, you they they are sick, hungry, and jobless, and over 80,000 souls have been lost. The government that was supposed to protect them has failed. They haveheroes, and risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have of them. Been asked regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on , and we have the most deathsnd the most from co
[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
France are still raging on r. G. P. Correspondent Charlotte Dubinsky brings us the latest from paris on the impact the movement has had on the nations economy and later facebook is yet again back on the fire as a social media giant has found itself in federal court for anticompetitive practices r. T. Correspondents and months as they are that is standing by to take a deeper dive into the controversy and what maybe it had by the embattled tech company. Today so lets get to it. Official figures where china shows the country expanded by 6 point one percent and 29000 year over year which is the lowest figure and 29 years last year china has struggled with weak domestic demand and suffered impacts from the bitter trade war with the u. S. The 6 point one percent is down from its historical double digit growth however policymakers maintain that this is within the governments target range policymakers have for many years been trying to gradually step down expectations and slow the unsustainabl
Faced the risk of being ethnically cleansed. Since then, ethnically cleansed. Since then, the worst predictions of International Observers have come to the armenian come to pass as the armenian held region of Nagorno Karabakh collapsed , prompting thousands collapsed, prompting thousands of people to flee from Azerbaijani Armed forces. Baroness caroline cox from the house of lords has recently returned from armenia and speaks to us. After all that, well need to see the better side of life. And Stefan Kyriazis will life. And Stefan Kyriazis will be here to provide it. Hes been to see the dance show message in a bottle at sadlers wells, described as an uplifting and poignant tale of humanity. It will tell me about that and more. Well also be tuning in to Angela Rayners speech today at the Labour Party Conference and in the second hour, following the farce of High Speed Two railway line, well ask the question , will britain question, will britain ever recapture the enterprising spirit of