Protection agency, Andrew Wheeler, was on capitol hill to testify on the epas role on the coronavirus response. This Senate Environment and public works hearing is almost 2. 5 hours. I would like to welcome the administrator of the epa, Andrew Wheeler interested committee today. Todays hearing is the opportunity to hear about their good work and a chance for Committee Members to ask questions. The Environmental Protection agency is test with detecting the air we breathe, the water reaching and the communities where our family live. During the covid19 pandemic the agency has worked hard to provide the public with updated information on which disincentive disinfectants can be safely used to kill the virus. In addition, the epa has made Grant Funding available to the states and the tribes to help low income and minority communities address coronavirus. A has provided thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment to aid Health Professionals during the pandemic. A issued guidance to
From the billionaire buyer about his 240 restaurants that are back in business open once again. Hell join us later. First, over to you as we mentioned, fed chair Jerome Powell testifying on the cares act today. Lets bring in steve for more. Steve. Thanks very much, kelly the treasury secretary and the fed chairman defending the programs that are out there. The critical questions being how soon will this money be delivered. Is it going to the right people and is it enough of it out there . Poul w powell was asked about the question and here is his response regarding maybe more needs to be done this is the biggest response by congress ever and the biggest from us and this is the biggest shot we have seen in living memory and the question looms in the air of is it enough. He seems to suggest that more may need to be done. Congress wanted to know where is the money they appropriated and the fed is yet to launch several programs here is graphic that may help you understand where this money
Wheeler interested committee today. Todays hearing is the opportunity to hear about their good work and a chance for Committee Members to ask questions. The Environmental Protection agency is test with detecting the air we breathe, the water reaching and the communities where our family live. During the covid19 pandemic the agency has worked hard to provide the public with updated information on which disincentive disinfectants can be safely used to kill the virus. In addition, the epa has made Grant Funding available to the states and the tribes to help low income and minority communities address coronavirus. A has provided thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment to aid Health Professionals during the pandemic. A issued guidance to states and businesses on how it will enforce environmental laws when social distancing affects activities. Looking forward to hearing more about the agencys work during todays hearing. In addition to its work on the virus the agency has pursued
Winning streak lets go to bob with more on the market bob. Its a little bit of indeterminent trading. We have been trying to get over the end of april highs we would break out of there and well be to the march. We have been stalled out here. Take a look at the sectors here. You can see in front of you, reits down banks have been drifting lower all month. Consumer staples out performing a little bit now down as much a couple of news announcements the fed niensannounced they wer going to start buying the Corporate Bond etfs. This has been real winner for people who tried to front run the fed anticipating they were going to be doing this up 16 in the last month wells fargo, all sorts of Corporate Bonds. Ge capital bonds are in this thing. The other piece of good news or interesting news is pnc. They own 22 of blackrock. They own i shares. They are selling that whole stake. This is one of the greatest invest ms of all time. They made need it for capital, Capital Improvements overall a lot
Which are used to sequester carbon dioxide. While we support wyomings protecting their Natural Resources and environment and we encourage other states to follow their to implement and enforce this Important Program under the Safe Drinking Water act. You. Ank carper. Senator carper mr. Chairman, delaware is right in he middle of a lot of busy corridor in the northeast. A lot of people live in the northeast. Heres a lot of traffic in the northeast. I95, 295. Through myomes right state. 80 of the pollution, particularly northern delaware, comes from sources outside of state. Generated by sources outside of our state. Fortunate of being downwind from a lot of the comes to that delaware. It keeps us out of compliance some of the area pollution, clean air requirements, that others are able to meet because places like wyoming and oklahoma where they dont have all those millions of cars coming ks and advance through there every month. Of e happens to be a couple coal fired plants. Three in pen