Preparations committee worked on 2021 spending today, earlier they debated interior and Environmental Department spending which included several amendments, your congresswoman chairs the committee. Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. And before we begin, they require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. Been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, it borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee f
News. New attend President Trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States. He tweeted tonight, he would sign the order quote in light of the attacks from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of Great American citizens. Thanks for joining us on this monday night time can way and im pam moore, the tweet comes after the president addressed more criticism of his response to the pandemic it has been 3 months since the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus but some governors say they still do not have the resources they need to safely get business going again. Erica hill reports from washington dc. As states and cities look for a path forward testing is at the top of their list. The question is. Fast can you increase in. Test. More test. It is the acts of them or has better as a Nursing Homes and schools as teachers past. Prison facilities, what you need divine in the past. The president invoking
Mr. Cotton madam president. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Cotton in the next few days Senate Democrats will move to discharge a war powers resolution to tie the president s hands in defending this nation against iran and terrorist masterminds like Qasam Soleimani. Lets think about how we got here and the implications of this reckless action. Qasam soleimani has the blood of thousands of americans on his hands and hundreds of thousands of innocent souls across the middle east. For more than 20 years he was the Supreme Leaders most trusted lieutenant, irans terror mastermind, the man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan by supplying the most deadly kind of roadside bombs soldiers ever faced. He and his proxies and iranian leaders like him are responsible for bombings of our embassies in places like lebanon and kuwait. Theyre in no small part responsible for the ongoing horror of the Syrian Civil War or the civil war in
Best performers in the s p 500 or if perhaps because Elizabeth Warren is walking back her proposal for medicare for all, interimhere would be an and the fact that Pete Buttigieg is pulling so well. Down about 2. 7 . Guy . Guy european stocks low but not down by much. Volume is like. We seem to have people trading on trade headlines that are risk off. We have yields lower and bonds are better. By half of 1 p against the u. S. Dollar. The reason for that is better polling for the conservative party. We will talk british politics shortly with joe swinson of the liberal democrats. Vonnie lets get to hong kong. Raging fires, tear gas, flaming vehicles have all gripped hong kong in battles between protesters and police. Of a are growing on a crackdown on protesters as police around a university. In the u. S. The senate is preparing for passage of a bill that shows support for protesters supporting democracy in hong kong. When do we expect that vote . We are expecting it at some point this we
This subcommittee hearing last about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. The subcommittee on National Parks force and public life will now come to order. The subcommittees meeting today to testimony on h. R. 2420 the nationales museum of the americn latino act. And a Committee Rule, any oral Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. Therefore ask unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if their civic to the clerk by 5 p. M. Today. During no objection, so ordered. In addition due to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to askn unanimous consent that allo interested members be allowed to join us and participate on the dais. Before we get started i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of silence for our friend, our colleague, defender of justice and equality and humanity, mr. Elijahel cummings. Thank you all so much. Thank you for attending th