That course in a special virtual town hall. Brought to you by michigan now. Good evening. Im honored to be joined by my frank and mike. We are broadcasting to stations across michigan tonight. On behalf of all of our stations, we want to thank you for your questions and for tuning into this incredibly special event. An unprecedented time in our history calls for an unprecedented response to your covid19 has hit our state hard. Michiganders have seen loss of life, jobs, and a sense of normalcy. Rebound, anyward questions remain like when will people be able to go back to work, when will things get back to normal, and what is the plan if we do see another spike in cases. Our stations are teaming up to get your questions answered. Tonight we are joined by governor gretchen whitmer. Governor, we want to thank you for the opportunity to bring questions directly to you. The governor is joined by michigans chief medical executive and the director of Michigan Labor and Economic Opportunity. ,h
Illinois governor gave an update on the States Coronavirus pandemic. He was joined by his sister former commerce secretary who spoke about efforts to raise money in her capacity as chair of the illinois covid19 relief fund. We will also hear from senator richard durbin. Good afternoon to everybody who is here in the room and our teleworking reporters and those joining us on television, radio or streaming service. I want to thank again the reporters and press working so hard to cover the vital stories of this pandemic. More than ever, people need clear, factual information to rely upon. I want to thank the Illinois Broadcasters Association and tv and radio stations all across the state that are joining forces today to come back hunger and shortages during this crisis. One of our hardest working Agency Directors during this crisis is department of Human Services secretary. Secretary is here to talk about the essential role in our response to covid19. And maintaining the continuity of Hum
Watching at home, is a course focused on business in society here at Colorado College and this class in particular were looking at the making of the u. S. Drug war and in particular how it relates to the prediction and now the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular sub stan. Ive been doing research either no graphically and historically on the drug war and for the last two decades so you get to join us today on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. We were talking about the impact ourulture and science in approaches to medicine, and what is a sub acceptable substance and what marks those substances that are different from medicine. Today, we are going to try to see how those ideas impact the laws that govern access to these substances. We are going to start over a century ago with the food and drug act of 1906. It impacts us into the present and helps control our access to a whole range of substances. The law itself is focused on consu
That revenue is just a bid among federal programs and shared with the state, local and tribal governments. Finally, we will hear testimony on two measures that would boost revenue sharing from onshore renewable as well as offshore development. Both bills under consideration or sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy has introduced s2418 which is the coastal act and senator mick sally has introduced f2 666 which is a public lands are knowable Energy Development act. As a cosponsor of the coastal act i want to thank senator cassidy for introducing legislation that would bring revenue sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore developments. Progress laid the foundation through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security act back in 2006. At that time the bill did not include alaska. The coastal act we are considering now what establish a Revenue Sharing Program that would include alaska. At the current time our offshore production is pretty minimal
We are here this morning for three closely related purposes and first we will examine federal revenues generated from Energy Development on our federal lands, indian lands and federal offshore areas. Secondly, we will explore how that revenue is just a bid among federal programs and shared with the state, local and tribal governments. Finally, we will hear testimony on two measures that would boost revenue sharing from onshore renewable as well as offshore development. Both bills under consideration or sponsored by members of this committee. Senator cassidy has introduced s2418 which is the coastal act and senator mick sally has introduced f2 666 which is a public lands are knowable Energy Development act. As a cosponsor of the coastal act i want to thank senator cassidy for introducing legislation that would bring revenue sharing for coastal producing states into parity with onshore developments. Progress laid the foundation through the passage of the gulf of Mexico Energy security ac