Cspanstore. Org. Next, a look at efforts to modernize Information Technology across government agencies. The House Oversight subcommittee hearing includes the chief Information Officers from the governmental accountability office, the office of Personnel Management, the white house budget office, and the education department. This is about 2 1 2 hours. Begin in 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1. Welcome, everybody, to the subcommittee on government operations. And our 10th hearing on fitara. Before we begin, pursuant to house rules, most members today will appear by webx remotely. Since some members are appearing in person, or at least this member is, let me remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Im dropping mine only to speak. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. Youll only see witnesses appearing remotely on the moni
The first case that we will argue stay is down from versus the usa. Mr. Chief justice, the subpoenas at issue here are unprecedented in every sense. No court hadcases, ever upheld the use of Congress Passed subpoena power. Had toittee of congress the records of a sitting president with a broad swath of the president s personal papers to the let alone purpose of the a potential legislation. There is a reason this is the first time a set has attempted such a gambit. Because, grist has subpoena power, it is subordinate and when that power is deployed against the president , it must yield absent any longstanding tradition or compelling showing of need. The committees consent is neither condition and that should decide this case. The committees contend the subpoenas satisfy the limits this court has always applied to congressional subpoenas. But the arguments would render those limits meaningless. But the arguments would render those limits meaningless. They claim congress can you subpoenas
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
Good morning, i call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin now house rules require me to remind you that 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. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the interior and environment and appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss mccullum to present the bill. Good morning, and thank you, madam chair. I want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his strong collaboration and partnership throughout this entire process. Hes been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography, being a social studies teacher he borers with the great state of ohio on lake erie and in minnesota we border on lake superior. Id like to thank the subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which weve continued our tradition of nonpartisan work
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