A 60 percent of brazilian support stricter social distancing measures in stark contrast to their president. And Stormy Weather forces spacex. To postpone the launch that will make it the 1st private company to send astronauts into orbit. The u. S. Secretary of state has the liver to withering statement on china saying its abandoning its commitments to preserve hong kong told me my pompei all says the proposed National Security legislation for hong kong is a disastrous decision and means the city no longer warrants special economic treatment thats a move that puts of risk billions of dollars in trade in this statement said no reasonable person can assert today that hold. Well maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground he went on saying it is now clear that china is modeling hong kong after itself from pale finished with the promise that the United States stands with the people of hong kong as they struggle against the Chinese Communist partys increasing the
Development administrator mark green testified before the Appropriations Committee and Donald Trumps 2021 budget request for his agency, he fielded questions on the various foreign aid programs run by usaid and his agencys involvement in responding to the global coronavirus outbreak. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on state, foreign operations and related programs will come to order. Administrator green, thank youou for joining us today. I really do want to thank you for your stewardship of usaid during very difficult times and for the dedication of our Development Professionals. Usaid helps the worlds most do need a kleenex . We are all carrying them around. Usaid helps the worlds mosta vulnerable, assists in recovery from natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and supports countries efforts
[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
I am so excited you all are taking it. Announcer there is still time to enter the competition. You have until january 20 to create a 56 minute documentary wantexplores an issue you a president ial candidate to address during campaign 2020. There is a grand prize of 5,000. For more information, go to our website, studentcam. Org. Washingtoncspans journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up wednesday morning, on new years day, we check in with talkshow hosts from around the country asking whether their audience is optimistic or pessimistic about the year ahead in washington. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern wednesday morning. Join the discussion. Announcer next, a look at workersto protect , directed at Land Management agencies. Subcommittee on National Parks and public land will come to order. Statements are slim to the chair in the ranking minority member. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening
Statements are slim to the chair in the ranking minority member. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 pm today. Hearing no objections, so ordered. Thank you all for being here today for the subcommittee on National Parks, forests in public lands hearing on combatting anti public lands extremism. We are here today in part to review the results of our recent Government Accountability Office Report detailing the impact of Anti Government extremism and public land managers in federal facilities. As we will hear, that report found some shocking details about the threats these federal employees faced just doing their jobs. Federal land managers and Law Enforcement personnel have been followed around in stores, had their homes sticks out, and have even faced attempted murder at the hands of those who promote Anti Government ideologies. I hope that we can all agree that this is un