Of the discussion. If you were recently unemployed, laid off, or furloughed, that line is 202 7488000. If you are currently employed, 202 7488001. If you are a Business Owner, that line is 202 7488002. We would really like to hear how this is affecting our business. For all others, the line is 202 7488003. Make sure to text us, including her name, where you are texting from. On twitter, we are at cspanwj, and on facebook we will look for your posts as well, facebook. Com cspan. This is the headline in the Washington Post this morning, jobless rates spike to 4. 4 as democrats and trump began to scramble for a new spending and stimulus. Workers, thee for worst is yet to come. By midyear, the nation will likely be suffering its highest Unemployment Rate in nearly 40 years and possibly the worst since the great depression. Bank of america says the jobless rate will hit 15. 6 . ,oldman sachs pegs it at 15 while the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 12 for the second quarter.
Gov. Newsom let us pull this down. We will get started. For your, everybody indulgence. As we are here in the sacramento area to make a number of announcements and continue our daily briefings. The announcement today is an announcement that is very near and dear, not only to me, but mayor steinberg, who is here, Carrie Larson from the county and surrounding the issue of homelessness. We are in a facility the sacramento area that currently has 30 individuals that were out on the streets and encampments that were brought into this hotel motel just recently to get them off the street to begin the cess of basically let me back up. To basically decompress. And to address the real vulnerabilities of homelessness in this state and the issues of covid19 as it relates to the Homeless Population throughout the state. This has been a point of real concern for all of us for a number of months, a top priority since the covid crisis began to manifest. We are pleased to date with the partnership we h
About cities, towns andville eamings have a tremendous opportunity to usher pofe activity and in a time of growing change in washington. The best way to move our communities forward is to promote partnership, leading together with other local, state, federal leaders. We can all overcome the toughest challenges that is facing our communities. This is our charge and our residents have elected us and why we have come to washington every single year. In fact, the last 55 years, we have come to this congress collectively one voice. You know, issues like the outbreak of the coronavirus, i would be remiss if i didnt talk about cities being on the front line of dealing with this Ongoing Public Health emergency. Local elected leaders have the responsibility to ensuring the health and safety of their residents. We are thankful for the federal spending package passed last week to allot 8. Billion in this Public Health crisis and looking forward to meeting with Vice President pence on wednesday at
Recordbreaking attendance numbers here. Over 2,000 attendees from all cross the country. Different size cities. Look at the beautiful faces behind me. Excitement that we are here, we are loud, and were proud of the fact that we have come together to bang on the door here of the federal government, to make sure that our federal partners listen to us and they act and they act quickly. Local leadership is critical to creating cohesive cohesion throughout our country. Cities, towns and villages have a tremendous opportunity to usher Forward Partnership and positivity in a time of growing gridlock and change in washington. The best way to move our communities forward is to promote partnership, leading together with other local, state, federal leaders. We can all overcome the toughest challenges that are facing our communities. This is our charge and our residents have elected us and why we have come to washington every single year. In fact, the last 55 years, we have come to this congress c
We will come to order. Todays hearing will focus on the reauthorization of the fast act, the nations current surface transportation bill that expires on september 30. We will hear the priorities of key Public Transportation stakeholders. A longterm reauthorization bill is critical to providing the certainty of stability that transit agencies, cities andos d to make responsible transportation lighting decisions. Public transportation plays a key role in our nations economy there are over 400 30,000 workers employed and Public Transportation in the United States. Transit provides approximately 33 million trips every day. Taking Many Americans to and from work, school and medical appointments. Not just in big urban cities, but also small areas. We have found ourselves with yet another reauthorization where the Highway Trust Fund is a most significant issue that needs to be addressed. In order to advance a comprehensive longterm reauthorization bill. While this committee does not have juri