Order. The chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing, oversight of the department of justice. Political interference and threats. Before we begin, i want to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating written materials members might want to offer as part of the hearing. If you want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate them to members and staff as quickly as possible. I want to remind all members the nodance of the office says facetoface is required. Required here is to follow guidance. This is for the health and safety of our staff and loved ones we will return to at the end of the day. I expect all members to wear a mask, except when you are speaking. I but recognize myself for an opening statement. Mr. Chairman, the point of last friday,er william barr announced that Geoffrey Berman was stepping down. This was, of course, untrue. He
Than 4 months ago on february 6th and since then an average of almost 900 americans. Have lost their battle with the virus every single day. The new number may not be complete because some victims may have died without ever being tested and therefore were not counted. The death toll from coronavirus is higher than our military losses in the vietnam. And korean wars combined. We passed another unfortunate milestone on the global scale as well today the number of reported deaths from covid19 has surpassed 350,000 worldwide and theyre now. 5. 6 million cases overall in the u. S. There are nearly 1. 7 million cases and in california there are now more than 100,000 cases and over 3800 people have died. After keeping the state largely lockdown since march 19th the governor newsome has quickly allowed as many as 47 counties to move further into the reopening faces and one local Health Official says that he could be moving too fast. Santa clara county Public Health director doctor sara cody to
Passed another unfortunate milestone on the global scale as well the number of reported deaths from covid19 has surpassed 350,000 worldwide. And there are now more than 5. 6 million confirmed cases overall in the u. S. There are nearly 1. 7 million cases and in california there are now more than 100,000 cases and over 3800 people have died. Today governor Gavin Newsome told leaders in the gym and Fitness Industries that that new guidelines on reopening gyms and Fitness Centers in california will be coming soon. Those comments came during a round table he held via zoom. The governor did not give a specific timeline and said he is not even ready to have gyms reopen as soon as next week, but that the guidelines could be out by that. Now we hope to put out in the very very near future and i say very near future because i dont want to say next week but but with in a week or so we believe will be in a position make public the in your sector. This comes a day after the governor announced the
The joint hearing of the subcommittee and Risk Management and livestock and aquaculture entitled to review the implementation of the federal farm Disaster Relief will come to order. Thank you and welcome to the joint hearing subcommittees of the general farm commodities Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture is a. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague as well as my esteemed Ranking Member into the chairman and fellow Ranking Member mike conaway the first hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Conservation Mission area in Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. Currently at the helm of three efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers and the communities in the country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist the farmers most directly harmed by the trade war and the expanded wildfires overcame Indemnity Program which will aid in the recovery from the natural disasters and programs like other spor
This is two hours and 15 minutes. The joint hearing of the subcommittee and Risk Management and livestock and aquaculture entitled to review the implementation of the federal farm Disaster Relief will come to order. Thank you and welcome to the joint hearing subcommittees of the general farm commodities Risk Management and livestock and foreign agriculture is a. Im pleased to be joined by my colleague as well as my esteemed Ranking Member into the chairman and fellow Ranking Member mike conaway the first hearing comes at a very important time for farmers. Usda and in particular the Conservation Mission area in Farm Service Agency is in the middle of a huge job. Currently at the helm of three efforts to address the needs of farmers, ranchers and the communities in the country. The Market Facilitation Program which is meant to assist the farmers most directly harmed by the trade war and the expanded wildfires overcame Indemnity Program which will aid in the recovery from the natural disa