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Authorizing highway, bridge, aviation, and waterway projects. Members are working on 170 amendments. They plan to complete work on those amendments around midday today. That will be followed by a vote on final passage of the package. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving day. Other we ask your continued protection empowerment of those who tend to the sick and those who medical solutions to this dangerous pandemic. The work of the house these last few days to votes. Wo upport for the department of agriculture. During these times Food Production and delivery and the many e been among challenges facing our nation. Whatever the particulars of this may it proceed through the legislative process ultimately help the benefit of all americans. We ask, also, your continued protection and empowerment of hose who live heroic lives d
I want to thank everyone for their adherence to the guidelines as we continue to do our work while protecting the health and safety of our staff, families and communities. Thank you for joining us today. In pursuant to notice, todays hearing is taking place in our ways and Means Committee hearing room, with members permitted to attend remotely in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings, pursuant to House Resolution 965. We currently have 33 members logged in and participating via the webex platform. For those members who arent here in washington and plan to participate in person, we have a limited number of available seats to ensure that we adhere to social distancing guidelines. I encourage members to watch from their office and only come to the hearing room when it is your turn for questioning. Before we turn to todays topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures as we navigate this hybrid hearing setting. First, consistent with regulations, the commit
And 60s this morning. 63 in concord and upper 50s for klsan jose and livermore and mid 50s in San Francisco and low 50s for santa rosa. With our sutro cam, with the sun about to rise. Check out what you can expect as we take you through the day. Mid 80s in san jose and his 70s in oakland and concord low 90s this afternoon. Highs about one to six degrees above average for this time of year and we will continue to watch our temperatures climb. Ill have more in the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. The state and Santa Clara County have sorted out the confusion and mixed messages over exactly what businesses are allowed to operate during the pandemic and now the next phase of reopening for the county is just days a o live in this morning with the details. Kiet . Reporter yes, good morning. Were live here in downtown campbell where last night, the city council actually discussed shutting down this whole stretch on the main drag here. This is East Campbell avenue and make way for out