Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The event will begin momentarily. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the chairwoman of the Republican National committee. Hello this convention will come to order [cheers and applause] 2020ates, welcome to the Republican National convention. Offering todays invitation, invocation, please welcome from vermont, j sheppard. Thank you, ronna. My name is jay and i am a republican. I am also a catholic donald trump republican. By the grace of god, i am an american. So let us pray. Thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and Vice President that reflect the values of our founding fathers. And are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. There is no choice to f
Hearing in person must wear a face mask. 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. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about this please Contact Committee staff immediately. Second, we have a timer that should be visible on your screen when youre in the active speaker with him know. Members who wish to pen the timer to the screen should Contact Committee staff for assistance. Third, thousand rules require that w
Happening and answering our questions. Your full written testimony will be entered into the record. Part, i am going to read my Opening Statement and then there will be a two minute video. Will begin by saying the federal protective Service Officer David Taft Underwood was 53 when he was shot that guarding a Federal Building in oakland, california during a protest. His partner was also shot, but thankfully survived. Protestsrts of the involving 8000 people turned chaotic and violent as demonstrators smashed windows, looted stores and broke into a bank. The suspect that killed the four,puty a few days of his antipolice views drew him to oakland. He saw the protest as an opportunity for more bloodshed. David dorn was a retired police chief in st. Louis. He responded to the alarm going off at a shop owned by his friend during a night of antipolice protest. Chief dorn 77 years old, father of five, grandfather of 10, died on june 2 in the anarchy unleashed in st. Louis. Unfortunately, the v
Revitalizing the economy. At the beginning of his tenure, Governor Hogan chose to work on the issue of improving our aging infrastructure and building the modern systems of connectivity that we need to build a prosperous future. Before theiority pandemic and has taken on greater importance now. Governor hogan will share some of the highlights from his initiative, infrastructure, foundation for success. We look forward to hearing the conclusions and highlights of your policy work. Governo the nga is not just about representing americas governors, its about what americas governors represent. In states all across the country, governors are working together in a bipartisan way, showing leadership and finding solutions to be Serious Problems facing us. I am a lifelong Small Business owner who never Held Elected Office before. I ran for governor because i was concerned about the Small Businesses being lost in our state and the people losing their jobs. Economice best turnaround in america. T
Ideas and generating policies like hogan has been so effective at doing in maryland. Today we will be talking about federalism, covid19 but also importantly about Governor Hogans book which is a terrific read. If you have not gotten a copy yet i encourage you to do so. Well talk about the book and whats in it today. As part of the discussion we have we welcome your questions and answers. Submit those in the q and a button at the bottom of your screen and we will do our best to get those questions worked in today so without further a new Governor Hogan is the 62nd governor of the state of maryland. The second republican to be reelected in the 242 here history of the state. He had a number of policy priorities we will talk about especially during the covid19 pandemic hes been a leader in ensuring that marylanders have access to proper testing and that theyve got a set of policies that are thought through and rigorous and scientific but also recognized the need to balance all these import