Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d
General to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Last year we were off by 3. 5 months, Something Like that thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get appropriation bills done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department i think that is enormously important. This year we hope to come a little closer to october 1 certainly on the authorizing bill that also the appropriation bill but most importantly, we have a budg
I will start with some good news well, first of all, i will start with thinking our witnesses for being here and thanking them for their service to our country. Further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of defense without Appropriations Bills in a timely manner. Last year we were off by 3. 5 months, Something Like that thats better than drifting into the next year. We did get appropriation bills done by december of last year which gives some predictability to the department i think that is enormously important. This year we hope to come a little closer to october 1 certainly on the authorizing bill that also the appropriation bill but most importantly, we hav
The market selloff continues and so does the search for a safe haven, the spreading virus is the main factor, dow industrials down 400 points at the opening bell, this is shaping up to be the worst week for the dow since the financial crisis of 2008. S p down 50, one. 5 or more and the nasdaq down 2 at the opening bell. The president has offered reassurance about the virus, quote, the risk to the American People remains very low. We are ready to do whatever we have to as the disease spreads. Now comes news of an unexplained case of the coronavirus in california. The patient did not travel to a virus hotspot and was not in contact with a known virus carrier. In other words it is here. Oversees dramatic action in japan. They closed all the schools until april. In italy, 528 cases at least, 12 that. Iran finally doing something. Having refused to quarantine towns or cities they suggested less unnecessary travel. Listen to what the president said about the Market Reaction. I think the stoc
Member for his longtime friend ship and partnership in this issue. Also want to thank the members of the cdc and Senior State Department officials for taking the time to come up here. Obviously, this is a very timely subject. This is our second hearing. A couple weeks ago we had the first hearing in congress on coronavirus, and this will be my second hearing. I think about this issue based on my background as a physician, but more importantly, as the former chief medical officer for Sacramento County who is in charge of the Public Health Delivery System there. And as a faculty member, my last Home Institution was the university of california davis, school of medicine. The reason why i give that background is last night it became personal for me because its hitting close to home. The first Novel Coronavirus case potentially person to person, nontransmission is in Sacramento County as we speak. That patient is housed at uc davis. I have been in communication with my former colleagues tha