Been configured to maintain 6 foot distances between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely, a few Video Conferencing reminders. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise, please click the mute button until you ask questions. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next senator until its resolved. Again, remind all senators and our witnesses that the fiveminute clock applies. Those of you remote should have a clock on the screen showing how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process, senator brown and i have agreed to go by seniority for this hoogerheide. With that we welcome our witness steven t. Mnuchin, secretary to department of treasury an honorable jerome powell, board of governors of the Fe
Second highest rate of cases in the world and supply of protective gear was uncertain. Some estimated supply would run out in a matter of days. Use the defense protection act to leverage the equipment to keep fighting the pandemic. Using the dpa is crucial in our fight against covid. However, i was just as surprised as many of us when the International Development finance corporation announced they would issue their first dpa loan to kodak to produce pharmaceutical components. The dpa is finally being utilized but to a company that only just recently left bankruptcy with no proof of success of pharmaceuticals, being trusted with such an important task. Frankly its not a joke. Kodak ceo purchased shares of the company, leading up to the announcement and received 1. 75 billion Stock Options from the kodak board the day before the announcement was made. These Stock Options may have been worth as much 50 million just a few days later. A letter from the committee to the s. E. C. Urging inve
President ial debates often dont trump and joe bidens 1st encounter is dominated by interruptions and insults. Amenia and azerbaijan say theyll keep fighting over disputed region rejecting International Calls for talks. I am one of the most wanted suspects in the rwandan genocide is to be handed over to the u. N. For trial. Brazil has recorded more than a 1000 daily coronavirus deaths for the 2nd time in a month it brings the total number to nearly 143002nd only to the United States it is the worst affected country in latin america which is the global epicenter of the pandemic overall brazil. Accounts for more than 30 percent of all corona virus related deaths worldwide and nearly 30 percent of infections. Lets go to our correspondent to get acute joins us live now from Rio De Janeiro so talk us through the situation there why are the numbers going up so high well basically people here have or are acting as if brazil had already discovered the vaccine there or theyre not social distanc
This two and a half hour hearing included testimony from an interior Department Official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wyde
Funding expires. Bills on energy and clean air and forced labor. Announced Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in statuary hall at u. S. Capitol friday. The ceremony will only be open [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by conroy. Plain, father chaplain conroy let us pray. Ord, merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. E give you thanks for the life and work of justice ruth ginsburg. Americans be inspired to be their best selves because of her example. She rest in peace. Bless those throughout our ation who are suffering from the pandemic, fires, hurricanes, and flooding. Needs continue. Our political leaders to tend to those needs with sp