Wildfire year response and Recovery Efforts will come to order. Thank you for joining with the deputy chief for forestry at usda. After brief opening remarks, the hearing will open to questions. Members will be recognized in order of seniority, alternating between the majority and minority members. When you are recognized, youll be asked to unmute your microphone, and youll have five minutes to ask your question and or make a comment. In order to get as many questions as possible, the timer will stay consistently visible on your screen. Thank you for joining us here today in washington and online. For this critical hearing on the wildfires ravaging the western United States. We have all seen the footage from california, oregon and washington. It is surreal, and it is terrifying. I want to talk today about what we can do to meet the needs and face the challenges presented by this unprecedented wildfire season out west and elsewhere. Deputy chief phipps, thank you for joining us today an
Good morning, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the mooting of the government audit and Oversight Committee. Im supervisor gordon mar and joined by vicechair peskin, and supervisor haney will join us. And i would like to thank s. F. O. S. F. O. For staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, any announcements . Clerk in order to protect the Board Members and the public during the covid19 health emergency, the board of supervisors and the Committee Room are closed. This precaution is taken to local, state and orders and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, on cable channel 26 and they are streaming the callin number across the screen. Provide Public Comments during the Public Comment period by calling 1 415 6550001. Once connected and prompted to the meeting i. D. , todays meeting i. D. Is 1467063442. And then press pound t
That was built in the 1730s, about 40 years before there was any such thing as the United States of america. Pennsylvania was a british colony. This was its capital building. Capitol building. They would make laws for pennsylvania and each of the 13 colonies has its own government. These are the issues in a lot of ways that will lead to the creation of the United States, most of which will happen in this room, because the colonies , as time goes forward, or at least many people in the Political Class of these colonies will start to grow , dissatisfied with the way the British Government is treating them, is affecting their lives locally, and one of the other side issues is americans living in the colonies do not get to vote in british elections. So when the parliament in london makes laws for americans, the most famous being various taxes you get to learn about in school, we will say this is taxation without representation. It is that idea you are not getting the voice. Thomas jefferso
The time of great change at the Court Continues in the next administration, future confirmations must be conducted differently than the preceding ones. Mr. President , the president s intentions on the existing process which exploded during the thomas nomination fight make restoration of what came before judge thomas nomination even if it was desirable, a practical impossibility. Having said that, mr. President , we face one immediate question, can our Supreme Court confirmation process sow discord and bitterness in an Election Year . Mr. President , history teaches us this is extremely unlikely. Some of our nations most bitter and heated confirmation fights have come in president ial Election Years. A bruising confirmation fight over roger taunys nomination in 1836. The senates refusal to confirm four nominations by president tyler in 1844, the single vote rejection of nominees badger and black by lame duck president s filmore and buchanan in the mid19th century and narrow approval of
At stake on november 3. Senator ted cruz underlined the importance of the next disappointment when he joined me just last week. The descenters are literally erasing the Second Amendment from the bill of rights and we are one vote away. If joe biden wins, the odds are very high, depending upon what appointments he gets that that four votes will become five votes, and the Second Amendment will be erased from the bill of rights thats the stakes of this election. Maria straight ahead on sunday morning futures secretary of state mike pompeo is here, weigh ing in on ginsburgs passing, just days after President Trump presided over the historic findings of a middle east Peace Agreement at the white house, that could earn him a nobel peace prize. This as anticipation over john durhams criminal probe reaches a pitch with House Democrats now calling for an emergency doj review on his investigation. Senate intel chairman marco rubio and jim jordan the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committe