Span radio app. Federal reserve chair Jerome Powell appear on capitol hill for the second time this week to testify on the Economic Impact of the coronavirus. This hearing is just over two hours. Welcome everybody. ,oday our select subcommittee some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely. Welcome everybody. Today our select subcommittee, some members will appear in person and others may appear et d , all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a mask or face covered. Ing. Over members who do not wear a Face Covering will not be recognized to speak. Let me make a few reminders about hearings. For those members appearing in able to seewill be members appearing remotely on the monitors in front of you. On one, you will see all the members appearing remotely at as gradehat is known view mode grid view mode. On the other monitor you will see each person speaking during the hearing when they are speaking, including members who are appearing remotely. For
Chairs this subcommittee. The committee will come to order. Welcome to the fiscal year 2021 labor hhs subcommittee markup. Joined by my dear friend tom cole. I want to welcome mrs. Lowey, Ranking Member granger and the subcommittee members here in person and those by a secure video teleconference. Just to mention we have in person chairwoman lowey, Congress Woman lee, Congress Woman clark, Ranking Member cole, Ranking Member granger, Congress Woman butler, congressman graves. Those participating remotely are Congress Woman frankle and bonnie coleman. Before i give an opening statement, im required to offer a brief explanation how the markup will woman. Todays room has been configured for the six foot distancing between the staff and members and the press corps. And some have used security video teleconferencing to participate remotely. Video teleconferencing, once you start speaking there will be a slight delay. Speaking into the microphone activates the camera. Displaying the main spe
The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank all of you who are attending this important hearing, and today we are going to discuss the International Response to the covid19 pandemic and the future pandemic preparedness, prevention and response. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829, which senator murphy and i have introduced, the Global Health security and diplomacy act. Its written on paper, not on stone, which well talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee is going to take up, indeed probably one of the weightiest matters that well deal with as they attempt to create a new shield to prevent a covid virus type attack from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic has reaffirmed what weve long known, and that is Infectious Diseases, particularly those of viral nature, do not respecta tt threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on our domestic response to the pandemic, but we ignore the spr
Shellady and moodys economist john lonski. Welcome to both of you. Scott, what do you make of what is happening right now . Maybe because of stormy weather, folks expected to participate in Online Shopping more than otherwise would be the case. How do you sort of look at that . The shocking numbers, Online Shopping still has not eclipsed bricks and mortar. Depending who you read about 20, 25 . What do the malls look like when there is 50 50 . There is a still room to have Online Shopping area. I think bets, ultimately death knell at some point in time but right now it is small. We need to see 10 billion, the market would love. That would be something good to underpin we see what happened today. U. S. Economy, u. S. Consumer, the way they feel, it is a good recipe. Stuart john, youve been telling me the consumer is the key to this recovery and even when ceos, cfos, sort of dialed back expectations or not hired as many or ratcheted down their plans, the consumer had none of that. Is that
Live at 2 15 eastern. That on cspan as well. The Senate Energy and National Resources Committee Held a hearing on Wildland Fire Management programs. We hear from officials with the u. S. Forest service and the interior department as well as state officials from california and alaska. Good morning. Committee will come to order. Discuss thetoday to outlook for the 2019 wildfire season. We know it is underway, certainly in my state. I know its underway in washington state, california, most certainly. Westall received virginia, you are ok right now. But if you look at that map, the red in the southwest is something to Pay Attention to as well. Last week, the National Interagency fire center released its potential outlook for june through september and despite relief from the oppressive Drought Conditions this past winter, analysts addict elevated wildfire activity in california, oregon, and washington, among other areas in the country. Some of the some believe the stage is set for fire act