Witnesses and audience members. Thank you everyone for joining with us today as we all bear up under covid19 and address technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Follow the by testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense of our practice of observing givens rule and instead go to go in order of seniority for questions. Alternating between minority and majority. Members will be responsible for muting and unmuting themselves throughout the proceedings. I thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this great time of need. With that, i would like to again welcome everybody to the ways and means social subcommittee virtual hearing on the impact of covid19 on Social Security and its beneficiaries. Again, let me add my thanks to the member and of course our witnesses who have joined us today at the ways an
Enforcement in creating systemic change toward that goal. However, to have full conversation about policing it is imperative to deeply understand the system of policing and its budget, and that brings us to our hearing today. My office worked to include questions in the report that would give this committee as much insent insight as possible into the Police Department inned a vance of the process in august. I anticipate there may be questions asked today that there arent immediate answers to. My staff will be tracking the inquiries and work on the followup report and that the board has the information it needs. I would like to remind the committee that the Police Department budget would come before this committee again and come before us two more times and in august and engaged in the full budget process. I want to turn over to the presentation today nick menard from the budget analyst and chief William Scott from the Police Department. The San Francisco Airport Authority is also here
In strange prisoners for the 2nd time since 1 oclock for half dog began his assault on tripoli. European coincides with apple in a setback to e. U. s votes to crack down on tax deals favoring the multinationals. If you will be a has begun filling the reservoirs of a controversial mega on the blue nile thats according to the countrys water minister egypt and sudan had requested the grander nacelles dam not be filled until an agreement is reached theres been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce Water Supplies to downstream countries if you opiah has said the dam is crucial for its growth i will begin filling it during this months rainy season stratford lays out the politics behind the down. Its taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5000000000. 00 ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a great source of national pride. But a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egyp
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And denounces what he calls a militarized response to the protests. Libyas u. N. Recognized government says its taken complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the wall. And joining us roscoe with the sports including top n. F. L. Quarterback drew brees apologizes to teammates told him he was part of the problem for his views on anti racism protests in the u. S. This is gone past 13 g. M. T. Thats 9 pm in hong kong on the 31st anniversary of the chinaman square massacre hong kong is the only place in china with a public memorial to the victims these are live pictures a candlelight vigil has been held in. Citys Victoria Park every year since 1990 bucks with abandon mask on the rings in place this year protesters had to break through barriers to hold the rally earlier hong kongs legislature has criminalized insulting chinas National Anthem its seen as another sign of beijings growing control over Hong Kong Sarah clarke is live for us now in Hong Kong Sara give us s