Good morning. Pursuant to notice on september 9, 2020, the Committee Meets to consider a motion to authorize issue to certain subpoenas and note the presence of a quorum. Were here today for two reasons, first to overcome a ridiculous assertion by the Ranking Member regarding Committee Subpoena rules and while were at it, vote on subpoena authority for seven additional individuals based on new information, second to the nominations for the retirement thrift Investment Board. Recording the committee rules, senator peters has an objection. According to senator peters when the committee was on june 4th that did not include authority to schedule any depositions. Rather than raise this issue internally which would have been the proper procedure, the committee not any one member is the arbiter of our rules, senator peters immediately conveyed that objection to a witness who cited it as an excuse to ignore a Committee Subpoena. And the witness encouraged to ignore a subpoena is jonathan winer
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The bipartisan poster board of governors engaged the professional search firm that identified him as an outstanding candidate with the necessary background and skill set to tackle the enormous challenges facing the postal system. The bipartisan governors unanimously approved his appointment as postmaster general. Mr. Dejoy reports to the board, not the president. Another false narrative that has been a failure to provide another false narrative a failure to provide funding to the Postal Service will undermine the election. The Postal Service currently has 15. 1 billion in cash on hand, following a betterthanexpected Financial Performance during the pandemic. Rather than being down, the Postal Service revenue is actually 1. 5 billion higher this year than during the same period last year. The postal system would have funded its longterm and entire healthcare liabilities as they were incurred. Because they didnt, those unfunded liabilities now total 120 billion. Unfortunately, the 2006 p
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
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