And only talk about the virus, the vaccine developments, when there is not much thats new. Why do this at all on a friday evening . I cant answer that. Its good to get out of the house, i guess. Been announcement about pfizer come a couple of weeks earlier, which to be clear, doesnt appear the science would have allowed, im sure we would be talking about a different political landscape. Even with that bad timing. It is certainly an achievement for this administration to have been able to help accelerate some of these vaccines, like the vaccineng moderna into the final stages, and hopefully the level of emergency approval and access to the American Public by the end of the year. That remains a very big deal if it does go that way. Emily can you clarify for the record what pfizers involvement was in operation warp speed . They did not get money from the government, saying they misrepresented the involvement. What do we know to be the truth about that . Question, andeat its important we c
Question, we will move to the next senator until resolved. I remind all senators that the five minute clock still aflies. You should have a box on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is remaining. But we have had some troubles, and i have had senators who cant find that box or dont see it. And so, in fact, last hearing one of the senators ask me again to get a reminder, i will do that at this time for everybody. So at 30 seconds left on your clock, there will be a tone, a bell ring, to remind senators and the witnesses that their time has almost expired. At the end of the five minutes, a bill will ring. That way we can all know how the clock is working, even though we dont find it on our screens. Today we will receive testimony from the security and Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton, regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you chair clayton for your appearance before the committee today, which is e
Banking systems, the impact of covid19, and communities of color. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Today we welcome the regulators, the comptroller of the currency, brian brooks. The federal deposit insurance corporation, jelena rodney hood. Since the passage of the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act or cares act of your agencies have taken many meaningful steps to mitigate the meaningful impact of the pandemic and provide conditions that will lead to a forceful recovery. On october 30, the Federal Reserve announced changes to its main Street Lending facility including decreasing the minimum loan size for priority loan facilities from 250,000 to 100,000, and allowing borrowers loan for theirpp outstanding debt. Your agency should continue to carefully review the regulatory and supervisory frameworks, adjusting where necessary to bolster Financial Institutions to support economic recovery, which, by the way, has shown positive signs over the past several months. On octobe
Please take a minute to silence your phones before we begin. While you are doing so, we have a fair number of members with us tonight. Supporters of president lincolns cottage. In seeing some of the names on the list, i wanted to take a moment to recognize two members who have been dedicated supporters since before we were open to the public. Eric reese has been a member for 12 years. Can you raise your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abra
Attention to where the court is sitting god save the United States and this honorable court. We will hear arguments this morning case number 19123 fulton versus city of philadelphia. Mr. Chief justice and mia please the court, and failing to understand where the controls and where it doesnt smith it doesnt control when the government uses a system ofndividualized exemptions or when it makes other exceptns to undermine the rule or when it changes the rules to prohibit a religious practice philadelphia made all three of those errors here. U can identify and apicable law even after six tempts and our kwledge is the decisions are subjective d individualized. The courts bel said smith would be a dead letter if petitioners prevailed and respondents asked the cou for a newly minted constitutional standard that approach has no basis in the traditions of the free exercise clause. The city has no compelling reason that is exercised by harris children in philadelphia for two centuries nor does it