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Will be treated in their official residence. Trump underwent tests for the virus after one of his top advisers reportedly fell ill during a Campaign Stop on wednesday. Hope hicks traveled with trump to cleveland earlier this week for his debate against democratic candidate joe biden. The coronavirus has been a central issue for the campaign as the United States has become the worlds biggest hot spot. More than 200,000 people there have died. Trump has been criticized for down playing the impact of the disease. He said in february its going to disappear one day like a miracle more recently hes been reluctant to call for people to wear masks despite repeated requests from experts. Following his diagnosis trump tweeted he and Melania Trump have already begun the Recovery Process saying we will get through this together. The first lady also took to social media to relay the news telling followers that she and her husband are feeling good. To find out more, we spoke to professor kubo fume a
Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Grassley this bill was introduced 100 years to the date of the mineral leasing act of 1920. This amendment would increase the royalty rates on federal lands from 12. 5 to 18. 75 . Everybody here knows that a royalty is what the oil company will pay to a mineral owner. In this case the mineral owner is the american taxpayer, and that royalty is paid for the right to extract oil and natural gas from the lands of the United States. The legislation modernizes the public lands leasing system and it does
About 7 hours to disport little beat Manchester United 16 points clear at the top of the premier league but the slip up for title chasing interval and italy out to a draw by struggle. We begin in berlin where libyas warring sides and World Leaders have agreed on a final communique the u. N. Backed peace conference it was announced by the german chancellor Angela Merkel she hosted 12 World Leaders including the president s of Turkey Russia and the u. K. They agreed to extend the temporary truce in libya in the hope that it will develop into a full ceasefire Angela Merkel emphasize the need for a political solution to end years of conflict. Everyone with an agreement including the regional organizations the arab league the e. U. And of course the African Union that we need a political solution its become evident in the last few weeks that there is no chance for a military solution which could only increase the suffering of the libyan people. Parties to engage in libya known to live in a
The subcommittee on water oceans good morning. The subcommittee on water, oceans, and wildlife will come to order. This subcommittee is mint street hear testimony on h. R. 2245, the cecil act. And committee rule, any oral statement that there are limited to the chairman and the Ranking Member. The vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This allows us to get from our witnesses soon and helps members keep their schedule. I asked anonymous consent all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the subcommittee clerk by 5 p. M. Today or the close of hearing whichever comes first. During no objection, it is so ordered. One other bit of housekeeping. Im told votes are expected in about 30 minutes. That will interrupt our hearing this morning. We will recess for those votes and then we will come back as soon as we can get that finish line apologist for the inconvenient but sometimes thats what we have to do things around here. Good morning.