Small Business Committee meet for a hearing on preventing fraud and abuse in the Paycheck Protection Program. Before we begin id like to take this opportunity to note some important requirements. Let me begin by saying that standing house and Committee Rules and practice will continue to apply during hybrid proceedings. All members are reminded that theyre expected to adhere to these standing rules including decorum. During the covered period designated by the speaker the committee will operate in accordance with House Resolution 965 and the subsequent guidance from the rules committee in a manner that respects the rights of all members to participate. Please keep your cameras on. Also please remember to remain muted until you are recognized to minimize background noise. If you must participate in another proceeding, please exit this one and log back in later. In the event a member encounters technical issues that prevent from being recognized for their question i will move to the next
Not happening today. In addition to the red flag warning, a heat advisory, we will start with the red flag warning that goes until 6 00. 6 00 to see me. You can see where it includes. It is for the northbay hills, east bay hills. Down to the diablo range and towards the Santa Cruz Mountains for very dry, dusty conditions. It has been breezy and windy out there. That is expected to die down into the afternoon. Here is a look at with the heat adviser is. You can see widespread from the coast around the bay and inlet and it goes until 9 00 with widespread midto upper 80s along the coastline and we are looking at midto upper 90s for inland communities. Here is a look at what were seeing. Even Half Moon Bay checking in at 90 degrees right now. Over areas of San Francisco and the downtown area. We have the east bay with upper 80s from oakland to livermore and to the northbay we have 91 degrees at this hour in areas over napa. How much warmer armor weight than yesterday . For most, a few degr
Committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation title 1 under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent
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Listen on the free cspan radio app. The Bipartisan Policy Center released a report on how changing demographics will impact future elections. Pollsters explain how Political Parties should respond to these changes over the next quarter century. This is 1. 5 hours. Good morning. I am the director of governmental study studies at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Of change our states event, an event we have been doing for 40 years that even goes back a couple of years beyond that. Partneredchange is a effort with the center for american progress, the Brookings Institution, and the Voter Study Group of the Democracy Fund, and also, i want to mention the participation of the American Enterprise and said to. American enterprise institute. That group has been collecting election information, combined with demographic information, thinking about the future of our elections. Each year, we have new data, a new report. Says,nk, as the name about the state, not only our country, but how the states ar