On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
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Next the director of the federal Housing Finance agency testifying on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. House Financial Services Committee Members asked him how his agency is handling the rice in foreclosures and forbearances as well as the operations of fannie mae and freddie mac. The hearing runs over three hours. The committee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few matters including some required by the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, which established a framework for Remote Committee proceedings. First, i would ask all members to keep themselves muted when theyre not being recognized. It will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except when theyre not being recognized and theres background noise. Members are reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a ti
The economy a central issue in the cam paint but a new book by the Washington Posts bob woodward is allowing his rival to keep the coronavirus pandemic front and center amid charges that the president purposely downplayed the threat from covid19. He knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was, but while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. Paul lets bring in columnist karl rove, Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush. So, karl, nice to see you. Thank you, paul. Paul so you wrote this week that joe biden in the home stretch is, has the edge on the election right now. How big an edge is it . Well, enough that if the election were today, he would win a clear victory. But the race also, as i said in the knecht sentence, is tightening next sentence is tightening. Democrat politicos are anxious that they could have a second election in a row in which so