This subcommittee hearing last about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. The subcommittee on National Parks force and public life will now come to order. The subcommittees meeting today to testimony on h. R. 2420 the nationales museum of the americn latino act. And a Committee Rule, any oral Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. Therefore ask unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if their civic to the clerk by 5 p. M. Today. During no objection, so ordered. In addition due to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to askn unanimous consent that allo interested members be allowed to join us and participate on the dais. Before we get started i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of silence for our friend, our colleague, defender of justice and equality and humanity, mr. Elijahel cummings. Thank you all so much. Thank you for attending th
But the weather was good. We never want it too warm. It feels warmer especially if you are blocked from the wind. San francisco we are starting out with another overcast day and fog out there and temperatures within a few degrees of where we were yesterday morning. Our morning trend continues getting into the afternoon in San Francisco expected to get into the upper 60s. Temperatures outside our door where we look at San Francisco at 56 degrees. Oakland at 61 and weve got livermore and san jose checking into the upper 50s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies. Cool conditions. Onshore breeze at fairfield not quite as strong and et miles an hour reported sustained and coming in from the north and coming in from the west over areas of napa at 7 Miles Per Hour or so. The cloud cover is filling in and thats where we stand this morning. Mostly cloudy skies over the north bay. East bay through livermore but you get over to antioch you look like you are getting into a soggy start. San jose starting
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