Good morning, i call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin now house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the interior and environment and appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss mccullum to present the bill. Good morning, and thank you, madam chair. I want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his strong collaboration and partnership throughout this entire process. Hes been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography, being a social studies teacher he borers with the great state of ohio on lake erie and in minnesota we border on lake superior. Id like to thank the subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which weve continued our tradition of nonpartisan work
I want to lead with several important announcements. Of 2020, ihe class am proud to say that you will have your opportunity to join with your classmates and families to celebrate your graduation. The department of education and the office of the secretary of Higher Education will both release guidance on this tomorrow, wednesday. It will allow for outdoor graduation ceremonies to celebrate our students accomplishments starting july 6. This guidance will include social distancing requirements and other Necessary Health and safety measures. Additionally, given that some graduating classes may be too large to accommodate a crowd within the restrictions in place for outdoor gatherings, this guidance may require multiple ceremonies to be held across different times and even different days to ensure proper social distancing. Our goal is to ensure our students are given the sendoff they richly deserve and in which they have been working toward. We want them to celebrate and be celebrated by t
And kindness, thats the word from the Colusa County board of supervisors that now gives residents the green light to return to precovid19 days. Really what the county is saying or what the board of supervisors are saying is that people are free to follow and interpret and follow the state guidelines as they deem fit. Reporter marcus croft with the county council says the numbers dont justify the reality here, with only five cases in the county, leaders say colusa should not have the same restrictions as larger counties with more cases. I think theres a lot of frustration that the county is being somewhat lumped into a onesizefitsall type of criteria for the state as a whole. Reporter so they unanimously voted on this resolution which will not enforce any corona vibrance environs virus that infringes on constitutional rights. They are asking Law Enforcement to follow this, too, but even county leaders themselves say with this order, they dont anticipate any actual immediate return to no
In for some restaurants now the state is also said that schools out here can open up. But the Health Officials out here said its too soon to do that well take a look at the screen right now a Statement Issued by the Department Education the office of education. They said the 5 School Districts of napa county thats including napa valley unified saint helene a unified calistoga join unify how mountain elementary Pope Valley Union elementary and the Napa County Office of education will not be opening for inclass instruction on june 1st so again you regardless of what the state is saying the office of education is saying theyre not going to close in the schools. Now the businesses that are going to be reopening in going even deeper in the face to have to comply with state requirements thats making sure services are disinfected the lets face coverings or require and also implementing that physical distancing for customers and employees. They also must display some sort of sign at their busi
[inaudible] acknowledging my counterpart, congressman walker. Im going to repeat what i said previously because our friend who is injured because he tried to wrestle me. [laughter] she has made the decision to briefly pause his career in Public Service. I dont believe it is the last chapter or by any sense of the word, but to say so definitively on the record, its been one of the greatest honors of my life serving on the subcommittee with mr. Walker and i look forward to serving with you in many capacities in the years to come, sir. Throughout the united state states, 2049 carried out by extremist. Since december 23rd the attacks on jews across new york city and each and every one of these attacks there is some elected official in america that says our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and their families after each and every one of these attacks there is some elected official in america who says we must take action. Today that is exactly what we have got to focus on. Why. Why is