Good morning, i call this hearing to order. We will hold a hearing on the impact of federal environmental regulations and policies on American Farming and ranching communities. The discussion here today is not about the value of environmental regulations but about how some federal regulations can be inflexible, antiquated, duplicative and ultimately harmful to american agriculture, a critical part of our nations economy. Members of this committee should work to ensure environmental laws are strong and effective without being overly burdensome. This is often a difficult task. The United States is blessed that our ecosystems require different kinds of stewardship to remain healthy. In wyoming we have an abundance of prosperity and in forest, a variety of mountain habitats. Wyoming ranchers and farmers are familiar with the ecosystem and its need. This is where they work, live and invest their energy. Farmers and ranchers are the original stewards and understand landscapes and watersheds
That are necessary to respond to the explosions. I am troubled by the prospect of thousands or maybe tens of thousands of these facilities operated under the radar screen in there used to be a sense of urgency on this issue at all levels. It is essential between osha and dhs and the coast guard and state regulators and there has to be enough Information Available to identify those facilities that could pose a risk. That information needs to be shared. The next challenge is to ensure that dhs analyzes the facilities that provide information and gao has told us that when it comes to assessing and assigning risk, arguably the most essential aspect of the program is neither reliable or consistent. To that point the blue rhino facility exploded scented fireballs into the night sky and it was not determined by dhs to be high risk. But i believe with a lot of work and smart people in this program, we can do better. That is why we have called on the president to bring together experts to tackl
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. When italy first quarantined 11 northern towns over fears of a potential coronavirus outbreak in mid february it was a small part of a global story that still largely centered on china. Today one month on europe finds itself at the heart of the worlds coronavirus pandemic, ramping up restrictions on its citizens whilst straining to cope with the explosion in infections. Thousands of Army Reservists have been called up in switzerland to relieve hospitals under pressure as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus jumped by fifteen percent in twenty four hours; it is now more than eight and a half thousand. Spain has again registered its highest daily death toll of people from the virus, four hundred and sixty two have died in the past day. The deputy Prime Minister, carmen calvo, is being tested in hospital. In italy there is some good news, the rate of infection has dropped for the second day in a row but its still europes worst affected
Trillion rescue package have failed for a second day. They said a resolution was near. Seems like there is on the london tube just this morning. The uk Prime Minister is giving a statement shortly on next steps. We will be live in westminster. New containment measures come into effect in australia. Several states have closed their borders. Hello and welcome to the programme. Lets bring you up to date with the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The global count of confirmed cases has now topped 350,000. In europe, italy and spain it continues to suffer badly with the spanish death toll up, topping 2000 deaths after a62 deaths in just 2a hours time. That is according to government sources there. In the United States, the senate there has failed for a second time to advance a bill for more than 1 trillion in funding. There have been further falls in on wall street and the International Monetary fund is warning that the coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020, whic