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
Dangers this he way to get one day of hot temperatures like this ok you get to not so bad you get for your 5 days that begins to wear you down a bit today records in the San Francisco at 95 degrees. 101. Very impressive record in oakland today, a 103 a record in san jose 82 right along the waters edge in Half Moon Bay very impressive for record there a 106 smoking hot napa 105 degrees in santa rosa all around the bay area just scorching temperatures a 107 the hottest i could find in antioch but everywhere he went even inside the bay places usually dont see those really hot temperatures it was smoking not 101 degrees in mount view 103 degrees in hayward it even 95 in the San Francisco, 105 in the bottle so certainly hot temperatures to be found everywhere numbers but beginning to cool down a little bit but these numbers going to stay way up overnight tonight. We still got triple digit right now 104 in little more one 05. One of 5 little more 104 in dublin, one 05 in concord look at pitt
Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Committee. The committee will come to order. I would like to point out we are glad to have two representatives velazquez and plaskett and join us in the questioning as we pursue this hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statement. Im convening todays subcommittee hearing to examine preparations by fema to respond and helping our nation recover from Natural Disasters which will overlap with the nations efforts to fight the pandemic. Fema is responsible for coordinating response and Recovery Efforts for all domestic disasters including the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A has struggled to anticipate the severity of multiple disasters due to Climate Change and contracts for supplies and retain and deploy key personnel. As United States continues to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, in a recent surge of cases across the country, its clear this unprecedented moment has left all of us in unchartered territory. People have called the year 2020 apocalyptic. It does feel l
And new protocols in place at bay area zoos after a tiger tested positive for covid19. The red flags the virus is raising for pet owners. Good monday. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. Is it working and could we be back to normal by next month . As we enter week four of this lockdown, we get a Progress Report from dr. Sarah cody. N reporter raj and janelle, she didnt give a set date on when everything might get back to normal. They are working on an exit strategy of sorts because you cant just reopen everything. In that case the covid19 cases might spike. She did, however, say we would be in this for a very long time, but also shared some good news with us tonight. Were in it together for some time to come. Reporter dr. Sarah cody led the effort for the bay areas shelter in place that started march 17th. The first region in the country to take that dramatic step. Now most states are following similar guidelines. She spoke about that decision in a zoom interview