The governors of new mexico, kansas and guam as well as douglas holtzeakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. This virtual hearing is just over four hours. The committee will come to order. Authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Before we begin todays hearing, i want to remind you of a few matters including some regulation accompanying House Resolution 965. I would ask all members to keep themselves on me was. This will minimize disturbances not being recognized with background noise they made only again one at a time. If you are participating today please remain with us during the hearing t that she recommends vendors identify themselves and facilitate the chairs recognition. I would also ask members to be patient this hearing is entitled the need for Financial Aid to americas states and territories during the pandemic. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement of the 189,000 people have lost their lives to the virus las
Guest in saying there is a lot of hurt, a lot of pain, a lot of americans are struggling. Is aso see and it paradox in the data for those who have jobs, they are actually doing pretty well. To take the report further, we looked at those people with jobs , and most of them are very high on what their employers have been doing in terms of giving them guidance. They also feel their employers have done a lot to protect them overall. Again, a lot of new surveys on whether or not people like to work remotely. It turns out that the classes are greater than the minuses. A lot of people would like to work remotely every day. Host you looked at several areas in your study. I want to talk a little bit about those areas with you. One of the questions you had for the furloughed and the employer shut down and the laid off, you asked about, have you personally experienced the following . Have you been temporarily furloughed orcs or suspended from work . Are you being laid off . Almostumbers seem to b
And extended Unemployment Benefits until january 2021. The heroes act will provide significantly more funding to cities and towns and also would clarify treasury guidance that currently prevents State Governments from using [indiscernible] alternative bills provide zero dollars to states, zero dollars for financial assistance, and clawed back hundreds of billions of dollars that could be used to support struggling businesses. In addition the president cut funding to states. The protestsike against racism and Police Brutality in the streets in many communities. Families across the country suffer [indiscernible] about the challenges their faces and the response needed from the federal government in this international crisis. I recognize the Ranking Member of the committee for four minutes. I think the chairwoman for yielding. Here we are again. We are having hearing about a bill the house passed four months ago that has no chance of becoming a law. The committee is being used to prioriti
Al of alexandria ocasiocortez. Within just 60 seconds, that was what he was allotted, the congresswoman disavowed capitalism and endorsed not joe biden, but bernie sanders. The unsustainable of an economy that rewards explosive inequalities of wealth for the few at the expense of longterm stability for the many, i hereby second the nomination of senator bernard 157d ors of sanders of vermont. Lou bernie sanders. Who knew . Convention and Party Leaders have also been scrambling to explain some perplexing exclusions and inclusions in large virtual forums. For example, elizabeth warren. Making it into a native american caucus discussion yesterday without any notes of irony, a curious spot though for someone who is just oneone thousand 24th native american. And the Biden Convention thinking so highly of radical antisemite linda sarsure that she was featured in a meeting. Bidens Campaign Today trying in some way to distance itself from her, but this is bidens convention, and this is the Dem
Would anybody trust a vaccine coming out of this administration . And when it is [indiscernible] we are having technical problems with our live feed, but we are working to fix the problem and when you back to the discussion shortly. [no audio] second round of economic stimulus payments to families and extended Unemployment Benefits until january 2021. The heroes act will provide significantly more funding to cities and towns and also would clarify treasury guidance that currently prevents State Governments from using [indiscernible] alternative bills provide zero dollars to states, zero dollars for financial assistance, and clawed back hundreds of billions of dollars that could be used to support struggling businesses. In addition the president cut funding to states. The protestsike against racism and Police Brutality in the streets in many communities. Families across the country suffer [indiscernible] about the challenges their faces and the response needed from the federal governmen