Now, testimony from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monetary Policy and the state of the u. S. Economy amid coronavirus. He spoke about low Interest Rates, unemployment numbers and what future Economic Growth and recovery could look like. Help in front of the House Financial Services committee, this is three hours. So the committee will come to order. Thank you. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when theyre not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying h res 965, staff will only mute members and our witness as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. T
Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
Cannons and make the first arrests under the new law and chief executive carrie lam defends the decision translator clearly the decision under one country send showed determination and prove on the system and shows the high degree of trust of the central authorities in the Hong Kong Government germanys jobless total rises by 29,000 taking the unemployment level to almost 3 Million People as activities contract in june airbus with jobs on the line as they tell staff the crisis is far from over. Bracing for a mighty battle. Welcome to the show, we are closely tracking some data weve had lower pmis the eurozone number crossing the manufacturing pmi, 47. 4 up from 46. 9 still suggesting contraction taking place across the eurozone one of the bright spots seeing the expansion. Clearly saw weakness elsewhere lets push on to developments in Hong Kong Police say 30 people have been arrested for violations of the International Security law hong kong chief executive carrie lam defended the laws
For days before Derek Chauvin was charged with the murder of george floyd. Three other officers on the scene charged as well with aiding and abetting chauvin in floyds death, and there is no doubt the first days of those demonstrations in minneapolis were critical in the effort to force minneapolis leftwing City Government to force the mayor to force the police chief and then the prosecutor to finally act. The demonstrations in dozens of other cities around the country were organized and orchestrated by the national left, antifa, black lives matter, and they ranged for two weeks. Raged for two weeks. And we will likely always remember the tragedy of George Floyds death, but we will also remember vividly the senseless violence that followed led by the left and sanctioned by the radical dems. And we will never forget the spectacle of those demonstrate theres who demanded fellow demonstrators who demanded fellow americans kneel before them. Mayor Eric Garcetti kneeling as a hostage of the
Good afternoon. I call this meeting, i called the string to order. Without objection that shares authorized to declare recess at any time. We have a number of numbers participating remotely. Welcome. Before we proceed i like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if you are having or expensing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participate in remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing unless they expand connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member unable to participate, to fully participate on camera. It is at the committees, it is Committee Policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning her microphone on or off during an in person hearing. This is at a courtesy to all members on the committee and so that