Guest ou heard our first if you were listening talk about the next coronavirusrelated package and expected to take place on capitol hill. Also matters of defense with the National Defense authorization act, matters of the environment. A lot happening on capitol hill when it comes to activity. If you want to go to our website, you can do so and follow along as far as the expected events and lot of events usually happen during the day, press conferences and the like. Roll call highlights some of that activity that will take place this week. National Defense Authorization act will kick off the week. Wednesday being the busiest day. Four bills on the floor, two had been on the floor in march. The no ban act would repeal the administrations multiple travel bans. And the access to counsel act that refugees trying to enter the United States have the ability to talk to council and senatepassed lands bill that would permanently fund the land and conservation fund. Lawmakers are using part of th
Unprecedented in fact in the modern history of this country. Over the last several weeks, hundreds of thousands of americans from one end of this country to the other, pigs cities, small towns have rightly taken to the streets to demand andr and the Police Murder and brutality and in fact, to rethink the nature of policing in america. And in the midst of that, rising up for the Police Departments rethinking and the Police Departments murder and brutality in the midst of all of that, our country continues to suffer from that covid19 pandemic. And its in a number of locations in this country, is actually getting worse. And which has up to this point, killed over 110,000 people. And infected over 2 million americans. And then on top of all of that, the struggle for Racial Justice dealing with a pandemic in the midst of all of that, we have the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In the last number of months as you know, over 32 million americans have lost thei
Length is of the Television Providers giving affront receipt to democracy. Interior secretary deb haaland testifies on President Bidens 2025 budget request before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. Witnesses feel questions on oil and Gas Production on federal land and the Land Management its about two hours. Amino come to order. This morning they will can express fiscal year 2012 at 201t for the department of interior. I like to welcome the secretary holland asked acting deputy davis and denise a flanagan back to the committee. I want to thank you all three forr joining us today. To set the scene demonstrations request 18 billion the interior department for the fiscal year 2025. 9 30 35 million or 5 increase over fiscal year 2024 i think it is important to note for contacts congress has provided the department was 50 billion in additional annual appropriations in the last three years to the bipartisan infrastructure law and inflation reduction act. I look forward to dis