Can you please call the roll . [ roll call ] clerk you have a quorum. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Approval of the minutes from the october 6 regular meeting. Can we open up the line for Public Comment on the minutes from the october 6 meeting. You have zero questions remaining. Well pause 20 seconds. If no one comes on the line, well move along. Clerk if members of the public wish to address the board on the meeting, please dial 10 to join the queue. And the number is available on the screen, should anyone want to join. You have zero questions remaining. Then well close Public Comment. Directors, are there any additions or amendments to the minutes . If not, may i hear a motion. Motion. Is there a second . A second. Please call the roll. [ roll call ] clerk 50. Item 5, communications. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held virtually and all members of the public and staff are participating via video conference. This will
Well. A lot of Public Policy as well. A bit about your funding if you might and only because people will ask are you directly affiliatedwith the coke brothers . Yes, we sure are. With charles coke, david coke passed away last year but yes , we are very much in affiliation and were proud of that affiliation. When it comes to matters of policy one of the key ones taking place on capitol hill is the matter of a relief package. Various price tags being thrown around from the senate and the house side and when it comes to those price tags, you have some concern about whats being suggested . We do. But congress has appropriated and the president signed into law trillions of dollars in spending already. Much of that needed by the way. This is an unprecedented situation with the pandemic that has an economic hole that is unprecedented in our nations history so much of that was needed, was necessary and we supported but at this point, its difficult to justify another multitrillion dollar spendi
158 billion. Following open remarks, lawmakers offer amendments focusing on high speed rail authority, face mask requirements for mass transportation, and Disaster Relief funding. Our third order of Business Today is consideration of the transportation housing and urban Development Appropriation bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize mr. Price to present the bill. Thank you. Thank you, madam chairman. I guess we can assume everyones now ready for the main event. Im proud to present the fiscal 2021 transportation housing and urban Development Related agencies appropriations bills. Before i mention a few of the bills highlights i want to once again thank our Ranking Member and former chairman of this subcommittee for his unfailing good humor and cooperation and collaboration. Hes a pleasure to work with. I also want to thank full Committee Chairwoman nita lowey for her steady leadership, kay granger for her leader and the committee. Finally i want to recognize our accident staff
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