Rep. Payne good morning. We are here to discuss the coronavirus also known as covid19. A moment to send my condolences to the American People who have lost loved ones during the crisis. We all know someone who has lost a loved one or someone close to us as well. Our condolences go out to the people. Specifically we are here to discuss the administration and femas response to the pandemic. As new states such jersey have been hit particularly hard. Im grateful to the fema employees i know are working hard to help us get through this. I think there is serious concerns about leadership coming from the white house during this pandemic as well as a need for greater level of transparency around new initiatives of fema. Joining me to discuss the administrations response, my colleague from the Home Security committee, val demings, representing florida and being a former First Responder herself, she is no stranger to disaster. Additionally we have a special guest online today, the former fema ad
Us, as well. Our condolences go out to the American People. Specifically, we are here to discuss the administration and femas response to the pandemic. While the entire nation has been certain states, such as new jersey have been hit particularly hard. Im grateful to the fema employees i know are working hard to help us get through this. However i think there is serious concerns about the leadership coming from the white house during this pandemic as well as a need for greater level of transparency around new initiatives of fema. Here today to discuss the , administrations response, my colleague from the Homeland Security committee, representative val demings. Representing florida and being a former First Responder herself, representative demings is no stranger to disaster. Additionally, we have a special guest online today, the former fema administrator under the obama administration, craig fugate. Before leaving fema, he headed the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Before tha
Virus committee, saying both were unnecessary at this time. The reporter questioning part of the briefing due to technical issues at the beginning. Our first question comes from Eric Wasserman from bloomberg news. A quick question. You say it would be inappropriate to assess the esp. Could you specifically address infrastructure . Are you opposed to that idea some part later this year . Im not opposed infrastructure but im opposed to is using a crisis to try and restructure government. Watching dealing with when we were trying to put the deal together on sunday. 90 of that will turned out exactly as we had done on sunday. What we were able to add was the retention tax credit later. The speaker wanted to deal with election law, she wanted to deal. Ith tensions for government all of these sanctuary cities that had nothing to do with coronavirus that had a bill up for a number of days not only to hospitals with those who were being laid off. But to have the speaker come back when we had n
Though still awaits aprooul from the house of rep sentives. That vote expected tomorrow. Jobless claims surging above 3 million americans, far outpacing the record of 700,000 and also well above what economists were looking for around 1. 5 million unemployment claims and the virus itself remains front and center for wall street as italy reports more than 6,000 new cases, the most in five days, the worldwide total now shy of half a Million People wilfred. All of the sectors of the s p higher up 4. 7 . All higher, but one to keep an eye on is energy it has been the best performing. Its now towards the bottom. Still up by 4 oil prices slipped a lot this afternoon. Theyre down 7 , so well hope that doesnt drag the rest of the market lower weve got a huge lineup of gu guesting coming your way, ceo of General Mills, plus peter orszag whether he thinks the stimulus bill is enough to ease the pleading and well speak with the ceo of hertz about their program the give free rentals to new York Ci
Good morning. Welcome. Please be seated. We will begin by hearing argument in the two cases that are on that we will hear simultaneously, state of new york et al. Versus United States department of justice and make the road new york versus kuchali. May it please the cord, jerry sinzdak appearing on behalf of the United States. Good morning. Good morning. The District Courts injunctions are flawed in several respects and should be set aside. As a threshold matter plaintiffs have failed to assert recognizable injury and they seek to promote an interest that is diametrically opposed to the purpose of the public charge statute. It therefore lacks standing. On the merits as the District Court found im sorry, as the ninth circuit found the rule easily is a reasonable interpretation of the public charge provision. Congress made clear in 1996 that it sought to ensure that aliens admitted to the country do not rely on Public Benefits but didnt it do that by making them ineligible for the most p