Mali condemn regional mediation efforts and continue their demands for the president to quit. But cannot. Reach. And the tributes keep pouring in for one of the last members of Martin Luther kings in a circle civil rights icon an american congressman john lewis has passed away at the age of 80. And in sport here with hamilton clinches pole position for the hungaroring ground the defending formula one World Champion will start at the front of the grand for the 90th time in his career. So were starting in libya where a team from the International Criminal court is now on the ground tasked with investigating a warlord over possible war crimes investigators from the i. C. C. Of arrived in libyas capital to look into the acts committed by the forces loyal to. Khalifa haftar that is expected to include a visit to the mass graves found last month the 3 person team will also investigate booby traps left behind during a retreat by half to find is in residential areas south of tripoli the i. C.
Today the select subcommittee some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely. Members are appearing in person and let me first remind everyone pursuant to the latest guidance from all individuals must wear a Face Covering. We will allow you to remove them as you see i am getting to speak. I know a bit about how your classes get folded up and then you dont see where you are going. Members are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the room and will not be recognized to speak. So when you are not speaking, we expect for you to have a a face mask or we will not recognize you. You will be able to see members appearing remotely on the monitors in front of you. Youll see the members appearing at once a. On the other monitor you will see each person speaking during the hearing when theyy are speaking including members appearing remotely. For those members appearing remotely you canac also see each person speaking duringg the hearing whether they are in
Programs and committees as well. We will take you live to the financialal services subcommittee. The subcommittee is now in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess from the subcommittee at any time. Members of the full committee not on this subcommittee are authorized twopart is abated todays hearing. I remind you to keep your video function on at all times, even when not recognized by the chair. Numbers are recognized recommended not to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. With the regulations , staffnying hrs 965 will only use witnesses as appropriate. Members are reminded that all rules relating to order and a quorum applied to the hearing. Members are reminded that this paycheckentitled, security Economic Perspectives on alternative approaches to protecting workers pay during covid19. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. In february, before a pandemic was declared and the economic livelihood of americans was
Information come out of florida. The number of cases continues to climb, nearly a million 11 million cases. We think brazil. , give us your sense of where we are, particularly in the United States. We had the florida case is that seemed to be stabilizing. Is it too early to say the reentry to lock down from key portions of florida, how people are mixing bars and restaurants is having an effect . John i think its way too early to say that. These measures take quite a while. Caseser when we first saw taking off in china. They locked down 12 Million People. Months for those measures to have an impact. Those measures were much more comprehensive than anything we are seeing in the u. S. Right now. Level, itsday going to take quite some time to taken,ther measures have when impact its going to have. U. S. Still have a lot of freedom to travel from state to state. They are asking people in texas, the government has mandated mask wearing. Are people going to wear masks . See whetherrious to th
Several Democratic Senators came to the floor to push for more coronavirus Economic Relief to local and state governments designed Health Emergency workers. Here are the speeches leading up with senator ron wyden of oregon. Senator from oregon. The covid19 pandemic has thrown our country into a nightmare level crisis of joblessness. The congress has not done enough to stop it and has not done enough to save the jobs of our people. I have come to the floor this evening, the distinguished democratic leader, to call for the senate to pass legislation that is all about saving key jobs that form the backbone of our local communities, our firefighters, our First Responders, our teachers, our families, and so many others. They need our help. They need it now. Senate democrats have been warning since march, covid19 cases exploded and our economy went into lockdown, that our states, cities and towns are now facing budgetary disasters unlike anything gone through in recent memory. The shortfall