Resume when the stayathome order expires. Other topics included guidelines for Meat Processing facilities in the state. Gov. Northam good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. Today, we have updates on our meet processing facilities and allowing our hospitals and outpatient providers to resume nonemergency procedures, allowing our dentists to start seeing nonemergency patients, and allowing veterinarians to see nonemergency pets and their patients. Yesterday, President Trump evoked the defense production act to require Meat Processing facilities to stay open to maintain our food supply chain. Last weekend, i joined the governors of maryland and delaware in sending a letter to President Trump, asking for federal help in coordinating our approach to rising numbers of cases in our poultry facilities. Trump, asking for federal help in coordinating our approach to rising numbers of cases in our poultry facilities. Deployings responded, teams to each of our three states to work with
Join the conversation tonight at 8 00 p. M. Et on cspan. Next, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam briefs reporters on his states response to the coronavirus. He announced that elective surgeries and dental procedures can resume when the public order expires tomorrow at midnight. Gov. Northam good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. Today we have updates on our meet processing facilities and allowing our hospitals and outpatient providers to resume nonemergency procedures, allowing our dentists to start seeing nonemergency patients, and allowing veterinarians to see nonemergency pets and their patients. Yesterday, President Trump evoked the defense production act to require meet processing facilities to stay open to maintain our food supply chain. The weekend, i joined governors of maryland and delaware in sending a letter to President Trump, asking for federal help in coordinating our approach to rising numbers of cases in our poultry facilities. Deployings responded, teams to e
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And the statement has done, that giving lewis clark project 22 million last year which was almost ten times the amount of funding that you included in last years budget. Yet this year you still came back and only requested 2. 7 million for the project. Congress has already demonstrated that we can fund these projects at a higher level, routinely increasing funding in appropriation bills beyond your budget request. These local communities and the state have done everything that has been asked of them and more. Putting more funding than they were supposed to. What will it take to get interior to prioritize these projects . Im going to may i, madam chair . Okay. Ill make my part very brief and turn to mike for the specifics here. Indian water rights settlements have taken priority for us and making sure that communities that do not have access to water are prioritized. And i know you appreciate that. Weve talked about that before. Theres some money in the budget for lewis clark to continu
For the cleanup on these on these native lands. Senator, ill have to get back to you on the timing. Im want exactly sure. I had a broad update from the blm that they are assessing the sites, and i know they have been prioritizing those. Some are native conveyances and some are not. Theyre also in the process of identifying potentially responsible parties that could be responsible for the cleanup. If there is a responsible party, thats where we go first as opposed to the federal treasury. So i will need to get back to you as to when the list will be updated and when we will get back to specifics, if thats okay. That is appreciated and we do have language within the current spending authorization that requires the department to report by june of this year about the comprehensive inventory and what the plan is but i think you sense the priority when you were up in alaska in addition to the legacy which weve had plenty of opportunity to discuss what that plan is and how were going to be ab