Live on capitol hill, the House Appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels today. One of the measures they are working on his defense spending. 694. 6 billion, an increase of 1. 2 billion from 2020. Congressman a nita lowey chairs the committee. I will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee of appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of business is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal. Ear 2021 thank you madam chairwoman. Remarks, igin my reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. He saved the conditiona
The Foreign Relations committee of the United States senate will come to order. The chair would note we have a full house today and an enthusiastic audience im sure. Wed ask you to be respectful. Remind everyone that holding up signs or making verbal outbursts during the proceedings is disruptive. And appropriate action will be taken. If needed well suspend briefly to restore order. This morning we have a hearing on a matter that is really of a pressing National Security importance. That is the relationship of the United States and for that matter the world with iran. This hearing is intended to do three things. Number one, we will consider the facts behind the maximum Pressure Campaign against iran. Well examine the elements of irans necessary behavioral changes. And thirdly, assess irans willingness to behave as a responsible member of the International Community. Irans pursuit of regional domination following the 1979 revolution transformed the fabric of the middle east. The Iranian
Yesterday, for some reason, gasoline prices rose again, we are talking about gas stations. With a report before deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak spoke to putin; he said that the ban on fuel exports had led to a decrease in Exchange Prices by an average of 20 for gasoline and 16 for diesel. Once again, prices on the stock exchanges actually began to fall at some point, but people are worried about retail, that is, about filling their wallets. As. Additional measures to stabilize prices, the government proposed to increase the duty on Petroleum Products for resellers, that is, those who do not produce fuel, to increase from 20,000 to 50,000 rubles or to completely ban the export of Petroleum Products, which were purchased on the market. Novyk also said that the increase in stop prices for fuel in the last 2 days, after the government limited its exports, is. An absolutely normal phenomenon, this is a Market Correction that reflects the real situation on it, according to the deputy P
As his First Anniversary in office approaches, we look at the man and the media. It is fashion week here in berlin, where we find more and more designers abandoning the runway in a bid to gain credibility in a world that has grown more and more critical of the catwalk culture. Brent im brent goff, it is good to have you with us. The two koreas are taking a step many hope will lead down the path of reconciliation. In the Demilitarized Zone that separates north and south korea, representatives met today and agreed to march under one flag at the Opening Ceremony of next months Winter Olympics. They agreed to set a send a joint womens Ice Hockey Team if the ioc approves. It is a small step toward lessening tensions but it will not be the first time the koreas have marched together. At the 2003 university games, they entered the Korean Unification flag. Since 2000 they have marched together at three olympic games. I am joined here to my far right by a korea expert from berlin, and next door
Im daniel runde. We are talking about the nonmilitary components of the us strategy in afghanistan. I think the first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome, i think many people welcome the fact that the president has come forward with a new strategy four afghanistan without timelines and with a commitment to a great cause. I think that there are there is a moral component to this as well. There is a lot of progress. I think that does not get a lot of coverage on this. And so for us to risk letting all of dad go with the price way too high. We have been working on this for a long time. I have been working with ambassador wayne and the Senior Advisor here. We have done a lot of things with the ambassador. We have got a very good panel to cover the issues today but i think the other point i want to make is, you cant solve the challenges of afghanistan without diplomacy and without development. And we certainly welcome the fact that there is a security it requires a security compone