Because the threat posed by covid19 remain serious and widespread, we are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case in order to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and the public. Todays conversation is essential to the oversight of how we should adapt and meet the challenge of increasingly assertive china especially in the backdrop of a Global Pandemic. I had hoped this would be a bipartisan discussion. Unfortunately, without reason or justification, republican colleagues have decided to absent themselves from the committee. I repeat my hope they will reconsider and join us for future unclassified public hearings and unclassified closed roundtables. We will continue to have them as they are being used to frame the oversight issues and requests and inform our members of the various threats facing the country. The American People expect congress will continue doing its job even in a pandemic and that means showing up at a minimum whether we want to or
Plans to change that situation the intro via project involves dredging the amazons tributaries to create a Multi National network of deep water highways that can be navigated by big ships all year round. It will improve the transportation of goods but local people will also benefit. But many of the people who live here are skeptical. All too often in the past theyve seen promises of development only bring them hard shifts to does the river belong to our journey is full of encounters with magical River Spirits but primarily with people for whom life by the river means everything. Logic is a porter hes glad to have to work but its a back breaking job. Whenever youre a sack of rice on your back weighs 50 kilos so thats 100 kilos for 2 sacks every day we are not a truckful which adds up to several tons of. Logic and his colleagues spend about 3 hours loading and unloading then they have to take a break it takes quite a while to load up a boat this size. Were in the port city of your remark
Vallejo. That is down ten. Except for the higher clouds and the haze, it is a dry, dry forecast. 60s on the temps again. Alex has been very busy. What do you want to start with. I have indeed. A new issue unfortunately, steve, to let everybody know about. This is on the peninsula and could impact your commute trying to get into San Francisco this morning. This is a new crash that just popped up right now on northbound 101 at sierra point parkway. And it sounds as though a car went off the freeway here and landed in a creek on the side of the roadway. Obviously you are going to have emergency crews out there. The chp will be there dealing with the person inside of the car and obviously retrieve the car from the creek. We will keep tabs on that and let you know if we see backups as a result of this accident. Northbound 101 at sierra point parkway. Now lets take you over to the east bay. We will show you a live picture here of the drive on highway 24. That looks pretty good as we move int
Mr. Poe mr. Speaker, i move to brulls and pass s. 534, the suspend the rules and pass s. 534, the protecting young victims from sexual abuse and safe sport authorization act of 2017, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 534, a bill to prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to Law Enforcement authorities, and or other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Jackson lee, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Poe mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and , include ir remarks extraneous materials on s. 534, currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself five minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is