Resources committee. During his remarks, chief moore also talks about efforts to mitigate wildfires as the dry season approaches. For parts of the western united states. This is an hour and 25 minutes. This morning we are here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request. I thank chief randy moore and the budget director mark licken stein for being with us this morning. Thank you both. I look forward to hearing about the justification for the 6. 5 increase requested over fiscal year 2024 enacted appropriations. Although may would normally be just the start of the fire season, we have had record breaking wildfires as is becoming all too often. In february, wile it was still snowing, over one million acres in texas burned. Killing two people and destroying 130 homes. All signs point to a very active fire year in the u. S. I know my colleagues from western states are on pins and needles watching the next ignition that could devastate their communities. Our committee has cons
These riley towns and cities. And this out of the United Nations Security Council debates to resolutions on the gospel and holds of the nearly 10 days into israels conflict with gaza. The children of the besieged strip paying a heavy price more than one thousands have been killed. The highest number of all the conflicts, even garza, sorry, 5 minutes every night hasnt been allowed in and people are unable to leave. As its board as remain shots. But at least 2800. 00 nights, palestinians have been killed since the conflict began on october. The 7th mold and a set of them has been children. The desktop also includes health look as agendas on the israeli side. 1400 people has been killed in from us. The tax that includes at least 299. 00 soldiers from us is Still Holding hostages. In gauze them, israels minute treat, puts the number of captives 199. A month says the 200. 00 to 250. 00 is rileys, and for nationals held captive in gaza. You my outside is in con eunice and Southern Gaza and t
Once again good morning everyone. Thank you so much for coming this morning. I think it might be appropriate for us to pause for a moment. I lost a good friend last night. Dianne feinstein was a friend of more than 30 years just an incredibly effective and extraordinary member of the senate and leader and we mourn her loss in more ways than i can articulate this morning. I thought we take a moment of silence in memory of dianne and ali for contributions to our country might be appropriate. [silence] for the past three years have been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition. We are multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending deaths from seasonal and pandemic influenza. An ambitious goal and when we believe is achievable. Now maybe more than ever. Coalition members are a unified voice for the influence of the ecosystem including organizations dedicated to Public Health, patient advocacy, academic, Scientific Research in addition to health care professionals. The coalitio
I think ive got it. Once again. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for coming thisht morning. I think it might be appropriate for us to pause for a second. I lost a good friend last night. Diane feinstein was a friend. Incredibly effective and extraordinary. We mourn i her loss in more than one way i can articulate this morning but a moment of silence and memory and all of her contributions to the country. For the past three years ive been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition a multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending seasonal and pandemic influenza. An ambitious goal and one that we believe is achievable now may be more than ever. At the numbers are unified for the influence of the ecosystem that include organizations dedicated to Public Health, the patients advocacy, academics, Scientific Research and in addition to healthcare professionals. It also includes biotech companies, healthcare distributors, antiviral and diagnosticia manufacturing. The surge h
University heating up overnight. A group of protesters breaking windows and barricading themselves inside Hamilton Hall at the campus. Theyve pushed tables and chairs against the doors. And this action comes just hours after Columbia University, the epicenter of the nationwide propalestinian Campus Protests , began suspending students. The Ivy League School had set a 2 p. M. Deadline monday for the protesters to leave their encampments at the campus. The university had been trying to avoid calling back the police, whose intervention on april 18th led to more than 100 student arrests. The protesters at columbia have inspired similar propalestinian demonstrations on campuses across the country. Arrests nationwide are now approaching 1000, as the final days of Class Wrap Up and Commencement Ceremonies are just days or weeks away. The protesters demand the universities cut financial ties with israel over the war in gaza, but many jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemiti