Health insurance, provided by the Affordable Care act. Called to order, subcommittee and oversight, thank you everyone for joining us today. We are holding this hearing virtually. In compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings. House resolution 965. Before we turn to todays important topics, i want to remind everyone of a few procedures to help you navigate this virtual hearing. , consistent with regulations. The committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for an muting themselves. Members are witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. Rule, we will observe the and go in order of seniority. Ultimately between minority and majority. Beginning with members of the oversight subcommittee first. , thely, without objection representative is authorized to serve as chair in an event that i have some technical difficulties
As Connor Knighton will explain. Reporter the past few months, bears have been packing on the pounds, getting are there get r their selfimposed quarantine. The first time i got to see them during quarantine, they were so cool. Reporter scientists study the mystery of hibernation. Underneath all of that fat may be everything from diabetes tools to space travel. A long winters nap ahead on sunday morning. Pauley from there it is on to one of the great comic legends of all time. And his name is bob newhart. And he is talking this morning with our Ben Mankiewicz. Hello . Bob newhart had not one, but two, hit tv shows named for him. Not bad for an accountant. If i had been with enron, they would have still been in business. The government would never have figured out my books. Reporter laughs with the trailblazing comedian later on sunday. [laughter] pauley and then we consider a question over mind over matters, those matters being the daily challenges of living with covid and the emotional
Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
Our next Vice President , senator, kamala harris. [applause] senator harris grew up believing in the promise of america and fights every day to ensure that promise is fulfilled for all americans. She started fighting for working districtameda countys office and from there, she became the first black woman elected as san franciscos district attorney. In 2010, she made history again by becoming the first black woman to be elected attorney general of california. Overseeing the countrys secondlargest justice department, where she continues her fight for families, the lgbtq community, students, and our environment. Since joining the senate in 2016, senator harris has continued her fight for all americans. As a member of three powerful committees, intelligence commitee, judiciary, and homeland security. Senator harris graduated from howard university, where she was in the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and earned her law degree from Uc Hastings College of law. She continues to fight for all of u
Campaign event. Up,tor harris whats tucson . Hey, everybody. Can we please here for mayor romero . [horns honking] senator harris she is a sign of strength and passion and she represents who we are as a nation. Thank you for everything you are everything you do. Good to be back in arizona. You guys make a difference. You guys will elect the next president and vice president. You will do that. [horns honking] senator harris i want to thank the Community College for hosting this. The students, the congressman, there you are. Congresswoman ann kirkpatrick. Gabby gifford and mark kelly. [horns honking] lets get this done. Heres the thing. In the spirit of the late great john mccain, i was thinking lets start with some straight talk. There has been some talk about my values. Let me just tell you, i am a proud patriotic american. I love my country. [horns honking] the values oflect america. Our values tell us we have biggestd the worst, the disaster of any president ial administration in the