Today on this beautiful afternoon. Were here today to discuss our efforts to support our nations Small Businesses working very hard and safely reopen america. Thats whats happening. Were doing record numbers. Were doing numbers like nobody has seen before. Im thrilled to be joined by two good friends of mine. Governor ricketts of nebraska and a man ill see over the weekend, this was by coincidence, because it was for a different reason. It has to do with Small Business. Governor of oklahoma. Were going to be in oklahoma. Its a crowd like nobody has seen before. We have a tremendous request forren tickets thats never happened politically before. One of the reasons we chose your state, as you know, was that you have done so well with covid. You have handled it incredibly well. 2rc were taking care of them. We know what high risk means. But largely it means older people, Senior Citizens that have a tremendous problem. If they have a heart problem, diabetes, any kind of a problem. Much mor
It is an honor to see you today. We are here today to discuss our efforts to support our nation Small Businesses working very hard and safely reopen america and that is what is happening. We are doing record numbers. Numbers like nobody has ever seen before. I am thrilled to be joined by good friends of mine, Governor Pete Ricketts from nebraska and a man i will see over the weekend. And this is by coincidence that you happened to be here today. Over kevins debt of stitt of oklahoma. We will be there for a crowd like no one has ever seen before. We have had a tremendous request for tickets. One of the reasons we chose your state, as you know kevin, is because you have done so well with the covid. It incrediblyed well. You both have come actually. Along with several extraordinary Small Business owners from their states. Also with us is Steven Mnuchin and and the Small Business administrator. Thank you. Small businesses are no longer Small Business. As result of the virus, 22 of Small Bu
America about the efforts to improve the safety of airports and planes and what the federal government can do. Security wille now come to order. Thank you, Ranking Member and the panel of witnesses for joining us today. We are here to discuss proposals for how to restore our nations been so system that has devastated by covid19. We have seen passenger volume in the last few months go as low as 5 of normal. Today it is close to 15 to 20 of normal, but that is not good enough to keep the Aviation Industry in business. It is not good enough to help this nation. Know, this pandemic is unprecedented. The lack of federal leadership and interaction, coordination is very concerning to all of us. We ask the question, how can we project our frontline aviation workers and our passengers if consultation and coordination is not there. That is why Sherman Thompson and i recently sent a letter with the leadership of the Transportation Committee to the heads of dhs and tot calling for preferred and do
Or residents of San Francisco have been trying to address relative to a huge amount of homelessness on our streets that has been exacerbated by the covid19 crisis. The floor, supervisor fewer, is yours. Supervisor hello . Supervisor, you are muted. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor i would like to note that director pennick is also joining us for a comment. Thank you, chair peskin, for scheduling this item. I would like to provide some background on why i introduced this legislation. While San Francisco has shown leadership and responded quickly to covid19, the city has struggled to respond to the publics needs of the atrisk population this threatens our ability to lift the shelter in place order and jeopardizes the Public Safety of everyone. And Public Health safety of everyone. And the mayor previously stated a goal of procuring 7,000 hotel rooms and the board passed legislation to acquire even more, but the city is falling short of the goals on both counts. As of this morning only 1,991
Welcome to the program the German Government plans to take a 23 percent stake in the private Biotech Company which is what. The stake will cost 300000000. 00 euros. Which is based in germany is about to begin trials for the vaccine later this month heres a closer look at the. Thats attracting both scientific and political interests. Q evacuees one of the big hopes when it comes to developing a vaccine against the corona virus its method is particularly promising now the German Government has taken a 20 percent stake in the Company Giving it a 300000000 euro boost. This investment is a way of providing back with security so that it can continue to work with commitment towards producing a vaccine. Cure back hit the headlines this year when the Us Government allegedly attempted to entice the company over to america mondays move is therefore also about sending a clear message about the governments industrial policy. We want high tech Businesses Companies which serve people to continue to d