President trump thank you very much. We had a couple good days in india. The Prime Minister is a terrific man, hes a terrific leader and we have a lot of things going in terms of product being purchased by india. We just had a meeting, a lot of the press was there. I thought it was a great meeting with some of the biggest businessmen in the world. They come from india. They agree to invest billions and billions of dollars. You heard it for yourself. They will be investing billions of dollars in our one so that was the purpose. The helicopters, apaches, and various other types in addition to other equipment, theyre buying that. But i thought it was a great two days. It was a fantastic two days. Im going to be not at all controversial because i dont want to blow the two days and two days of travel on one little answer that john will ask, one little simple answer and youll blow it out and that will be the end of the trip. They wont even talk about the trip. I will be conservative in my an
Agencies as well. This is our first hearing on the president s fiscal year 2021 budget request. However, i want to start with a matter of urgency. The coronavirus, covert 19, cases are growing as is alarm, this is both domestically and internationally. The u. S. Government has responded to the covert 19 outbreak with aggressive measures, significant travel restrictions, mandatory 14day quarantine for individuals returning to the u. S. From province. Mr. Secretary, i support your declaration of a Public Health emergency, we are dealing with the likelihood of a global pandemic, interesting to note yesterday from the cdc that commented that with regard to the United States its not a question of if but a question of when we will face the issue seriously here. That said, i have serious concerns about the administrations responsiveness with respect to funding, i understand senators of both parties expressed a similar concern to you at their hearing yesterday. I have repeatedly asked for info
Please grab a seat. Were going to start. Good morning, and welcome to the German Marshal Fund of the United States. Im jonathan katz, a senior fellow here at gmf. I want to welcome our guest, dmytro kuleba. Ukraines deputy Prime Minister for european and euroatlantic integration. Its great to have you here. I know youve had an incredibly busy schedule in the last couple of days with meetings, very successful meetings both on capitol hill but also with the Trump Administration. Ate busy time for you. Of course, right now its fairly busy in washington, all the way across town with Certain Committee hearings taking place. I want to welcome you here. Needless to say this is an incredibly important time for you to be here in washington. In some sense the zelensky government, president zelensky who all of you know took office last spring, has been in office now for six months. Its been an incredibly busy time. New laws passed. A focus on anticorruption. Then also just this week, hard to beli
Sector when its in their best interest when the care is better or specialized care is available thats not in the va. I think we all believe that should be available. Watch book tv every weekend on cspan2. Federal reserve chair Jerome Howell announced a ab following the announcement he took reporters questions regarding the action and the economic outlook. Good afternoon and welcome. My colleagues at the Federal Reserve and i are dedicated to serving the american people. We do this by steadfastly pursuing the goals that congress has given us. Maximum employment and stable prices. We are committed to making the best decisions we can based on facts and objective analysis. Today we decided to lower the Interest Rates for the third time this year. We took this step to help keep the u. S. Economy strong in the face of Global Developments and to provide insurance against ongoing risks. As i will explain shortly, the policy adjustments weve made since last year providing and will continue to p
Next, the hearing on the house energy and commerce subcommittee on the potential Health Effects of e. Cigarettes. It also includes Public Officials from North Carolina, massachusetts, michigan and kansas testifying how the states are responding to the rise in vaping related illnesses. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm the Public Health crisis of cigarettes. The purpose is to examine the Public Health impacts the regulatory authorities related to key cigarette manufacturing sales and use. The chair now recognizes for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious Public Health epidemic one that is causing severe harm. It will examine the cost of the epidemic and the uncontrolled rising use of e. Cigarettes lifethreatening illnesses and the use of products we must work to protect the American People from the misunderstanding about these products. The data