Digital program, here to talk about the white house transition process. Implications for National Security. Transition, what National Security information is shared . Guest when the gsa administrator ascertains that a all of thosect words being the specific ones in the legal process, that unlocks government Transition Office space, emails, government cell phones, as well two major sets of information. Theis the ability for Transition Team to access classified information. Agencyond is to allow review teams from the transition to begin to meet with government officials and both of those are very vital assets. A lot of focus on whether president elect biden is getting access to the president s daily intelligence briefing but in many ways, it is the not taking place that these are National Security problem. You have 4000 president ial employees flooding into the federal government over the 2021 and none of them are learning what they need to learn. All of these different staffers and agen
We will get your thoughts on what grade you would give your governor on this pandemic, but lets begin with south dakotas governor. Take a look at the state. This is from nbc news. A 19 increase over the past two weeks. Here is republican south dakota governor kristi noem defending her approach. [video clip] across the country and around the globe, cases are increasing. Over the past week, cases are on the rise in 48 states. Some have said that my refusal to mandate masks is the reason why our cases are rising here in the state of south dakota. That is not true. Others have said that my refusal to advance harsh restrictions like lockdowns is another one of the reasons why our cases are rising, and that is also not true. There are 41 states that have some kind of a mask mandate. Cases are on the rise in 39 of those 41 states. Some in the media are saying that south dakota is the worst in the world right now. That is absolutely false. I would encourage you to look at the Johns Hopkins cor
The former president , live today at 11 30 a. M. Eastern on book tv. With joe biden as president elect, stay with us for the live transition of power. Host journalist and author Garrett Graff joins us now, currently the director for cyber initiatives for the Aspen Digital Program at the aspen intitute, here to talk about the white house transition process and implications for National Security. Garrett graff, beginning with, when there is a transition, what National Security information is shared . Guest when the gsa administrator ascertains that a president elect all of those words being the specific ones in the Legal Process that unlocks a series of government transition funds and office space, emails, government cell phones, as well as two major sets of information. One is the ability for the Transition Team to access classified information. The second is to allow Agency Review teams from the transition to begin to meet with government officials and both of those are very vital asse
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h. R. 5322, the ensuring diversity in Community Banking act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 5322, a bill to establish or modify requirements relating to Minority Depository Institutions, Community Development Financial Institutions, and impact banks and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman, and the gentleman from sk, mr. Timmons, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman. Mr. Sherman mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation, and to insert extraneous material thereon. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Sherman i yi
Thank you all for being here. About to start today by congratulating the people of israel and of the uae. Today is a historic breakthrough for peace. I want to congratulate President Trump on this milestone. He worked hard on this with his team. We worked with the Prime Minister and crown prince who are two visionary leaders who made a big step forward today to change the region. The last time we had an agreement this in the region was 1994 when israel made an agreement with the kingdom of jordan which stopped aggression and brought forward peace. With the last 26 years, there has been a lot of development in the region. Some positive but many that have set the region back. Andas led to lives lost open trinity destroyed. In a region that is had a lot of problems. When President Trump came into office, we had a caliphate for isis in the middle east which was the size of ohio. Instability,of arounds aggression was being felt throughout the region and their proxies were very wellfunded ca