Good afternoon. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules now we have set up any mileage us to which members can send anything they wish to submit they wish to submit in writing in any of her hearings or markups. Our hearings or markups. Has been provided to staff. The first order of business is consideration of the energy and Water Development appropriations bill. For fiscal year 2021. Captornow recognize this ms. Captor to present the bill. Please let me also add my you for your honorable and dedicated service to our community and nation and for your recognition of the full potential of this bill. You will truly be missed. I am pleased to consider the energy and water bill today. It is a good bill. A bill that captures the spirit of ingenuity and independence of the American People. Are actually able to provide the most important Climate Change bill congress will pass this year. This bill provides the foundation of critical investme
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After the oval office meeting, President Trump and polish president duda went to the white house rose garden to talk with reporters and answer if few answer a few more questions. Pres. Trump thank you very much, everyone. Please. Beautiful day in the rose garden. I want to thank everybody for being here with us. We all know what a wonderful country, a great country poland is and its my honor to have a friend of mine here, president duda of poland who has done an incredible job. I do believe he has an election coming up, i do believe hell be very successful. Thank you very much and all your representatives, thank you for being here. This is the third time we have hosted president duda. The first lady and i also cheerish our remarkable visit to poland three years ago, that was an amazing event. We had an event because it was a speech and a lot of people watched that speech. It was a very historic moment. And an important moment for our two countries. The american and polish people enjoy
Incredible job. I do believe he has an election coming up, i do believe hell be very successful. Thank you very much and all your representatives, thank you for being here. This is the third time we have hosted president duda. The first lady and i also cheerish our remarkable visit to poland three years ago, that was an amazing event. We had an event because it was a speech and a lot of people watched that speech. It was a very historic moment. And an important moment for our two countries. The american and polish people enjoy one of the worlds olest, strongest, most enduring friendships. Polish patriots battled by our side to secure american independence. American and polish warriors fought and died together to defeat the nazis in world war ii. The United States stood shouldertoshoulder with poland in its courageous struggle against communist oppression. Our bond has been forged in battle, sealed in blood and strengthened by our shared cultural values. The United States and poland are
Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days