Please knew your microphone. Mute your microphone. [indiscernible] we have previously provided guidance as to how this would [indiscernible] [indiscernible] cspan. Org [indiscernible] [indiscernible] thank you. I want to welcome mr. Menendez and his wife. I appreciate you taking on this post. Tonk you for taking the time talk to me last week and take the best thank you for taking the time this morning. This is the first hearing the committee has held since march the 10th. Since then, millions of americans have filed for unemployment. Nearly one point 5 million have contracted covid19 and nearly 90,000 have perished from the disease. Is work in the u. S. Senate that much more critical and we respond as we respond to this pandemic and return to the economy. Second the highestranking office and the department of energy and the department has been playing a role in helping the nation fight coronavirus. The department of energy is a scientific powerhouse. Its National Laboratories are some
This is a different world were facing. The pandemic has taken tens of thousands of americans and infected more than 1. 5 million and infected every single one. It focuses early on the security to the past few months. Including the nominee [inaudible] it is very different than my time in chairman. Those of you that are there in person and we do not we have previously provided guidance to reiterate care. The recommended social distancing. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] before he turned to the intervention i appreciate [inaudible] in the role with Energy Innovation including nuclear and Energy Efficiency renewable. We help create. That experience with the responsibilities and the decisions. Having full view of the department and everyone during this covert pandemic. [inaudible] non[inaudible] there will be situations that are uniquely situated during this pandemic. We thank you for that thank you, madam chairman and we want to thank you for holding this hearing and mr. Menendez nomin
This is a different world were facing. The pandemic has taken tens of thousands of americans and infected more than 1. 5 million and infected every single one. It focuses early on the security to the past few months. Including the nominee [inaudible] it is very different than my time in chairman. Those of you that are there in person and we do not we have previously provided guidance to reiterate care. The recommended social distancing. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] before he turned to the intervention i appreciate [inaudible] in the role with Energy Innovation including nuclear and Energy Efficiency renewable. We help create. That experience with the responsibilities and the decisions. Having full view of the department and everyone during this covert pandemic. [inaudible] non[inaudible] there will be situations that are uniquely situated during this pandemic. We thank you for that thank you, madam chairman and we want to thank you for holding this hearing and mr. Menendez nomin
Remotely the call in information is scrolling across the screen. You will hear meeting discussion and muted in listening mode only. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called, those in person should line up to speak and on the phone dial 3. If you are on the telephone please turn down your tv and listening devices. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways email to myself, alisa. Somera sfgov dot gov. If you submit writern Public Comment it will be forwarded to the commissioners and included as part of the official file. Thank you. Please call the roll. Chan, present. Fielder, present. Preston, present. Singh, present. Williams, present. Madam chair, you have a quorum. Thank you. With that, madam clerk, please call item 2. Item 2 is approval of the lafco minutes from january 19, 2024 regular meeting. I dont see any name on the roster at this moment, so it is great if we can go to Public Comment on this item. If we have individuals in person who
Really good afternoon, everyone. Right. Apologies for the delay. We had the administrator was actually briefing the president in the oval office. So we wanted to make sure that she was ready to go and the president got the briefing that he needed before we came out. So apologies for a late start in the briefing. So in a minute, you will hear directly from the fema administrator on how the Biden Harris Administration has mobilized a robust whole of government response effort to support immediate and long term rescue and Recovery Efforts in maui. Hawaii. First, as the president said yesterday, we are praying for those who lost so much who lost loved ones, their community, their businesses, their households. We are also incredibly thankful to the First Responders and also the the very brave firefighters who are on the front lines who are dealing with this response and recovery effort. Early today, we announced that the president and the first lady who will be traveling to hawaii on monday