I am. Odonnell but is the plan realistic . And is it safe . Plus, what u. S. Intelligence is saying tonight about where the virus came from. Meat plants hit hard as poultry farmers now get sick from the virus. The impact on workers and your grocery bill. Biden to address allegations pressure grows on the former Vice President to break his silence on a Sexual Assault claim. Museum from home americans in quarantine get creative to recreate the masterpieces. And tonight, this sweet story of a nineyearold girl who gave her money from the tooth fairy to first responders. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Hours from now, federal stayat home guidelines will expire, just as 35 states begin distancing restrictions. It is a new era in this crisis. And as we come on the air tonight, there is still a divide in this country about whether we are moving too quickly or not fast enough to r
The Appropriations Committee chair. Lowey. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i ask i ask unanimous consent that all legislators have five consecutive days in which to revise and extend it marks remarks and include extraneous material currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Mrs. Lowey the Families First Coronavirus Response act builds on the 8. 3 billion supplemental enacted last week to meet the needs of the American People. By guaranteeing free coronavirus testing, providing paid leave, strengthening Food Security initiatives through additional investments in w. I. C. , food banks and senior nutrition. The bill also makes sure that children who depend on free and reduced price meals have access to food during school and child care closures. Mr. Speaker, we must help ensure the physical safety and Financial Security of our nations working fam
To focus on now of course is a trade deal with the uk and so i have joined a number of other senators and asking you can watch this online at cspan. Org. The senate gaveling in at 3 30 p. M. And they will take a procedural vote on a couple of abortion measures. Live coverage now of the u. S. Senate. 18. The presiding officer under the previous order, the time until 3 30 p. M. Will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski madam president , just very briefly here this afternoon, we will have beginning at 3 30 p. M. A series of votes to include the nomination of Katherine Macgregor to be deputy secretary of the department of interior, and i would like to provide my support for this nomination. I want to thank my colleagues on the energy and Natural Resources committee for working with me to report and rereport ms. Macgregors nomination moved out on a bipartisan basis. I thank the majority leader for filing cloture on her nominat
In and we are thrilled to have governor hutchinson here to join us at stat solutions to talk about the stuff in washington. Prior to winning the governorship a dea administrator undersecretary Department Homeland security during george w. Bush. So thank you governor for joining us. We have a lot to cover so lets get started. I that we would start with trade and talk about phase 1 china trade deal. Trade is a special concern in arkansas where manufacturing is crucial. What are you hearing from manufacturers and exporters and farmers about the phase one trade deal . How are people reacting to that and are they happy with the terms quick. Very positively they are reacting to the phase one trade agreement. To put into perspective, arkanasas is the home of Walmart International company that has huge investments in china, a big market for them, tysons food from arkanasas is in china, but also we produce 50 of the rice comes from arkansas so the soybean and rice market is very important to ou
Trump 2021 budget request for his department. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. Good morning everybody. I think before i give my statement, we have several visits and 30 and i think we worked it out with senator white biden, and other people that we will keep this meeting going. So i am going to believe that the 1030 and vote once and then come back and i think the first vote always takes a long time. And then when he gets back, then he will vote. In other words, i will vote for the second there but i will stay over there and do them together. You know how it works out. I may not explain it very good. I want to welcome our witness, our secretary of health and Human Services. Honorable alex i appreciate the secretary a czar, your pairing before the committee to discuss the budget. The new budget, he oversees very Strong Department with programs that are crucial to the health and wellbeing of Many Am