Okay. Good morning. Welcome. I call to order the subcommittee on oversight. I want to thank everybody for joining us today. Were holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with House Resolution 965. Accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. Thats outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to endus navigate ther the help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted. For those participating virtually to limit background noise. [inaudible conversations] well pause for one moment. [background sounds] members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members here in the hearing room also are reminded to keep your microphones muted when you are not recognized. Sec
Former cia directors to look at the intelligence organizations operations. At 9 00 pm eastern on after words political commentator Candace Owens on why black americans should vote republican in her book, she is interviewed by matt schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union. This weekend on cspan2. The house ways and means subcommittee on oversight held a hearing on the use of loopholes to avoid paying taxes. The subcommittee look at potential changes to the law to prevent wealthy americans from getting out of income tax. Good afternoon. Welcome to you all. Weve got a great response in a sharp period of time and our second. On the Affordable Care act on the Oversight Committee. Thank you, everyone, for joining us today. In compliance with regulations, with committee proceedings, the First Official virtual oversight subcommittee hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remain remind you about procedures to navigate this platfor
And vicki kennedy, the widow of Edward Kennedy discussed their husbands careers and legacies conversation about Public Service at the Kennedy School of government and Harvard University. Next, a house panel looking at the Trump Administrations changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. We hear from the Senior Vice President of the no kid Hungry Campaign and antipoverty advocates. Come to order, weve got objection and the chair is authorized for a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy. Children shouldnt have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Thats an unimaginable burden for a young person that can deprive them oftheir childhood. Food insecurity hurts childrens academic outcomes, their ability to Pay Attention and their behavior. It has longterm impacts on physical and Mental Health and even depresses lifetime earnings. As doctor Martin Luther king sa
[inaudible conversations] good evening friends. Welcomed. I am director here at the school. What you may not know but i suspect that you do you are in a quaker school. If you have met a quaker you have met a friend with a fuppercaseletter. We are part of a National Network of 78 friend schools. Where the obama daughters in Chelsea Clinton and the quarterback from the Atlanta Falcons in the chartered philadelphia. Mostar are located in the northeast we are the only one in georgia but the quakers inform each a School Community in those values are complicity, peace Integrity Community equality and stewardship. From the acronym spices. So i will clear up some miss misconceptions they should not be confused with the amish. [laughter] they do believe electricity and technology and cars and also believe in disrupting social conventions with the radical notion that every single individual is there worth. When at the very first quakers founded the elma matter in 1689 putting democracy to work a
Been on revenue especially since it is the most difficult thing we have had to do. And people are using other methods to bring us into the 21t century on transportation. So we are looking at some of those questions and the nuances of federal polling policy on congestion pricing and Technology Solutions to address congestion. So while congress. But to negatively attack never before but not to mention the quality of the air that we breathe and the failure to deal with climate change. This was not even discussed at the time of the last reauthorization to indicate just how far time has moved and to catch up. The urban mobility report and you might want to look at what it says for your constituents but mine say 1840 per year in congestion cost and we here at the National Council are the and then on 1840 per year per constituents and those are my constituents. Nothing short of a test and in our case in this region as a result of 248 million hours of congestion delays in 2017 across the dc me