[indistinct conversations] quest legacies far enough down the line. I guess he is far enough down the line. The committee will reconvene. I will recognize myself for five minutes. I have asked staff to provide you with a cover with this. Hart when numbers are that far apart, mine and yours, i think the public and the record are deserving to know what we are talking about here. These chart are people who are traditional unemployment people. I think that is your number. ,hen you add the red to that with the contractors, you get up to about 27 million. We need to make sure we are talking about the same thing. People. King about all we would be more than happy staff and reconcile this afterwards. On ank if you add them up cumulative basis, as opposed to how many people are on employment assistance as of august 4, because there are more people here than there are unemployed but i would be happy to follow up and reconcile. Thank you. A couple of things that were said in the first round, i wa
Welcome, everybody. Today, i will our select subcommittee is focusing on hearing were some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely via webex. Since members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. Let me also make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. For those appearing in person who will be able to see members appear remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor, you will see all the members appearing remotely in once, in what is known webex as view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person when they are speaking, including other members appearing remotely. You can also see each other, each person speaking, during the hearing, whether they are in personal remote, if you have your webex set to active speak
Our email newsletter offers a synopsis of the days event. Tonight, President Trump will accept the publican partys nomination. Be first nonpolitician to nominated since dwight eisenhower. His acceptance speech was on the final day of the rnc in cleveland. Togive a very warm welcome ivanka trump. [applause] ivanka good evening. Thank you. One year ago, i introduced my father when he declared his candidacy. Through hisay and he sheer force of will, sacrificed greatly to enter the political arena as an outsider and he prepared he prevailed against 16 very talented competitors. Year, donald a trump has been the peoples champion. Peopleshe is the nominee. My fellowof millennials, i do not consider myself categorically republican or democrat. More than party affiliation, i vote aced on what i believe is right for my family and country. Sometimes, it is a tough choice. That is not the case this time. I am here to tell you that this is the moment and donald trump americaerson to make great aga
The committee will come to order. Good morning thank you to the witnesses for participating in todays hearing we all have the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning thank you to the witnesses for participating in todays hearing we all have a stake to ensure a safe and secure election in november. This hearing comes one week after we lay to rest a giant in Voting Rights. Before he died, congressman lewis reminded us the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent in a Democratic Society and use it because its not guaranteed we must vigorously defend our right to vote with access to the ballot box and in less than 90 days americans across the country box and in less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in history that pandemic for state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand votes by mail and early voting and other policies so no voter has to choose between their life and their health. With the states primary elec
Lets take a closer look. The blue line, the positivity rate. 7. 6 . That is the average number of people infected over a 14day period. Most of the people who are tested in the beginning had symptoms and tested positive. Now, a lot more people are being tested, about 100,000 more a day compared to the beginning. Governor newsom says this is the threshold, 8 . If we get there, we will see more close sures. There is some good news when it comes to hospitalizations. Those numbers dropped for the first time in over a month. Check this out. We saw 7170 on july 1st. And then 6825. That is a sign that people are getting better. Today, the governor added Santa Cruz County to his watch list. More closures are likely for areas. It joins eight bay area counties already on the governors list. Its a familiar story. They have seen a surge in cases in the past couple weeks. Today, the county also announced its fourth death. If the countys on the watch list for four days, gyms, personal care salons and