Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
Good morning, from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you, im annemarie green. There are breaking developments in the coronavirus crisis. Health officials in Washington State say sa second person has died there. A man in his 70s died saturday in a nursing facility near seattle after the first death was reported this weekend. Those are the first two coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Researchers say the virus may have been circulating in the state for weeks undetected. There are at least 89 reported cases of coronavirus in the u. S. Across 12 states. Worldwide, there are more than 88,000 cases. The death toll is more than 3,000. So Laura Podesta is here in new york. What is being done here in the u. S. To prevent the virus from spreading . Annemarie, americans who are flyingk fm high 11 airp for a h screening, and then no matter if they have symptoms or not theyre being held for an incubation period. Locally here in the u. S. Some state and to
Work on a measure that was approved by the house yesterday providing 8. 3 billion in emergency funds to combat the coronavirus. Senate lawmakers are expect today vote on that measure later this afternoon and work on a bill to reset u. S. Energy and environmental policy. And now to live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan 2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of us all, thank you for this moment that unites us in the fellowship of prayer. Make us conscious of your presence and unite us in our efforts to do your will on earth. Inspire the hearts and minds of our lawmakers to strengthen the bonds between us, as they seek to live lives of integrity. May no partisanship mar the unity of spirit they must have to make america stronger, wiser, and better. Deliver them from every unworthy motive, as they labor to honor you. Lift their burdens, lessen their fears, and give them you
Protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee. Education secretary betsy devos testified on the 2021 budget request, members asked about Public Education resources and nondiscrimination policies. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year and your forth on hearing with us and we are going to examine the president s the permit of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget material, this much was clear to me. You are seeking to privatize Public Education. It is the wrong direction for students and our country. We need to be moving toward expanding Public Policies like Early Childhood education. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking but standing it. Im getting more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. I want to start by examini
For the night from forced to leave to go says they stress that playing professional football would not be possible without a good education. The ability to read. As important as sundays nfc championship game is between the San Francisco 49 ers and the Green Bay Packers these professional athletes keep perspective, cherishing an opportunity to inspire young people to reach their goals and literacy and success no hand in hand this is awesome to us to be role models and they see us and they know that the miners and they know how big the niners are. And just to just to see us im not even know who we are or weight gain fact that the to see i think its just something for them to look at too to strive to want to be and i think its just awesome to hear the players first read to a class of 30 kindergartners at San Antonio Elementary School in the san jose before spending time in individual tutoring sessions with second through 4th graders. The theme was literacy and equality ahead of Martin Lut