To participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep p their video function on at all ible for hemsel theyre notot recognized by the chair. Ve the members are also reminded ey that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. To mute themselves after they r have finished speaking. Consistent with regulations, 96s astaff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise an otherre embarrassments. Members are reminded that all house rules related to order ano decorum apply to this remote trn hearing. G this hearings entitled exposure notification and Contact Tracing, how ai helps localities open safety and researchers finn it pure. Statem i will now recognize myself for four minutes to give an openingc statement. Good morning. Todays hearing will focus on the essential trade offs that ry the covid19 pandemic is forcing upon us to make between life, liberty, privacy, and the pursuit of happiness. A and the r
Quorum call quorum call mr. Sanders madam president. The presiding officer the senator from vermont is recognized. Sorry. Mr. Sanders thank you. Madam president , since last week the senate has been quote, unquote, debating the presiding officer senator, were in a quorum call. Mr. Sanders i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders madam president , since last week, the senate ostensibly one of the great deliberative bodies in the world, supposedly, has been quote, unquote, debating the 740 billion National Defense authorization act. Its been a very, very silent debate because of the 700 amendments that have been filed to this bill. There has been no roll call votes on any of them. I do understand that in the managers amendments have been accepted, and thats fine, but weve had a vigorous debate but nobody in the world has heard that debate because theres not been one amendment here on the floor. And knowing the way the senate does
Is saving the lives of the if you do not move, you will well have the latest. Stay with us. Coming. The nba wants to restart its sickest patients. Be dead. Reporter police dispute if there was one immediate commitment we made at wynn but first a lot of people this, saying body cam footage season in late july. Have been today the league informed the shows the officers saying, move players they have until next now in Contra Costa County. Or you will be gassed. Wednesday to inform the teams trying to figure out now how whether theyre in or out. While some residents say police they got to make a decision. Were going to manage the were justified some players dont like the idea schedule, how were going to but when you go on the manage that many people. Of all the games being played in its so hard to turn people away freeway like that, youre orlando, sheltering inside that after all this time. Putting other people in danger my gosh, we dont have any who didnt want to be a part of appointments
Thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Thank you, madam speaker. I yield to my friend from maryland, the majority leader. Mr. Hoyer i thank my friend from georgia for yielding. On monday the house will meet at 9 00 a. M. For morning hour debate, i repeat that because its unusual. On monday, 9 00 a. M. For morning hour debate and 10 00 a. M. For legislative business, votes expected to occur as early as 2 30 p. M. On tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 9 00 a. M. For morning hour debate and 10 00 a. M. For legislative business. On thursday, the house will meet at 9 00 a. M. For legislative business. The house will consider h. R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care enhancement act. This bill will sig canly increase the a. C. A. s affordability, subsidies, lower Prescription Drug prices, expand coverage and crack down on junk plans. While strengthening protections for people with preexi
With the endracism. The mayor condemned the nooses and allowanced the police would launch a hate Crime Investigation. The mayor said even though there were claims the nooses were used for exercise equipment, that does not excuse them. When officers searched the lake, they found five ropes attached to multiple trees. We spoke to one africanamerican man who shared this video of people using the ropes as swings. He tells us theyve been up for months and the purpose was to have fun, not to instill fear. Maybe that big, just enough to put a harness on it so you can swing yourself. We have to start with the assumption that these are hate crimes. We cannot take these actions lightly. We have to take them seriously. Reporter and the mayor says the findings from opds hate Crime Investigation will be turned over to the fbi. And she was pretty adamant about this, that these symbols of hate crime, regardless of the intention, they will not be tolerated in oakland, especially if a public place. Tha