This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format. And the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommendedf foot social distancing between senators and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. I, again, remind all senators and witnesses that the 5minute clock still applies, and those of you remote should all have a box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process senator brown and i again have agreed to go by sen you arty for this hear
Been configured to maintain 6 foot distances between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely, a few Video Conferencing reminders. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise, please click the mute button until you ask questions. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next senator until its resolved. Again, remind all senators and our witnesses that the fiveminute clock applies. Those of you remote should have a clock on the screen showing how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process, senator brown and i have agreed to go by seniority for this hoogerheide. With that we welcome our witness steven t. Mnuchin, secretary to department of treasury an honorable jerome powell, board of governors of the Fe
This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format. And the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommendedf foot social distancing between senators and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. I, again, remind all senators and witnesses that the 5minute clock still applies, and those of you remote should all have a box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process senator brown and i again have agreed to go by sen you arty for this hear
App. Washington journal continues. Host we are joined by diane yentel, who is president and ceo of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Talk about the federal moratorium about to expire on evictions in the u. S. Diane yentel about the federal moratorium about to expire on and if addictions in the us. Thank you for being with us this morning,. Thank you for having me. What is it that your group does . A Membership Organization advancing federal policies solutions to ensure that low income people have affordable and accessible homes. Host give us an idea how many renters there are in the unitedre states. There are about 43 million renter households with over 100 Million People in thosese households. Host since the pandemic with the idea on evictions typically how many people are evicted from their apartment or home for failure to pay rrent . And how has that problem increased or has it . The risk of evictions has increased during the pandemic because of the financial fallout as a r
Continues to roll downhill. This morning we learned that another 1. 2 million americans filed for unemployment far more than any time during the Great Recession that began in 2008. Our two parties dont agree on many things and that is no secret. The Trump Administration has bungled this crisis from the very beginning and even now is convening from one self inflicted crisis to the next. Democrats believe congress has a moral obligation to step into the breach. To help americans put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads and to save our economy from a deeper recession and longer recovery and fight this disease with all the resources and wherewithal the great nation can bring to bear. So after the senate begin majority failed in spectacular fashion to put together a bill even its own members could support h democrats have engaged in arduous negotiations with the white house trying to impress upon the gravity of the situation. We have made some progress this week but not enough