Nations rail Service Needs 4 billion to stay afloat for fiscal year 2021. He made the comments in testimony before the house transportation subcommittee on railroads. The subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I also ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing. I want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes of identification when joining this hearing. Members must also continue to use the video function on todays Software Platform cisco webx for the remainder of the time they are attending this hearing, unless experiencing connectivity issues or other technical problems. If a member is experiencing any connectivity issu
My wife and i, 31 years ago, began our business. Honestly, over all of these years, we had faced some adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year just to stay afloat. We our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . We have half of the employees that we had precovid. And our customers are a little scared, our employees are sometimes afraid to come to work because of the covid. And to be honest with you, i am just frustrated. I dont understand how we got here. We are the greatest nation in the world. And it just seems to me that, maybe if we just came together on this one issue alone, maybe , as americans and being united, we can overcome it. Yeah. Thank you, scott, for sharing your story. I am sure many Small Business owners feel the same way that you are feeling now. We wish you the best for your business and, of course, for your family. Now i would like to turn to mar
Anna good morning. Im anna palmer, coauthor of the politico playbook and i am joined by jake sherman. Welcome to a special edition of the playbook interview. Joining us now is the Senior Vice President of the Milwaukee Bucks. He has previously worked in Democratic Politics and his family owns the bucks. Jake for a connecticut kid like me, vin baker is a legend. He went to the university of hartford and had a 13year career in the nba, mostly with the bucks and seattle supersonics. Allstar,ur time nba olympic Gold Medalist and is currently an assistant coach with the bucks. We have a little news. This makes it a very timely conversation. The president of United States moments ago tweeted, people are tired of watching the highly political nba. Basketball ratings are way down and wont be coming back. I know football and baseball are watching and learning because the same thing will be happening to them. Stand tall for our country and flag. That is the backdrop with which we have this conve
Fox news poll says protests in cities are actually riots. Update to the story we brought you, with us tonight, california congressman devin nunes, he is the ranking republican on house intelligence. He says members of special counsels Robert Muellers trump russia team may have obstructed justice after government document surfaced showing they wiped clean dozens of government phones. Many, wiped, quote, accidentally, before the Justice Departments Inspector General could investigate these phones for potential bias against trump. Plus another update. Reports coming in u. S. Attorney john durham may be on the verge of releasing an interim in his criminal inquiry into the trump russia prone. Well talk to former House Oversight chair Jason Chaffetz about what could be coming. Plus this story, news breaking in the fight over democrats shutdown orders. A federal judge has stuck down as unconstitutional the democrat governor of pennsylvanias covid19 restrictions, again saying theyre unconstitu
Order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent that [ inaudible ] the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing i want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes mooths smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes of identification when joining this hearing. Members must also continue to use the video function on todays Software Platform cisco web x for the remainder of the time attending this hearing unless experiencing connectivity issues or other technical problems. If a member is experiencing any connectivity issues or problems, please inform the Committee Staff as soon as possible so you can receive assistance. A chat function is available for members on the web x platform for this purpose and member