I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso
Further legislative session. We now bring you live coverage here on cspan. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 18, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate redskin nation between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to f
Now at 11, local Health Officials showing deep concern with the covid spread. Hospitalization rates can go up in the blink of an eye. Plus, could president elect widens bumpy road to the white house make a big impact on the countrys battle with the coronavirus . After a beautifully sunny day, ive got more rain coming back. It will get here on tuesday hurried we will time this out and talk about amounts coming up. Our top story at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, new stern warnings from doctors is the holidays inch closer. The u. S. Has surpassed 11 million total covid cases, the staggering milestone was reached six days after the u. S. Had 10 million cases. Nationwide nearly a quarter Million People have died from the disease. Here in california more than 1 Million People have been affected with covid and with the holidays around the corner there is new concern today. Joe vasquez with the warning from one Bay Area Health official. Reporter the bay area has done that are the most lace
We have foxbusiness Team Coverage with blake burman at the white house. President elect bidens transition. Gerri willis standing by but we begin with jackie deangelis. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. History is being made right before our eyes. Dow about 30,000. I think is interesting today, not just the dow but look at the s p 500 on a percentage basis of a little bit more and even the dow industrial. 500 is broader than the dow 30. You can see this was a big broadbased rally across the board. I think that is important. Look at the dow winners because it gives you the sectors, energy is moving today, we see the financials moving higher today. Walt disney is a big winner today but it wasnt just stocks, it was oil as well. Over 45 a barrel, disclosing under that level and it took the Energy Stocks up because the investors are basically betting on recovery for the economy and that means more demand for oil and that means these companies will do better. Having said that, lets take a pause
Where things stand, what populations are affected, and what the kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that is most affected . Thank you, thanks again for having us. To just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary moniz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. As you asked and rightly so, what does the Global Landscape say, let me start with my own continent. Africa is 3. 23 of electricity generated. Asiapacific is 5. 8 . I think thats why were look at this globaly. Because its africa but also south and central america, 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa. 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and central africa, america, at just 12. , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy poor. Dr. Songwe when we talk about it related to the covid crisis, that is one of the reasons why the Rockefeller Foundation and poverty university wanted to