The climate crisis, Louisiana Republican garret graves. Good morning. Give us a sense of where the money from the coronavirus package is headed in the house. The house allocated 8. 3 billion yesterday. Where is that money going and why does it seem like it takes a National Crisis to get the house and congress in general moving . Rep. Graves it is important to look at where we were. We passed legislation to address this type of scenario. We increased funds for organizations to make sure we are prepared for this. This is an evolving threat. Every country in the world is working together with the World Health Organization till learn as much as we can. The legislation we passed through the house yesterday provides funds to the department of health. The primary objective is trying to get funds out to the state Public Health departments and the folks who are actually on the ground. This is everything from surveillance, trying to understand where the infection is, how it is being transmitted
Rep. Graves it is important to look at where we were. We passed legislation to address this type of scenario. We increased funds for organizations to make sure we are prepared for this. This is an evolving threat. Every country in the world is working together with the World Health Organization till learn as much as we can. The legislation we passed through the house yesterday provides funds to the department of health. The primary objective is trying to get funds out to the state Public Health departments and the folks who are actually on the ground. This is everything from surveillance, trying to understand where the infection is, how it is being transmitted and learning as much as we can. It is about ensuring we are moving forward on treatment and vaccines. Most importantly, getting the resources out to our state and ublic entities to ensure they have the appropriate testing and other types of respiratory equipment and other Protection Equipment they need to be effective managers of
A variety of issues. Remember that when you see the speech. After the speech, President Trump will meet with britains Boris Johnson. Now, that meeting should be about a big trade deal. However, earlier today, Britains High Court ruled that the Prime Ministers suspension of parliament was illegal. That complicates an october 31st brexit, and you cant have a trade deal til the brits are out. Meanwhile, democrats are racheting up their calls for impeachment. This time its about that call to ukraines president and a new report that the administration has delayed aid a week before the call was made. The market doesnt care. Despite it all, stocks will open higher again. Now, we have no idea where the markets going to close but at the open of trading the dow is going to be up maybe 50, 60 points. S p up about eight. And a 25point gain for the nasdaq, going up at the bell. But wait tlrn, theres more. Bernie sanders oneups Elizabeth Warren with a wealth tax proposal. And the europeans give goog
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order we are meeting to examine an issue that effectively weve been at a stalemate for quite some time. What we should do with used nuclear fuel accumulating at the Nuclear Reactors. At a starting point we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe its a vital part of our mix. The large reactors not landscape provide reliable admissions free power to communities across our country. Our Nations Nuclear industry is critically important but it also faces a number of challenges and one that impacted the first reactors began operation and Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with the passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act of 1982 congress attempted several times to address the backend of the fuel cycle. In an effort to resolve an earlier stalemate the federal government was supposed to begin taking title to use fuel and moving it to a repository at Yucca Mountain in nevada beginn
U. S. Energy dominance in an appearance he made in pennsylvania. He said to make his way back now to bedminster, new jersey. Well follow him and any breaking headlines. Edward lawrence is at the white house for us. Jackie deangelis on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, and phil flynn watching oil and gold at the cme but with the tariff news, edward, we start with you. Reporter u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer announcing today they will delay some tariffs until december 15th, on some items based on health, security, and national security. They also, those items are on a list of 21 pages right here. Yes, it does include underpants in those items. One of the big once, cell phones, laptop computers, toys and clothing, including footwear. All of those tariffs delayed until after the Holiday Season basically for buying. The tariffs are not going away, just delayed on other select items. Another 122 page list shows will be under tariff that will happen on september 1st. Tha