We will have Opening Statements limited to five minutes each followed by introduction and swearing in of witnesses followed by testimony of witnesses. I know that a Ranking Member sessions will be joining us late. I would like to thank him and members of the subcommittee in our witnesses for being here today to assess faugh. The Environmental Protection agency. All of them solve contentious environmental problems during their ten years working for republican president s. Now we are banding together to bring attention to the biggest and are meant to travel Climate Change paper. In a New York Times oped written last year that i would like to enter into the record without objection, these former administrator stated, we have a message that transcends political affiliation. The United States must move now on the substantive steps to curb Climate Change they are for in a large choir of voices. The climate declaration as signed by more than 750 companies, including name place American Brands
Trump was in atlanta today ignoring the mandate as he came down the steps of air force one, a stop to plug an infrastructure plan. Nothing on his agenda involved the virus or 138,000 lives lost. His only reference to the crisis came during a speech at a ups hub near the airport. Let me sort by expressing my gratitude to every driver, worker and employee who is contributed to this Great Success and continued to deliver for america throughout our battle against the china virus. Goes by many different names. About 21 that i can figure. Maybe well use a different one every time we hit it. The Washington Post says trump and his team have yet to present a plan to deal with the pandemic. Phil rucker along with his colleagues reporting it this way. There is no cohesive National Strategy with unenforced federal Health Guidelines and administration is offering a patch work of solutions often in reaction to outbreaks after they occur although trump and his team declare sweeping objectives like re
Florida. Ten hospitals within miamidade county, the states main hot spot have no icu beds remaining. Several other states including georgia have seen sharp increases in cases over the past few weeks. The states republican governor this erch xtended coronavirus restrictions until the end of the month. It does not mandate masks. In fact, it explicitly bans cities and counties from mandating masks across the state of georgia. Atlanta, of course, has born the blunt of georgias outbreak. The citys mayor, two members of her family are among those infected. Trump was in atlanta today ignoring the mandate as he came down the steps of air force one, a stop to plug an infrastructure plan. Nothing on his agenda involved the virus or 138,000 lives lost. His only reference to the crisis came during a speech at a ups hub near the airport. Let me sort by expressing my gratitude to every driver, worker and employee who is contributed to this Great Success and continued to deliver for america throughou
Itself for years to come. Weve got the georgia runoffs tomorrow which decide control of the senate and then on wednesday it is President Trumps last stand as electoral votes are counted on capitol hill. All of this is happening as the coronavirus pandemic keeps raging. 352,000 americans are dead. More than 20 million infected. And a Record Number are waking up today in hospitals. But we know that is not where President Trumps head is at. He is still trying to figure out some sort of way to turn his election loss into a win. He failed with the american voters. He failed in court. So now hes resorting to the kind of tactics you might read about in third world countries. Putting pressure on the people in charge to somehow find just enough votes to make thing goes his way. Nbc has learned President Trump tried to reach georgia secretary of state 18 times in the last two months. When the two finally spoke on saturday, here is the message President Trump wanted to send. So look, all i want t
Had to put that diplomacy aside. They find themselves at odds over Cyber Security and competing economic interests. Delegates are taking part in the annual u. S. China strategic and economic dialogue. Treasury secretary jack lew called to do more to tighten Cyber Security. Those who participate including innovators and the holders of property are preserved and governmentsponsored intrusion. The Vice President said chinese leaders should play a more responsible in world affairs. China said they would never undermine the national interests. Translator misunderstandings and differences of opinion are causing friction in the economic interests of both countries. We use dialogue to minimize countries and avoid turning trade problems into political issues. U. S. And chinese leaders launched the dialogue in 2009. They hoped to manage the relationship between the worlds two largest economies. U. S. And chinese firms not only compete, but depend on each others. Investments surged nearly times o