Postmaster general louis dejoy, and the chairman of the postal board of governors Robert Duncan to this oversight hearing, and i thank you all for being here. In all of our districts we are hearing from constituents about significant delays in the delivery of mail, medicines, food, and other supplies. These delays are especially concerning and potentially lifethreatening during the Coronavirus Crisis. These are not isolated complaints. They are widespread. Our offices have been receiving thousands of calls and emails about the detrimental effects these delays are having on our veterans, seniors, Small Businesses, and families across the country. When we asked postal leaders about these delays they downplayed them. They dismissed them as temporary. They discounted them as a minor, unintended consequences of reforms being put in place. But then we saw National Headlines describing these delays in much more detail. I have a document here that headlines from almost every state in the count
[background noises] [background noises] welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing pursuant to house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person and let me first remind ereveryone that pursuant to the latest guidance on the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Numbers werefa not wearing a may facemask will not be recognized and let me also make a few reminders for those numbers appearing in person, you will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when you are speaking is what is known in web acts as active speaker you. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. Members appearing remotely i know youre all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will see each person speaking during the hearing whether in person or remote as long as yous have your web acts set t
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Increase of fire danger keeping utility leaders on alert in case they need to take action to lessen the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on kauai essos announcement on not turning off the power today. Dan thorn has reaction from are in moran breathing a sigh of relief but first a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight and last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning a major concern fastmoving storms that could lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfire for more on the red flag warning in the continued heat wave want to check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lauren yes certainly been hot enough around the bay area so weve had the record heat the last couple of really were primed. In fire conditions unfortunately now were start looking a little subtropical moisture begin to wrap around that big dome of Hig
Rotating outages began getting underway. Most people have their power back on. While there will be no more rotating outages tonight, we are told, pg e is and ruling out the possibility that it might happen this weekend. Its why they are asking customers to cut back and conserve energy. We would also encourage customers, if they are able to delay in later in the evening household chores like running the washing machine or their dishwasher, or even vacuuming. Just by avoiding those types of things, it will help us have the necessary supply to meet the demand. Californians came accustomed , so to speak, to rolling outages in 2001 when great managers imposed repeated blackouts to deal with an electricity crisis then. This map from pg es website shows a snapshot of the situation around 8 00 tonight. The red dots represent outages of 5000 or more. The orange dots are 500 or more pg e customers. Not easy dealing with this kind of power outage when its so hot. You need air conditioning. But it