This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format. And the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommendedf foot social distancing between senators and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. I, again, remind all senators and witnesses that the 5minute clock still applies, and those of you remote should all have a box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process senator brown and i again have agreed to go by sen you arty for this hear
Eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2 online at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property held a hearing on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act which outlines when website hosts are required to remove pirated content. Witnesses included musicians, authors, photographers, filmmakers and ahead of the Internet Association. A ceremony will come to order. Well im disappointed we cant all be together in person today, im grateful to chairman graham, and our Ranking Members clerk for facilitating this through web apps. As an initial matter, i want to make sure this subCommittee Hearing is not distracting from the full committee. And my personal work on other pressing issues facing our nation. Congress must address issues of Police Brutality and the horrific circumstances that led to the murder of george floyd and the senseless depths of so many of africa African American brothers and sisters. Thats why im gra
Traffic is so slow back from trimble all the way up to the scene. It looks like a drive time is about 42 minutes because of this crash will not only because of this crash but weve had several along that stretch we had about 3 or so so 42 minutes right now from san jose to menlo park you want to get out there early looks like or accident northbound 85 at all and it is out of the way a little sluggish 87 and here at the bay bridge toll plaza check this out looks good into San Francisco right delay free on 80 west, its an easy 11 minutes off to the fremont street exit james back to you ok, thank you very much robin at 9 oh one. The big breaking news story this morning, the United States has just surpassed 200,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic a milestone that we anticipated was going to happen this morning and it looks like it passed in california more than 15,000 people have died of covid. But our Positivity Rate is actually going down which is a good thing governor newsome says the
We are meeting today to conduct an important hearing on the Small Business administration Paycheck Protection Program, or ppp, specifically, review review of the loan forgiveness process. I want to thank each of the witnesses for their testimonies today. Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp, and weve heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive also traveled across my district of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how theyve fared during the pandemic, and ive heard some of the successes and challenges theyve faced with ppp and uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrowers who eventually did access a loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated, unclear, and sometimes conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicat
Hearings on the ppp, and weve heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive also traveled across my district of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how theyve fared during the pandemic, and ive heard some of the successes and challenges theyve faced with ppp and uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrowers who eventually did access a loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated, unclear, and sometimes conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan proceeds consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness, and effectively convert the loan into a grant, which was the