The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 2312 and the nays are 190. The previous question is ordered. The question is on adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The resolution is adopted. Ms. Lesko mr. Speaker, i call for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Gomp govern as the member designated by mr. Welch of vote, pursuant to h. Res. 965, i inform the house that mr. Welch will h. R. 1129. The speake
This includes the National Fish Habitat Conservation through partnerships provision, a bill i championed. This title establishes a National Fish habitat board that supports a successful Publicprivate Partnership to restore fish habitat. I would like to thank the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources committee, rob bishop, and the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife, tom mcclintock. I would also like to to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their ceaseless effort and commitment to making sure we do everything we can to conserve prork tect and enhance the resources that we are in charge of taking care of. I look forward to continuing to advance other important provisions, but this bill hopefully will be on its way to the president s desk. As cochair of the Chesapeake Bay watershed task force i would specifically like to act modge my friends an colleagues in the bay delegation who labored so hard for so long to help clean up our great Che
Back society, the way to do that is to put women straight at the center, because guess what. Theyre already at the center. With a pandemic still raging and concerns it will get worse before it gets bter, what does philanthropist Melinda Gates say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. Corporate funding is provided by. Welcome to firing line, Melinda Gates. Hanks for having me, margaret. You cofoundethe bill and Melinda Gates foundationo cades ago, and since then your foundation has worked to fight global poverty and to combat infectious disease, including hiv, tuberculosis, malaria, ebola. And noyou have committed more than 300 million to fight the covid19 pandemic. My question just to start is, your work is so often focused on global health. Co d you have imagined that you would be battling a pandemic so close to home . No, theres no chancewe that we thoughould have a pandemic, you know, and that part of the start of it was here in seate. So, no, this has
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Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin