But no one trial going to suggest russias vaccine is 92 percent effective with hunger becoming the 1st european country to sign up for the job and was foreign minister spoke to us about the decision. Any international cooperation, based on Mutual Respect is now each other should be left behind. Good morning to you, watching the weekly. Here are not the guns fell silent in the disputed nagornokarabakh region. This week, armenia and azerbaijan signed an historic peace deal brokered by russia and in almost 2 months of bloody battle. This part of the trace moscow has deployed military personnel to the front line to monitor the cease fire state a political issue of credibility and what is happening and care about it is a truly great tragedy to i want to note with great satisfaction, the outlines of compromise and the agreements reached on ending the bloodshed. I hope that all the steroids we have taken recently will lead to the establishment of a long term peace in the benefits of as a by j
158 billion. Following open remarks, lawmakers offer amendments focusing on high speed rail authority, face mask requirements for mass transportation, and Disaster Relief funding. Our third order of Business Today is consideration of the transportation housing and urban Development Appropriation bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize mr. Price to present the bill. Thank you. Thank you, madam chairman. I guess we can assume everyones now ready for the main event. Im proud to present the fiscal 2021 transportation housing and urban Development Related agencies appropriations bills. Before i mention a few of the bills highlights i want to once again thank our Ranking Member and former chairman of this subcommittee for his unfailing good humor and cooperation and collaboration. Hes a pleasure to work with. I also want to thank full Committee Chairwoman nita lowey for her steady leadership, kay granger for her leader and the committee. Finally i want to recognize our accident staff
Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person
Police break up mass protests against a planned new security both. Powers to 1st say the law would silence faint critics. Britains Prime Minister stands by his man Boris Johnson refuses to sack of top aide if cusack dissipating the lockdown trouble rooms critics across the political spectrum condemned both man for telling the public one thing during another. And a cultural level in the face of a pandemic you cant put a protective mask on an opera singer on a wind instrument player with the legendary bolshoi theater many other venues closed until further notice t. W. Finds out. Without a stage. Im phil gal welcome to the program the Top German Court has ruled that volkswagen must pay compensation to customers who bought v. W. Diesel cars face it with software that manipulated emissions test results a landmark ruling in the diesel gate scandal paves the way for tens of thousands of others to receive damages. The federal court of justice in calls said anyone who bought a v. W. Car equippe