Start of the fasting month of ramadan. And the biggest shipment in years of saudi oil is heading to the u. S. Will tell you why it may not get there. Well its a figure that is as extraordinary as it is vast the amount of emergency funding the United States is now heading towards as it tackles the fallout from the coronavirus and another stimulus bill is set to be approved by President Donald Trump and that will take emergency spending to nearly 3 trillion dollars the latest relief package was agreed in congress its a 4 day package so far and will support Small Businesses at the pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in the last 5 weeks from those says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to rise some states like georgia are preparing to reopen their economies later on friday. Economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open and thats happening as we speak and its actually very exciting a
Entrant, new jersey, Governor Phil Murphy announce an extended grace period for payments of health, dental, home, and Life Insurance policies. He also provided an update on confirmed covid19 cases in new jersey and answer questions about social distancing for Health Questions public use of face masks. Good afternoon, everyone. Im honored to be joined other woman on my right, who needs no introduction, commissioner of the department of health. To her right, state Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program coordinator dr. Lisa mccue. Great to have you back. To my farleft, colonel pat callahan. Im particularly honored to be joined by the guy to my left, of whom i moving van, congressman andy kim. Has been a leader fighting for what New Jerseyans need from the federal government. I know we can count on his voice as we continue our push for mush muchneeded and significant federal assistance. Andy, great to happy with us, looking well, by the way. Lets start, as we have done of late, with the n
Efforts in afghanistan. We will come to order. All members will have five days to submit statements to the record. Notice, we are here today to examine the lessons from americas war in afghanistan. , welcome general sopko to the Foreign Affairs committee. I look forward to learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Learning the lessons of afghanistan, but also getting some input to what we should do in the future. Afghanistanes in over the last six years have 10. Aged roughly we mourn those deaths and take them seriously. Compared to the other ,onflicts we are engaged in compared to the training deaths we suffer in our military, we cannot have the exhaustion of 10 years ago blind us to what is the operation now, and what is its cost. I know the chairman has an opening statement, but i will ,ecognize the Ranking Member then i will recognize our witness for his opening statement, and hopefully by then we will hear the chairmans st
And vicki kennedy, the widow of Edward Kennedy discussed their husbands careers and legacies conversation about Public Service at the Kennedy School of government and Harvard University. Next, a house panel looking at the Trump Administrations changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. We hear from the Senior Vice President of the no kid Hungry Campaign and antipoverty advocates. Come to order, weve got objection and the chair is authorized for a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy. Children shouldnt have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Thats an unimaginable burden for a young person that can deprive them oftheir childhood. Food insecurity hurts childrens academic outcomes, their ability to Pay Attention and their behavior. It has longterm impacts on physical and Mental Health and even depresses lifetime earnings. As doctor Martin Luther king sa
Crimes and an insurrection and where we go from here as a nation. In fact, these two stories that i just mentioned to you tonight, theyre linked. How does President Biden work with a party that has some of its prominent leaders lying about his lawful victory and some, and to be precise and fair not all, but some elected republicans minimizing the violence that left five dead at the capitol. How do you do negotiations over the basics when you dont have any understanding on the fundamentals . There are a lot of Smart Thinkers whove studied these types of issues in different societies and a lot of progressives right now around the Biden Administration who say there can be no unity, no true democracy under the rule of law, unless there are facts and accountability first. Keep that in mind as you see this news tonight. Former President Trump wants to exploit the upcoming trial as a chance to double down on the election lie that partly fed the insurrection. He wants to take on the truth that