Pennsylvania and is chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. Congressman doyle, that subcommittee is really key to telecom policy, isnt it . Guest it sure is but it is the Key Committee in congress that deals with telling mitigation policies and a lot of interesting type of issues with more to come. Host we will explore some of those in this next half hour but i want to start with some news that came out this week which is the sec declaring while way and is et corporations to security threats which what is your view of that . I think there is some validity to that and that is one of the reasons why you saw the bill we passed in the energy and Commerce Committee with greg and myself which is, now were just waiting for the appropriators to put some money in it because we estimated it will take one, 2 million to assist the Smaller Companies that fought that equipment to make that whole so we can remove the equipment and put the other equipment in. We
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Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
Congress can improve the program to help Small Businesses survive the economic downturn. Good afternoon. I am calling this hearing to order. Thank everyone for joining our second official remote hearing. Saying that standing house and Committee Rules are in practice and will continue to apply during remote hearings. Members will be expected to continue to adhere to the rules of the committee and the house. All members are reminded that they are expected to observe standing rules of committee decorum when they are participating in any remote event. The technology we are utilizing to make someres us small modifications to ensure that members can fully participate in the proceedings. Designated by the speaker, the committee will operate according to congressional resolution 965, with particular guidance from the rules Committee Regarding the respective rights of all members participating. House regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the precedent,
Rep. Mccarthy i just joined the speaker, and i want to join with you in wishing her a happy birthday today. People are making sacrifices and lifting each other up. This is who we are as a nation. There are countless stories of kindness. We see cities throughout our communities that make us proud of who we are as americans. In this battle, we are all neighbors, and that is an unbreakable bond that will get us through this. Then you have our real heroes every single day who we are watching. We cannot thank the medical professionals enough, putting themselves on the front line to care for all of us. Our postal workers, our truck drivers, and our supermarket workers who are there for us, along with the warehouse operators and the drivers working in the gig economy keeping Small Businesses afloat. They are on the front lines, pushing through this challenge, and we could not be more grateful for all their sacrifices that they are putting through. Our job of congress should be to reinforce th