The committee on rules and Administration Come to order. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person, same for our witnesses, we are going to be welcoming them as well. The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, miss jane abraham, former chairman of the Congressional Commission to study the potential for a National Womens History Museum. Miss cc rojas of the Latino Coalition and mister danny vargas, of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this had been sponsors of this bill. Senator collins, senator cornyn, senator menendez joining us for remarks following the remarks of the three of us. This is secretary bunchs second appearance before the senate rules committee. We are grateful to have him with us today. He was appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in june of 2019, what a first year you have had. Obviously covid19 forc
Say, starting with delaware senator chris coons. Sen. Coons i think that joe biden, as president elect, and forgive me, it still makes me smile to say that, that joe is going to be able to pull together leaders in congress to deliver the relief we need and deserve, and one way that President Trump can show some graciousness in the next 73 days during the transition is to publicly support a significant pandemic relief bill. We have had record new cases all this past week. It is past time for us to come together and deliver the relief the American People are waiting for. Are you concerned at all that if a smaller package is passed during the lameduck session, it would make it more difficult to pass the kind of bold package that president elect biden would like to pass once he is president . Sen. Coons well, frankly, the only way we are going to pass a big or bold package either in the transition period or in the coming year is with bipartisan support. So, i expect that we will hear from
President trump can show some graciousness in the next 73 days during the transition is to publicly support a significant pandemic relief bill. We have had record new cases all this past week. It is past time for us to come together and deliver the relief the American People are waiting for. Are you concerned at all that if a smaller package is passed during the lameduck session, it would make it more difficult to pass the kind of bold package that president elect biden would like to pass once he is president . Sen. Coons well, frankly, the only way we are going to pass a big or bold package either in the transition period or in the coming year is with bipartisan support. So, i expect that we will hear from Vice President elect harris and from president elect biden, outreach to the Republican Senate leaders as well as to members of the house and senate, governors, and to the administration. En outreach to the republican senators as well as to members of the house and senate, governors,
Pass the kind of bold package that president elect biden would like to pass once he is president . Sen. Coons well, frankly, the only way we are going to pass a big or bold package either in the transition period or in the coming year is with bipartisan support. So, i expect that we will hear from Vice President elect harris and from president elect biden , outreach to the Republican Senate leaders as well as to members of the house and senate, governors, and to the administration. I do not think that passing something that is strong now does undermine the opportunity to pass something broader. We do not know where the pandemic is going right now, but it is not in a good direction. Joe will be announcing his Response Plan and team in more detail tomorrow, because he is getting ready to act as president on january 20. Joe biden has won this election. Why cant you acknowledge it . Sen. Blunt well, what i said on friday and what Chris Christie said a few minutes ago on this show is it is
During demonstrations biden and trump support just trade calls to count every ballot and protect the vote. Plus kosovos president steps down to face charges for war crimes over his alleged role in the countrys conflict. Its a 100 hours g. M. T. 8 pm on the u. S. East coast 2 days after election day Donald Trumps lead has been falling into key states as mail ballots are counted raising joe bidens hopes of clinching the presidency. Lets take a look at georgia 1st where joe biden is now fewer than 4000. 00 votes behind trump its been a solid republican state for almost 3 decades and its emerged as a surprising battleground this time around the bulk of the remaining mail ballots are from democratic leaning areas were also still waiting on pennsylvania the state where joe biden was born trumps lead has been consistently shrinking theyre just over 60000 votes separate the 2 candidates and the remaining male ballots are mostly from the democratic leaning cities of philadelphia and pittsburgh