[ room noise ] the committee will come to order. Today, this is the time and place for the hearing to offer some alterations and advice and consent process as required by the constitution for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa. So i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on weve been trying to forget, mr. Chairman. In any event, senator blumenthal, the floor is yours. And thank you so much for gracing us with your presence. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Thanks to you and Ranking Member senator shaheen. I am pleased to join my colleague in introducing our fellow resident of connecticut Linda Mcmahon. We know her as a fellow citizen of connecticut, but also as a successful business leader, as the cofounder and former ceo of the wwe. And also as a contributor very generously to many significant philanthropic
20,660 a year to 50,440. The Senate Small Business Committee Held a hearing on the new labor rules. Senator david vitter chairs this hour 10 minute hearing. Good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us today for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing to examine the obama administrations proposal to more than double the current salary threshold under the fair labor standard acts overtime exemption for administrative, executive, and professional employees. Were going to hear from a Diverse Panel of experts and stakeholders on the impact this proposed rule would have an Small Businesses and organizations around the country. And i want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today. In previous hearings, this committee has focused on the need for Regulatory Reform in light of how federal agencies often issue new rules and regulations that cause extreme undue burden on Small Businesses. As one of the most controversial labor regulations pushed by the obam
In 1989 to 80 during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In recent years, significant disaster aid was provided outside the fema Disaster Assistance programs. These charts show how aid programs outside fema have grown. In fact, for Hurricane Sandy, there was less fema assistance from the department of housing and urban development or the department of transportation. We found these additional disaster aid programs dont have the same requirements and restrictions as the fema assistance. Fema assistance is tied to actual disaster damage and is for individuals, governmental entities or certain nonprofits performing governmentlike functions. Fema only spends money on eligible items for eligible applicants, no matter how much money fema receives. Fema mitigation funds must be used on cost and official projects to ensure the federal investment is a wise one. Fema makes every effort to get money in the hands of applicants as fast as possible to enable rapid recovery from disaster impacts. From the sandy
Appreciate it. We thank you both for your expertise and knowledge to share it with us. And with that, the meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The House Oversight committee is holding a hearing on how the Obama Administration is sought to win support for the Nuclear Agreement its coming after New York Times profile of Deputy National security advisor ben rose, in which he talked about efforts to over change. Todays hearing is entitled the Iran Nuclear Deal. We take this up and deal with the situation as we get going and there are three the article, a aspiring article who became a goo rue. Talking about how the white house would not this is from senator mark kirk and the senator john and without objection i would like to enter these three into the record. Its one of three countries that are still on the state sponsors of terrorism. And i think its important that we have some clarity. There are some issues that are outstanding. Its one of the most important policy initi
Mr. Ambassador, in the run up to the recent u. S. China strategic and economic dialogue, there were a lot of press reports of the several issues that would be on the table. One of those included the ongoing solar panel dispute and resulting poly silicone tariffs from china. However in the fact sheets that came out, theres emphasis on steel and some of the other issues. But i saw no mention of the solar issue. I was just wondering if you could give us a status report on where that stands. Thank you. We did discuss it while i was there. Weve continued to discuss the issue. Its a long standing outstanding dispute. Its something we would like to try to find a way of settling and our discussions will continue. And ill see him in shanghai in a couple of weeks. A question over here in the back and then well take the one in the front. Hi. Ken biddler. This week president obama is going for the summit. Canada has not taken a position on the tpp. Its the only of 12 countries to have not stated w