On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
Congress. Congressman, we continue to watch the western states burn this week and you went to the floor yesterday to talk about the importance of forest esmanagement. Could you walk through what that means and what we are and arent doing for our western forests right now. Guest good morning, great to be with you. Forest management is something i love to talk about being a forrester and love to practice for history. A scene how it works. What we are talking about is applying science to make the forest healthy and resilient. In the life of climate effects is more important now than ever to apply these concepts to Management Practices to the forest and i am proposing in the trillion trees act as part of that bill i filed, for areas on public plans and these are also crossed over into private lands that we really need to focus on, especially in these fire prone areas where we are seeing higher weve got all the physics and youve got fuel, oxygen and heat and what we can do is manage the fue
From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor right now, the only news america is talking about is the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Aka the notorious r. B. G. As im sure you know, the Iconic Supreme Court justice died over the weekend at the age of 87. A little bit later on in the show, we will talk about her life and legacy. But first we have to start with the allout war brewing over her reblame it because you may remember that when Justice Antonin Scalia died nine months before the 2016 election and president obama tried to replace him with merrick garland, Mitch Mcconnell and the g. O. P. Blocked it, and their reasoning was a Supreme Court vacancy so close to an election should be held for the next president so that the people can decide. Well, you might want to s. A. T. Down for this one because, guess what theyre saying now . President donald trump and his republican allies are forging
During an election year. Then its like, asterisk, that rule doesnt apply when we have the white house. Dont be shocked when Mitch Mcconnell says, how come the Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment but our great president is not. You guys feel me . Speaking of lifetime appointments, i cant believe donald j. Trump, people, gets to name three justices to the Supreme Court. The guy cant even name three branches of government but he gets to name three justices who serve for life this is the same guy who has fired everyone he hired because of how bad he is at hiring people for life trump cant even pick his own partner for life but he gets to do it for america . This country is rock and roll. I dont think anybodys surprised Senate Republicans said one thing when obama was president an another thing when its trump. I mean, you cant even call them inconsistent, you know. Doing whatever it takes to get his way is the one consistent principle that Mitch Mcconnell lives by. Its that and eating b
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras