Good morning. The committee will please come to order. Administrative matters based on the advice of the attending physician, after we consulted with the department of health and Human Services and the centers for Disease Control and prevention, individuals in the hearing room are at least six feet apart. As a result theres no room for the public to attend in person. Representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay their observations to colleagues. The hearing may be watched online. Unedited recording will be available on the committees website. Witnesses are participating in Video Conference in a onetime exception. Some senators including the chairman are participating via Video Conference. Senators, weve been advised may remove their masks to talk into the microphone when theyre in the hearing room as theyre six feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, Committee Staff, and everyone all for their hard work to k
60 the distance all over their windows making it clear to customers to come on over just follow the rules hearing from governor Gavin Newsome today will be crucial as many Restaurant Owners are hoping to be able to open up for dinein purposes soon until then we know the California Restaurant Association sent a draft or recommendations to the Governors Office last week that included no sharing tables unless its a family members or people who live with and thats only people will be able to sit with an attorney at the same table to look a lot different dining in get will be getting rid of the fas salad bar shared anything like bread baskets hot sauce is requiring servers to wear face masks in salt and pepper shakers could be replaced and bottles of hand sanitizer. Eateries are hoping to regain 25 to 50 of their old Seating Capacity to survive financially. We talk with people on the street its kind of a mixed bag, some people are ready for this next step of dining in others are happy with
And prevention, individuals in the hearing room are at least six feet apart. As a result theres no room for the public to attend in person. Representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay the revisions to colleagues. The hearing may be watched online. Unedited recording will be available on the committees website. Witnesses are participating in Video Conference in a onetime exception. Some senators including the chairman are participating via Video Conference. Senators, weve been advised may remove their masks to talk into the microphone when theyre in the hearing room as theyre six feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the capital police, Committee Staff, and everyone all for their hard work to keep us safe. In our hearing last thursday, i said that all roads back to work and back to school run through testing. And that what our country has done so far on testing is impressive but not nearly enough. Over the weekend, senator schumer, the democratic leader, was ni
President foley and speakers and members of the legislatur legislature, distinguished guests friends, fellow nebraskans good morning. Congratulations on the commencement of the 106 nebraska legislature. I want to welcome each of you back and i look forward to working together to keep nebraska strong on what is known to be a fast pace from Property Tax Relief we have several priorities and as we enter this session our priorities in 2020 have been shaped by the events and circumstances our state has faced over the last year. As i have said before i believe 2019 will be remembered as nebraskas finest hour. [applause] when we were faced with the most widespread and costly Natural Disaster in state histor history, nebraskans responded with heroic grit and determination and resilience and generosity. For 318 days through december 19 nebraska had a flood watch warning or advisory somewhere in our state. Through it all nebraska show the world what it truly means to be nebraska strong. The resc
Enter this session our priorities in 2020 have been shaped by the events and circumstances our state has faced over the last year. As i have said before i believe 2019 will be remembered as nebraskas finest hour. [applause] when we were faced with the most widespread and costly Natural Disaster in state histor history, nebraskans responded with heroic grit and determination and resilience and generosity. For 318 days through december 19 nebraska had a flood watch warning or advisory somewhere in our state. Through it all nebraska show the world what it truly means to be nebraska strong. The rescue on nebraska not only rescued stranded neighbors donated hey, poured hot meals and raised money for those who lost everything. Several of our hearing on our heroes a token of our appreciation. These men and women are ordinary nebraskans who recognize the need and took lifesaving action. In many cases they did this not because it was their job but because they cared about their neighbors and co