Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Funding expires. Bills on energy and clean air and forced labor. Announced Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in statuary hall at u. S. Capitol friday. The ceremony will only be open [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by conroy. Plain, father chaplain conroy let us pray. Ord, merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. E give you thanks for the life and work of justice ruth ginsburg. Americans be inspired to be their best selves because of her example. She rest in peace. Bless those throughout our ation who are suffering from the pandemic, fires, hurricanes, and flooding. Needs continue. Our political leaders to tend to those needs with sp
Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
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