If you are confident in the u. S. Postal service, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are not confident in the Postal Service, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. And we are going to open special lines this morning. Postal workers, we want to know what you are seeing and what people are saying to you. We want to know what is going on in your post office. Postal workers, your line is 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always wet us at 202 7488003 and are always reading on social anda, at cspanwj facebook. Com cspan. Dejoyster general louis has been on capitol hill all week long, talking to senators about the u. S. Postal service. Lets start by reading a little bit from the wall street journal;s story on the congressional hearing s storyon journal on the congressional hearing. Louis dejoy said the post office could handle mailin ballots this fall, amid concerns from democrats particularly that his actions will interfere with the election. Dejoy has been at the center of
We are just contemplating whether this is the first time we have ever done this on a saturday. Thank you for being here on a saturday. I am so proud of our members who are here to protect the post office. Before i go into that, i want to say, what a sad time it is across the country with storms coming and the rest. From my own personal experience in california, we have wildfires the that are burning lay of the land, the size of the state of rhode island. The size of the state of rhode island. We think our firefighters for their courage, our First Responders for their courage and community service. It is so sad. I remember when we had the fires before. The fires the smoke will not exceed the love we have for each other, to come to each others support. It is it is very, very sad. I commend our governor, governor newsom, for his leadership. If affected, all of us salute our firefighters and all of that. We just came out of the convention, as you know. The valuesroud of that were presented
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
Five minutes. When is his need to unmute themselves when recognized for their five minutes or ask a question. Please keep your camera on at all times even if you need to step away for a moment during proceedings. Do not leave the meeting. As we begin, we should take a moment to honor an important anniversary in our nations history. Fiftyseven years ago today, hundreds of self thousands of americans came to our Nations Capital for the march on washington, the job and freedom. Our hero, late representative, john lewis from the Lincoln Memorial that day. He fearlessly challenged our countrys denial of freedom and civil rights to black americans including the right to vote. Within 70 years earlier called preservative of all rights. Today, many people are gathering at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the march and continue demands for Voting Rights, racial equality, Police Accountability and criminal justice reform. On income it access to voting, the bedrock of our democracy. Today, the
Because we have a historic moment with the introduction and the nomination of Kamala Harris to the Vice President ial nominee, and we have a lot of big democratic stars who will be speaking, including nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, elizabeth warren, and barack obama. This will be an important night for the party to get an audience and introduce, harris. Introduce Kamala Harris. I am hoping we hear less attacks on the president and more about their governance strategy. David one thing we have not heard about is the issue of law and order. President trump will hit it hard. What is going on in some of our cities. We see it in new york, in chicago, in seattle. Kamala harris is in a particular position to address that, how we can police our streets and still not abuse some of the less fortunate. Jeanne this is what i have heard from moderates and more conservative friends who say this is a glaring absence so far in these last couple days. We know this is going on in the country around us, a