Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament. Coming up, a former cabinet minister accuses the government of failing to find out the truth about what the British Intelligence services knew about the treatment of detainees abroad after 9 11. It is years and years of putting this into the long grass in the hope that it would eventually go away. Peers express outrage over the possibility that parliament could be suspended to get a no deal brexit passed. The fact my lords that in a parliamentary democracy, we have to contemplate such a possibility is truly lamentable. And, on the subject of Childhood Obesity, one peer thinks very much outside the box. Why dont we give the poorest among us a waitrose. A waitrose lunch and dinner and subsidise it and stop having to pay further upline in the nhs . But first, the commentss longest serving mp, the conservative ken clarke, has called for a full inquiry into the role of the British Intelligence
It lays out what the Defense Budget should look like for the coming fiscal year, how big the military should be, how many fighters, troops, ships the military should have and the pay raise our troops get. That will be the center of this debate this coming week. The House Armed Services Committee Approved in committee after a 21hour Committee Last month and we are looking at some spirited debate, i think, on the house floor. Host what are some of the key provisions you can tell us about in this years bill . Connor sure. The highlights of the house version of the bill is it would authorize about 733 billion for the pentagon across its budget for war operations as well as Nuclear Weapons programs. That is about 17 billion less than what the administration wanted and a Sticking Point between democrats and republicans in the house. It also notably blocks the military from deploying this new class of low yield Nuclear Weapons that would be submarine launched. That is a big democratic priorit
Reporter for politico. This is an authorization bill. Remind us of what that means and why it is important. Host it is an authorization or policy that doesnt spend any money but it is one of the really big bills, one of the few major bills that passes congress reliably each year. It lays out what the Defense Budget should look like for the coming fiscal year, how big the military should be, how many fighters, troops, ships the military should have and the pay raise our troops get. That will be the center of this debate this coming week. The House Armed Services Committee Approved in committee after a 21our Committee Last month and we are looking at some spirited debate, i think, on the house floor. Host what are some of the key provisions you can tell us about in this years bill . Connor sure. Of the houses version of the bill is it would authorize about 733 billion dollars for the pentagon across as budget for war operations well as Nuclear Weapons programs. That is about 17 billion l
thepresident s. Connor obrien is a defense reporter for politico. He joins us for a look ahead at the week ahead and the 2020 defense bill. Remind us of what that means and why it is important. It is an authorization or policy bill. It does not spend any money, but it is one of the really big bills, one of the few major bills that passes congress reliably each year. It lays out what the Defense Budget should look like for the coming fiscal year, how big the military should be, how many fighters, troops, ships the military should have and the pay raise our troops get. That will be the center of this debate this coming week. The House Armed Services Committee Approved in committee after a 21hour Committee Last month and we are looking at some spirited debate, i think, on the house floor. Host what are some of the key provisions you can tell us about in this years bill . Connor sure. Sure sure the highlights of the house version of the bill is it would authorize about 733 billion for the