Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
Will go to the dogs. Chicago, illinois, is home to bentleys corner barkery, a natural petsupply store started by lisa and Giovanni Senafe in 2008. Lisa how many do they need . Just one . Giovanni never a dull day at the barkery, at least for now. Lemonis after losing a pet to illness and convinced it was related to diet, lisa was inspired to open a store and carry food made with healthy ingredients. The concept caught on, and sales surged, and within a few short years, lisa and giovanni expanded aggressively too aggressively. With seven stores open, over half of them are losing money. I love the concept of Healthy Products for pets, and the petsupply industry generates over 16 billion a year. With the right process in place, i feel confident we can fix this broken chain. Im headed to bentleys corner barkery in the Arlington Heights neighborhood, a suburb of chicago. This is the flagship store, and im eager to see the model they have in place. Vic how you doing . Lemonis how are you . I
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Nay only ny has a napa book store for seven years, the store in downtown napa, it is one of three locations. Oh, my gosh, we are so ready to have people back in the store. In a safe way. Since the end of march, they have been fulfilling dozens of online orders and trying to figure out what it will look like when customers are eventually allowed back inside. Currently we have the computer with the counter that is right in front of the customer and we will have two registers towards the back of our, behind the counter space. Governor gavin newsom had hopeful words for Business Owners like naomi saying limiting the number of people inside stores, in a matter of weeks. And he had good news for owners of hair salons and those of us in a dire need of a cut. It can be done on a regional area, and it will be advanced, we believe, in the next few weeks, even statewide. Newsom is still leaving a lot up to individual counties, and craig smith, the executive director of the downtown napa associati