Mail, Committee Members asked witnesses about mr. Dejoys ownership of a company that contracted its services to the usps. The chair would ask without objection that ms. Debbie wassermanschultz i got it right here. Ms. Cooper and representative mary gay scanlon beor waived on the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to s our hearings on recent developments regarding the Postal Service and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and i will recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Does the chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . Ill recognize here with your permission after myself. O our colleague ms. Lawrence is going to issue have an Opening Statement. I will recognize if somebodyv on your side wants to have additional okay. That would be fine. The cr you justow let me know. Okay. Theit s Postal Service is the crowned jewel of our federal government. It emplo serves every household b
Idea, into your bill, out of your bill, appreciate that. I am curious if there have been any hearings about that. Now and as you stated, it is out of the bill. Lets go forward. Have there been any hearings on this legislation at all . Know, there were no hearings on the postmaster generals actions were he did not perform any of us and told us he wasnt stopping. Our constituents were saying they were being hurt. Can i respond . I would like to say i will give you more. Congressman tom and moran and Susan Collins, all republicans sent their own letters expressing concerns with the postmaster generals actions. I ask unanimous consent to place them into the record and for example congressman from montana stated the postmaster general on august 6th, 2020, delaying mail service is unacceptable as the country continues to combat covid19. It keeps our communities connected. Montanans defendant reliable access to receive prescription drugs, Online Purchases and financial documents. He also quot
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Lets go on the record. From wcvb boston, the inside word from washington to beacon hill. Ed good morning. Im ed harding along with janet wu, our political reporter. John down to tuesday. Less than 48 hours until election day in perhaps one of the most emotionally exhausting president ial races in history. Even recognize the man to our right. This is boston mayor marty walsh. The democrat has invested a lot two of the 4 state wide ballot questions this november. He has been campaigning vigorously for Hillary Clinton. Thank you for joining us. Janet we will start at the top of the to get paid you have been campaigning in pennsylvania. You are just in New Hampshire yesterday. Of course, youre campaigning for Hillary Clinton. What did you see, first of all, that gives you hope she will close those two states definitely needs. Secondly, what gives you pause trump could take them . That janet first of all, you cannot take anything for granted here in regards to what the polls say. That is so
It is the winds that are really remarkable. Much of the region. We are getting some reports of light snow right now. Most of that is staying west of us. Wind gusts are very strong. 30 Miles Per Hour heading into boston. Wind gusts of near 40 Miles Per Hour. 30s through much of today. Those wind gusts staying strong through tomorrow which is why a wind advisory has been issued. There is our forecast over the next several hours. We are gradually falling into the lower 40s as afternoon. We will see some dry opportunities. With the temperatures falling, those snowflakes will try to move eastward. Antoinette thank you. Right now, state Police Searching for two people after a northborough. This started just before 1 00 this morning on route 290 when police tried to stop the speeding driver. Their pursuit ended when the car got off the highway. Troopers then found the car on hudson street crashed into a home there. The two people inside the car ran from the scene. There were no injuries to an