Two irs to follow an investigation into the biden family. And the Oversight Committee. Now in order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at anytime. Without objection, chairman of the ways and Means Committee, mr. Jason smith of missouri, is waved on to the committee for the purpose of making an Opening Statement at questioning the witnesses in todays committee hearing. I want to thank chairman smith and chairman jordan for their cooperation and working with the Oversight Committee on this investigation. This is an important joint effort that shows the American People that accountability matters regardless of your last name. For this hearing, Opening Statements will be limited to ten minutes for the chair and ten minutes for the Ranking Member. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Since assuming a republican majority in january, the house Oversight Committee has made historically fast progress in our
Ukraine was presented with a list of proposed reforms, what it includes and whether future military aid to ukraine depends on the implementation of these reforms, you know, maria, that list, that document that got into the hands of the ukrainian press, it contains priority reforms for 3, 6, 18 months , and they are all very important, it is, in particular, about reforms related to the functioning of supervisory boards of state enterprises, anticorruption from. Also in general, the functioning of the Judicial Branch of government, as well as reforms in Defense Enterprises or defense institutions and institutions, however , it is worth saying that in the ukrainian press, and the information that appeared, it was said that the white house somehow passed this list to ukrainian authorities and that the future of United States aid, in particular military aid, will depend on the implementation of these reforms, we actually decided to ask directly in the white house, in the white house, is thi
An eye to projects in the trade economy. Im still in science, technology, health and culture the visit is, first of all, a logical continuation of our consistent strategy to build closer relations with the countries of the far arc with our friendly countries. And, of course, the countries of the african continent are of particular interest today, because africa is the continent of the future. This is a very promising continent in terms of demographic and economic development, and it ranks second. After eurasia, therefore, the potential for guests is enormous. We studied the potential of belarus for machines for various sectors of the economy. We we are ready to assemble equipment to order, taking into account the climate and the task. This does not mean that we are going with tractors. We are the senior belarusian partners with the Technology Behind the tractors. Uh, plow seeder seeding unit. Here is the service for fire equipment. That is, we are ready to provide the complex. Uh, serv
North bay where we have visibility down to about a quarter mile along highway 101 and highway 21. Looks like it may be a little patchy out there so something to be aware of. Heres a look at your futurecast model as we get into the second part of your day, more of the same. We are going to have partly cloudy skies and temperatures will be ranging in the low low 70s to upper 60s. All right, thank you. The time is 4 01. Were following developing news from texas about a state trooper killed in the line of duty. A suspect has been arrested. This happened about 90 miles south of dallas when trooper damon allen made a traffic stop. The trooper approached the vehicle and interacted with the driver and went back to his patrol vehicle. The suspect fired multiple rounds from a rifle at the trooper. Allen spent 15 years on the texas highway patrol. The suspect, bret black, he was tracked down and arrested. Back here at home, its been almost a year since the deadly ghost ship fire in oakland killed
Gate bridge. We are with a mix of sun and clouds, not, no sun, we dont have the sun just yet. 54 degrees in santa rosa, 54 in oakland and 60 degrees, san jose. These temperatures on the mild side. Taking a look at the radar, we are dry out there, picking up just a little moisture to the south and moisture to the north, but well remain with a mix of sun and clouds and dry weather in store for your friday. We are dealing with some fog this morning. We have visibility down to a quarter mile in some locations so getting along highway 101 through novato crossing towards areas of 29 and 12. Something to be aware of if you are on the highways early this morning. Especially in our north bay valleys. Temperatures for the afternoon, back in the 60s and low 70s. Well go 66 for san francisco, 70 for concord, low 70s expected in san jose. Temperatures wont change a lot for saturday but we do have wet weather for sunday. We continue to follow developing news. A texas state trooper killed in the line