The Senate Armed Services committee met to consider the nominations of the Lieutenant General to be chief of the National Guard bureau and an army general to lead operation warp speed which is tasked with developing a coronavirus vaccine. In his testimony, he told lawmakers it was likely the u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year. Their confirmation hearing is almost 2. 5 hours. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of Lieutenant General David Hokanson to be chief of the National Guard bureau, and general Gustave Perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. I think both of you for being here today particularly under the current circumstances of what we are facing now, we are doing things differently. I know you are down there but i can barely see you. Anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. We were not going to be able to do with the same way. When you do your Opening Statement, you may want to introduce family
Congress can improve the program to help Small Businesses survive the economic downturn. Good afternoon. I am calling this hearing to order. Thank everyone for joining our second official remote hearing. Saying that standing house and Committee Rules are in practice and will continue to apply during remote hearings. Members will be expected to continue to adhere to the rules of the committee and the house. All members are reminded that they are expected to observe standing rules of committee decorum when they are participating in any remote event. The technology we are utilizing to make someres us small modifications to ensure that members can fully participate in the proceedings. Designated by the speaker, the committee will operate according to congressional resolution 965, with particular guidance from the rules Committee Regarding the respective rights of all members participating. House regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the precedent,
Nursing homes. We are joining this hearing in progress. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. As one basis for work authorization. U. S. Cis has used deferred action in medical and humanitarian cases for decades. The idea is longstanding, and, in fact, customary. In one data set i received in 2011, nearly half of the cases i could identify involved serious medical conditions. And many of the cases involved more than one factor. For example, deferred action was granted to a 47yearold schizophrenic who overstayed his visa, was the son of a lawful perm resident, and had siblings who were u. S. Citizens. Over 100 of these cases involved people whose homes were destroyed by an earthquake in haiti. In another data set, a 578 cases obtained from u. S. Cis in 2013, 336 were based on medical issues. One case involved a mexican female who entered the United States without inspection and had two u. S. Citizen children. One of her children had down syndrome, and the other child had serious medic
Oppose this bill, and i thank you for bringing forward this resolution. Clerk thank you for your comments. There are about ten callers in the queue. Well take the next caller. You have up to two minutes. Welcome, caller. I work at sun tattoo in San Francisco, and im just adding my support for item 28. I would like tattoo businesses to reopen as soon as june 19, especially since all the other shops are open in california outside the bay area. Everybody touched on sterilization and a clean environment. Because of that, i everyone and i work with understand how to prevent cross contamination and provide a safe experience for everyone involved, certainly safer than businesses that are already open. Thanks krerk clerk great. Thank you f clerk great. Thank you for your comment. Next caller. Im calling on item 24, and i strongly support the resolution to support senator Nancy Skinners state bill. Im asking to join supervisors peskin, row anyonen, and fewer refuse the bill unless properly amen
Leaders in the tv and Film Industry met with california leaders today Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains how the industry is trying to navigate the pandemic and what they are asking of the governor. Yeah that it may jog wednesdays Business Roundtable was not Lights Camera Action but more so zoom a new and discussed the Current Conditions of the tv and Film Industry governor Gavin Newsome virtually met with film and tv leaders like hollywood director ava duvernay and netflix executive ted sarandos sewer says netflix has productions underway in places like south korea and iceland. Leaders say these are paving the way for the future of production protocols like swing a theyre not he would not to be testing, but theyre going gone, terry in the weeks leading up to endure throughout the production of in anyone with the symptoms immediately suspending production is shut down until you get results actor john what does noting this is a frustrating time for american middle class acto