We are considering the fiscal year 2021 funding for the Veterans Affairs and related agencies bill. Friends,d by my dear judge carter, the Ranking Member, here with us by teleconference today. And i want to welcome the committee chair, Ranking Member granger and all the subcommittee members. Before i moved to my statement i want to talk about how this will work. Has been configured to make the sixfoot social distancing. Some members are using teleconferencing to participate remotely. For those on videoconference, when to start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speaking into the microphone activates the camera. Do not stop your remarks if you do not immediately see the screen switch. If it does not change after several seconds please make sure , you are not muted. To minimize background noise and ensure the correct speaker is being displayed, we ask that members remain on mute. For members using the video option, you will notice a clock o
Other Department Officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the agencys response to the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary wilkie provided an update on the care the v. A. Has provided through the pandemic and talked about some of the challenges moving forward. This is 2. 5 hours. A military briefing for a full year. When my dad was the artillery commander, they asked the second airborne to come visit. He was troubled. So i have touched royalty. Secretary wilkie is here for important testimony. Do i have the mic on . I can officially call the subcommittee on military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies to order. I would like to welcome secretary wilkie, who is our witness this morning, joining us. Since this is our first hearing with some numbers participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work, in order to benefit both members and the public. First, this hearing room has been configured to maintain th
Youre not the dominant race you are excluded from the courts and education and access we as a country try to you are wrong. We are not done with the journey almost every delegation under every flag everyone marching looks like. Until the United States marches in and you see this great diversity of athletes and it reminds us again in the past ten days should remind us we are not done so to do the hard work with their own families and do that legislative work that needs to be done to make progress but lets keep going. And tell it is done my friend said to me last weekend founding documents are great we just never live them out for everybody. I cannot wait for us to continue the work in this body toward becoming a more perfect union. I yield the floor. Las americanser gettembe for us to gather together but last monday gave us an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country and we honor the sacrifices the
Senator duckworth im senator Tammy Duckworth of illinois. I spent 23 years in the military, serving with some of the bravest men and women our nation has to offer. Men and women who placed the alleys of our country, the liberties and ideals of which we stand before their very own wellbeing who understood we are stronger when we achieve a common good and refuse to leave anyone behind. I am going to spend this memorial day thinking of all of those warriors who sacrificed everything for the nation they left. Im going to be thinking about my friends who never made it home from war. Im going to be thinking about the stories they told about their families and the hopes they shared about their futures. That doesnt mean just spending a 24 hours once every day with their memories, it means every day trying to meet the lives that honor sacrifices they made in the way they deserve. Right now, those of us in congress can begin to do that by ensuring our veterans along with all other americans have
Subcommittee on the agencys response to the coronavirus pandemic. Careecretary updated the provided during the pandemic and talked about some of the challenges moving forward. This is 2. 5 hours. A military briefing for a full year. When my dad was the artillery commander, they asked the second airborne to come visit. He was troubled. So i have touched royalty. Secretary wilkie is here for important testimony. Do i have the mic on . I can officially call the subcommittee on military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies to order. I would like to welcome secretary wilkie, who is our witness this morning, joining us. Since this is our first hearing with some numbers participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work, in order to benefit both members and the public. First, this hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between members, witnesses, and other individuals in the room ne