Weve got a great response out of our short period of time and i want to say right now we have our second hearing next tuesday on the Affordable Care act. Thank you everyone for joining us and thank you to the staff. We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with regulations for Remote Committee proceedings and as resolution 965 and this is my first hearing is chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and my First Official virtual oversight subcommittee hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Before return to todays important topic i want to remind members of the decisions and procedures while we navigate this platform. First, consistent with regulations we keep microphones needed to limit background noise and members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for five minutes. Second, the members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you are for a second or few moments leave your camera on. Third, we wil
Watch tv this weekend on cspan2. Democrats need to pick up four seats in the november election to win a majority in the u. S. Senate. According to the Cook Political Report 15 of the 35 senate races are considered competitive including the contest in colorado. Republican incumbent Senator Cory Gardner and democratic candidate John Hickenlooper took part in a televised debate from Colorado State university. Senator gardner is considered to be one of the more Vulnerable Senate republicans in this election cycle. Republican Senator Cory Gardner is embracing his allegiance to President Trump and Mitch Mcconnell making the case hes in a position to deliver for colorado. If coloradans deliver it back to the private sector for the first time in 15 years that will complete a herd of republicans out of high office in colorado area democrats turned to a man who wanted to be president , the democratic primary voters did not share that desire so former governor John Hickenlooper is back running fo
Thank you to both for being here. Before we start i want to let everyone know that we will save some time for questions. At the bottom of your skin, you will notice the button to ask questions. Please feel free to do that during our discussion. You miss any of the discussion or you want to share with your friends, a replay will be available at the same link you used to register. Go, less than two weeks to lets rewind the clock a bit to 2018. The midterms were not good year for the republicans. Women elected to the house, only one was a republican. The total number of republican women in the house fell to 13. That was the lowest point in the last two decades. You guys have had your work cut out for you the last two years. To see ifted to start each of you could give us a sense of your organization. And what your forecast is in the next few weeks. The only good news about 2018 was the bar was set pretty low for 2020. We are expecting great things in 13 days. We have been working really h
This years nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to 3. Harvey alter michael hart and Charles Reiss were honored for discovering the hepatitis c. Virus a major cause of Liver Disease the prestigious award it carries shared a prize money of a 1000000. 00. Bars and restaurants in paris have been serving customers for the last time before having to close their doors for 2 weeks in restrictions are being imposed in the french capital following a surge in corona virus infections the government had previously lifted a nationwide lockdown. This is g. W. News hour from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website w dot com. Oh. Well. As President Trumps a press secretary becomes the latest style high level republican to test positive for corona virus the president himself is going back to the white house despite base he is still infectious and isolating as is his Campaign Manager so with less than a month to election day who is actually running the campaign im stil
The First Virtual oversight subcommittee hearing i and the ways and Means Committee. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of procedures to help navigate the platform. First consistent with the regulations members are responsible for an muting themselves when recognized. Second, the witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you leave for a moment or a few seconds, leave your camera on. Third, we will dispense with a serving and then go in order of seniority. Alternating between minority and majority beginning with members of the oversight [inaudible] authorized to serve as the chair in the event i experienced technical difficulties. Thank you for continued patience as we navigate the technology to continue serving the country together and its a great time of need and with that i will now turn to the important topic of todays hearing. The hearing will focus on the issue of tax fairness. I welcome the colleagues and the witnesses. I must not