Process and wait times for receiving loans. From the house Small Business committee, this is about two hours. I want to thank everybody for joining us. I want to know important requirements. Let me begin by standing in that test by stating that house rules will continue to apply during the proceedings. All members are reminded that they are expected to adhere to these standing rules, including decorum. With that said, the technology we are utilizing today requires us to make some small thefications to ensure that members can fully participate in these proceedings. Asing the covid period, designated by the speaker, the committee will operate in accordance with House Resolution guidancer subsequence from the rules committee in a manner that respects the rights of all members to bridges bait. To participate. Regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the proceedings, so keep your cameras on. Also, if you have to participate in another proceeding, pleas
Any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times. Members are reminded that theyre responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying the resolution, staff will mute members when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. All house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. [ inaudible ] economy and i know recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Chair powell, the law that required the Federal Reserve chair to testify before congress twice each year was established back in 1978. However, no fed chair has ever testified before this committee with the economy in the condition that it is in today. More than 116,000 americans are dead from the coronavirus. And just last week, 21 states recorded an increase in their average daily new cases compared to the prior week. The april jobs report was the worst in Americ
Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me begin by saying the practice will continue to apply during remote hearings. We must continue to the rules of the committee and the house. Members are reminded the technology they are utilizing today the committee will operate in accordance with Solutions Vendor the subsequent guidance with respect to the rights of all of the members that participate. Please keep your camera on and also to participate in others like this one they prevented them from being recognized in the questions and i would move to the next available member and recognize the time provided they return to the proceedings. I will recognize that for the remainder of the time and if they witness loses connectivity during the testimony or questioning. It from the seventh Congressional District beginning in 18871996 to take on that critical role. Being a member of the Small Business committee to serve as a chair of minority enterprise. I look f
Eligible for the program in terms of the money amounts, things like that, by opening it up to more people. I really appreciate your responsiveness, thank you. Madam chair, with that i will yield back. Thank you, mr. Styers, a youre a recognized for five minutes. Thank you thank you, madam chair thank you, chairman powell, for your testimony and your willingness to be so accessible. I want to thank you for everything you are doing during this crisis. I think your actions have prevented this from getting much worse. I take your answers pretty seriously about what we need to do for people who are still impacted by this crisis. Particularly people who are still see unemployment we need to try to help them. You just answered a question a bit just a couple things, i think with the unemployment insurance, i think its important to keep in mind that some of the jobs are not coming back soon, but those jobs in those areas where travel accommodati accommodation, restaurants, bars, things like tha
Field . On a number of occasions we have issued public statements and communications to our supervisory group. We dont want to be on a hair trigger to classify loans or call them loans or anything like that. We want to look at this as an unusual situation and be flexible and thoughtful about the way we do our jobs. Of course we havent been really supervising. Were only starting to supervise again. At the fed were going to do it remotely. Were not going to be visiting yet but that time will come i think fairly soon. But were doing training for our supervisors and things like that so we want to be we have also by the way, we have encouraged banks to use their buffers. And in a similar way that Mortgage Backed securities can. Do you think that the threat of clo is properly accounted for and can you discuss how the fed has been monitoring this risk . And thats not the case. We have really good information. We include them to the extent and we include them in our stress tests and we stress