We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
Here are just a few bay areabased companies that have announced big job cuts recently. Uber is laying off 3700 workers. Lyft is cutting 982 positions. Airbnb laying off 1900 people. And we dont know how many local workers are affected at those three companies. We do know that the oakland as are laying off nearly 800 people. The San Francisco giants cutting 1200 jobs, and bon appetit management is laying off more than 1500 workers in San Francisco. I think in the shortterm, there are going to be some sectors that are going to have trouble coming back, even under the best Public Health response. Uc berkeley Public Health policy professor Jesse Rothstein says that includes restaurants and Small Businesses, but includes even powerhouses like uber who thought treating drivers as independent contractors made them less susceptible to layoffs are finding thats not true in this pandemic. But even when all this begins to quiet done, some things may never go back to the way they were. Set your ex
V. P. Biden millions more women are on the front lines as healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, Grocery Store clerks, workers and more and more are carrying on their backs. Domestic violence survivors are at a heightened risk and forced to shelterinplace with abusers. Womens access to repetitive health care increasingly in jeopardy. Regardless of race, gender, economic status or public power, it doesnt impact equally. It hits hardest those who are women oferable and color and low income women. This pandemic is pulling back the curtain on so many inequities in our society. Lack of paid sick leave for workers, the need for a minimum wage part stronger unemployment insurance. All these issues and more in todays discussion, im really for old im really thrilled to have my friend and woman who should be president of the United States right now, hillary clinton. Great to have you here. Sec. Clinton thank you so much, joe. Its a real pleasure to be here with you and to be pa
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Central time zones. 2027488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. If you are a medical professional and want to give your thoughts, 2027488002. You can text us this morning at 2027488003. Post on our twitter feed at cspanwj and if you want to post on our facebook page, it is cspan. Org facebook. Com cspan. Total package bill is 8. 3 billion and here is how it breaks down. 3 billion set aside for r d, vaccine therapeutics and diagnostics. Forould put 2. 2 billion the health response. 1 billion for pharmaceuticals, and capacityies, improvement. 435 Million Dollars to support Health Systems overseas. 300 million to help humanitarian needs. It would also set aside 7 billion in low interest loans for affected small businesses. The senate is expected to vote on this package today. This comes as the New York Times highlights work from the cdc when it comes to Coronavirus Response. Under the new criteria for testing, patients who have fevers, coughs, and difficulty breathing qualify for