Speaker pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Another happy day. Another happy day. Joe bidens president elect. This week, our nation paused for the sacred observance of veterans day. Veterans, but one day especially set aside, just as the military leaves no soldier on the field, in battle, when they come home, our commitment is to leave no veteran behind. This morning, it was my honor to be joined by the chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee as we enrolled, signed the veterans compact act, critical legislation to prevent veteran suicide. As our nation confronts the accelerated coronavirus crisis, it is important to note that this has affected tens of thousands of veterans and va workers. It is imperative that we secure even more funding to support the v. A. And care for veterans and their families. I also had the privilege of participating in the work of Elizabeth Dole, the observances she had on veterans day this year. It was in cars, at the kennedy center, and some of us were virtual, but secretary senator Elizabeth Dole has been an angel for our veterans, and i was honored to be asked by her to join senator john mccain and others to be part of the initiative to honor our hidden heroes. The families that care for our veterans. Thank you, elizabeth stole, for all of that Elizabeth Dole, for all of that. Again, as we honor the needs of veterans, we must recognize it is not just the v. A. That meets their needs, it is the role that these Small Businesses play and that many of our veterans rely on medicaid. They constantly come to us and say the medicaid piece is important to their lives. Food stamps and housing assistance. So many of the things that we have in the coronavirus bill, the heroes bill, will affect our veterans. Yes, associated with this, we had a call, leader schumer and i , with president elect joe biden. We stayed close touch in the coming days. We spoke about the pandemic and the economic crisis accompanying it and the urgent need for congress to pass a bipartisan bill in the lameduck session that provides resources to fight the pandemic and relief for working families and Small Businesses, support for state and local governments to keep frontline workers on the payroll, and engage expanded Unemployment Insurance and health care for families. Health care being essential. At the same time, as you know, earlier in the week the administration was, instead of crushing the virus, trying to crush the Affordable Care act. Of course, we were very pleased at the presentations that were made in support of the Affordable Care act in the courts. But on that call that wasnt our call we discussed the need for Bipartisan Solutions to create millions of good paying jobs, including through investments infrastructure, manufacturing, research and development, and clean energy. Infrastructure legislation has largely not been a partisan issue. We believe this is a good place where we can find common ground. That is something we can work on now, but as we go into the new congress. But for now, two areas, the coronavirus and also to pass an omnibus bill in a bipartisan way i am optimistic that will happen. I have a good rapport with the appropriators and i think to i think to their own devices, they can get this done, as i said before. Chairman shelby and i had this conversation, assuring each other that we wanted to have a bill. Again, our focus in the congress now and on this lameduck continues to be on covid relief. This is a red alert. All hands on deck