Thank you for coming, i am joined by the woman to my right the commissioner of, judy and to her right department of Health Medical director doctor ed. Good to have you with us. Into my left superintendent col. Pat callahan. Director of the Department Office of homeland security, we will get right to the numbers and we have a lot of ground to cover. So you could please bear with us. Since our briefing yesterday, we have had 1982 new positive tests bringing our statewide total to 8825. In addition, we have lost another 27 precious souls of our fellow new jersey population to covid19 related complications. We have now lost a total of 108 precious lives. We mourn with these families and indeed with our entire state every precious life that has been lost. God rest their souls and as usual, judy will be giving you more color and the details of these both positive cases as well as General Information about the lives that we have lost. My thoughts indeed our thoughts are also with the women an
Wheeler testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the agencys 2021 budget request. Several members asked about the epas efforts to regulate what are called forever chemicals. Congresswoman Betty Mccollum opened the hearing. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. Today is the day that were going to do the interior environment subcommittee and examine the president s fiscal year 2021 budget request for the Environmental Protection agency. Joining with us this morning is administrator Andrew Wheeler and david blum. Welcome to both of you. For fiscal year 2021, the president s request of 6. 66 billion for the epa is a 27 cut below fy 2020, an active level of 9. 06 billion. This request from the president seeks to undo all the progress we were able to achieve on a broad bipartisan basis in the fy 2020. For example, request eliminates the 39 million in new funding we provided to the epa to address pfas. Requests Clean Energy Funding grants by 47 . Thats a 409 million cu
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We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
Yes, we are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force. And miss Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thank you for being here today. We have the standard questions that whether you like it or not, you have to answer, answer audibly so it can be heard. I would appreciate it very much. If you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing the conflicts of interest. Yes,. Yes, sir. Will you ensure that ur yo staff complies with deadlines established for requesting communications, including questions for the record in hearings. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests. Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for the testimony and briefings. Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes senator. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communicat