Articles of itch peachment, our live coveraging beginning at 11 00 a. M. Eastern. On your screen is tom rice, republican from South Carolina. Theyre wrapping up testimony on proposed legislation dealing with state and local tax provisions. Live coverage on c span. Mr. Rice i dont know how it could be subsidizing for communities and states that are donees rather than doe nor states, said to be subsidizing new york. If theres some way that paying 35 billion more than we receive is a subs die di from other states i dont understand the idea or concept of subsidy. We have 30 appropriators outside here. Mr. Raskin i want to associate myself completely with the remarks that mr. Morelle, the gentleman from new york. I represent the great eighth Congressional District of maryland. Maryland is a state in a very similar posture to new york in that we contribute lots and lots of money, disproportionate amounts of money, which i suppose if were looking at it in a kind of as a rule canized, competit
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the wooms, washington, d. C. November 18, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable jimmy gomez to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 kwln 50 p. M. Each member other 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Steal mr. Steil for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, families across southeast wisconsin are concerned about the r
Four. Pg e has turned the power back onto about three quarters of its customers. 543,000 customers have their electricity back on. About 195 customers are still waiting for their power to be restored. Meantime authorities are investigating the death of a man in pines in El Dorado County which could be linked to these outages. Officials say the man in his 60s died shortly after his homeless power. He was dependent on an oxygen machine. There is an ongoing effort to restore power to all the customers who were affected. That could be some time. Tom vacar joins us from marin county where work continues there to try to get power back up and running. Reporter systemwide and overall, just under 200,000 people are awaiting their power. That is far better than the 740,000 without power the peak of the windstorm. With Power Equipment still undergoing inspections and repairs in the area, a flashing sign high up on panoramic highway advertise the fact that the road was closed. It was put there to
Good morning. Were going to order. Over two years ago, we kicked off the 2018 farmville, and the whole process was by holding that hearing at Kansas City University. If humans later, we held a hearing in this room. We are from the United States department of agriculture officials. We heard about a Critical Role in Agriculture Researchers play throughout our countrys history. We also heard about the Research Priorities for a 2018 farmville. The knees are certainly great. Every day our producers are counter extreme weather just to name a few things. There are challenges with right to do so with minimal federal resources in an aging infrastructure. The United States produces the safest most affordable food in the world. Ever and in crafting the agriculture and provement act of 2019, Ranking Member deborah safford and myself and i along with members of this committee recognize that we have to continue to build on the strong history of Agriculture Research in the United States. An enactment
The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange