Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. He has been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, he borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which continue our tradition of nonpartisan work, to Work Together on issues that affect Indian Country. Im also grateful for the leadership
Good morning, i call the meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin now house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the interior and environment and appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize miss mccullum to present the bill. Good morning, and thank you, madam chair. I want to thank Ranking Member joyce for his strong collaboration and partnership throughout this entire process. Hes been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography, being a social studies teacher he borers with the great state of ohio on lake erie and in minnesota we border on lake superior. Id like to thank the subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which weve continued our tradition of nonpartisan work
Let us pray. Compassionate and merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Women inhe men and congress during this time of social distancing to find ways of serving their constituents, and our nation, as best they can. Andtheir efforts cooperative work with local government efforts helped to lift those americans who. Truggle most in these days may each american rise to our shared effort to remind ourselves that we are all responsible for the greatness of our nation, and to make the sacrifices necessary to emerge better in virtue and stronger in national wellbeing. With your grace, o lord, may it be so. May everything done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. Amen. Thank you father. Pursuing to section four a and House Resolution 9867. It is approved. The pledge of allegiance led by the gentleman from north carolina. I pledge allegiance to the flag to the United States of america. God,ation, under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Speaker pelosi the ch
Because they dont know who is a citizen without the virus and who is a citizen with the virus. The most basic decisions have become a distraction across the country as americans have become afraid of a stranger and of a friend. This is a huge shift in where we are as a country. And what this demands is immediate action. Three weeks ago this senate and the house passed 8. 3 billion, and we did it with overwhelming bipartisan support to be able to add additional funding for diagnostics, for testing and for rapid work on a vaccine. All of that work is advancing quickly. We have human trials in a vaccine happening right now. Weight came together and there werent extra things added to it we focus in on the virus. Theres no question theres lots of moments to be able to debate the things we disagree on. But this is a moment we understand to focus in on what is the problem. The problem is zealing with covid19. There was a bipartisan bill put together in the senate. A week ago today, senator sc
Vote. Delaying its deliver to the house, draft legislation showing that bill includes 130 billion for hospitals. 150 billion are in state and local governments, 350 billion for Small Businesses, 4 months of Unemployment Insurance, and many working family 1200 per adult, and 500 per child. 4 republican senators, including Lindsey Graham are threatening future of the bill, raising concerns about unemployment benefits, saying they would incentivize people not to go back to work. Senator Bernie Sanders threatening to put a hold on the bill. Saying he wants try ther redirections on money given restrictions on money given to corporations, prelimina officia potentially delaying the bill even more. Objects to the bill coming from state leaders, democrat new york Governor Cuomo says that bill does not provide his state enough known to fight the coronavirus. Instead of funneling money to those who need it most, they found ways to fund things that have nothing to do with the coronavirus. We have