Remote committee proceedings. First, i would ask all members to keep themselves muted or when they are not being recognized. This will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except where a member is not being recognized and there is inadvertent background noise. Members are also reminded they may only participate in one remote proceeding at a time. If you are participating today, please keep your camera on and if you choose to attend a different remote proceeding, please turn your camera off. If during the hearing members wish to be recognized, the chair recommends the members identify themselves by name as so to facilitate the chairs recognition. I would also ask that members be patient as the chair proceeds giving the nature of the Online Platform the committee is using, and with that i yield myself five minutes for opening statement. Today this committee convenes for our very First Committee heari
Recognized. Mr. Thornberry madam speaker, i ield myself such time as i may consume. Madam speaker, i thank the and, once r yielding again, want to commend him for committeedship of the through very challenging times. Madam speaker, i continue to this bill, as more than did just 20 use days ago. Bill. He exact same not a comma has changed. Prevents the military from having their pay cut. To till creates new tools eal with a newly aggressive china. It still supports the u. S. Israel assistance, and vietnam help for veterans. One thing i guess is new in the days, because a devastating cyberattack by exposed, but n fortunately, this bill has provisions to help strengthen the countrys cyber. S in so the president has exercised constitutional prerogative. To madam speaker, its up us. Indeed,ps, the country, the world, is watching to see do, whether we can tune out other differences and still come together to support and women of the ilitary and American National security. I would only ask th
I surely know that your prayers have been greatly appreciated. And today, we only have 17 additional deaths to deaths for me to read through. Christmas, we have not had some reporting said have failed to come in to us. With those reporting that we dont have, this number is probably significantly higher th an the 17. Too many. Way, way but if i could read through these, i will share with the right now at now. Is a femaleeath from jefferson county. Our 1,248th death is a 68yearold female from cabell county. Our 1,249th death is a 90yearold male from cabell county. Our 1,250th death is an 87yearold male from cabell county. Our 1,251st death is a 66yearold female from cabelll county. Our 1,252nd death is a 63yearold male from jefferson county. Our 1,253rd death is a 77yearold female from preston county. Our 1,254th death, a 90yearold female from kanawha county. Our 1,255th death, an 80yearold male from hampshire county. Our 1,256th death, a 92yearold male from cabell county. Our 1,257th de
On that note and on this day, we are recording this for those who are listening. I dont know the time on the evening of the winter solstice. Its a typical time when people think about change and inflection points. Said,ht of what ive just winter solstice is the end of the darkest moment, literally, the end of the shortest and therefore darkest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. It is the beginning of the winter season, but also the beginning of that beginning to change. So maybe there is some poetic justice in doing it on this evening. Also in the heart of the late 1960s and early 1970s when there were intense conflicts, people with each other, to the point where people were thinking we were on the edge of unraveling, that it would lead to revolution and change and then more heartbreak. There was also the feeling that it was the dawning of the age of aquarius. A new period of hope and love and peace. Of theo on the night winter solstice when jupiter and saturn come closest tog
Messages and tweets. Abbey goodman is joining thus morning from st. Petersburg, florida. To talk about the Republican Party in a post trump washington. Po t . The tale of the tape in the selection was actually how well republicans did against all expectations. They made a gain of at least half a dozen seats in the United States house where they were expected to lose seats. They will at least be in a tie or maintaine control after the elections in georgia. They made dramatic gains among hispanics, especially hispanic women. , trumps numbers among africanamericans were double or triple what they were in 2016 in certain parts of the country. Any women are said to serve 96 congress, or publican women than at any time in history. So against all expectations in the middle of a pandemic, with all the media predicting doom and gloom, the president of the United States just barely apparently lost the selection. Yet looking ahead, think about what is ahead. Havesentially conservative republican,