Yesterday, we approved 18 chairs and was pretty exciting for us. We had three contested races, and that included congresswoman rosa delauro, now chair of the Appropriations Committee, following in the footsteps of the first woman to serve in that capacity, nita lowey, paving the way. All three candidates were women for chair of the appropriations. The chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, greg meeks of new york, greg meeks of new york, following in the footsteps of another new yorker, eliot engel. And the chair of the ag committee, david scott from georgia, the first africanamerican ever chosen to be the chair of the agriculture committee. Pretty exciting. Following in the footsteps of the great leadership of collin peterson. Greg meeks is also africanamerican. Pretty historic. A woman and africanamerican. In contested races. Throughout our leadership, half of the leadership were women and people of color in chairs of the committee. There are more chairs to be announced, but these ar
As secretary of state, i have worked to secure the vote for all georgians. On day one, we outlawed ballot harvesting. We strengthened signature match through the g. B. I. Train and moved toward an audible paper ballot system. I am the first secretary of state to implement a drivers license requirement for online absentee ballot applications, which strengthen the security of our absentee ballot process. Whether it is the president of the United States or a failed gubernatorial candidate, disinformation regarding election administrations should be condemned and rejected. Integrity matters, truth matters. Today the secretary of States Office will be recertifying our States Election results. Then the states harbor under the United States code to name electors is tomorrow and then they will meet on december 14 to officially elect the next president. While we will continue our investigations to their conclusions, and where prosecution is necessary, we will work with the state election board
Available to everyone, to make a free vaccine available for everyone and to get this pandemic under control. Governors are elected by their states to take action in moments of crisis. They are the ones who talk to the people who are the hardest hit and during this pandemic to have been called on to make very difficult decisions about the health and safety of the people they represent and about opening schools and opening our economy responsibly. I have served in state and local government so i understand the Critical Role our governors play. We will have partners in the 20te house starting january because as governor herbert said in our meeting, when the states are successful the country is successful. Our message to our governor into all of our nations state and local leaders is simple. President elect biden and i will make sure you have the resources and support you need to save lives and help get our economy back on track. We will also make sure that our federal state local and Trib
Cases which recently resulted in a mask mandate. This is 30 minutes from des moiness. Governor reynolds good morning. Over the last seven days iowa has seen an increase of more than 22,000 new covid19 cases and an average statewide Positivity Rate of 17. 5 . This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. Cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downward trend. Over the next week, it
Services administration for not recognizing the election win, and giving his team access to information for the transition of power. Sen. Harris good afternoon. President elect biden and i met with democratic and republican governors. We talked about what we need to do to make free Testing Available to everyone, to make a free vaccine available for everyone and to get this pandemic under control. Governors are elected by their states to take action in moments of crisis. They are the ones who talk to the people who are the hardest hit and during this pandemic to have been called on to make very difficult decisions about the health and safety of the people they represent and about opening schools and opening our economy responsibly. I have served in state and local government so i understand the Critical Role our governors play. They will have partners in the white house starting january 20 because as governor herbert said in our meeting, when the states are successful, the country is su