Next the director of the federal Housing Finance agency testifying on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. House Financial Services Committee Members asked him how his agency is handling the rice in foreclosures and forbearances as well as the operations of fannie mae and freddie mac. The hearing runs over three hours. The committee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few matters including some required by the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, which established a framework for Remote Committee proceedings. First, i would ask all members to keep themselves muted when theyre not being recognized. It will minimize disturbances while members are asking questions of our witnesses. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. The staff have been instructed not to mute members except when theyre not being recognized and theres background noise. Members are reminded that they may only attend one remote hearing at a ti
We break away from this portion of washington journal to fill our longtime commitment to bring you live Senate Coverage. Follow this at cspan. Org, senate gasoline and next coming up shortly. Senator Tammy Baldwin will deliver the annual reading of washingtons farewell address. After that the senate will debate the nomination of Robert Malloy to be a district judge for the Virgin Islands with the vote to limit debate on the nomination is scheduled for later this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the center of our joy, make us your captives so that we may live liberated lives. Provide our senators with the spiritual, mental, social and physical revitalization they need just for today. May they place their trust in you and experience your profound peace. Grant that they will relinquish their worries to you, as they permit your perfect love to cast out every fear. Lord, show them your redemptive purposes in every problem they must so
What is going to be the outcome of this summit . The trilateral meeting . Seeing is that one leg of that triangle is in a bad situation has been japan and south korea on hostile terms for the past year. What they managed to do was pull forers of japan together their first summit in 15 months. We have seen the opening remarks from that meeting. Remarkably warm, considering what has been said over the past year or so. Both sides have pointed out the importance of the relationship and said they really want to improve it. The disadvantage they both face is their own populations at home are not necessarily keen on that idea we have seen a pull in japan that isin 70 of voters see no need to improve relations in any kind of hurry. What is chinajapan relations . That is something shinzo abe has been anxious to make an achievement of his long period in office. When he took office in 2012, relations were so bad there were concerns about military conflict over a territorial dispute. What he wants
Test of the microphone. Today, the first and oldest committee in congress, the committee on ways and means, begins consideration of the tax cuts and jobs act. Historic legislation to bring lasting tax relief to workers, to families, and to our job creators throughout this nation. Before we begin, we all recognize the terrible tragedy, the shooting at First Baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. All our hearts are heavy. Our prayers go out to the families and the loved ones, the t 26 victims as well as the ten texans fighting for their lives as we convene today. Our prayers are with you. It has been more than three decades since americas tax code was reformed under president Ronald Reagan. It was the most sweeping overhaul in american history. Today, we face a monumental challenge of our own, coming together to fix a tax code that has become just as broken, complex, and unfair as the one Ronald Reagan and congress overhauled in 1986. Our journey to a tax code built for the growth
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