And advice to work from home. Do you think measures should be brought in . Get in touch with us this morning you can tweet me annita mcveigh or use the hashtag bbc your questions. AlSo this morning. Figures released this Morning Show the rate at which prices are rising jumped to 3. 2 last month. Its the sharpest rise in inflation since records began. Labour is leading a Commons Debate later on whether to keep the £20 a Week UpLift to Universal Credit. Its currently due to be scrapped in october. South korea has tested its own balListic missiles after North Korea fired two into the sea overnight. Ip coins are being made again after a pause of two years. Lockdowns means a lot of coins have been left down Sofas and in pockets At Home. And the first ever all civiLian Space FLight will take off later today with an entrepreneur, a healthcare worker, a scientist and a Data Analyst on board. The roll out of Coronavirus Booster jabs for more than 30 MilLion people across the uk is set to begin
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This vote made it official. Donald trumps Big Lie has fully enveloped the republican party. Trumps Big Lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of lincoln. We all know whats Going On here. Senate republicans chose to defend the Big Lie because they believe anything that might upset Donald Trump could hurt them politically. Shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because theyre afraid of Donald Trump. Senator mcconnell working in what the Washington Post describes as a relentless effort to kill the legislation before bipartisan commission could be established. The Senate Gop Leader functioning the same way as Kevin Mccarthy. The gop now loud and proud in its objection to Fact Finding about the deadly insurrection and the underlying threat it revealed. Namely that radicalized white supremacists and trump supporters pose a threat to the United States homeland. That threat the focus of two Homeland Security bulletins this
Officers to be witnessestoday and thank each of you for your service. Before i turned over to the testimony id like to recognize theranking Member Mister Calvert for a brief remark. In the interest of time now keep my remarks brief but i want to welcome the second panel, particularly those appearing before us for the first time. Just as with the guard our reserve has been quite busy this year as they contribute to covid19. I mentioned hearing more needs about your services and what we as a subcommittee can do to help so with that i will yield back. Thank you Mister Calvert. Im going to ask you to please go through your testimony in the order in which i introduce and we will start with thechief of the Army Reserve. Ranking Member Calvert, distinguished members of the committee on behalf of the 200,000 schools of the reserve, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and for your continued support towards families. An era of great Power Competition the army needs forces to
Petals of esteemed witnesses, those appearing before us for the first time. Just as with the guard, our reserve deployments have been busy this year. They serve tartans tirelessly to contribute to covid19. I am adjusted to hear more about the needs facing each of your services. And what is we can do to help it with that, madam chair, i will yield back. Chairwoman mccollum so, i want to ask you to please, give your testimony in the order in which i introduce and we will start with the chief of the Army Reserve. On behalf of the 200,000 members from the me reserve, thank you for the opportunity to up your before you today. The army needs forces able to resolve a crises that mission requires dedicated federal Reserve Force. That forces the Army Reserve. Although the Army Reserve accounts for 20 of army personnel. We are half of the armies maneuver support. At a cost of just 6 of the total army budget. Over the last three years the Army Reserve for multidomain operations. As of last year.