Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
You have finally arrived, welcome. The gang is all here, you are too, so welcome to clickmas 2019 forced merriment and pretend food, just like last year. Do we have a festive feast of tech treats for you . Yes we do, and first up, it will be lara, merry christmas. Whenever people say you should never work with animals or kids, i think clearly they have not worked with tech because it goes well occasionally, doesnt it . This week, i havent just worked with tech, i worked with a dog at the same time. Take a look at this. Meet rusty, the tech savvy puppy familiar with being caught on camera and provided with smart phone triggered treats, via this gadget, already in his home. One of the first things we bought, perhaps before he actually came home with us was the furbo, which films him all the time, tells you when he is barking, tells you when hes whining, and if you want to give him a bit of a treat, you can click the treat release button and then he gets lots of treats sent to him. Want t
Slowly filtering their way eastwards. Could well be heavy and thundery if you catch them. Quite a cold day across the Northern Highlands where temperatures fell well below zero overnight. For most, highs of seven to 11 celsius. Little change overnight, variable cloud, clear spells, but also further showers, merging to give a longer spell of rain later in the night across parts of southern scotland, Northern Ireland and north west england. Most of us will be frost free, but again, quite a cold night for northern and eastern scotland under clear skies. For the christmas outlook, briefly turning drier, particularly on christmas day. Overnight fog and frost, but wetter and windier by boxing day. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Australias Prime Minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. Tesco suspends Christmas Card production at a chinese factory after a six Year Old Girl in london finds a message claiming that prisoners are bei
Lady hale, who is about to retire as the president of the uk supreme court, says shes concerned about the lack of resources for legal advice in england and wales. Free hospital parking in england for some patients and visitors from april, but questions are raised over how it will be funded. This yea rs unseasonable weather causes an increase in migrant butterflies, moths and dragonflies, but it harmed some native species. Now on bbc news, its the clickmas Christmas Special with bags of seasonal tech fun. We hear from tim peake on the year in space and pitch man against robot to see whos the fastest driver around an f1 circuit. Ho, ho, ho merry clickmas yeah, anyway, this festive week, we have got cars, dogs, astronauts, and lots and lots of singing furbies. 0h christmas tree, 0h christmas tree. Your leaves are so unchanging. 0h christmas tree, 0h christmas tree. Your leaves are so unchanging. 0h youve finally arrived welcome the gangs all here, you are too, so welcome to clickmas 2019
There are more catastrophic fire warnings in australia for saturday in three parts of new south wales, with temperatures set to hit the mid 40s celsius. The australian Prime Minister, scott morrison, has apologised for going on a family holiday to hawaii while his country was dealing with the bushfire emergency. Now on bbc news, its the clickmas special with bags of seasonal tech fun. We hearfrom tim peake on the year in space, and pitch man against robot to see whos the fastest driver around an f1 circuit. Mary clickmas anyway, this festive week we have cars, dogs, astronauts, and lots and lots of singing furbies. 0h christmas tree. Your leaves are so unchanging you have finally arrived, welcome, the gang is all here, you are too, isa the gang is all here, you are too, is a welcome to clickmas 2019 forced merriment and pretend food, just like last year. Do we have a festive feast of tech treats for you . Yes we do, and first up, it will be la rocca, merry christmas. Whenever people sa