Trumpet ministration defends the deployment of federal officers against protesters despite objections from local leaders these Police Officers are not stormtroopers they are not the gestapo as some have described them that description is offensive its hyperbolic and its dishonest. On the latest escalation of tensions between the worlds 2 largest economies the United States has altered china to close its consulate in Houston Texas the u. S. State Department Said this was necessary to protect American Intellectual property beijing described the move as a political provocation and the serious violation of International Hours after the order was issued firefighters were called to the culture the building. Bins on fire inside the courtyard at the chinese consulate in houston witnesses said they could smell paper being burned the 1st whiff of a bigger story because this firefighters arrived Chinese State media started reporting the u. S. Had ordered the consulate to be closed. Its a politica
Do we ask everyone to turn on their cameras . Were getting ready to get started. The hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both ranks member mr. Hysse and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person especially when we are in session. I made a promise that i would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort. I believe when were in session protecting everybody, those who are not comfortable or physically cannot join us in the hearings room, are more than welcome to join us through web i no noor. We ask everybody when they were not speaking, to wear a mask. I really appreciate that cooperation of for members appears remotely. House rules require that we see you, so police have your cameras turned on at all times during the course of the hearing. If they can let us you can use the chat function to send a request. And if that doesnt work, you can unmute and seek recognition. These arent ideal circumstances, but we are in the midst of a pa
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Allegations of corruption, and indictments and guilty pleas swirling around city Hall Contracting the city family is plugging along with another enormous bond for this november, much of it which will go to d. P. W. The ethics budget is not an expense. Its an investment that pays dividends and in cost savings and honest government. Thank you very much. If you are joining by the webex Browser Extension, if you wish to raise your hand for this Public Comment and other Public Comments, you may do so by clicking on the raise hand icon. Its located in the participants panel on the lowerright corner. To access that panel, you can click on the navigation bar located in the video screen by clicking on the participants icon. I do not see any additional callers concerning Public Comment. Im going to close Public Comment first, i want to say in response to the Public Comment, to the first specificker who had substantive points of information concerning City Contracting i do hope that the whistlebl
Property we actually talked about this is not just american problem. For us to stop the smear and slander on Cyber Security issues. Hardworking people all across europe in america by the Chinese Communist party china is a resolute defender of Cyber Security we have consistently opposed competent all kinds of Cyber Attacks on cyber crime scene setting up clear expert ations for how the Chinese Communist party is going to be. Also on the day the trumpet ministration defense the deployment of federal officers against protesters despite objections from local leaders these Police Officers are not stormtroopers they are not the gestapo as some have described them that description is offensive its hyperbolic and its dishonest. On the latest escalation of tensions between the worlds 2 largest economies the United States has ordered china to close its consulate in Houston Texas the u. S. State Department Said this was necessary to protect American Intellectual property beijing described the mov