presidential transitions. they talked about how they react to news of president trump testing positive for the coronavirus. they also looked at issues transitioning from one administration to another. good morning, and welcome to talking hendersons. i m the director. we all woke up to the shocking news this morning. before we get started, let me send our best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to president trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who worked closely with the president. out from november 3, americans across the country have already started voting in the most important presidential election in a generation. president-elect joe biden or reelected president donald trump will face a double digit unemployment situation, a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality, and a divided nation. the one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. and the federal government needs to be effective if it s going to del
lines. .epublicans, (202) 748-8001 democrats, (202) 748-8000. independent voters, (202) 748-8002. you can always text us your opinion. we are reading social media on twitter and facebook. once again, the president is beginning his day at walter reed after being diagnosed with the coronavirus. i m going to read a couple of quick paragraphs from the washington post that came out this morning. president trump taped a message for americans before he left for walter reed and put it out on his twitter account. i want to thank everybody for the support. i am going to walter reed hospital. i think i am doing very well. we re going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. thank you very much. host: thank you. we got an update from mark meadows. he met with reporters on friday to talk about the president s condition. we want to make sure that nunnally his health and safety look at we continue to that for all of the american people. he continues to be not
okay the committee will come to order the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee. and this time article one, restoring capacity and equipping. i get myself five minutes to give an opening statement. it s our first hearing of the new year, this committee has had an incredibly productive last year, passing 45 recommendations focused on making congress more effective and efficient so that they can better serve the american people and i am proud of what we have conceived and accomplished with this committee so far and what we ve accomplished together. every member of this committee has been fully engaged, the work has taken time to consider the work in the mandate, and really working consider the colleagues. finding collaborative solutions to the challenges this institution faces. successful institutions what you are talking up businesses or organizations or governments, depends on people who are invested in the work they are doing. and that is fundamental. invi
five minutes to give an opening statement. it s our first hearing of the new year, this committee has had an incredibly productive last year, passing 45 recommendations focused on making congress more effective and efficient so that they can better serve the american people and i am proud of what we have conceived and accomplished with this committee so far and what we ve accomplished together. every member of this committee has been fully engaged, the work has taken time to consider the work in the mandate, and really working consider the colleagues. finding collaborative solutions to the challenges this institution faces. successful institutions what you are talking up businesses or organizations or governments, depends on people who are invested in the work they are doing. and that is fundamental. invite successful institutions invest in their cells, their employees, their infrastructure, and the overall work environment and experience. they think can plan with an eye towa
i m chairman kilmer. i m excited to be here the first day of the new year. we had an incredibly productive last year with 45 recommendations to make congress more effective and officiate so it can better serve the american people. i m proud of what we accomplished as a committee so far and equally proud how we accomplished our work together. every member of this committee has been fully engaged in the committee s work and taken real-time to think about the issues in our mandate and their own perspectives and really listen and consider their colleagues perspective. this committee has worked because they re finding collaborative solutions to the challenges this institution faces. the key word here is invested. whether we re talking about businesses or organizations or governments depend on people invested in the work that they re doing and that s fundamental. successful institutions also invest in themselves, their employees, infrastructure, overall work environment and experi