Note the absence of a quorum. I rise today to join my colleagues those that continue tohe work in service to the nation during the 19 pandemic breast with dedicated citizens amid the challenges that we face. Many sectors deserve recognition notably healthcares, workers, teachers go to store, Law Enforcement i want to focus on the critical efforts of Agricultural Producers of farmers and ranchers. Keeping the food Health Supply chain is essential as a combat coronavirus farmers and ranchers provide the food and fiber thatne we need americans truly benefit every single day from the high quality low cost food supply in the world things to our producers. s operations across the country are impacted Food Security is a particular fo concern we appreciate the efforts f of those working to keep food on our tables and the workers that only their farmers and ranchers but those at the add processing facilities we know there are real challenges. We appreciate all those workers out the processing f
About this day november 201 other than being a week before things giving . If youre at all familiar with congress you probably familiar with the fact that they like to put these spending bills deadlines up against the holidays and force action for urgency. So, for putting it up against things giving hypothetically everybody wants to go home and Everyone Wants to get this done so that is the scenario with lawmakers are hoping for but you never know what will happen and there could be another shortterm spending fix until christmas and knock on wood that doesnt happen. Its also a real possibility but like you said, hows lawmakers are circulating a draft continuing resolution this week that would extend current funding levels to that date, november 21, and that measure is something we could see as soon as early next week and its possible the House Rules Committee can meet tuesday night and we could see some kind of midweek vote or end week vote on that measure but essentially, lawmakers ar
Remarks from Party Leaders returning from their party caucus luncheon. Short time ago we spoke with the reporter to get the latest on house negotiations on the border bill. House voting today we will get an update on one of the issues that the house is considering, or moving to consider, the order bill. Kelly joins us with an update on the border bill shes a reporter with [inaudible] in the house measure 4. 5 billion for humanitarian assistance and border security. Where do things stand at this point . Quite a tussle, not just between house and senate but between House Democrats. More liberal members of the houses part Democratic Party caucus want to see additional safeguards in place following a series of scathing reports about conditions in influx of facilities and other places housing Child Migrants who are coming for claiming asylum at the border at times coming unaccompanied and reports of no toothbrushes accompanied with the trump administrations arguments that in court have fire
Palestine derailment. [inaudible conversations] the science transportation order. Ee will come to for the purposes of a hearing. We are here this morning at the full committee for improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine correlator i would ask the witnesses to please join us for the first panel at the witness table. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. On february 3rd, the town of East Palestine, ohio, experienced a Hazardous Material event that no community should have to suffer from, and Norfolk Southern train carrying Hazardous Material crashed just outside the town,n, and 38 carso more than according of the train derailed. One of the cars caught fire, in gold and gold of the rope cars including five caring vinyl floor. After burning for two days, authorities became concern the vinyl chloride and one of the tanks was undergoing a Chemical Reaction that made it bigger and more dangerous pick the aut
For the purposes of a hearing. We are here this morning at the full committee for improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine correlator i would ask the witnesses to please join us for the first panel at the witness table. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. On february 3rd, the town of East Palestine, ohio, experienced a Hazardous Material event that no community should have to suffer from, and Norfolk Southern train carrying Hazardous Material crashed just outside the town,n, and 38 carso more than according of the train derailed. One of the cars caught fire, in gold and gold of the rope cars including five caring vinyl floor. After burning for two days, authorities became concern the vinyl chloride and one of the tanks was undergoing a Chemical Reaction that made it bigger and more dangerous pick the authorities then initiated a controlled burn of the remaining vinyl chloride in five tanks to get a g