Next, a look into advances in research for neurological disorders such as alzheimers, Huntingtons Disease and a. L. S. We hear from health experts on research for treatments and cures as they testify before a house subcommittee. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Due to covid19, Todays Hearing is being held remotely as well as in person. For members and witnesses taking part in person, or following the guidance of the cdc and the office of the attending physician so please wear your mask when you are not speaking, and i thank you for doing so. For members and witnesses taking part remotely, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise, and youll need to unmute your microphone when you wish to speak. Since members are participating from different locations at Todays Hearing, recognition of members will be in the order of subcommittee seniority. Documents for the record should be sent to megan mullan at the Email Address that weve provided to your staff a
The guidance of the Cdc And Office of the attending physician so please wear your mask when youre not speaking and thank you for doing so. For members and witnesses taking part remotely, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate Background Noise and he will need to unmute your microphone when you wish to speak. Members are participating from different locations at Todays Hearing recognition of members will be in the order of the subcommittee seniority. The Email Address we provided to your staff and all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes for five minutes for an opening statement. My colleagues, i called for Todays Hearing to discuss the challenge of advancing treatment and cures for neurodegenerative diseases. My constituents, Jamie Perry was diagnosed with als one year ago. As she wrote a letter to me saying with als, a piece of you dies every single day. We are simply asking for a Fighting Chance to live the lives w
As the president s meeting begins here in washington, the clock is sticking in kabul, and the president is sticking with the time for the forces to leave the country in six days from now, but with the Contingency Plans in place should they be needed. The pentagon says some 86,000 people have been evacuated, including 19,000 in the last 24 hours, and 10,000 more remaining at the Airport Waiting and hoping that the next Flight Out is going to be theirs. Outside of the airport perimeter, military officials have acknowledged that u. S. Forces have made a limited number of missions to pick up americans and allies who cant get to the airport themselves. There are also private flights out being organized by veterans, Military Contractors and Aide Workers and former spies. Some of the contractors are charging the Passengers Thousands of dollars, but even as the herculean effort is happening with a plane taking off every 39 minutes according to the pentagon, Confusion And Concern remains. They
We hear from health experts on research and cures and if that as they describe for the house committee. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Todays hearing is being held remotely as well as in person. For members and witnesses taking part in person here following the guidance of the Cdc And Office of the attending physician so please wear your mask when youre not speaking and i thank you for doing so. For members and witnesses taking part remotely, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate Background Noise and you will need to unmute your microphone when you wish to speak. Since members are participating from different locations at Todays Hearing recognition of members will be in the order of subcommittee seniority. Documents for the record should be sent to megan mullen, the Email Address we provided to your staff and all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes for herself for five minutes for an opening sta
Quorum call my colleagues are so mixed up on this, it is almost comical. The sums that we borrowed and spent through 2020, through last year, through the last administration, through the actual economic emergency were largely covered by the previous Debt Suspension that just expired. But democrats want a new debt limit increase for the new borrowing and the new spending that they willfully piled up since they took power, about 2 trillion back in march, trillions more sometime soon. So they want to unleash another reckless taxing and spending spree with zero republican input. Oh, oh, but when the bill comes, they say its time to split the check, when the bill comes, it is time to split the check, initiating another Budget Reconciliation Process in a 50 50 senate is as willfully partisan as go it alone as it gets, especially in a senate that keeps proving we can do bipartisan work. So look, if our colleagues want to ram through yet another reckless taxing and spending spree without our i