Between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate a. M. Nue beyond 10 50 the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, minutes. , for five ms. Adams thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this morning to honor two North Carolina women who left us this year, former former dr. Dorsett, representative mcalister. I admired and was friends with them. Of they were both educators who service. Public proud graduates of historically colleges. Founded and led organizations to cell a anemia. Lows of personal tragedy, both women were predeceased by a child they loved like a best friend. They were both county commissioners and state legislators. All, trailblazers. Katie dorsett was the first black women on the greensboro i was proud to follow in her footsteps. After serving on the security she was elected to the county board of commissioners and went on to serve in governor hunts administration an
They appeared together for the first time as democratic running mates. Let me introduce to you for the first time your next Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. And joe, im so proud to stand with you. I do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Biden and harris both outlined their vision for the future. Drawing sharp contrasts between their ticket and President Trump and attacking his response to covid19. When other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. Biden also acknowledged the historic nature of their campaign. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. But today, today just maybe theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Harriss Vice President ial candidacy also putting a spotlight on california. Governor newsom reflected on what the harris pick means to him as a
How close are we to a curve of 19 Vaccine Research teams in the u. K. Have released promising results from trials but once a back seat is developed how do we make sure that everyone gets it this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im laura kyle the race for a coven 1000 vaccine is gathering pace scientists around the world are competing to develop a safe and effective treatment that may help and the pandemic years of research has been completed in just a few months a team at Oxford University in the u. K. Has released promising results from the trials but whilst those excitement still a long way to go before a vaccine is widely available well bring in our guests in just a moment but 1st this report from paul brennan. Phase one really couldnt have gone much better for the oxford team early positive signs now confirmed in the published research so this is an important milestone on the par but were now moving rapidly forwards to trying to evaluate whether the vaccine a
The house select cubs subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis resistant to hear from former Federal Reserve chairs about economic inequity during the pandemic. Live coverage here on cspan2. George w. Bush in 2006 and oversaw the Federal Reserve is response to the Global Financial crisis. Before his tenure as fed chicken dr. Bernanke served as the chair of president council, bush is council of economic advisers. Dr. Yellen served as vice chair of the Federal Reserve until 2010, 2013 before being appointed chair. In 2014 of our president barack obama. Dr. Yellen also previously served in the white house as chair of the council of economic advisers. This is the first time that either dr. Bernanke or dr. Yellen has testified before Congress Since stepping down from the Federal Reserve. These extraordinary times require congress to seek out advice from experts with extraordinary experiences. As Congress Works to end this economic crisis and enable a strong recovery, we are fortunate to benef
Come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today, a select subcommittee is pleased to welcome our distinguished panel, dr. Ben bernanke and dr. Janet yellen. Dr. Bernanke was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve by president george w. Bush in 2006 and oversaw the Federal Reserves response to the Global Financial crisis. Before his tenure as fed chair, dr. Bernanke served as the chair of president bushs council of economic advisers. Dr. Yellen served as vice chair of the Federal Reserve until 2010 to 2014, before being appointed chair in 2014 by president barack obama. Dr. Yellen also previously served in the white house as chair of the council of economic advisers. This is the first time that either dr. Bernanke or dr. Yellen has testified before Congress Since stepping down from the Federal Reserve these extraordinary times require congress to seek out advice from expert