965 and this is my first hearing is chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and my First Official virtual oversight subcommittee hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Before return to todays important topic i want to remind members of the decisions and procedures while we navigate this platform. First, consistent with regulations we keep microphones needed to limit background noise and members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for five minutes. Second, the members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times so even if you are for a second or few moments leave your camera on. Third, we will dispense with the practice of observing and go in order of seniority for christian dating alternating between minority and majority and [inaudible] after all subcommittee members have asked the questions we will move in seniority order to off subcommittee members. Finally, without objection representative [inaudible] will also serve
Our political machinations then sometimes we are, just watch closely and pick up a copy of the Financial Times or the london times, this is frontpage news every day over there, hard to say how the markets are treating this right now there is a school of thought that says the better joe biden does the worst the markets will react, another one that says if donald trump can come through this without overly picking on joe biden, he could do well himself. Again advice is pretty cheap these days. Sometimes debates do little to change the context of the election and sometimes it can reaffirm opinion, we will be watching that monitoring develops in washington with judge barrett, Amy Coney Barrett on capitol hill and she will be meeting with all the key republican senators including Mitch Mcconnell the Senate Leader and we will see senator tom tandsenator ann, here said d be open to meeting with the president Supreme Court choice at a time in a point before the confirmation hearing and they are
Many situations people find themselves. The recession has laid bare the economic struggles of millions of American Families with almost no warning to the shutdown that claimed tens of millions of jobs and American Workers and families felt the ground fall from under them. The. The country was on the verge and so many have lost their livelihoods and exhausted their financial reserves. They are facing financial catastrophe. That growth hasnt been broadly shared starting in 2009 with 128 months of growth so many neighbors are facing financial catastrophe they do not fal falr r. E irreversible financial disaster. As businesses gradually reopen, many workers are coping with drastically reduced hours and lower paychecks that will not cover their bills. Even people fortunate enough to be returning to work will likely be struggling for some time to come the Child Tax Credit and earned income tax credit and it also supports workers with a more generous employer retention tax credit to maintain
Gaveltogavel coverage. War powers resolution, fisa reauthorization, and a repeal of President Trumps 2017 travel ban. Ker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by guest chaplain reverend jonathan slavinskas, st. Bernards church of our lady of providence parish worcester, massachusetts. The chaplain eternal lord we come to you with thanksgiving from the many pleasings you bestow upon us. We thank you for our faith, freedom and nation. We rejoice living in a nation that provides us with the opportunity to freely elect the men and women in this assembly who are guiding our nation. Our prayer through the members of this assembly through its unique gifts and talents that you have bestowed upon them and would he haven championing the common good within all our nation. We pray in moments of disagreements and debates, an authentic understanding and Mutual Respect might be witness to the gift of collaboration, for promotion of the common god. We pray for your blessi
For oakland 12, San Francisco and san jose sharing the same temperature in the upper 60s. Robin thank you john were checking out the bay bridge. Its been busy all morning and looks a little bit better on the suspension, your drive time has decreased to 11 minutes, but it probably wont stay like that that. Times this go up and down. We have traffic in waves as what we call it heading into San Francisco. So youre getting an ok break right now its backed up the on west grand its not through the maze little busy on the upper deck, but no major problems in your carpool lanes of already thinned out so thats good highway 4. 44 minutes, antioch to concord thats normal and still busy on one oh one just over an hour 65 minutes now from san jose to menlo park darya chance, thanks a lot rob, and its 8 oh one and our top story to americans have now died from the coronavirus both of them in Washington State now the latest was a man in the 70s Officials Say. Theyre investigating a possible outbreak a