The committee will come to order. Thank you all for coming today, i dont think all of you for being here. It is our honor to have the deputy secretary of state here to testify on u. S. Policy regarding peoples republic of china. I originally defaulting back in march, however, our need to focus on the Community Protests from doing that. It is important this committee continue its work on its most committing Foreign Policy challenges, obviously china is one of those. As a complete mistrust correctly recognized, china is a strategic in global competitor of the United States. It would be the greatest Foreign Policy challenge the United States faces in decades to come. Policies of the Chinese Communist party undermine u. S. Interests and values, as we share with partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge the fork front of american life. We now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and partners in t
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We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
Gaveltogavel coverage of the u. S. House. Members will begin work on an bill. R trading live now to coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father con rye. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of wisdom, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Prior to the great compromise, Benjamin Franklin addressed the constitutional convention. Quote, we indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom since we have been running about in search of it. This situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, have we now forgotten our powerful friend . Lord, you are the powerful friend referred to by franklin and we turn again to you to ask that your wisdom might break through the political discussions of these days. Bless the members of the peoples house and all of congress with the insight and foresight to
Speakers comments. When we stand united on the floor of the congress as americans, thats when we send the strongest message overseas to adversaries. I want to thank mr. Engel for his strong work, in working with me to get to a positive place where we can actually get to a solution, to whats been a challenging and very fluid situation. Its always an honor to work with you, sir, on the Foreign Affairs committee, and in these times of crises, we are, i believe, strongest on the world stage when the executive and legislative branch speak in one voice. I know in his testimony before our committee, ambassador jeffries, special envoy to sir ark said i saw firsthand the effects of congressional sanctions when we visited with the turkish negotiating team, that these sanctions have been helpful in getting turks to agree to the ceasefire. I believe the resolution that we passed helps helped get turkey to the ceasefire as well. Finally, i want to thank our partners in the Syrian Democratic forces