Hearing will come to order. I welcome everybody to this hybrid hearing. Both Ranking Member mister heiss and myself have wanted to have hearings resume in person. Especially when we are in session i made a promise to mister heiss that i would fight for that and today is the fruit of that effort i believe when we were in session, to the extent possible, protecting everybodys health and safety, we can and should be meeting like this. At least in hybrid form those members who are not comfortable or who physically cannot join us in the hearing room are more than welcome to join us through the web. We are happy to have them. We ask everybody, when they are not speaking, to wear a mask that is the guidance and the capitol hill position. That is the guidance of the chairwoman of this committee. It protects everybody i really appreciate that cooperation. Let me see. For members appearing remotely, just a few reminders before i get my Opening Statement. House rules require that we see you so pl
Like relatives, as well as honored guests of the studio, the events of the day in two hours, vasyl zemas big broadcast, a project for smart and caring people, in the evening at espresso. Congratulations, voice of america ukrainian is on the air. My name is ostap yarysh. The us Congress Still cannot elect a speaker of the house of representatives. Stivskalis, the candidate who the day before received the nomination of the majority of republicans in a closed party vote, unexpectedly withdrew his candidacy. What is the reason and what further development can be expected . Lets talk with our correspondent in the congress, kateryna lisyunova. Katya, i congratulate you. Congratulations ostap. Katya, earlier it was hoped that if the house of representatives does not elect a speaker this week , then even if it comes close to that, it didnt happen, what actually happened, katya, and what latest news do you have from the congress now , what do you understand, what is finally clear is that the cr
Weapons will go to the front already on at the beginning of may, it is quite obvious, against this background, elon musk, who owns a large media empire, an empire in the form of the social network x and other large innovative enterprises, commented on the approval of aid to ukraine by the us house of representatives, aid to ukraine, which. Musk himself says. Me the most what worries me is that there is no exit strategy, only perpetual war, in which children die in trenches from artillery guns, or load machine guns and snipers in minefields. A very strange statement, although predicted by elon musk, he talks about children who die in the trenches, referring not only to ukrainians, but also to russians, and. Musk did not say a single word about the fact that on that side the russians and they send those children who are occupiers, aggressors, who are part of this fascist russian regime, which is going to kill ukrainians, which is going to destroy ukrainian cities and villages, and this i
[ room noise ] the committee will come to order. Today, this is the time and place for the hearing to offer some alterations and advice and consent process as required by the constitution for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa. So i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on weve been trying to forget, mr. Chairman. In any event, senator blumenthal, the floor is yours. And thank you so much for gracing us with your presence. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Thanks to you and Ranking Member senator shaheen. I am pleased to join my colleague in introducing our fellow resident of connecticut Linda Mcmahon. We know her as a fellow citizen of connecticut, but also as a successful business leader, as the cofounder and former ceo of the wwe. And also as a contributor very generously to many significant philanthropic
[ room noise ] the committee will come to order. Today, this is the time and place for the hearing to offer some alterations and advice and consent process as required by the constitution for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa. So i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on weve been trying to forget, mr. Chairman. In any event, senator blumenthal, the floor is yours. And thank you so much for gracing us with your presence. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Thanks to you and Ranking Member senator shaheen. I am pleased to join my colleague in introducing our fellow resident of connecticut Linda Mcmahon. We know her as a fellow citizen of connecticut, but also as a successful business leader, as the cofounder and former ceo of the wwe. And also as a contributor very generously to many significant philanthropic