Parliament speaker says its clear that there were casualties its been more than 2 weeks since young people began demonstrating against Police Brutality the manufacturer of a powerful painkiller that helped to set off an Opioid Epidemic in the u. S. Will plead guilty to criminal charges as part of an 8000000000. 00 settlement Purdue Pharma makes the Prescription Drug oxycontin which is linked to an addiction crisis thats killed more than 400000 people in the past 20 years but the deal does not release any of the companys executives or owners including members of the wealthy secular family from criminal liability. The unlawful dangerous scheme put profits over people by seeking to increase scripts for addictive jaros even when they were not medically appropriate and at the height of the u. S. Opioid crisis a time when in vermont where im from and across the country people were suffering under opioid addictions that sometimes ended and and so many of those addiction stories began with oxy
On cspans q a. Next, a hearing to examine the issue of College Athlete compensation. The Senate Health education and Labor Committee heard from College Athletic programs about how athletes could be compensated for their name, image, and likeness, which organization should oversee these decisions, and what implications it could have on the student athlete model. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible] good morning. The committee will come to order. There is no room for the public. The press is covering it as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by videoconference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. Thats why my mask is off when im not back here. Im grateful to the rules committee, the
Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp and heard from borrowers and challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive travelled through the districts to speak with Business Owners about how they faired through the pandemic. And ive heard some of the successes and challenges they face with the ppp. And uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrower who is eventually access the loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated and conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan for proceeding consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness and effectively convert the loan into a grant which was the congressional intent i
202140 upon competition. Tips and more information on how to get started at a website, student cam. Org. The house Small Business subcommittee held a hearing on the Paycheck Protection Program also known as ppe. Small Business Owners testified about their experiences applying for ppe loan forgiveness. An excellent how this process could be confusing. We are meeting today to conduct an important hearing onl the Small Business administration Paycheck Protection Program or ppe. Specifically, a review of the loan forgiveness process. I want to thank each of the witnesses for their testimonies today. In the pastovas several months s committee has held numerous hearings on ppe. We have heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges they face. Ive also traveled across counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how e they fared during this pandem. And for some of them discuss the challenges they face with the ppe. In uncertainty about the futureo holds. Borrowers to even
Moore needs to tell the world. What cautioned birds to change their tune . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. You probably know about the battle in South Carolina between republican congressman Lindsey Graham and his democrat challenger jamie harrison. According to recent polls harrison who was once considered a long shot is in a dead heat with grateful but theres another fight in South Carolina a turf war. A battle for land and legacy. In a few days hundreds of properties in one county will be auctioned off. Dozens of those properies belong to the gullah geechee people descendants of slaves that still live on the lands. Most of it was bought by or given to free slaves after the civil war and was passed down for generations. As Jessica Gomez tells us during the middle of a pandemic the tax sale should be delayed. Along the showers of st. Helena and surrounding the marshes are whispers of the past. The stories of those to who have lived here for generations. My grandm