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Mail, Committee Members asked witnesses about mr. Dejoys ownership of a company that contracted its services to the usps. The chair would ask without objection that ms. Debbie wassermanschultz i got it right here. Ms. Cooper and representative mary gay scanlon beor waived on the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to s our hearings on recent developments regarding the Postal Service and i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement and i will recognize th...

Recess at any time. The chair asks that ms. Debbie ms. Scanlan,ultz, else mr. Cooper, ms. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and representative mary gay scanlon, b waved onto the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement, then i will record as the Ranking Member. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . I will recognize her, with your after. Ion, mr. Hice, lawrence, i will recognize. If somebody else on your ...

Person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you. When they are speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of. For members appearing remotely i know youre familiar with webex by now let me remind you of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote. If you have your webex set to active speaker view. If you h...

U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer was on capitol hill to testify on the Trump Administration trade policy. The use of tariffs, trade with china and implementation of the u. S. Canada trade agreement. Mr. Lighthizer was asked about the Global Supply chain of the inquisition of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Hearing is just under three hours. Im pleased to welcome ambassador lighthizer. Thank you for joining us. We need to have you here because...

U. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer is making his second appearance on capitol hill today. This morning, he was before a House Committee and was answering questions from the Senate Finance committee on President Trumps trade policy. Ourselves in future crisis, but we have to find a Smart Solution that accepts the realities that trade is fundamental to our survival and prosperity. In the long term, trade is a key part of the solution because it promotes freedom. It provides customers for...

[ gavel ] and i guess the the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of the subcommittee at any time without objection. Members of the full committee not on the subcommittee authorized to participate in todays hearing. So long as they participate virtually and will be recognized after members of the subcommittee are recognized. Members who are participating via webex platform reminded to keep video function on at all times even if not recognize...

Good morning. The committee will come to order. Not too many of us here this morning and the energy and Natural Resources committee. Its kind of a foul day. E department of energy because we would be moving forward with a package of Energy Related bills that we have been working on for well over a year. In many cases four years. Equities from some 70 different members of the senate. And we are stalled out right now. We are not not because of the concern of the people in this community, that they...

Anniversary of the supreme urt ruling in the Citizens United case. Our friends at cspan, are we ready . We dont bant to heres the mayor. I said she was going to be tied up for just a minute. She was tied up for just a second. Madam mayor. Thank you so much. It is good to see you. Ok. John sarbanes. Tiffany mueller. She is our point person on Citizens United. Hi, im kim. Nice to meet you. Have a seat here. I want represented hyattsville for a long period of time all my period of time in the congr...

Are joined by Bill Mccollum, former congressman from florida. Joining us this morning to talk about the impeachment effort in the house, and a former member who has an intimate knowledge of the clear whether the u. S. Supreme Court Whenever finder was due process required here what ever find there was due process, again, because the constitution gives us power, sending all of it to congress. ,n the other hand, it is silent and inherently in American History, due process has been accorded. I thin...

Begin with. What do you want to fix in the court . Realized other courts need fixing but fix the court is the only nonpartisan National Organization that adds for greater accountability primarily in the Supreme Court. We believe transparency and account ability means Live Streaming the hearings at the Supreme Court which are currently not livestreamed. Smart policys a change and the Financial Disclosures to be posted online. We want them to explain their conflicts of interest and we want them to...