And extended Unemployment Benefits until january 2021. The heroes act will provide significantly more funding to cities and towns and also would clarify treasury guidance that currently prevents State Governments from using [indiscernible] alternative bills provide zero dollars to states, zero dollars for financial assistance, and clawed back hundreds of billions of dollars that could be used to support struggling businesses. In addition the president cut funding to states. The protestsike against racism and Police Brutality in the streets in many communities. Families across the country suffer [indiscernible] about the challenges their faces and the response needed from the federal government in this international crisis. I recognize the Ranking Member of the committee for four minutes. I think the chairwoman for yielding. Here we are again. We are having hearing about a bill the house passed four months ago that has no chance of becoming a law. The committee is being used to prioriti
Would anybody trust a vaccine coming out of this administration . And when it is [indiscernible] we are having technical problems with our live feed, but we are working to fix the problem and when you back to the discussion shortly. [no audio] second round of economic stimulus payments to families and extended Unemployment Benefits until january 2021. The heroes act will provide significantly more funding to cities and towns and also would clarify treasury guidance that currently prevents State Governments from using [indiscernible] alternative bills provide zero dollars to states, zero dollars for financial assistance, and clawed back hundreds of billions of dollars that could be used to support struggling businesses. In addition the president cut funding to states. The protestsike against racism and Police Brutality in the streets in many communities. Families across the country suffer [indiscernible] about the challenges their faces and the response needed from the federal governmen
County. There was more of a positive tone in the News Conference that wrapped up 20 minutes ago. Cal fire says because the storms did not cause major fire activity, they have turned a corner and have a better handle on the fires. They made Good Progress on all areas of the complex. There priority is the palisades up to the lake county line. They are trying to get a fire line connected to gain more control there. The lnu lightning complex fire is over 500 square miles. That is three times the size of san jose. Containment grew to 22 . 871 to structures have been destroyed. It has been an exhausting last several days. Theres a message from the front line. Everyone on the line is extremely tired, but working incredibly hard. I had an opportunity to see folks out on the line. I can tell you how much joy it gives me to see the smiles on their face. Were going to stop right here and toss it over to governor gavin newsom who was holding a News Conference. Eve attend a state. You will see some
Cspan two. Isas Governor Greg Abbott urging local residents to get their flu shots early this year. He made this suggestion alongside Public Health officials at a Medical Center in dallas where he talked about precautions for slowing the spread of the virus. Want to thank everyone for being here in the medical school for hosting this event, for everything they are doing to help the people in this region as well as the entire state of texas, responding to all different kinds of medical challenges we are dealing with. In particular, what were focused on today. That is covid19 as the flu season that is coming up. As the flu season that is coming up. Just one of the topics we talked about before i do want to make a Compass Point regards to cover 19. People in the dallasfort worth area, one thing you have observed following the numbers is that covid19 numbers are improving in the sense that so many the point is the numbers of covid19 are going down from an elevated level. We are not at all
Thing went to see as well as the flu season that is coming up. Just one of the topics we talked about before i do want to make a Compass Point regards to cover 19. People in the dallasfort worth area, one thing you have observed following the numbers is that covid19 numbers are improving in the sense that so many the point is the numbers of covid19 are going down from an elevated level. We are not at all anywhere close to being in a safe situation of covid19. People need to understand that just because covid19 numbers are improving in this region, that does not mean covid19 a sidedly left the dallasfort worth area, state of texas or the United States of america. It still exists it can still transmit at the same rate that has been able to in the past. What people in the dallasfort worth area need to know is the reason why covid19 and spreading less today than it was in the middle part of july or the latter part of june people have been far more responsible people have almost uniformly a