158 billion. Following open remarks, lawmakers offer amendments focusing on high speed rail authority, face mask requirements for mass transportation, and Disaster Relief funding. Our third order of Business Today is consideration of the transportation housing and urban Development Appropriation bill for fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize mr. Price to present the bill. Thank you. Thank you, madam chairman. I guess we can assume everyones now ready for the main event. Im proud to present the fiscal 2021 transportation housing and urban Development Related agencies appropriations bills. Before i mention a few of the bills highlights i want to once again thank our Ranking Member and former chairman of this subcommittee for his unfailing good humor and cooperation and collaboration. Hes a pleasure to work with. I also want to thank full Committee Chairwoman nita lowey for her steady leadership, kay granger for her leader and the committee. Finally i want to recognize our accident staff
Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person
Are there any questions about the cardiology privileges . Dr. Horton, i think my only question, and its actually my ignorance is the prerequisites, is that these are the specialty boards from abim and not not the primary board, then, is that right, that were asking for . Its the specialty boards for interventional cardiology. Is that your question . Yes. As the thing for specialty board for cardiovascular disease, which is different from just getting a regular abim, right . Right. Thats my understanding is specifically, its the interventional cardiology board. Right, right. No, thats what i was trying to clarify. Right. Because if i remember now, they have a number of different specialties which are added boards, right, on top of the regular boards. Yes. Yes, thank you. I have no problem. Move for acceptance. Theres no one on the Public Comment line for this item. Any other questions on this, commissioners . Okay. So theres a motion. Is there a second . Second. Second. Thank you. Any o
Office of Small Business slide. We will end this meeting with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco and that the office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco through the local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, continue to reach out to the office of Small Business. Clerk item 8, adjournment. I move to adjourn. Second. Clerk motion to adjourn seconded, roll call vote. Commissioner adams. He left. Clerk commissioner jully . Yes. Commissioner healey. Yes. Commissioner laguana. Yes. Commissioners, it passes 52. With two absent. And the meeting is adjourned at 4 30 03 p. M. Thank you, everyone. See you in two weeks. Good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. This is the may 20th, 2020, rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. Im sandra