This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format. And the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommendedf foot social distancing between senators and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. I, again, remind all senators and witnesses that the 5minute clock still applies, and those of you remote should all have a box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process senator brown and i again have agreed to go by sen you arty for this hear
Been configured to maintain 6 foot distances between senators, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely, a few Video Conferencing reminders. Once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise, please click the mute button until you ask questions. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next senator until its resolved. Again, remind all senators and our witnesses that the fiveminute clock applies. Those of you remote should have a clock on the screen showing how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process, senator brown and i have agreed to go by seniority for this hoogerheide. With that we welcome our witness steven t. Mnuchin, secretary to department of treasury an honorable jerome powell, board of governors of the Fe
This hearing will come to order. Todays hearing is a hybrid format. And the hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommendedf foot social distancing between senators and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing which we have kept to a minimum. For those joining remotely a few videoconferencing reminders. Once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. To minimize background noise please click the mute button until it is your speak or ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until its resolved. I, again, remind all senators and witnesses that the 5minute clock still applies, and those of you remote should all have a box on your screen labeled clock that will show how much time is remaining. Well try to give you a gavel reminder when your time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order process senator brown and i again have agreed to go by sen you arty for this hear
Coronavirus. She reacted to senator Kamala Harris being named as joe bidens running mate. Stay well. Osi i will begin and end that way. 90 days ago, Congress Passed the heroes act. When we passed that legislation, which was designed to meet the needs of the American People and the relationship to the coronavirus crisis, it was based andcience, economic institutional expertise as what was needed to address the needs of the American People. At that time, Mitch Mcconnell said, we need to pause. He hit the pause button and 3,750,000 time, americans have become sick, have been added to the infected list. People added to the list. 77,000 people have died. Tens of millions more people are out of work. Clearly, the virus did not take a pause. When some time some of you reporters ask, why cant we resolve our differences, i want you to see how fast those differences are how vast those differences are. And theinistration republicans in congress have never understood the gravity of the situation.
App. Washington journal continues. Host we are joined by diane yentel, who is president and ceo of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Talk about the federal moratorium about to expire on evictions in the u. S. Diane yentel about the federal moratorium about to expire on and if addictions in the us. Thank you for being with us this morning,. Thank you for having me. What is it that your group does . A Membership Organization advancing federal policies solutions to ensure that low income people have affordable and accessible homes. Host give us an idea how many renters there are in the unitedre states. There are about 43 million renter households with over 100 Million People in thosese households. Host since the pandemic with the idea on evictions typically how many people are evicted from their apartment or home for failure to pay rrent . And how has that problem increased or has it . The risk of evictions has increased during the pandemic because of the financial fallout as a r