Remote hearings certainly arent the same as sitting together in our Committee Room but this new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American Peoples while keeping our staff, family and broader communities safe. This is the second official virtual subcommittee hearing in the ways and means committee. As with our previous hearing i want members to know i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive debates. Even as we conduct our business from afar i will continue to work with our Ranking Member and his staff so to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for the
You now. Blake burman is at the white house. Jackie deangelis is in the newsroom. Hillary vaughn is in washington. We kick it off with blake. Reporter we continue to keep our eye on the event going on at the white house, with President Trump sitting down with the governors of oklahoma and nebraska. It has been going on half an hour. The focus is on the recovery and rebound Going Forward and the pp Small Business program that helped out so many Small Business owners like you see the one on your screen. You cant help but notice, rather, that the president is meeting with the governor of oklahoma just about 48 hours before he also set to head to oklahoma to hold his First Campaign rally since the covid19 outbreak. There are many questions as to whether now is the appropriate time to do such a thing. Here is President Trump talking about that event sitting next to oklahomas governor. And were going to be in oklahoma and its a crowd like i guess nobodys seen before. We have tremendous, trem
Incidences of covid 1970 s i think doctor coady said on tuesday that the opening of schools for in person teaching will be dictated by each of the 32 School Districts in santa clara county. In alum rock is one to has been hit the hardest by their viewing the superintendent that has city codes with the highest incidences of covid19. Right right i think that my response is going to be significantly different from other superintendents where theres not to say no hole. Day jen reporting in the south bay, im jason dumas scrum for news. The American Academy of pediatrics is recommending that children should be physically present in school when classes resume on the academy website. It says evidence shows children just do better mentally and physically and academically when theyre learning in person. It also says theres probably not a great risk of the spread of the virus, some children seem less likely to get seriously ill. Their basic recommendations to Grade School Children should focus on
Washington state. So with the reach of the us empire quite literally turning toxic i think its time for us to start watching all those. Like you that i got. To. Remember watching the hawks i am tyrrel but for joining me today is the best good journalist im the creator of truth and media one always a pleasure but i think that. You know other problems that were seeing on these this is a fascinating bit of you know empire gone wild in my opinion are the problems were seeing ultimately examples of the u. S. Military empire being stretched too thin using these wrong munitions the i mean were seeing now deformities in these kids in iraq its heartbreaking it is heartbreaking its but when maybe one of the worst things about the ongoing war on terror right which is that beyond the millions of people who have died the destruction of countries around the world which have generational impacts in addition to that we are now seeing the generational impacts of these munitions that you were talking ab
Unbelievably sad about this. Is that beyond the actual suffering that these children are going through is the fact that our military and our government wont even recognize it discuss it talk about it or accept that this is a reality of again the ongoing consequence of these wars it and thats a great point that you bring up because they they dont discuss it i mean you you you have to twist arms just to get them to talk about the after effects the burn pits in iraq iraq was done veterans who have come back and the amount of neurological damage and other strange diseases there and lets just talk can we just mention something about it because the burn pits are important for viewers who dont understand this so the u. S. Military when theyre in these locations have these pits where they burn chemicals and they burn all kinds of. Toxic theyre thrown into this and the inhalation from those burn pits causes not only birth defects as well and serious issues but chronic issues in u. S. Soldiers a