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We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, ...

In may, it was revised to a gain of three million jobs. Initially a drop of 2. 75 million was reported for may. Thats a huge revision and a very bullish sign that the economy is ready to come back once it reopens. Also, by the way, we get the jobs report for june tomorrow. A gain of three million jobs is expected as the nation begins to open up and by the way, larry kudlow will join us on that very subject tomorrow morning. Do not miss it. We are seeing a battle, meantime, between government and business once again as cases of the virus rise in some areas. In houston, the mayor putting several...

We are tracking the increase and the rate of increase of new cases at the county level. We currently have 130 counties out of the 3100 in the u. S. In that category. This level shows you case positivity by the metros and the number of tests that have been done. This shows the change over time of test positivity and the largest metro where we have concerns. Phoenix, houston, dallas, san antonio, orlando, riverside, california and then to the bottom. This is how we continue to integrate data cases, data on testing and on hospitalization so we can work with the states for comprehensive integrativ...

I want to thank everyone for their adherence to the guidelines as we continue to do our work while protecting the health and safety of our staff, families and communities. Thank you for joining us today. In pursuant to notice, todays hearing is taking place in our ways and Means Committee hearing room, with members permitted to attend remotely in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings, pursuant to House Resolution 965. We currently have 33 members logged in and participating via the webex platform. For those members who arent here in washington and plan to participate...

Youre an independent, 2027488002. Good sunday morning, the First Official start of summer and we wish you a happy fathered to the dads and grandfathers. Well get to your calls in a moment but the president taking aim at former Vice President joe biden. The speech lasting one hour and 15 minutes with the president s remarks alone. Heres part of what he had to say. President trump when biden first ran for president over 33 years ago, remember, i used to call him 1 joe, he never got more than 1 until obama took him off the trash heap but he blatantly copied the speech of a british politician, eve...