I first question is i have is for mr. Goldstein. Talked to this to some extent. I will come back and revisit it very briefly. In the past decade or so, you have overseen 12 independent reports of federal Facility Security. You have looked at the armed guard programs, you have collaborated with state and local Law Enforcement and the Human Capital planning. Gao has also conducted what we call them covert testing. You talked about some of that that is going on of federal facilities. In other words, you try to penetrate federal facilities to test how security works. It is like what we do in the Nuclear Power plant world. Again, for the record, how would you assess federal Facility Security today . Over 30,000 feet, how would you assess federal Facility Security today, realizing we are on a where folksum, focus on this, going back to 1995, Oklahoma City is it getting better, worse, it is uneven . I think it is very uneven, mr. Chairman. Yes, there have been improvements since Oklahoma City
The speaker pro tempore the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. O lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to adapt the resources need by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make and be mindful of the millions of americans who rely upon them to consider the welfare of the nation in their negotiations of this day. All this day and through the week may they recall your words spoken through the profits to be mindful of the most vulnerable among us and so to do their best to find solutions to pressing issues facing our nation. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approva
Handful were seen Wearing Masks despite the citys mandate. Meanwhile, the coronavirus surges nationwide. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 100,000 new cases a day, totaling nearly 1 million new cases in just the last seven days. Across the country we see full hospitals, exhausted Health Care Workers and new state restrictions. Coming up, well take you to el paso, a city that has more people hospitalized from covid19 than most states. But first a look back at the stories that made up the week. Refusing to concede. Thats how President Trump is heading to this first week after the election. Its an embarrassments, quite frankly. I think it will not help the president s legacy. President trump tweeted that he has fired defense secretary mark esper. Joe biden and Kamala Harris sitting down to meet virtually with Public Health experts and scientists about the coronavirus. Joe biden has had more conversations with World Leaders than he has had with Senate Republicans to this point. How do y
Since nbc news projected joe biden as the president elect. But donald trump has yet to concede. Today several thousand demonstrators gathered in washington, d. C. To protest the election results. The president drove down pennsylvania avenue, waving to his supporters, but only a handful were seen Wearing Masks despite the citys mandate. Meanwhile, the coronavirus surges nationwide. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 100,000 new cases a day, totaling nearly 1 million new cases in just the last seven days. Across the country we see full hospitals, exhausted Health Care Workers and new state restrictions. Coming up, well take you to el paso, a city that has more people hospitalized from covid19 than most states. But first a look back at the stories that made up the week. Refusing to concede. Thats how President Trump is heading to this first week after the election. Its an embarrassments, quite frankly. I think it will not help the president s legacy. President trump tweeted that he has
Moments ago the white house put out a statement saying price offered his resignation earlier today and the president accepted it. Moments before that the president told reporters he was not happy about how price has done this and that a decision about his future to possibly fire him was imminent. Hes a very fine man but were going to make a decision sometime tonight. I didnt like it. Cosmetically or otherwise. I was disappointed. I think hes a very fine person. I certainly dont like the optics. Im not happy. Okay . I can tell you. Im not happy. Amazing to hear a politician say the word optics. Anyway, price is out after politico broke the news the use of privates and charter jets cost taxpayers more than 1 million. Ousted not just because of what he did but what it represented for an administrations mantra was, drain the swamp. Other cabinet secretaries are indefendant gated for questionable travels and furthering the president s agenda. Price became expendable because he failed to rep