tomorrow, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that sets spending levels for military construction, along with the budgets for the state department and agriculture. >> this meeting on the subcommittee is called to order. this evening, we are considering the fiscal year 2021. friend,ned by my dear judge carter, the ranking member who is with us by teleconference today. member granger and all subcommittee members participating via video. i want to offer a brief explanation of how this will work. configuredm has been for the appropriate social distancing. some members have opted to use teleconferencing, which allows them to participate mostly. once you start speaking, there will be a slight is -- delay. speaking into the microphone activates the camera. if you dop ui remarks not immediately see the screen switch. if it does not change after several seconds, please make sure you are not muted. that the members participating by video remain on mute, unless you have sought recognition. thatill notice the clock will show how much time is remaining. remaining, i will gently ta

the house appropriations committee continues work on spending bills focusing on energy, water development, and education. michelle understates the response to the pandemic and other issues. that gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on oversightng immigration and customs enforcement, specifically, what measures are being taken to protect detainees and federal employees. >> fbi director christopher wray discussed china's influence . this was at the hudson institute. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> thank you for joining us at the hudson institute. we are here with fbi director christopher wray. it is my pleasure to be back at the office and an honor to join the director in today's conversation. here with fbi dirr christopher wray and it is my pleasure to be physically back at the office and to join the director in today's conversation. christopher wray currently serves as the eighth director of the fbi. he has served in a number of roles o

house appropriations subcommittee on military construction, veterans affairs discussed a spending bill for military construction projects and veterans programs. tomorrow, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that sets spending levels for military construction, along with the budgets for the state department and agriculture. >> this meeting on the subcommittee is called to order. this evening, we are considering the fiscal year 2021. friend,ned by my dear judge carter, the ranking member who

later today, the house appropriations committee will hold a markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill. watch live at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. next with us -- robert egge is with us next. good morning. thank you for being here on "washington journal." guest: great to be here. host: what has been the role of the alzheimer's association during the pandemic? guest: our primary role is to support those with dementia and their caregivers. that has brought us right to the front lines of the covid pa

the house appropriations committee debates 2021 levels for energy. education, and health and human services. life coverage begins monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. coverage against monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span -- begins monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases director dr. anthony fauci has suggested states with rising covid-19 cases should pause reopening efforts. during a health care summit hosted by "the hill," he talked about lessons learned, vaccines and schools reopening in the fall. steve: hello and welcome. i'm steve clemons, editor at large at "the hill." i will take this off, but i wanted to send the message that we believe in mask wearing. we are delighted to have you join us for our summit this year. our collective health is at stake as we worked furiously to quell a global pandemic that has taken more than 500,000 lives globally. the coronavirus has also exposed deep inequities. the health care system was under pressure before covid-19. now we have an opportunity an

the house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commerce, transportation, housing and the justice department. n c-span 2 at 10:45 a.m. eastern, the house oversights effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine and joe biden talking about his clean energy plan in wilmington, delaware. dr. anthony fauci speaks to students at georgetown university about the coronavirus and slowing the spread and c span span 3, the energy secretary talks about his agency's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern. campaign 2020 was aboute and a half months before the election. give us the political lay of the land in joe biden and president donald trump. jon: biden has an advantage, steve. the democrats have a formidable machine. they won the presidential race the last three cycles. hillary clinton beat donald trump by two other half points, although that was closer than it looked because the race was over by early voting, which lasts two weeks, and the democrats had banked enough votes. biden is ahead in polls, only slightly outside the margin of error in recen

. >> the house appropriations committee -- held a meeting to mark up the interior and legislative branchills which are requesting more money than last year. the chair first takes up interior appropriations.

noon eastern on c-span the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on the health and treatment of migrant children in federal custody. on c-span to the house appropriations committee meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern to consider 20 21 spending levels for home security operations, financial services, and other programs. , the house oversight and reform committee hears from cyber experts about the creation of a national cyber director to streamline the federal government's response to cyber attacks across agencies at 12:00 p.m. eastern. from "the hill" newspaper, justice ginsburg was hospitalized tuesday for treatment for a possible infection after experiencing fever and chills. justice ginsburg was admitted to johns hopkins hospital following an evaluation monday night. the 87-year-old justice underwent a procedure tuesday to clean out a bile duct stent placed last august. according to a spokeswoman, the justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment. next, dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases at nih and a member of the white house coronav

. >> tuesday, the house appropriations committee debates 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice, and transportation departments, as well as housing and urban development. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> joining us from las vegas is jon ralston, the editor of "the nevada independent." campaign 2020 was about three and a half months before the election. give us the political lay of the land in joe biden and president donald trump. jon: biden has an advantage, steve. the democrats have a formidable machine. they won the presidential race the last three cycles. hillary clinton beat donald trump by two other half points, although that was closer than it looked because the race was over by early voting, which lasts two weeks, and the democrats had banked enough votes. biden is ahead in polls, only slightly outside the margin of error in recent polling. there has not been a lot of public polling. the democrats have a substantial registration advantage, which they have for many years,

eastern on c-span, the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on the health and treatment of migrant children in federal custody. on c-span2, the house appropriationsmittee meets at 9 a.m. eastern to consider 2021 spending levels for homeland security operations, financial and other programs. on c-span3, the house oversight and reform committee hears from cybersecurity experts who ask the creation of a national cyber director to streamline the federal government's response towards separate tax across agencies. that gets underway at 12 p.m. eastern >> c-span.org has live coverage wednesday of the house small business committee hearing on proposals for aiding small businesses affected by the coronavirus. it starts at 1 p.m. eastern. the house appropriations committee debated the $695 billion 2021 defense department spending bill. following opening remarks, lawmakers offered amendments focused on the authorization for use of military force, the guantanamo bay military prison, and the trumpet administration's southern border wall.

eastern on c-span, the house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commercetransportation, housing, and the justice department. house oversight hearing on efforts to develop a safe coronavirus vaccine. that is followed by former vice president joe biden talking about his clean energy plan at a campaign event in wilmington, delaware. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, dr. anthony fauci speaks to students at georgetown about the coronavirus and slowing the spread. secretary, the energy testifies about his agency's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern.

eastern on c-span, the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on the health and treatment of migrant treatmen -- treatment of migrant children. the house appropriations committee meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern to consider 2021 spending levels for homeland security operations and other programs. and on c-span3, the house oversight and reform committee hears from cybersecurity experts about the creation of a national cyber director to streamline the federal government's response to cyber attacks across agencies. that gets underway at 12:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span.org has live coverage wednesday of the house small business committee hearing on proposals for aiding small businesses affected by the coronavirus. that starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. found,, dr. anthony director of -- dr. anthony fauci, a member of the white house coronavirus task force. dr. fauci took part in a virtual discussion on the pandemic with georgetown university students. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining today's virtual event hosted by the global health initiative, the o'neill institute for national and global health law, the kalmanovitz initiative for labor and the

the house appropriations committee continues work on spending bills focusing on energy, water development, and education. michelle understates the response to the pandemic and other issues. that gets underway at 1:00 p.m. on oversightng immigration and customs enforcement, specifically, what measures are being taken to protect detainees and federal employees. >> fbi director christopher wray discussed china's influence . this was at the hudson institute. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> thank you for joining us at the hudson institute. we are here with fbi director christopher wray. it is my pleasure to be back at the office and an honor to join the director in today's conversation. here with fbi dirr christopher wray and it is my pleasure to be physically back at the office and to join the director in today's conversation. christopher wray currently serves as the eighth director of the fbi. he has served in a number of roles o

as the vice ranking member of the house appropriations committee, mr. speaker, i stand today in opposition to h.r. 76 17, the second set of fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills to be considered by the house. this mini bus of six bills includes the two largest, defense and labor-health and human services and education, as well as the titles covering commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, finally transportation, housing, and urban development. while i am always encouraged to see the process of funding government under way in congress, democrats, unfortunately, chose a deeply flawed approach in exercising this function for fiscal year 2021. remember, nearly a year ago, mr. speaker, congress passed and president trump signed into law the bipartisan budget act of 2019, which set budgetary levels for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. this bipartisan and bicameral compromise was a result of a good faith negotiation between the president and congressional leaderships. last year my friends on their side of

eastern on c-span, the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on the health and treatment of migrant treatmen -- treatment of migrant children. the house appropriations committee meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern to consider 2021 spending levels for homeland security operations and other programs. and on c-span3, the house oversight and reform committee hears from cybersecurity experts about the creation of a national cyber director to streamline the federal government's response to cyber attacks across agencies. that gets underway at 12:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span.org has live coverage wednesday of the house small business committee hearing on proposals for aiding small businesses affected by the coronavirus. that starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. found,, dr. anthony director

eastern, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that sets 2021 spending levels for the state department, foreign operations, agriculture, and military construction. coming up on "washington journal," author and syndicated columnist cal thomas talks about president trump's reelection campaign. also, democratic congressman chuy garcia of illinois talks about the state of u.s.-mexico relations following the mexican president's

at noon, the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on the health and treatment of migrant children in custody. on c-span2 the house appropriations committee meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern to consider 2021 spending levels for home security operations, financial services, and other programs. c-span3 the house oversight and reform committee hears from cyber security experts about the creation of a national security director to streamline the response to cyber attacks across agencies at 12:00 eastern. >> c-span.org has live coverage wednesday of the house small business committee on proposals for aiding small businesses affected by coronavirus at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> joining us from las vegas is jon ralston, the editor of "the nevada independent." campaign 2020 was about three and a half months before the election. give us the political lay of the land in joe biden and president donald trump. jon: biden has an advantage, steve. the democrats have a formidable machine. they won the presidential race the last three cycles. hillary clinton beat donald trump by two other half points, although that was closer than it

at one :00 eastern, the house appropriations committee continues work on 2020 spending bills focusing on energy, water development, labor, hhs and education. on c-span two, an interview with mexico governor michelle lujan grisham on her state's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at 1:00 p.m. at 2:00, house hearing on oversight and customs enforcement. what measures are being taken to protect detainees and federal employees. coming up tonight on announcer: next on "q&a, erin geiger smith talks about voting in the u.s. and issues like voter suppression and the reliability of voting by mail. at 9:00, boris johnson talked about the british government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. at 9:30, president trump and first lady melania trump take part in a roundtable with students, parents, and teachers on reopening schools in the fall. ♪ >> these voters are going to be weighing about -- waiting about 1.5 hours. normal of have about 180 polling places. this time around, just five. they said they did not have enough workers. health department workers keep people six feetpa

on c-span2, the house appropriations committee will discover legislation that sets 2021 spending levelsor environmental programs, the interior department, and the legislative branch. american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that told the american story. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courteney cox, covering his time at howard university, his involvement in this nonviolent coordinating theittee, and serving as attorney general of the pan-african congress. at four clock p.m. eastern, the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of 1953, a program on the civil rights movement, with birmingham alabama, cambridge, maryland, and englewood, new jersey, chicago, and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress, little parties, and the relation -- and polarization. presidency, on the author andrew cohen talks about his book. days, june 10, 1953, that defined ash 1963, the defined -- 1963, that defined his rights. this weekend on c-span3. >> the house foreign affairs committee held a

eastern on c-span, the house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commerce, transportation, housing, and the justice department. on c-span2 at 10:45 a.m. eastern, a house oversight subcommittee hearing on efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine followed by former vice president joe biden talking about his clean energy plan at a campaign event in wilmington, delaware. then at 4:00 p.m. eastern, dr. anthony fauci speaks to students at georgetown university about the coronavirus and slowing the spread. and on c-span3, the energy secretary testifies about his agency's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern. at his coronavirus briefing, new york governor andrew cuomo reopeninghe state's guidelines and criticized president trump's approach to schools. he also spoke about the federal government's overall response to , rising cases across the country, and concerns over travelers potentially causing another outbreak in new york. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. a pleasure to be here

on c-span at 11 am eastern, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that would set 2021 spending levels for the departments of housing and transportation followed by hearing on the coronavirus response for the governor of illinois and mississippi testify. on c-span2, other house appropriations subcommittee meeting at 9 eastern to consider 2021 spending for nasa and the department of justice and congress. the house energy and commerce committee holds a hearing on federal resources.

. >> coming up, the house appropriations committee debates 2020 one spending levels for energy, water development, labor, education, and health and human services. live coverage begins at 1 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. a discussion now on the biotech industry and what role it is playing in the fight against coronavirus. dr. jeremy levin is chairman of the biotechnology innovation avinization, ceo as well of d therapeutics. what encompasses the biotech industry? how many companies are we talking about? what is the difference between biotech and big pharma? guest: that is it great question -- that is a great question. the biotech industry was formulated in the united states. it was an industry that was unpacking the biology of cells, understanding how the biology of these cells could be used to made new medicine -- to make new medicines. pharma in the past was essentially trying out medicines on animals to see if they worked and then put them into a human being through a clinical trial process. once we und

on c-span two, the house appropriations committee considers ledger that sets 2021 spending levels for the state department, agriculture, and military construction. representative cheri bustos is chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee. organization's executive director to talk about the democrats strategy of winning elections. hosted by the american university women's and politics institute, this is just under an hour.

noon eastern on c-span the house homeland security committee holds a hearing on health and treatment of migrant children in federal custody. on c-span2 the house appropriations committee eats at 9 am eastern to consider 2021 spending levels, and other programs. on c-span 3 the house oversight and reform committee hears from cybersecurity experts about the creation of a national cyber director to streamline the federal government's response to cyber attacks across agencies, that gets underway at 12:00 eastern. >> during summer months reach out to your elected officials with c-span's congressional director which contains all the contact information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies and state governors. order your copy online on c-spanstore.org. the senate resumes legislative business after their state work period over the fourth of july holiday. the u.s. house considers the 2021 national defense authorization act with a votes expected as early as 11:30 a.m. eastern. the senate convenes at 3:00 pm, resuming debate on the nomination of the director of office of management and budget who has been serving in an active capacity si

at 10:30.t -- the house appropriations committee continues work on spending bills. on c-span2, an interview with new mexico governor michelle lujan grisham on her state's response to the pandemic. at 2:00, and oversight on ace detention facilities. taken toures are being protect detainees and federal employees at ice detention facilities? in first ladyrump melania trump participated in around trouble -- table discussion with students, parents, teachers, and medical experts on efforts to reopen schools in the fall. hours. almost 1.5 ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and this is trump. -- mrs. trump.

. >> the house appropriations committee held a meeting to consider the 2021 legislative branch appropriationsill, which is about 5% more than last year's total. representative nita lowey chairs the committee.

i appreciate your leadership on the house appropriations committee. trying to stand up for the ability of the president to keep a safe. if you look at that appropriations that nancy pelosi is bringing to the floor, it follows a pattern, go it alone, my way or the highway approach. she brings partisan bills to the floor, breaking agreements to work with both sides and continuing to limit the presidents ability to keep americans safe. it boggles the minds. i will reference the no ban acts, that will be on the floor this week. think about this, we are in the middle of a global pandemic. one of his first acts was to stop flights from coming into china when we found out china was lying and corrupted the world health organization. that it wasn't spread by human contact, that it wasn't as big of a deal, this while they are hoarding ppe. when you think about that president said we're going a strap flights. that saved lives in america. probably thousands of lies. this he took a decisive action. and he was criticized by joe biden and nancy pelosi but everyone u

. >> we are live on capitol hill this more as the house appropriations committee is continued work on a number of spending bills. today the will be debating 2021 spending levels for the interior environment and related agencies and the legislative branch. .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> once again we're live waiting for the health appropriations committee to work on spending bills. debating 2021. congresswoman lowey chairs this committee and she's retiring, she's been in congress more than 30 years. this is c-span2. >>

on c-span2 the house appropriations committee will consider legislation that sends 2021 funding levels for environmental programs. the interior department and the legislate a branch. >> esther safran foer discusses her life as the daughter of holocaust survivors and her search for lost family members. this is hosted by the museum of u.s. heritage in new york city. >> hello everyone. welcome. my name is samantha and i manage the public programs at the living memorial to the holocaust in new york city. it is my great pleasure to welcome to you to tonight's event celebrating the launch of esther safran foer n

. >> coming up, the house appropriations committee debates 2020 one spending levels for energy, water development, labor, education, and health and human services. live coverage begins at 1 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. a discussion now on the biotech industry and what role it is playing in the fight against coronavirus. dr. jeremy levin is chairman of the biotechnology innovation avinization, ceo as well of d therapeutics. what encompasses the biotech industry? how many companies are we talking about? what is the difference between biotech and big pharma? guest: that is it great question -- that is a great question.

committee passed 45 recommendations to improve the way congress works. in march, the house passed legislation to implement almost 30 of those. to see that the appropriations committee supports the work we have done so far. housell establishes modernization activities, to carry out the recommendations the committee made to modernize house operations. the committee is taking able step in investing in the future of the institution. things that we need to fix took a long time to break and the solutions are rarely cheap, so i commend the committee for recognizing modernization is an ongoing process. the bill includes funding to support transition activities for new members and staff. the select committee recommended bringing the house in line with the senate in providing members with funds to hire stafford during the post election transition. this will help new members better navigate the transition. the bill increases funding for the cio to help that office implement the efficiency initiative, a one-stop shop human resources hub congressional staff, and purser saying -- and purchasing technology. the bill raises the cap for the house student loan repayment pr

live on capitol hill, the house appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels today. one of the measures they are working on his defense spending. $694.6 billion, an increase of $1.2 billion from 2020. congressman a nita lowey chairs the committee. i will say good morning again. i call this meeting of the committee of 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 is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal .ear 2021 thank you madam chairwoman. remarks, igin my 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. he saved the conditional record -- congressional record which makes mr. rogers, my good friend, the only person in thi

eastern on c-span, house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commercetransportation, housing and the justice department. on c-span2 at 10:25 a.m. eastern house oversight subcommittee hearing on efforts to develop a safe coronavirus vaccine. that is followed by former vice president joe biden talking about his clean energy plan at a campaign event in wilmington, delaware but at 4:00 p.m. eastern doctor anthony fauci speaks to students at georgetown university about the coronavirus and slowing the spread. on c-span3, energy secretary testifies about his agency's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern. >> kaepernick, special edition of the tv airing weeknights this week on c-span2. first, black lives matter cofounder alyssa garza offers her thoughts on organizing and building grassroots movements. also a look at the writings of the late civil rights leader julian bond with the book, race man. several programs featuring the aw

eastern on c-span, the house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commerce, transportation, housing and the justice department. n c-span 2 at 10:45 a.m. eastern, the house oversights effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine and joe biden talking about his clean energy plan in wilmington, delaware. dr. anthony fauci speaks to students at georgetown university about the coronavirus and slowing the spread and c span span 3, the energy secretary talks about his agency's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern. campaign 2020 was aboute and a half months before the election. give us e

eastern, the house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commerce, transportationusing, and the justice department. on c-span2 at 10:45 a.m. eastern a sub, or maybe hearing on efforts to developing coronavirus vaccine followed by former vice president joe biden talking about his clean energy plan at a campaign event in delaware. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, dr. anthony fauci speaks at georgetown university about the coronavirus and slowing the spread. then on c-span3, the energy secretary testifies about his agency's response to the pandemic at noon eastern. oft, a hearing on oversight i.c.e. detention facilities pandemic. coronavirus the house panel focused on conditions in detention facilities for detainees and staff, federal aid, masks, testing, and quarantine procedures. this is just over two hours. >> the subcommittee on border security will come to order. today the subcommittee meets to examine the response to covid-19 by four of the contractors responsible for managing

later today, the house appropriations committee will hold a markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill. watch live at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. next with us -- robert egge is with us next. good morning. thank you for being here on "washington journal." guest: great to be here. host: what has been the role of the alzheimer's association during the pandemic? guest: our primary role is to support those with dementia and their caregivers. that has brought us right to the front lines of the covid pandemic. as we will talk about, many of those with alzheimer's and dementia happened to be at the highest risk of covid-19. to early thisback year as the pandemic was becoming known. the first cases in the u.s. being identified in february. how did your organization brace for what was to come? we were watching the news about covid-19 and thinking in operational terms. ofhave a very large group advocates from around the country fly into washington, d.c. that takes place in march. we were looking at whet

the house appropriations committee considers legislation that would set 2021 spending levels for the department of housing and transportation. this followed by the coronavirus response. another house appropriations subcommittee meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern to consider spending for nasa. and1:00, the house energy commerce committee will be hearing on federal resources for tribal communities. coming up on "washington journal," republican

we will take c-span viewers over to the house appropriations committee. ear 2021 appropriations bill is set to go all day and is set to start in a few minutes. for defense -- appropriations committee working on spending for defense, science, expected to be a long evening. you are watching live coverage on c-span. hill,are live on capitol house appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels today. one of the things they are working on is defense spending, $694 billion. fromcrease of $1.2 billion 2020. you are watching live coverage on c-span. >> the house appropriations committee working on 2021 spending levels for defense, commerce, justice, and science this morning. expected to be a long day with the markup going into the evening. you are watching live coverage on c-span.

eastern on c-span, the house appropriations committee considers 2021 spending bills for defense, commerce, transportation, housing, and the justice department. on c-span2 at 10:45 a.m. eastern, a house oversight subcommittee hearing on efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine followed by former vice president joe biden talking about his clean energy plan at a campaign event in wilmington, delaware. then at 4:00 p.m. eastern, dr. anthony fauci speaks to students at georgetown university about the coronavirus and slowing the spread. and on c-span3, the energy secretary testifies about his agency's response to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern. at his coronavirus briefing, new york governor andrew cuomo outlined the state's

eastern on c-span, the house appropriation committee considers spending bills. c-span two at 10 40 5 a.m. eastern, a house oversight subcommittee hearing on efforts to develop the states coronavirus vaccine. that is followed by former vice president joe biden talking about his clean energy plan at a campaign event in delaware. then dr. anthony found she speaks about the coronavirus and slowing the spread. the energyhree, secretary testifies about his agencies were wants to the pandemic. that gets underway at noon eastern. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or on our radio app. be part of the conversation through washington journal, or our social media feeds. by cablereated television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. mexicogovernor of new discussed her state's response to the coronavirus pandemic town hallirtual hosted by the washington post. other topics included the

at noon eastern, the house security committee holds a treating -- meeting on the health and treatment of children in migrant custody. on c-span two, the house appropriations committee meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern to consider 2021 spending levels. on c-span three, the house oversight and reform committee hears from cybersecurity experts about the creation of a national cyber director to streamline the federal government's response to cyber attacks across agencies. that gets underway at 12:00 p.m. eastern. c-span.org has live coverage wednesday of the house small business committee hearing on proposals for aiding small businesses affected by the coronavirus. it starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> coming up in an hour, the new york times's

here is a portion of a house appropriations committee debate on the 2021 defense department spending bill. after considering additional amendments, the bill passed by a vote of 30-22. the memberpose does from california rise? member from california? you.ank i have an amendment. will read the amendment. >> i ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. >> without objection. >> thank you, madam chair. amendment is straightforward. it would stop the president from starting a war with iran. has language the house has already adopted. this would not prohibit the president from using the authority he already has to respond to any attack on the united states or our allies. makes it clear that the president of the united states cannot go to war without express authorization from congress. chair, we know the administration has taken steps to escalate tension with iran justify an unconstitutional, unauthorized war. first, despite the fact that the remainder of our european partners stated they would remain committed to the treaty ,nd that iran was compliant this ministration pulled out. then th

i'm happy that the appropriations committee supports the work we've done so far. this establishes a houseodernization initiative account to carry out recommendations for the select committee to modernize house operations. by creating this new account the appropriations committee is taking a bold step forward and investing in the future of this institution. the things we are trying to fix took a long time to break and the solutions are rarely simple or cheap. i commend the committee and the chairman for recognizing that modernization is on ongoing process. symbol includes funding for transition activities for new members and staff. the select committee recommended bringing the house in line with the senate and providing new members with funds to hire a staffer, bring post election transition period. this investment will go a long way toward helping new members navigate the transition process. the bill increases funding for the cio and help the office implemented the select committees efficiency initiatives like a 1-stop shop, human resources for congressional staff and baseline technology,

later today, the house appropriations committee will hold a markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill. watch live at 4:00 p.m. eastern ,n c-span, online at c-span.org or listen live at the free c-span radio app. this is a crisis. people are losing their lives. >> with police reform taking center stage in congress, watch our live, unfiltered coverage of the latest of elements. plus, the government response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> we were going down from 30,000 to 20,000, and now we stayed about flat, and now we are going up. >> and briefings from the white house on foreign affairs. congress on health care. insight from former administration officials. >> but i do think there is a line one should not cross where governmental power is used essentially exclusively personal benefit. pres. trump: we will stand proud and we will stand tall. >> and the latest from the campaign 2020 trail. join us for the conversation every day on our live call-in program, "washington journal." watch anytime on demand at c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio

eastern, the house appropriations committee considers legislation that sets only 21 spending levels for the state department, foreign operations, agriculture, and military construction. "q&a." "washington journal" continues. host: next, we are joined by michele evermore with the national employment law project to talk about the government's response to unemployment. guest: good morning. thank you for having me. host: give us an idea of the size of the response in terms of the unemployment aid offered by the federal government with all of the measures that have passed congress. what have they provided? guest: real economic stability. it is shocking the stock it did not completely crash and that unemployment continues to decline since the initial large increase attributable to the pandemic. i think in terms of unemployment insurance specifically, the insurance covered a lot of people would not have normally had access to unemployment insurance and the extra $600 a week. it allowed people to have money to spend to keep the economy and themselves afloat. host: michele evermore's at the nalp

on c-span two, the house appropriations committee considers ledger that sets 2021 spending levels for the state department, agriculture, and military construction. representative cheri bustos is chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee. organization's executive director to talk about the democrats strategy of winning elections. hosted by the american university women's and politics institute, this is just under an hour. betsy: we are delighted to have congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. she is currently the chairwoman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. she has served four years in the house and in her previous life, she spent nearly two decades working as a journalist. with18, she was reelected the largest victory for any democrat from a district which trump won in 2016. we are delighted she is with us. thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. she is the first latina to hold that position. previously, she was vice president of campaigns at emily's list. and she worked at the dnc, so she has now come f

the house appropriations committee notes the bill language includes language directing the architectpital to remove statutes or busts from the u.s. capitol of figures who participated in the confederate army or government. some names mentioned: charles aycock, john t calhoun, james paul clark, and a bus to roger b taney. chair of the congressional black caucus said it's time for them to go. >> our ancestors built the capital. as we spend every day in the capital, to walk past statues of people who didn't even feel we were human, who wanted us to be in chains, so reckoning with that in coming to grips and moving those statues away will be extremely meaningful. >> a republican aide familiar with the appropriations process tells fox it's a policy writer that should be considered by the authorizing committees and the joint committee of congress on the library, and on this part of the appropriations process. we hope democrats will work with us on bills the president will actually sign into law. with time running short, many expect congress to pass a continuing resolution by the end of sep

on c-span2 the house appropriations committee will consider legislation that sends 2021 funding levels for environmental programs. the interior department and the legislate a branch. >> esther safran foer discusses her life as the daughter of holocaust survivors and her search for lost family members. this is hosted by the museum of u.s. heritage in new york city. >> hello everyone. welcome. my name is samantha and i manage the public programs at the living memorial to the holocaust in new york city. it is my great pleasure to welcome to you to tonight's event celebrating the launch of esther safran foer new book, "i want you to know we're still here". esther is the former executive director of the historic synagogue in washington dc and it's a storied literary debussy recounts a remarkable journey to find the families that hit her father during the war and learn about the siblings she never met and to heal the wounds of her past. we are joined tonight by esther and her son, award-winning novelist [inaudible], author of everything is illuminated, strangely loud and close and here i am

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