appearing before the committee is the acting administrator john barth a. the $19.6 billion budget proposal and lawmakers ask about humanitarian efforts, the pandemic, and the potential effects of proposed budget cuts. >>

appearing before the committee is the acting administrator john barth a. the $19.6 billion budget proposal and lawmakers ask about humanitarian efforts, the pandemic, and the potential effects of proposed budget cuts. >> the committee on foreign affairs will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to call her recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements. extraneous material and westerns for the record subject to length limitations and the rules. to insert something into the record, please have your staff emailed vesely circulated address. , physicallyr present in this room for guidance of the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times except when a member is speaking and a microphone. please also sanitize your seating area. this is a safety issue and therefore an important matter of order and decorum for this proceeding. for members participating remotely, please keep your video function on at all times, even when you are not recognized by the chair. members are responsible for muting an