and mdc business. the mdc staff and the board of supervisors a letter in support of the extension of the business entrance program. initially co-chair sassouni attended a meeting with supervisor chan and staff to learn more about supervisor chan's beach-to-bay proposal that would affect access to golden gate park. and we also have a report from alex madrid from being in the san francisco authority, and the california -- the state of california mandate was just released that will require all providers to be vaccinated in california. the local authority is working in partnership with dos and iss on outreach and communication to make sure that the entire ihss community knows that these rules will be going into effect in november and encouraging providers to get vaccinated in order to still work. the state and county will not be tracking vaccination status. the california department of social services that oversees ihss on the state level is trying to require all counties to have an emergency backup senten

and mdc business. the mdc staff and the board of supervisors, a letter in support of the extension of the business entrance program. initially co-chair sassouni attended a meeting with supervisor chan and staff to learn more about supervisor chan's beach-to-bay proposal that would affect access to golden gate park. and we also have a report from alex madrid from being in the san francisco authority, and the california -- the state of california mandate was just released that will require all providers to be vaccinated in california. the local authority is working in partnership with dos, and iss on outreach and communication to make sure that the entire ihss community knows that these rules will be going into effect in november and encouraging providers to get vaccinated in order to still work. the state and county will not be tracking vaccination status. the california department of social services that oversees ihss on the state level is trying to require all counties to have an emergency backup sent

conference saying less than half, fewer than half of the g 20 countries have submitted those updated mdcown and then the third sticking point really from paris which has not been achieved yet is for the wealthier countries were looking at financing to help poor countries transition away from dirty energy to decarbonise. that has not been met by the target of 2020 and there are about $20,000,000,000 short, the target has been pushed back to 2023 so i think you get the sense of paris setting the bar high and the world is not following through with that yet, so again, borisjohnson trying to sort of link paris to glasgow now to say, we agreed on thing six years ago and we are not quite we are far away from, from achieving them, and we need to reinstate paris and go further and faster in the glasgow talks, and he was fairly gloomy but we will have to see what can be achieved in concrete deliverables in the next 11 or 12 days. concrete deliverables in the next 11 or12 da s. ., ~ , concrete deliverables in the next 11 or12da s. ., ~ , . or 12 days. thank you very much indeed for _ or 12 days. t

experts, typically this would require extensive travel in six to 12 months to finalize but with help and mdc, to secure the system., money spent and we appreciated. we strongly support bipartisan infrastructure bill and investing in aging infrastructure, this will help ensure to remain competitive in the global market and continuing support jobs here and michigan. thank you for the opportunity to appear here and look forward to your questions. >> you make me want to buy a retaining wall. [laughter] >> you are recognized for your opening statement now. >> thank you members of the small business committee. thank you for testifying here. a unique view on how goods and flowing manufacturer to consumer. i'm the chief commercial officer for ch robinson and run the company 25 physical and chief mrsa officer since 2015. i'm as possible for overseeing customer strategy and external communications functions. we were founded in 1905 and grown over 15000 employees globally. publicly help headquarters, we serve customers of all sizes but provide transportation services over 60000 small businesses and ass

have required extensive travel to take between six and 12 months to finalize but with the help of the mdc technology we were able to export the system and i want to conclude by expressing my strong support for the program. it's been vital for our ability to grow as a small business. we strongly support the reauthorization of the program and continued funding. we would also advocate to increase the funding to 50 million per year. this is good money spent and we appreciate that as a small business and in addition, we strongly support the bipartisan infrastructure bill investing in the aging infrastructure. this will help ensure we remain competitive in the global markets while creating support and jobs in michigan. thank you to the committee, for the opportunity to appear here and i look forward to your questions. >> you make me want to buy a retaining wall. [laughter] now mr. o'brien, you are recognized for your opening testatement. >> thank you, chairman phillips, ranking member van duyne and members of the business committee for the invitation to testify to today's hearing. as one of the