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., 3, at commissioner charles rettig. you're watching c-span. brought to you today by your television provider. deny denis mcdonagh is a former chief of staff to president obama. this is 45 minutes. center for d international studies. this event is 45 minutes. >> good evening, -- good morning, everybody in washington. good evening, everybody in korea. welcome to the 15th addition, brought to you by the good folks at kia motors. this week on the capital cable, u.s. foreign policy, u.s. elections, biden-harris transitions and their implications for korea and northeast asia. our guest this week, perfectly positioned to address this critical and evolving set of issues with not just implications in washington, not just implications in seoul, but implications around the world . and we are lucky to have mr. denis mcdonough, former white house chief of staff. cabinet rank, we have broken the cabinet rank ceiling here. former deputy national security advisor and former advisor to the n.s.c. he is someone who has sat at the nexus of foreign policy, u.s. p

in c-span3, the ways and means committee hears testimony from charles rettig. whitmergan governor held a briefing on the states response to the coronavirus pandemic. she urged the federal government to pass relief legislation. this is 40 minutes. . >> good afternoon. today is thursday, november 19. thank you for joining us. i am joined by our chief medical executive. president of the michigan chapter of the american academy of pediatrics. barbecue andof a delta township. kendra patterson, the co-owner of michigan barn wood and selvage in mason, michigan. yesterday, the epidemic order that the department of health

rettig. this is live coverage on c-span3. >> we are going to get started in just a minute now. i am informing the hearing room and once the hearing room screen shows up we're going to begin. just wanted to let everyone know. >> good morning, welcome -- >>

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>> irs commissioner charles rettig testified before the house ways and means committee on oversight. committee members questioned the commissioner about irs audits, the backlog in processing tax returns and agency operations for the next t filing season. >> okay. good morning. welcome. i call to order the subcommittee on oversight. i want to thank everybody for joining us today. we're holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with house resolution 965. accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. that's outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. before we turn to today's important topic, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to end-us navigate ther the -- help us navigate the terrain here. first, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted. for those participating virtually to limit background noise. [inaudible conversations] we'll pause for one moment. [background sounds] >> members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek

committee hears testimony from charles rettig. whitmergan governor held a briefing on the states response to the coronavirus pandemic. she urged the federal government to pass relief legislation. this is 40 minutes. . >> good afternoon. today is thursday, november 19. thank you for joining us. i am joined by our chief medical executive. president of the michigan chapter of the american academy of pediatrics. barbecue andof a delta township. kendra patterson, the co-owner of michigan barn wood and selvage in mason, michigan. yesterday, the epidemic order that the department of health and human services ordered limiting indoor gatherings where covid can spread went into effect. i want to remind everyone these actions are both targeted and intended to be temporary. these steps are what the public health experts tell us we need to take to avoid overwhelmed hospitals and death counts like we sought in the spring. it will also protect our medical workers, first responders, and other workers who have put their lives on the line to protec

on c-span3, the house ways and means oversight fromttee hears testimony irs commissioner charles rettig. members of the white house coronavirus task force talked about the distribution of a vaccine and measures americans should take to protect themselves. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. we just completed our second eeting this week with members of the white house coronavirus continued. and we've we've continued to be on the sail mission w o save american lives. to work every day toward that put the coronavirus in the past. 'm joined today, and you will hear in a few moments, from members of the white house coronavirus task force including those leading the effort of vaccinations, under operation warp speed, and i think you will be as impressed as i was, at fema earlier today, heard the detailed plans for the virtual immediate distribution of vaccines when and become approved available to the american people. from very early in this pandemic president's direction we've followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally state managed and locally executed. and to that end this pa

. >> irs commissioner charles rettig testified before the house ways and means committee on oversight. committee members questioned the commissioner about irs audits, the backlog in processing tax returns and agency operations for the next t filing season. >> okay. good morning. welcome. i call to order the subcommittee on oversight. i want to thank everybody for joining us today. we're holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with house resolution 965. accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. that's outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. before we turn to today's

charles rettig, will join us and i appreciate that personally and professionally. mr. rettig, this committee has waited a long time for you to join us, and for -- we already looking anxiously, waiting anxiously. nearly two years. it is astonishing this is the first time you're appearing before the chief tax writing committee in the house. i mean, put yourself in our shoes, we're trying to do our job, you're trying to do your job, and we have very little communication. with a brand new administration on the horizon this may be your first or your last appearance before us. before us. i'm not suggesting either, but the point of the matter is we're glad you're here. i'm disappointed you refused to join us for our important hearing on taxpayer fairness a few weeks ago. the united states has had an excellent record of compliance with our tax laws. americans dutifully pay their taxes assuming the system is fair for all. whether you're rich as rockefeller or just a regular joe, because of that our voluntary system, tax system has been a model for the world. it really is. at le

charles rettig, will join us, and i appreciate that personally and prossionally. mr. rettig, this committee has waited a long time for you to join us, and we were looking anxiously, wting anxiously. nearly two years. it is astonishing this ishe first time you're appearing before the chief tax-writing committee in the house. i mean, put yourself in our shoes. we're trying to do our job, you're trying to do your job, and we have very little communication. with a brand new administration on the horizon, this may be your first or your last appearance before us. i'm not suggesting either, but the point of the matter is we're glad you're here. i'm disappointed you refused to join us for our important hearing on taxpayer fairness a few weeks ago. the united states has had an excellent record of compliance with our tax laws. americans dutifully pay their taxes assuming the system is fair for all. whether you're rich as rockefeller or just a regular joe, because of that our voluntary system, tax system has been a model for the world. it really is. at least until recently. our