Said the United States overnment must address the spread of this deadly oronavirus in a smart, strategic, and serious way. E stand ready to work in a bipartisan fashion in congress and with the administration to achieve the necessary goal. Lives are at stake. This is not a time for amecalling or playing politics. The first step that Congress Must take is to ensure that the resources has the needed to combat this deadly safe. And keep americans then we go on to some of the that we think we need to go with it, but thats, inbox. In your earlier this week, yesterday, actually, i said that the American People need a of dinated, whole government, fully funded response to keep us safe from threat. Navirus unfortunately, and this is the my telling this unfortunately, up until now, the administration has often chaotic response to this outbreak. Hey left critical positions acant, in charge of managing pandemics at the National Security council and the department of homeland security, them vacant. They dismissed the people and slots. Filled the they were there were previous administration. He trump budget calls for slashing almost 700 million from the centers of disease control, and this was the budget, which came out after we about the coronavirus threat. Continues to our by ransacking other health needs. Whether its the ebola fund or others. Until now. Up now, we are trying to work in a bipartisan way and thats one of the reasons that i was meeting with you this morning. Were trying to were coming bipartisan agreement in the congress as to how we can go forward with a number thats good start. We dont know how much we will need. More lly not so much because prevention will work, but nonetheless, we have to be to do what we need to do. Nd in that regard, we want to make sure that the president cannot transfer any of these new funds this is part of the from chuck and me, from leader schumer and me he president cannot transfer any of these new funds to the ing other than use for coronavirus threat that we interestfree ve loans made available to Small Businesses who are suffering the coronavirus. Some may have to shut down because of that. To make sure ant that the vaccines are affordable, affordable. Important to make that point because of what yesterday. Zar said we would want to ensure we can work to make it affordable, but the price ntrol because we need the private invest. O really . Thats this will be a vaccine with taxpayer d prevent, and ain, we think that should be available to everyone, not big pharma. I guess yesterday when the secretary made that illadvised he was wearing his pharma hat which he wore before he came here. Sure thate want to be state and local government are incurred for costs while assisting the federal esponse to the coronavirus outbreak. Again, i met with i spoke with the Vice President this morning. Some of these concerns known to him. E have we always had a candid relationship. I expressed the concern i had of position this while i look forward to working with him when he was governor indiana slashing the public ealth budget and having some clinics one especially a clinic closedhood where was the anyplace in scott county where you could get h. I. V. And aids. There was an outbreak. Again, he will have his side of story, but the fact is is hat the health professional, he director of the health in indiana at the time, jerome dams, was the Vice President , then governor pences Health Health officer, hes now the Surgeon General of the United States. About resources. Its also about personnel. For also about respect science, for evidencebased its about ing, and having so much of that talent proud of in our Public Health sector be countries so ther that we can get a true, a true and accurate true assessment of what is happening countries. They may have the best intentions, but they may not we say, even with ost talent they may have, they dont have the value added that omeone from our country could lend. So in any event, we look forward, as i say, to working a bipartisan way and hopefully, you know, again, in a about our way concerns about past performance or statements that are made. In perspective as we move forward to have the dequate funding, the respect for science and evidencebased ecisionmaking and, again, reimbursement for state and impactsvernment and the its having in our communities. Speaking of community, i had the privilege on monday of having a through china walk town. H china i always feel very privileged to nd say my poor colleagues when they go home, they dont have the advantage of this in myful diversity i have district. Sadly, china town is being very tourism by the lack of and the rest of the coronavirus went there. Of us any press came too to go to temple, light the candle, have a sum that was, go visit and make fortune cookies factory. Rtune cookie cookie ay, the fortune machines are made in america and phenomenon. You dont find it in china. At least it didnt begin there. To show competence, not fear, in terms of the virus. In every way we want but not ly prepared panicking or fearful of what is happening. Tomorrow on the floor of the house, we have very important legislation. To stop the Youth Tobacco pidemic that were expressing, also on the Public Health front. He house will vote on h. R. 2339. Strong legislation to combat the growing Youth Tobacco and crisis. Tte 5. 3 Million Middle School and High School Students using ecigarettes, more than twice as many as two years ago. Surgeon to the u. S. Eneral, youth ecigarettes use is an epidemic. The bill protects our children with strong measures, preventing marketing to youth under 21. Banning all flavored tobacco menthol including cigarettes and ecigarettes. On its usuals just rampage. Gummy bear,ors like to ensnare cotton and addict our children to tobacco. Ecigarettes sing use flavored cigarettes. So here we are. Would reduce Health Disparities that spring from smoking. This is something, a statement by the u. S. Out medical association, africanamerican doctors, the nurses black association, the naacp, black the s health imperative, association of black cardiologists, the Tobacco Control leadership council, the list goes on and on. 75 organizations representing Public Health, communities of color, and of the bill upport from the American Academy of pediatrics to National School nurses, ociety of thoracic surgeons, cancer. Ffecting lung this statement says, to congress, end the sale of tobacco products, including Menthol Cigarettes and flavored ecigarettes. Support h. R. 2339 to protect our kids. It really i dont know if youve seen this statement. It. Me read for decades, big tobacco has targeted africanamericans with m enthol cigarettes with devastating consequences. Menthol cigarettes have addicted generations of in canamericans, resulting my death rates from lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other smokingrelated illnesses. Seven out of 10 africanamerican menthol, ers smoke making them more likely to become addicted smokersment the Tobacco Industry is using ecigarettes to hook a new new flavors like bubble gum, mint, mango, menthol. Ts a Public Health crisis affecting over 1. 53 million kids. The National Medical association of black doctors, nurses black association, black Womens Health imperative, association the listcardiologists, goes on and on. Those whoever signed onto this. Vote on o have a good that tomorrow. Today is a very sad day for us year ago today we passed h. R. 8 and sent it over senate. H. R. 8 is our legislation, as you know, for commonsense checks, and it is ts very sad that the grim reaper has decided that more people will die because hes the reaper. 100 people a day, my is die from gun violence. Not all can be saved by this but many could. So we did h. R. 8 today one year, and then tomorrow h. R. 1112, the outh carolina loophole that enabled hate crime to be erformed at mother emanuel church. Well, this would close that loophole, mr. Clyburns bill. 90 of the public support commonsense background checks. Democrats, republicans, gun owners, because most of them have engaged in background checks. This would be only a simple of expanded to sales on internet, issues at gun shows. Of Internet Sales have come the more abundantly since bill was originally passed. This is only an expansion of all of that. We would hope that we could save that. Doing anyway, i have some other things to talk about. Perhaps we can do it in the q a. Questions. Telling what are you your members, those who are ervous, perhaps, of a Bernie Sanders nomination . Speaker pelosi ive been very this. In all of our responsibility is to win the house. We have known how to win. We have demonstrated that in the gerrymandered, voter uppressed arena and yet we gained 40 seats in the last election. Not yielding one grain of sand bold, ssage of Progressive Agenda and and nonmenacing and ms to he money, the advance our cause with our message and our ground game. Very well managed by Ben Ray Lujan and now continues by cheri managed bustos, our chair, and the most mportant part of those ms are the memberstobe, our candidates. They are absolutely spectacular. To make sibility is sure that those we elected last congress, keep the majority, and add to our numbers. Own residential is its race. And i dont contrary to what you may be hearing or writing, are not getting we are all unified. Nominee of our party, we will wholeheartedly support. Gospel is one of unity, unity, unity. I dont have the experience hat you may have described about hearing from anybody. I just would like to ask usually comes to not those who parachute in for something. Yes. Question is on fisa. Obviously there are more concerns, especially on the republican side of the aisle 2016 what happened in the election. Allegations. How have some of what concerned mostly republicans about fisa, make that tougher challenge [inaudible] ou know thats a unique cocktail of votes that was put together last time on both sides f the aisle to pass it and how does that those concerns about republicans make it time around with the deadline looming . See. Er pelosi we will as you say there is a deadline. Us, from a legislative standpoint, but march 15 is the deadline. The challenge, and this is my wheelhouse. For the for some of the fisa revisions in the past. Is to have the right balance between Civil Liberties security. Al i think the bill that was put the judiciary committee, working with the intelligence committee, does that. There are others who would like see some other provisions. Through that king now out of respect for everyones point of view. T is really important that we pass a fisa bill. One thing i am very happy about, a ause this has been just painful experience for all these years, is that we will have an the Data Collection by etc. Hone records, so that will be out. There are many good things that protects ill that further protects Civil Liberties, and i will hope we it. Come to a conclusion on reporter did the markup canceled yesterday, did that meet that gher to deadline . Speaker pelosi depends. Its a postponement. Go through anytime somebody has a suggestion, what oes it mean in terms of Civil Liberties and National Security . And so well see how that goes hopefully it will be done expeditiously. Yes, nancy. Reporter how concerned are you that the stock market drop we saw in response to coronavirus fears . You think those market jitters should be taken account, both around the belt and the white house when you are delivering messages about coronavirus . Pelosi well, we are hoping to work in a bipartisan stop the spread to have preventions, sciencebased, evidencebased ecisionmaking with professionals who know the territory of science and job. Miology to do the he market drop now its, 3000, 2500 last night, thats bad. E want to do it without panicking people without this. The market will do with the invisible hand that it does. Does show some fragility on the part of the market that it drop so much. But, again, it cant affect what e do if what were there to do is to prevent and not panic subject. The the president said something so to nge that you really have wonder. He said the reason the market dropped is because of the debate night. Er well, the market had dropped 1,800 points before the debate night. Er the market dropped while he was peaking yesterday in his press conference. So lets not lets not be that is. Ut what clearly the lack of ability to some of the product to sell and the rest has an impact on bottom line with some of these companies. We dont like seeing the market drop. Thats for sure. Hope that this will have a cannot affect it how we address the issue. Is Public Health. Our issue is prevention, and we lower ope that would not the market but raise the market to show e want decisions have made to put this now. Od hands reporter madam speaker, today oure [inaudible] told you advise your members support [inaudible] pelosi this is not the purpose of the meeting. Dont read too much into it in your moments. Is a strictly a housekeeping meeting. Date, to say, this is a like march 7 coming up is when the names will be sent to the who the ties as to unpledged delegates are. Is about how we participate in committees and the rest. Reading of just a the rules. Its not anything about that. Clear. Rules are very the person who will be nominated for president will be the person the majority of the votes. In addition to that, though, i to sayke the opportunity again. Said over and over were responsible to win the house of representatives, and that is what we intend to do our our mobilization, with messaging, with our resources in rder to win and hopefully that victory will also help to win help win the to white house. We also want to help to win local government positions as well with our emonstration that we know how to win. So thats not what that meeting about. Reporter superdelegate support [inaudible] who er pelosi the person will be nominated is the person who will have majority plus one. Evenmay happen before they get to the convention but well see. The people will speak and thats what were listening to and its exciting thing. But thats not what this meeting is about. Dont read too much into it. Its merely housekeeping to say this is this is how you can committee. This is when you get a chance to vote. Them ou call unpledged delegates can vote for ice president on the first ballot. Just technicalities like all reading of the rules. Its not political. Thats not the rules say one. Majority plus yes, maam. Reporter you just said that its your job to put forth an thats mainstream. I think you heard nonmenacing. Right. Pelosi thats im talking about the house of representatives. Agenda differs from senator sanders agenda. You are not advocating medicare all. Do you think senator sanders mainstream . Speaker pelosi well, health care is the most important issue campaign. There are three issues Health Health alth care, and care. Thats why part one of our agenda and how we won the time was to lower the cost of health care by lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Was to build bigger paychecks by building the a rastructure of america in green way. And the third was cleaner government. Think we can i find some Common Ground to work administration. On the part of lowering costs of so. Cription drugs, i hope cleaner government, not so. Thats where we are. Unusual for a Party Platform or the candidates for their own o have agendas that they would put forth. And its not unusual for the representatives to have its agenda as well. To win in certain particular areas. Were not about a popular vote country or in particular states in terms of the electoral college. District by district. And thats how we won last time. Demonstrated that we know how to win. Ur impetus in that victory continues. The momentum is there to help us win other positions as well. We put everything on the table, have a discussion, and see where we go from here. Its not about causing any division as we go forward. Unity, unity. Will r our nominee is, we support with respect to his or her position and hopefully with respect for our positions as well. To e have made a decision win, and as i say to the members, if you make a decision make every have to subsequent decision to win. No friction, no nothing. Stay on the path to victory. Because its so very important. Country is a great country. Its a great country. Could resilient that it even withstand one term of donald trump. Two terms and the damage hes with the rule of the law, the court system in our country, the air our children breathe, he denial of climate and the rest just time will take a toll. O its absolutely essential that we win. Whoever the nominee is will have our wholehearted support. Unity, unity. Made a decision to win. Thank you, all, very much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] and House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy held his weekly news conference. Defended the president s decision to put Vice President mike pence in charge of the Coronavirus Task force. Called on democrats to not turn this into a political fight. Mr. Mccarthy you know, when i was up in new york this week i few of your bosses. They said you told them to tell me good afternoon or something