Being with us. Thank you for having me. There is a lot of attention on congressman tom massey. Were overwhelmingly frustrated from those i talked to and what i could observe from being in the chamber during the vote. Leaders in both parties believed and hoped that they could pass this legislation through unanimous consent or by voice vote and Thomas Matthew was the only thing standing in their way of doing that. It forced lawmakers from across the country to really scramble to get to washington. They took flights, drove overnight to be there in order to vote for this. People were frustrated. They wanted to observe the social distancing recommendations that Health Officials are telling us to do. They wanted to model that for their constituents and for the country. And by bringing them together in one room, it was not an example of social distancing. Host it came on the same day that two more members of the house, one democrat, joe cunningham, one republican, mike kelly, confirming they now are battling coronavirus. Katherine yes. Callreally been a wakeup for lawmakers, i believe, in congress to watch their peers come down with this illness. We also saw it in the senate where a senator started to take the risk of themselves and community much more seriously as one of their own was diagnosed. In the house, there have been members who fell ill and were tested and tested negative, but the concern that they did have it kept them away from the vote out of precaution. You are seeing that also with lawmakers who have family members who are vulnerable. Theyre concerned about going to work at the capital and then heading home to maybe someone who has a preexisting condition and could have really negative consequences. To getting ill. Host lets turn to this massive piece of legislation. The president making the comment tonight he has never signed anything with a t in it. Well over 2 trillion in this stimulus plan. Where was the oversight to make sure there is not waste, fraud, and abuse with this amount of money . Katherine they built into this legislation an Oversight Board that will be tracking where this money goes and how it is spent. That was one of the primary sticking points over in the senate before the Senate Passed the bill. Democrats wanted oversight. That was not primarily with the Treasury Department or the white house. Areais a congressional that they will assign people to be on this Oversight Board who will have shortterm and longterm oversight. That is money gets doled out the next couple of weeks, there will be people looking at it at that point instead of just a couple years out, taking a look back. Host we are talking with katherine tullymcmanus. Her work available on rollcall. Com. A couple of pro forma sessions, but essentially lawmakers are out for nearly a month, the house and the senate, correct . Katherine correct. We dont know at this point when the house will come back. Majority leader steny hoyer told reporters he didnt know and that he will be checking in with Health Officials, the members of the house themselves, and other entities to make sure that when they come back, it is safe for members to be traveling back to conduct business of the house. But, also that members are ok to leave their communities. But, to have the majority leader said he does not one when the house will reconvene for legislative business was pretty stunning. Host thank you very much for being with us. Her work available at roll of our livess any coverage of the government response to the coronavirus outbreaks, watch at any time at cspan. Org coronavirus. Briefings to updates from governors, it is all there. Use the charts and maps to track the viruss global spired. Spread. It is the fast and easy way to watch unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. This week in newsmakers, the Top Republican on the House Energy Committee talks about how the house and administration are addressing the coronavirus pandemic. Our guest, congressman greg walden of oregon. Several of the nations governors gave updates on the state efforts to fight the coronavirus. Coming up, new york governor andrew cuomo. Edwards,t, john bel who state has seen a sharp rise in cases centered in new orleans. First, governor cuomo