And hurdles to overcome. The pandemic galvanized congress into making decisions in the early weeks, but now action is needed to ensure the Health Care System is working. Upton knowsve fred a thing or two about the power of policy and bringing about farreaching change. You very muchhank for joining us again. We have had many discussions about this. Let me just start and ask you, how has your community how is your community doing right now . I was discussing with dr. Fauci, a lot of mixed signals out there. You have a lot of manufacturing workers in your area. You have all generations responding. Give us a snapshot of what you are contending with. Rep. Upton it is a very diverse state. So many different issues. We have our state divided into regions. We had a couple regions take a step backwards in terms of where they are. The coronavirus caseload actually went up threefold in the last couple of days, so we are watching this very closely. I am encouraged about another thing moving forward. We have an entity when the president signed the bill back in april for more ppp money. It included 2 billion for home testing, and asked the private sector to come forward, and the nih was right there. We have an entity in michigan that has a panted and dutch has patented that has a product. They have a little receptacle at one end where you can put the fingerprint or saliva, and it measures three different antibodies that your body produces almost within a day or two of being exposed to covid. Why does this work . Because you can link that to a cell phone. Whether you are going to a ballgame, to school, to work, the grocery store, it is less than 10. It was approved for the first round by the nih. To seee now in phase two if they can produce those in market. They will be able to take this device once it is produced and that you have not been exposed and you are safe. Econd step that is important remember, pfizer is our largest employer. They are on speed dial to produce a vaccine, yet to be approved, later this month where they think they can have as many as 100 million doses ready before the end of the year. Obviously, this is a huge step forward, but you have another company. You have astrazeneca, johnson johnson, and others who have , andmoving at warp speed the capabilities we have seen happen because of a 21st century cure. Because we shortened the time it takes to get an approved device are in a better place today than we were eight years ago. Doingxcited we seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel , when we can get back to where all of us want to be, knowing it really did not get done by easter. Host i have interviewed the chief scientific officer of pfizer and heard about this great leap forward they have made. But in talking to others out there, senator chris coons and others, they say one part is getting the vaccine, getting the science, the other is manufacturing and this tribute in it. That is where a lot of people are very concerned. Are you worried that pfizer is going to come up with something and we will not be able to manufacture it . Why, andn that is pfizer is just one of the one of a number of companies out there. They are beginning to manufacture it, even though they are months away from getting an fda approval. They think the promise is so strong, they will be able to manufacture it. I am hoping to see some of the preparations. I am hoping to go before the end of next week before Congress Comes back to see exactly where they are and talk with some of the folks there. But they are excited about it. I heard from the chairman last week. He made the announcement. We also heard from other companies as well that they are ready to go, thinking they might not only have this first vaccine potentially to get approved, but also beginning to look at perhaps a second or Third Generation of vaccine. Host you and i have discussed this before. I have had you and representative Debbie Dingell on stage, where you talked about how you finish each others sentences frequently. It is a story of bipartisanship that Many Americans are not used to seeing. If you have any reflections on that in the time of covid and whether or not the bipartisan glue between you and every dingell aunt Debbie Dingell, if there is any chance of that, because we saw it early on. Right now, it looks very toxic again. Is a toxic place. It comes with the territory. The day, you have isen a student of this oth for a lot of years. If it never moves one way or another, house, senate, white house, nothing happens. I am encouraged. We actually made it to the world series once in my dads lifetime. Back in twocomes weeks, i am encouraged we are going to have a good discussion, constructive. We will look at phase four of a package. It will be bipartisan. It will be passed in the house narrowly on a partisan basis, over 3 trillion, likely to be less than 1 trillion, but it will include money for states, cities, and counties. If they are going to open this fall, they are going to know this will be incumbent upon them to do more. Smallerl have class sizes, only a day or two in the class, school bus issues, mask issues. We will not have a vaccine ready by then. Parents will be unwilling to send their kid to school until they know they are going to be safe, so it will be individual. Our insistence of what we do for our cities, counties, and states, the only way we do it is bipartisan. The only way we do a Police Justice bill is if it is bipartisan. And those discussions are actually happening behind the scenes, hopefully so we can get it done before the august break starts and get a bill the president can sign because no one is going to override one of his vetoes, get everyone in the room, some pizza and beer or whatever it is. But in the end, we have to be together to deal with this issue. Like we did with the first package in the past, 4171. Overwhelming again for additional money. That included billions of dollars more for the nih for home testing. The changes we did, we passed a bill two weeks ago to extend the ppp deadline. Gett is bipartisan, we can it done, and that is what it has to be as we look at this dilemma that is facing our nation that we never had before. Ist just a final question, know you encourage people to wear masks. I am seeing leader mcconnell go out and he is wearing a mask over time. He is telling his constituents to wear a mask and doing it by example. But we have seen a time wear masks have become controversial. This whole topic has become controversial. You have constituents on all sides of this. How do you get the sides to trust each other when it comes to basic look Health Infrastructure and Public Health guidelines . Rep. Upton i would encourage folks to wear a mask. This there report morning that without masks we will have 200,000 americans dead by election day. That is not acceptable. There has not been a time i have been inside the capital or a building where i dont have a mask on. I am home now, so i dont have a mask on. I believe in social distancing. Those are reasonable steps we can all take. Almost every day. Had a picture of dick cheney in a mask. I am reminding people to wear a mask every time they are with other people outside of their family, particularly in a public place that is inside. We just have to do it. It is tragic to see some of these stories, folks who have objected to it. Countrycers around the who did not believe in it, now suddenly they are passing away, coming down with covid. Ascan take steps individuals, personal responsibility not only to protect ourselves, but those who might service ourselves, whether it be the grocery store, the post office. Certainly the workplace. Host i really appreciate the time you give us here at the hill. Thank you for joining us, and keep up the fight. Thank you very much. Rep. Upton thank you for what you do. I am on your website multiple times every single day. Host thank you for the clicks