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York, it was after 9 11. New york is hit the hardest so far, but to be clear, this is a nationwide threat, and were beginning to see this. Numbers spiking in new jersey, louisiana, in pennsylvania, michigan, florida, georgia, and some of them are the people trying to help treat those infected. In just three hospitals in boston, more than 100 employees have now tested positive for the virus, and these are the Health Care Workers were counting on to help the victims. Were covering this story around the country, around the world as only cnn can. Lets go to john harwood, cnn business anchor susan chatt chatterley. These were statements from Steve Mnuchin just a moment ago that might surprise people listening. I am curious what your thoughts were when you saw that 3. 3 million number this morning. To be honest with you, i think these numbers are not relevant. These numbers are not relevant . John harwood, thats 3. 3 million americans who dont have jobs anymore. Theres no question about that, and in fairness to Steve Mnuchin, i think, jim, what he was saying was its not relevant to the underlying condition of the economy. It is a crisis right now, and thats why Congress Last night, or the senate last night unanimously passed a 2 trillion Fiscal Relief bill to try to get us to the other side, get workers and businesses to the other side of the health crisis. I think mnuchins belief, and i think the belief of jay powell, the chairman of the federal reserve, is that if we can get to the other side on the basis of Public Health and the threat of the virus, then the economy can function reasonably normally again. There will be some permanent losses for sure because of businesses that go under and that sort of thing, but theyre trying to minimize that. I think thats what secretary mnuchin meant by that comment. Understood. Fair to have the context there. Julia, lets talk about trend lines here. This is one week but one pretty shocking week. Again, to say, 3. 3 million jobless in one week is four times the record in this country. You have to go back nearly 40 years to that record. Is this one week where we expect to see several like it to follow . Theres one estimate you lose 14 million jobs by summer. Its a really important question. Remember, the framing here is very important. This is deliberate. We are creating this situation by the measures that were taking in order to suppress the virus. So thats one thing, you would expect this. To johns point, the hope is that the survival package we Just Announced will cushion and protect companies, small and mediumsized enterprises, letting their workers go to try to suppress those claims numbers rising again. The other critical thing here, the expansion of benefits. Theyre going to catch a whole bunch of people weve never captured before. The gig economy, so if these people ask for unemployment as they should do, that will bump the numbers up. The science will be terribly im imperfect to figure out at this point, but its devastating for the people. I thought my own job would be in peril, quite frankly. I hear you. John harwood, lets then talk because a lot of folks watching right now are among that 3. 3 million, or may soon be going forward. The stimulus package, what specifically does it include to help bridge the gap forget the companies for individuals. Extensions to Unemployment Insurance, but also increased unemployment pay and payments for a period of time, right . Thats right. 600 of increased unemployment pay which was a universal metric they used to smooth out the differences between the states. But yes, more Unemployment Benefits, longer Unemployment Benefits in addition to the 1200 checks that individuals are going to be getting either through physical checks if they dont have direct deposit with a financial institution, or through direct deposits. The administration hopes that this money with get out the door and into those accounts within three weeks, a month, and their hope is that in the meantime the knowledge that its coming will at least be reassuring to peo e people. But we certainly could, to your question to julia earlier, we could have more weeks like this. There are 6 Million People employed in the United States. If you start shutting off businesses personally for a personal health objective like were doing, youre talking millions and millions of people, and the economists i talked to said we should talk unemployment going north of 10 . Of course, it was about 3. 5 coming into this crisis. Everybody needs to brace themselves for this and congress has taken a step to try to reassure. The house is expected to pass it tomorrow, President Trump will sign it. But we have tougher times at the moment and tougher times ahead. People see it wherever they are. Empty streets, empty businesses, people not going to work. John harwood, julia chatterley, thanks to both of you. Brynn gingras is at a New York Hospital with patients brimming at the seams. Tell us what that means at just one hospital trying to cope with this. Reporter yeah, jim, this is the center of the epicenter. Thats what were seeing right now, ask thatnd thats what the hospital has described itself, basically, as. We just saw within the last 24 hours 13 deaths alone at this hospital. Its an incredible crisis thats happening on the ground here. The queens, the burrough, in new york city that has the most coronavirus cases. Were seeing about ten people go in at a time to those two tents. Those are the triage tents. Places where those patients who sometimes have been waiting here for hours, they were lined up before 5 00 this morning when we got here. Came here to get a test or theyre actually going to see a doctor. That line just never slows down. Thats what were seeing here on the front lines. You know, there are reports that inside the er here at this hospital, its being described as apocalyptic. I can tell you, jim, just being outside here all week with my crew, it doesnt feel much better outside, either. You would be hard pressed to find someone walking down the street or around this hospital without a face mask on, not even just walking but in their cars, on bicycles, everybody is taking the serious precautions because of what is happening in this particular community. We know that there are resources that are being flooded to this hospital by the New York Hospital system, with doctors and nurses, and again, i want to point out that one nurse i talked to who was leaving her shift who says shes just in a constant state of paranoia that she has the virus herself and she may possibly give it to someone else. Its just incredible to hear that, because on the other side of that, the governor has said that 40,000 people have volunteered, some out of retirement, to come back and help all these doctors and nurses on front lines. Thats another element to the story is people stepping up to do their part. And thats encouraging. Brynn gingras in new york, thanks very much. If you think this is just a new york problem or a coastal problem, its not. Lets talk about louisiana. Its now emerging as one of the nations hot spots here. The state seeing an alarming spike in coronavirus cases, including more than 400 cases in just the last 24 hours. That brings the total number there to 1800 statewide which probably understates the numbers of testing there is. Joining me now is carl arnold. Hes the director of new Orleans Office of Homeland Security and preparedness. Thank you for taking time out of your day. I know you have bigger fish to fry, but lets talk about louisiana. A spike in cases, nearly 1800. John bell edwards, the governor, said louisiana has the fastest growth rate of coronavirus cases in the world today. Do you have a sense of why that is . Well, i think thank you for having me. I think a lot of it is we are actually testing quite a bit more right now per capita. New orleans area is kind of the epicenter of coronavirus in the state, and we, you know, we really today might top a thousand cases. Were at 827. Were going to get an update at noon from the state department of health, and thats 37 deaths. Were a community of 40,000 people and were a tightknit community, so this is affecting everyone, really. Residents so far in the state of louisiana have been told to stay at home until april 12th. Is that long enough, in your view, or is that just a start . I dont think were going to see the results of both the mayors staple mandate and the governors staple order probably for another week, so were being very cautious about this and really, were seeing that our residents are actually doing this. Weve got some independent data thats showing about 73 Less Movement throughout the city. Im obviously around through the city all day, and im seeing that its pretty empty and its encouraging that people are listening and we need them to really push through this. We know its a very difficult thing to have to do, but its very necessary to stop the spread of this virus. Understood. Some folks have looked to mardi gras there, of course, a big event in new orleans, as one reason why it spread quickly early on. Is that what your data is telling you . I mean, really, certainly we had over a million and a half people in the city, including international visitors, you know, all attending parades daily. I think that thats obviously probably an issue for what weve seen in new orleans. Understood. Let me ask you now about help. So many states have been reaching out to the federal government for help, not getting it fast enough, not getting as much as they need. What does your state need, and is it getting what it needs . Well, weve been part of a pilot drivethrough Testing Program with hhs and fema, and we really you know, were going to have 3,000 tests accomplished by the end of the day just in Orleans Parish in the city of new orleans. Thats a great partnership. Were told well get resupplied today and tomorrow to do another week of testing, and thats encouraging. But i think what youre seeing nationally is we need more protective equipment. Our First Responders are still out there responding, some of them exposed. Theyre following cdc guidelines, but we need more ppe, we need more ventilators. Obviously the public is concerned right now. Our food banks are running out of food. Theyre going to be out of food in about two days. The cdc really needs to give us a waiver to get in the food program, and it hasnt happened yet. Final question, the governor of a neighboring state is saying stayathome rules just not necessary now. Based on your vantage point, are they necessary . Theyre absolutely necessary. We need our people to stay home, and somebody saying that, theyre not doing enough testing. Thats the bottom line. It just hasnt affected them yet, but its in their community. It is there. This is going to be the disaster that defines our generation. Goodness. Yeah, i think theres a lot of evidence of that. Let me just extend my thanks to you, because its folks like you that are doing a lot of the hardest work to keep this under control. We wish you the best of luck, we wish your community the best of luck. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Well, another state were checking in on coronavirus cases in california. Theyre doubling every three to four days according to californias health and Human Services secretary. 53 people have died so far. There are more than 2500 cases statewide. Joining me from palo alto, california, dr. Wagner. Hes in object the ci obstetr care in california. Tell us what youre seeing there . Are the cases still growing and do you have what you need to respond there . Thanks for having me. Its been an exciting couple weeks trying to prepare. I want to say the shelter in place and social isolation seems to be working. Weve had a little bit of lull in our Emergency Department volumes the last couple weeks which has really given us the opportunity to prepare. Its all preparation, its all trying to figure out how we can build capacity in the system with icu beds, ventilator systems, blood banking. This lead time in the process has really given us time to prepare for what we expect will be a surge of patients in the next one to two weeks. Thats what were hearing in so many communities, one to two weeks being key. Youre expecting when that happens you will have, for instance, not just enough ventilators to treat those affected but how about protective equipment to keep doctors like yourself safe . Thats creating a little bit of uneasiness and anxiety amongst the Health Care Providers around here. Currently we have the ppe we need, but we have no idea how long this virus will last. Will it be two weeks, four weeks, six weeks . That unknown is creating a little bit of fear among providers around the state of california, is will we have what we need. Its making people be creative about 3d printing and Digital Health to use as a way to interact with patients without being right next to the bedside, allowing us to reserve ppe and allowing our providers to be safe and not exposed to the virus. My sister is a doctor. Talk about explosion in telehealth here which might be a lasting change. I know its early there, but california is a state that early on issued these stayathome orders. In the data, are you seeing an effect from that . Are you seeing any evidence of the flattening of the curve . I think we have felt the flattening of the curve, at least over the past couple weeks. Weve also been ramping up testing. We have the capacity now to test well over a thousand patients a day in our home institution, and were hoping that the flattening will continue and allow that surge to slow down so we can build the capacity we need. And then also prevent provider burnout, which were really concerned about as well. Thats good news. We hope that trend continues. Dr. Alexei, wagner, good luck to you and your team. Thank you. New york city has become the epicenter of the crisis there and around the world. The u. S. Is ordering a 60day freeze on overseas Troop Movement among all this. Well talk about all that coming up. My time is thin, but so is my lawn. 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Leaders from various offices, the president to the head of various hospitals, saying everything is going to be fine. From our perspective, everything is not fine. I dont have the support that i need and even just the materials that i need physically to take care of my patients, and its america. And were supposed to be a first world country. Thats not a unique outlyer perspective. Weve heard it from so many doctors around the country. Deanne criswell, so good to have you on, and i appreciate it because i know you have a lot on your plate. Thank you. I want to get your reaction to that, a first world country and i cant get the resources, the equipment, the help i need. I think shes spot on. We are starting to see some equipment and supplies flow in, but we asked and anticipated this need weeks ago and were just starting to see it come into our city. And, really, what its doing right now is buying us time, which is what we need right this minute, but were going to continue to need more, and we need to figure out how do we continue that flow of resources in here so we can take care of those patients that need it most. Tell us what its like. There is a scramble now. Cnn reported yesterday the president is now reaching out to countries abroad for ventilators, the most basic equipment. You hear of state versus state, hospital versus hospital. You got new york to handle. How does one source 100 ventilators if you need them . How do you find them . We need thousands of ventilators, not hundreds. We need thousands of ventilators, and i understand that this is a need across the country, and theres a very tough job for the federal government to figure out how are they going to distribute such a scarce resource. I think one of the things, again, that needs to happen is use of the federal authorities to the defense protection act if they can mandate maybe they have and im just not up to speed on what they have or havent that some Companies Start to build these forests. They have that ability to do that through these laws. I want to ask you about the trajectory of infections in new york at this point. Andrew cuomo said yesterday not seeing a slowing, actually seeing an acceleration. Is there any evidence that the shutdown, the stayathome orders, are beginning to flatten the curve, as its noticed, slow the rate of infection . My focus right now is not necessarily on the number of new positive cases. Were testing more and were going to continue to have those numbers go up. And were going into this assuming that everybody, if you were to get tested, could potentially be positive. Our focus is on that 20 that are going to be the most sick from this and really watching the numbers of people that are getting hospitalized, and that changes every day. The numbers that go into icu and that change every day and increase exponentially and the numbers that eventually die from this disease. Those are the numbers i have to focus on so i can plan for the resources, really, the total number of cases, its going to continue to go up because we do keep testing but i have to focus on that piece of it so i can get the right people, the medical staff, the supplies that they need, and then the facility surge space so we can treat them. Are you already running into situations where you have to say no, where you cant get the equipment that a hospital needs to respond to this . We are not there yet, but its through the ability to be creative, to redistribute it across our hospitals. The biggest thing i need right now is to be able to decant patients from our current hospitals into like what theyre building right now at the Javits Center so we can open up the space in the hospitals to get the best care for them. We do have resources on the ground right now to help build that out, but honestly, the discussion and the planning for what its going to look like is just taking too long. They need to get these facilities up and running now so we can relieve the pressure from the hospitals, move those patients that dont need to be in there for covidrelated care so i can start increasing the level of care in the Hospital System itself. Understood. Well, again, we always appreciate when you take the time to talk to us. We want to get the word out for you so youre getting the help that you need, but i also want to thank you because i know youre working and your team is working damn hard at this. Yeah, this is definitely a holy city approach, without a doubt. 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A 60day movement freeze is the latest effort to stop the coronavirus from spreading within the military, but its there. So far 280 Service Members have tested positive, breaking out on some ships as well. Cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. So barbara, what impact does this have on military operations and is there an impact on National Security . It does start with that 60 days freeze in place order you mentioned, jim, the secretary saying all troops overseas will stay put for 60 days and anybody in the United States that have orders to deploy overseas, they will stay put here as well, literally a freeze in place for the u. S. Military and, of course, so many military families. Because the concern is they have not stopped this thing in the ranks. The trajectory for the u. S. Military is still very much upwards. You only have to look at the aircraft carrier, u. S. S. Theodore roosevelt, which is currently sailing in the pacific. They now have eight positive cases on board that aircraft carrier. It carries 5,000 people. Theyre trying to isolate people, figure out who else may have been exposed. Those eight sailors being flown off the ship to get medical care. The problem is its an example of what they cannot risk. They cannot risk having one of these Major Military assets or units put out of commission, so they are really trying to get a handle on this thing. The secretary hopes the freeze in place order will go a long way towards that, but just look at the numbers. When you look at the uniformed military, d. O. D. Employees, contractors, they have had some 600 cases so far. Jim . And those ships, man, close quarters, shared facilities, lots of risk there. Barbara starr, great to have you at the pentagon. President trump is holding a Virtual Summit to discuss the coronavirus with members of the g20 group of nations, the talks coming hours after the g7 failed to issue a statement because the Trump Administration insisted on including the phrase wuhan virus. Kylie atwood joins me from the state department with more. Kayl kylie, whats the point of this . You need global acclimation. Whats the point of this phrase . Reporter the president has called it the wuhan virus. The argument theyve made is the chinese is trying to deflect blame. Theyve made a false accusation saying the u. S. Military was the one that brought the virus to wuhan, so in labeling it the wuhan virus, secretary pompeo is trying to make a point. But this did create some Division Yesterday when there was a g7 ministerial meeting that happened over teleconference, and the other leaders of these other countries did not agree they should come out with a joint statement calling it the wuhan virus. So it created some division at a moment, as you say, when they are trying to talk about a Global Response when it comes to fighting this pandemic, so well have to see if there was any division on the g20 call that President Trump was on this morning. Good, a fight over labels. So another challenge for the state department. 10,000 americans have now returned home after being stranded overseas due to various travel restrictions imposed. What about remaining americans overseas . Theres been a lot of frustration expressed over efforts to get them back. Ye reporter yeah, so there are new numbers this morning. 10,000 americans have received assistance from the state department in getting home. These were americans who were stuck in countries where the borders were closed, where the International Air spaces were closed. But as you point out, there are lots of americans who are still trying to get back to the United States. Just yesterday the state Department Said that there are 50,000 americans who may be seeking assistance, but that number was triple the number the state Department Gave just on monday. So as they get these requests coming in, they are growing and growing, and the airlifts the state department is trying to facilitate are putting a large burden on this department, and theyre creating frustrated americans who arent getting home as soon as they would hope to. Jim . I can imagine. They want to get themselves home, im sure they want to get their families home. Kylie atwood at the state department, thank you very much. Straight ahead, new york workers at one city hospital, just one, now say theyre busting at the seams. Dr. Sanjay gupta will be with me to answer all your questions, all the news, coming up. Attention guardians of the grass, navigators of the turf and keepers of the green. To the rural ramblers, back to the landers, head turners and stripe burners. 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Dr. Sanjay gupta, always glad to have you on. A lot to run through today. Dr. Fauci last night, he warned that the coronavirus could come back in cycles. And thats caused a lot of concern when he said that. What does he mean by that, and over what period of time . Well, you know, hes talking about this idea that has come up almost since the beginning of seasonal variation. Is this going to have a seasonal variation like other coronaviruses have, like seasonal flu has where it comes and goes like this . He seems to think there is more evidence of that now. Why . Because the southern hemisphere, as temperatures start to cool there, you are starting to see more spread of the virus, which would also mean in the northern hemispheres as the temperatures start to warm, you should see decreased spread, which is potentially shortterm good news. But i think the reason dr. Fauci was bringing this up was, look, this also means it will come back as the weather starts to cool again, so lets make sure we can be even more prepared, take advantage of this warmer weather time. Also recognize that its not over just because the numbers start to decrease. Understood. Lets talk about where we are, then, in the first cycle. Were still very much in it. Governor cuomo said yesterday that the rate of infections at least in new york state not slowing yet. Do we see do we know where we are on that curve that we talk about, the curve that were trying to flatten, and is there evidence that the social distancing that many people are doing is having an effect . Yeah. You know, i think there is some early evidence that the social distancing is having an effect. The metaphor i always use, jim, its kind of like a huge ship going through the water. You make these changes and it takes a while to actually see the ship respond to that. Its not always instantaneous. I think the point dr. Fauci is making by the way, i have to say hes very responsive. I text with him often, ive known him for 20 years, skpeands very responsive to this stuff. We see the curve which is updated almost every hour nowadays. The problem is we dont know where we are on that curve . Is that a peak for a couple weeks as some have suggested, or are we in the early part of that curve . We dont know. It could be were starting to see some evidence of that peak happening in two three weeks in california, it may be a short time thereafter, we just dont know. Heres the thing to look for. The case numbers will continue to go up. The thing that people should really look for is when the pace at which these numbers are going up starts to decrease. That means youre starting to get toward the apex of that curve. I dont know that were there yet. Understood. Were learning so much about this disease every day, and there is a study out about a connection to heart injuries here. Tell us what that is and why its important. Yeah, so we are learning a lot. We have to have a humility about this as these new studies come out. They teach us something. They found about 20 of people, regardless of age, regardless of preexisting conditions, had evidence of some sort of heart problem, heart muscle damage with the covid, with the coronavirus infection. People who had this sort of heart damage were three to four times more likely to die as a result of that as well. So this is an area for clinicians to really focus on. Obviously the respiratory, the lung issues, the impact on other organs, but now at least one in five patients having evidence of heart damage as well. It could be that the inflammation starts to build up and block some of the blood vessels that are leading to the heart. Theyre not entirely sure why its happening. But they have to monitor for this, because if they can help reverse some of this heart damage, that might improve the patients chances at recovery as well. Its sobering to learn that there are some lasting effects from this. If youre lucky enough, right, to get through it. Final question, because weve been making a point today and in recent days speaking to doctors around the country, because this is clearly not just a new york problem or a Washington State problem. We talked to new orleans, we talked to rural georgia yesterday. What is that telling us as this spreads more broadly outside of the coastal urban areas . Well, look, i know this hospital in rural georgia, ive been talking to people there as well. Theyre basically full right now. I mean, so, you know, this is obviously an issue over there. Jim, as we look at these maps, as we see these numbers, the thing that people should keep in mind, you and i have talked about this, is were really looking at an image from basically 10 to 14 days ago, from the time someone is exposed to the time they get symptoms, get their testing. Were seeing that, but thats refle reflective of up to two weeks ago. What has happened in two weeks in this country . Its pretty clear the virus continues to spread, and these rural areas which seem to have few or no cases, they probably have them. They just havent really been tested there yet. It says we really cant let our guard down now, and i think more practically for people who are watching right now and saying, look, this is a new story for me, i feel fine, i would say i hope you continue to feel fine and chances are that you will. But keep in mind that 14 days or so later from your time of exposure is when you develop symptoms. So really be mindful. Keep your eye on symptoms, stay home and behave like you have the virus so you dont spread it to other people. Dr. Sanjay gupta, youre doing excellent work. Thanks so much for all that. Tonight an jsanjay gupta an Anderson Cooper will be back for our next town hall. Bill gates will also be a special guest. Youll get all your answers there. Its worth watching. 8 00 eastern time on cnn. Now that the senate has passed a 2 trillion bill, what will happen in the house . Well have an update. Thats the power of sanctuary. Apps except work. Rywhere. Why is that . Is it because people love filling out forms . Maybe they like checking with their supervisor to see how much Vacation Time they have. Or sending corporate their expense reports. Ill let you in on a little secret. They dont. By empowering employees to manage their own tasks, paycom frees you to focus on the business of business. To learn more, visit paycom. Com our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition. For strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentyseven vitamins and minerals. Ensure, for strength and energy. In a show of bipartisan agreement, the 2 trillion stimulus bill passed in the senate, the vote unanimous, 960. Now its in the hands of the house. Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill. The house expected to vote tomorrow. I imagine quick passage, but will representatives have to come back to washington to cast their votes . Thats been an open question. Reporter its still a question because Democratic Leaders in the house and Republican Leaders want to to be by voice vote, which ensures that people dont have to return to washington, but any member can request a recorded roll call vote, which means members have to return to washington to cast that vote, and we see some members not ruling out that possibility. Alexandra cortez voiced that, so well see if all the members agree to do just that, jim. Nancy pelosi will be speaking live. Shes talked about an additional relief package here she comes, in fact. Hold your thought, manu. Im not celebrating until i can hug my grandbabies. Im waiting for that day. Hopefully that will be soon. Last night, as you know, the Senate Passed important legislation. Were very proud of the product. We think it is we did jujitsu on it that it went from a corporate first proposal that the republicans put forth in the senate to a workers first, democratic workers first legislation. As i was coming here, i saw nearly a thousand deaths in the United States. 900 yesterday, but i dont know the numbers today, but theyre saying nearly a thousand deaths in our country. Tens of thousands of cases. This is a pandemic that we havent even seen for over 100 years in our country. Its really such a tragedy. So we had to take important action. We had to take action that put Families First and workers first, and thats what we did when we did our first legislation. The first two bills were about addressing the emergency dre directly. 8. 3 billion for research for a vaccine, for a cure. That, of course, is the light at the end of the tunnel. Funding for testing, testing, testing very important so we know we can takie inventory of the challenge that we face and more importantly that we can address each familys concerns about this. The next bill was about masks, masks, masks so we can test, test, test, among other things. Emergency. The bill that was passed in the senate last night and that well take up tomorrow is about mitigation. Mitigation for all the issues we have in our economy while addressing our Emergency Needs we have in our country. Next well go from emergency, mitigation to recovery in terms of where we go to grow the economy, to create more jobs in light of the reality that we have just been through. So right now we have the legislation that will come to the floor tomorrow. I anticipate and i feel certain that we will have a strong bipartisan vote. We take some pride in the fact that, as i said earlier, the Congressional Democrats in the senate and in the house were able to flip this over from corporate trickledown republican version to bubble up for Families First legislation. Again, we have some other things we want to do, but first we want to take pride in what happens there. For workers, we were able to get, of course, extended and expanded extended from what the republicans wanted and expanded employment insurance. This is so important in terms of funds that go to major corporations or companies or anyone, the direct condition is that, for example, with the airlines that the money that is given to the airlines is given to the workers directly. Just a passthrough, it goes directly to the workers and has some conditions for other money that goes to any of these companies that they have no buybacks, no dividends, no bonuses, all of those kinds of concerns are so offensive that happened before with federal funds infused into their entities. So were very happy about all of that. One of the differences, as i said, their corporate now will bubble up from workers. Can you believe, i think it was 49 republicans last night voted in the senate to deprive those on Unemployment Insurance of the additional 600 a week. How could it be that in this time of stress and strain and uncertainty about health and life and livelihood that they would vote that way . But i think it does demonstrate the point that i made that its not about workers first. But the bill got to be there and i thank the Senate Democrats for using leverage they have with 60 votes. I take pride in what we had in our house bill that is in the senate bill now. Fo for workers and families, we put Families First. Again, we hope that the right now we want people to take advantage of all of this quickly. The ui will depend on how the states do it, and theyre not all uniform, but we want people to know exactly how they can benefit from that, and were putting all that together so all of our members can decide how they can facilitate enabling their constituents to take advantage of the opportunities there. Again, the bill last night and tomorrow will be a large infusion of funds for hospitals, Health Systems and state and local governments. We want more. And this was a big, strong step. Small businesses, so proud of the work of all of our chairmen. The they were just dazzling in their knowledge, their strategy, their experience in getting the right kind of bill passed, even though, again, come pro pri , c recognizing that we won the day. For rent, utility costs, eligible for sba loan. I salute chair Nadia Vazquez for what she was able to accomplish there. Schools funding, thank you, bobby scott on our tomorrow, doing so much work there. Dont get me started on all the members. Ill be talking all night and youll see how they present tomorrow on the floor. And we have oversight. There was this idea they put for that there would be a

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