[indiscernible chatter] the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Madam chair, would you yield for a parliamentary inquiry as we start this hearing . I want to do my Opening Statement pardon me . I already recognize myself, but i will recognize you afterward. Id be holding, or that we would be holding a hearing under these circumstances. But i think it is a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid, you they they are sick, hungry, and jobless, and over 80,000 souls have been lost. The government that was supposed to protect them has failed. They haveheroes, and risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have of them. Been asked regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on , and we have the most deathsnd the most from co
[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
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Maria and we kick it off with Global Markets lets taken a look at european indices a selloff there as well. S p 200 down 250 points right now and paris down 165 and dax index in germany lower by 362. The European Union announcing the closing of its borders for 30 days to slow spread of coronavirus. In asia is overnight markets started with early rally on heels of wall street rally but then reverse course to finish in the red. Take a look at these numbers you have all of the major down better than 4 as you can see, the nikkei and japan and shanghai and composite 1. 8 and then theres oil. Oil prices tumbling touches levels not seen since 2003. As price of oil between russia and saudi arabia wages on demand is dropping oil prices right now at 25. 40 a barrel havent seen those numbs in quite some time. Check treasuries and yields right now on tenure treasury rising this morning once again, it is back above 1 . Tenure now sitting at 1. 8 that is up ten and a half basis points. The coronavir
The 219th legislature, and the chief justice and the associate justice of the supreme cour court, members of the cabinet and former governors and bringing the first lady. [applause] distinguished faith leaders and members of organized labor and fellow New Jerseyans. Five weeks ago today our state was shattered by the gunfire of anti semitism and hate. In jersey city a Police Detective and three innocent people were murdered. In what we now know was an act of domestic terror fueled by a vicious and unjustifiable hate. This was an act of hate against the Jewish Community and Law Enforcement but it impacted everyone. Hundreds of schoolchildren and their educators were held aloft down including a Catholic School across the street. Parents feared the worst part of africanamerican residents visited their homes. Without the tremendous response of everyone in Law Enforcement i shudder to think how much worse that day could have been for jersey city and for our state. If there ever was a time t