[background sounds]. Good morning everybody. Acute very much for attending the hearing and im sure will have more command throughout the morning. Mr. Craig carbonated was that right. Yes attorney the district of new jersey. Associate deputy journal. The assistant director of criminal investigative division. Fbi. Assistant director of the office of investigations of the lighted states secret service. So we talked about this before. Fraud related to the cares act. Scams out there against seniors selling masks the does work. Playing on young peoples fears. And partially you try to do some good the country, people take advantage of it. And we are going to hear from her folks today but what is going on out there and so it is about how to make sure it stops if we can. In phase four will be coming. Theres a need my view for phase four. I would like to learn as much as we can about the paycheck Protection Program. And supplement unEmployment Benefits. How those programs are sometimes being abu
Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. School covid plans should let the plans last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls warp speed, faster than weve ever done that before, but no one expects a vaccine this august. And the second half of the school year, schools should be bet
Feeds. Cspan created by americas Cable Television companies as a public service. Brought to you today by your television provider. Officials have been tracking a number of fraudulent schemes related to covid19. The Senate Judiciary Committee Held a hearing on efforts to combat fraud and exploitation during the pandemic. Members heard from officials from the Justice Department, f. B. I. And secret service about price gouging, the hoarding of p. P. E. And filing of fraudulent applications under the paycheck protection loan program. This one is about two hours. Good morning everybody. Acute very much for attending the hearing and im sure will good morning everybody. Thank you very much for ttending the hearing and im sure we will have more come in throughout the morning. Jersey. Associate deputy journal. The assistant director of criminal investigative division. Fbi. Assistant director of the office of investigations of the lighted states secret service. So we talked about this before. Fr
On cspan2 at 9 30 a. M. The Dc Circuit Court of appeals heels oral arguments in the perjury case against Michael Flynn and at 1 00 a virtual townhall with virginia senator mark warner and representative gerry connolly. Next a look at efforts to combat fraud and exploitation during the coronavirus pandemic with officials from the Justice Department, fbi and us secret service. They testified on price gouging, the hoarding of personal protective equipment and the filing of fraudulent applications under the paycheck protection loan program. The Senate Judiciary hearing is just under two hours. Good morning, thank you very much for attending the hearing and more will come in throughout the morning. Mister craig carbonito, phil hughes, associate attorney general, assistant director of the criminal investigative division, fbi, the assistant director of the office of investigations of the United States secret service. We are talking about this before, fraud related to the cares act, scams agai
The number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And doctor Francis Collins who once led the human genome project and now leaves the National Institutes of health needs a competitive shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and extensive diagnostictests. Covid19 plans should last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls s work speed a, faster than weve ever done that before but no one expects a vaccine this august. The second half of the school year schools should be able to provide more tests, more treatments, better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should begin to have vaccines. It will likely be the fall of 2021 though before we begin toapproach normal. There are several reasons schools have an advantage in weproviding a safe environment for students and for faculty. One younger people have been less hurt by covid19 and older people. Although doctor county told our committee we sh