Gentlewoman from new york, mrs. Lowey. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 6201, currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Mrs. Lowey the Families First Coronavirus Response act builds on the 8. 3 billion supplemental enacted last week to meet the needs of the American People. By guaranteeing free coronavirus testing, providing paid leave, strengthening Food Security initiatives through additional investments in w. I. C. , food banks and senior nutrition. The bill also makes sure that children who depend on free and reduced price meals have access to food during school and child care closures. Mr. Speaker, we must help ensure the physical safety and Financial Security of our nations working famil
I called to order this hearing of the Senate Budget committee. The hearing on Government Accountability offices annual report on the nations Fiscal Health. We will hear from nonpartisan watchdog on the Fiscal Health and importance of confronting our critical fiscal challenges. I welcome back mr. Dodaro who is the most usual and best witness providing information throughout the year that is extremely helpful to heading off some of the future crises that will happen if we do not Pay Attention. This hearing will cook off a series of hearings and to findons about Hope Solutions and help build the foundation for next years budget cycle. The next few years should be significant for the committee. The committee has been working hard to enact reforms that improve transparency and accountability in the budget process and help put us on a more sustainable fiscal path. Introduced the bipartisan congressional budget and i emphasize the as thatartisan wa was the first since 1990. We were successful
Selfquarantine themselves or canceling events and closing campuses. Because whether or not youre infected or know someone who is infected or have been in contact with an infected person, this is going to require a national response. Not just from our elected leaders or our Public Health officials, but from all of us. We must, all of us, follow the guidelines of the Health Officials and take appropriate protections to protect ourselves and, and critically to protect others, especially those who are most at risk from this disease. Its going to mean making radical changes in our personal behaviors. More frequent and more thorough hand washing. Staying home from work if youre ill. But also all during the deeply engraged habits in our country like handshakes and hugs. Thats why earlier this week on the recommendation of officials, my campaign canceled Election Night rallies that wed planned to hold in cleveland, ohio. Were also reimagining the format for largecrowd events we had planned in
Outbreak, we wanted to get you information about changes happening at the department impacting Service Members. I want to start with the latest numbers. Today there have been 30 seven reported cases, 18 military, 13 dependents, three civilian, and three contractors. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will provide updates each day as we receive them. Friday, deputy secretary norquist released Additional Guidance on travel. Effective today through may 11, all Domestic Travel for military personnel will be halted unless it meets one of a number of waiver criterias including Mission Central travel or humanitarian reasons. This will also restrict dod civilian hiring on dod installations to people within the immediate area of the facility. The secretary continues to state his top priority is to protect Service Members and family and maintain our ability to complete central missions. We are going to take all those efforts. I want to give a couple additional updates. Hasy, the Depa
I would like to speak about what the department of defense is doing in response to the coronavirus. I want to remind everyone that the United States military is is remains ready and capable of meeting our requirements. I just returned from a visit to fort detrick seeing how theyre advancing treatments for the coronavirus. I was tpwhreevend Army Medical Research cutting edge covid19 response and then visited the Army Medical Research institute of Infectious Diseases to learn about its ongoing experimentation and testing. The armys work on a vaccine is one of the many ways the department of defense is supporting president trumps whole of government approach to fight the virus and substantially slow its spread. Many of the policies and guidelines we have released go hand in hand with the president s 15day plan. We have issued international and Domestic Travel restrictions to all d. O. D. Personnel and families that should dramatically reduce exposure to the virus. Inside the pentagon we a