Aid package the house is expected to vote on today, the special Election Results in wisconsin, and the House Resolution authorizing remote voting by proxy. Speaker pelosi good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here. We are in kind of a new arena, so thank you. To, colleagues, i say how are you . That used to be sort of a turn of phrase, now it is a question. How are you . Forou are well, come here friday. If you are not, stay home. Thanks for not sharing. This is quite an exciting time for us, because we have a monumental need for our country. It is a sad time. 85 thousand people, tragically, dead. Nearly 1. 4 Million People infected. Havethan 36 Million People lost their jobs and filing for unemployment. Yesterday, chairman powell estimated, he stated the need for congress to act immediately and pass further economic relief. In his words, he said, additional fiscal support could be costly but worth it if it helps avoid longterm economic with aand leaves us stronger recovery. Fo
Press secretary tested positive for coronavirus. Tonight the nations top Infectious Disease expert, along with the heads of the c. D. C. And f. D. A. , are all in what they call modified quarantine, because they were in contact with one of the aides. The Administration Says the prt ce president do not have coronavirus and that theyre being tested daily. And late today, the president declared the u. S. Has prevailed on testing, saying any american who wants to get tested can, though he did not explain how. He did say the white house is making 11 billion of funding from the stimulus bill available to the states to increase testing. As we come to be air tonight, more than 80,000 people have been killed by covid19 in the u. S. , and more than 1. 3 million cases have been confirmed nationwide. Tonight in some parts of the country, infections are still rising, even as 49 states are loosening restrictions. Theres a lot of news to get to tonight. We have team of correspondents covering it all.
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly t
Return to work. And to stay ahead of the pandemic, america will need an additional 100,000 contact tracers, according to Johns Hopkins university. By one count, states have hired or announced plans to hire about 66,000 so far. Does the lack of a federal standard put your state at risk and surrounding states at risk . I certainly think if the feds were to participate, if the feds were to establish, as you say, National Standards or some rules around compatibility with respect to one state to another because youre right, there is a lot of back and forth between states. And people move. They dont just work, they move. I think that could be very helpful. Reporter as more americans test positive for the virus, researchers say confidentiality is key for contact tracing. That means shielding the identity of every covidpositive patient. Even from the people they may have infected. Contact tracing is critical. Virtually nobody disagrees with that. But out there in the public, there is a concern
Thank you for your support and for your knowledge. If i might, id like to have tim start off by seeing saying a few words and and scott turner, executive director, has done an executive director. Scott, we would like to hear from you two. Truth be told, your commitment has gone beyond the voting booth. Youre helping people because they are americans, you dont care if they are democrats or republicans, black or white, rich or poor. Your focus is making sure that america is healthier as we come out of this covid19, and i thank you personally for your support of all people, but specifically to the Underserved Community and what we have before us today is a way for us to improve the economic outcomes and improve the health outcomes, and in the long view of what we think is in the best interest of connecting people to the opportunities that will change. Heir lives from an Economic Development perspective, i always think about capital and competency. The more access to capital you have, the