Administration, it is already manufacturing tens of millions of doses of six vaccines. And by the end of the year there will be tens of millions of doses of these vaccines already manufactured, ready to distribute. First, of course, to the priority individuals, those who are most vulnerable, Health Care Workers and others. Then according to the administration, they expect to be able to produce 300 million to 700 million doses of vaccines by march or april of next year. That is unprecedented. When i was a kid, we were terrified by polio. I had classmates who were in an iron lung and parents who were worried their children might be just as well. It took ten years to get a polio vaccine and polio is now eradicated. Most of the vaccines that our children take before they go to school, like mumps, measles, chicken pox, you have to take these vaccines, all 50 states and the district of columbia before you go to school. Most of them took ten years to develop. If the optimism of the administra
Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp and heard from borrowers and challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive travelled through the districts to speak with Business Owners about how they faired through the pandemic. And ive heard some of the successes and challenges they face with the ppp. And uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrower who is eventually access the loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated and conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan for proceeding consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness and effectively convert the loan into a grant which was the congressional intent i
These spiritual attributes that your name will be glorified throughout our nation and world. As our senators dedicate their lives to obey your precepts, direct them to your desired destination. Lord, give them a faith that will not shrink when at times they cannot see clearly the road ahead. Help them to place their total trust in you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley imagine the people of the United States have been able to follow the demonstrations in bella rouse in opposition to the president declaring victory, since alexer chankov has con sol dated con
Through sag after. Hello, everyone, i am Chris Jansing in for stephanie ruhle. Its friday, february 5th. What a week its been. Breaking news, the first jobs report of the Biden Administration is in, it shows modest job gains, 49,000, slightly fewer new jobs than expected. The Unemployment Rate came down to 6. 3 from last months 6. 7 . But, and this is important, both november and decembers jobs numbers were revised, painting a picture even worse than previously thought. Bottom line, the recovery may be stalling, and theres still a ton of economic pain thats devastating large parts of the country, nearly a year after the pandemic began. But help may be on the way after working through the night and into the Early Morning the Senate Just Passed a budget resolution, a critical step in getting a new relief bill through. The vote was 5150. All democrats on one side. All republicans on the other. Vice president harris casting the tie breaking vote for the very first time. Were going to hear
Poet louisa glick is honored for her unmistakable poetic voice. Im Claire Richardson and welcome to the show berlin has been declared a coronavirus hot spot as the number of new cases that passed a critical threshold the german capital had already announced the introduction of tougher restrictions the countrys a Disease Control agency is also warning that the spread of the corona virus nationwide could become a quote under control if people fail to keep to hygiene and distancing rules german chancellor Angela Merkel says she doesnt want a repeat of what happened in spring when europes a large just economy went into lockdown. More than a foot has a new infections in the past day thats germanys highest rate since april when the kountry was to knock down has minister yen span want of growing complacency in the population and called for responsible behavior the next 6w8xw people cooperate the chances of the virus spreading will drop dramatically like that if theyre good at this and they ma