Good morning. I call this hearing to order. Before i address the topic of todays hearing i want to say a few words about whats happening in communities across our country today. This is a time of great pain and unrestfor our nation. Americans are truly outraged by recent killings. Anyone who watched the video of the murder of george floyd has to be horrified and heartbroken. The resulting peaceful protests about police abuse against any american citizen are important and necessary our nation needs to listen to the voices of africanamericans about police brutality. Every american citizen deserves justice under the law. Some of the peacefulprotests have been hijacked by violent criminals. The destructing and looting and arson must stop. Those who commit these crimes dishonor the memory of george floyd and dishonor the cause for which the Peaceful Protesters first took to the streets. Now in a moment of americans to come together to listen and to heal. The goal of this hearing today is to
Word signup box. While the house of representatives remains out of session due to the coronavirus pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee met on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to the labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member congressman tom cole. Our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center
[inaudible conversations] him him him. The hearing will come to order. Good morning welcome to the labor health and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee todays hearing is with the ongoing response to the coronavirus. Like all other efforts of the supplemental package we have been bipartisan when we commend him my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Before i began i went to extend they were to our witnesses tom friedman president and ceo and former director of cdc in prevention 2009 through sc 2016 doctor rivers senior scholar that hell security an assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schools of health. Doctor friedman will do is perspective of fighting epidemics including leading the cdc response of where we are and what we need to do to protect americans doctor rivers makes a case where the months and years to come we will need additional capacity heea with Contact Tracing to combat the viru
We are in a time of great sadness, 60,000 people have died, more than 60,000 from the coronavirus. Americans have applied for Unemployment Insurance. The lives and livelihoods of the American People are at stake. And we have to make some decisions about times. The time we would go forward to the economy. That is the question at hand. I firmly believe there are three steps that we must take in preparation for what comes next. Aboutf us have talked testing, testing, testing. Our first bipartisan bill, which we wrote in february, pratt passed on march 4, was about testing, testing, testing. The impression that was given is not everybody can be tested because we do not have enough tests, masks. Lets get it. Lets get it all. The tests were reserved for those who reach a certain threshold and that was almost two months ago, and we should be creating more tests. Confidenceive people to go into the workforce is if they know their coworkers have been tested and cleared to be there. What will gi
Addition of washington journal, on cspan. Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on additional coronavirus funding totaling 500 billion dollars. As states looked to gradually reopen, we talk to a leading Infectious Disease doctor about how to get there with treatment methods of covid19. And later, Public Policy antivirus, with former Senate Republican leader and a trained frist. , dr. Bill numbers, 202 7488000 for the eastern half of the country, for the western half, 202 7488001, and if you are a medical professional, 202 7488002. Johns Hopkins University says worldwide coronavirus cases have cap in the u. S. Totaling the u. S. About 840 5000, just over 47,000 confirmed deaths in confirmed the u. S. Across all 50 states. Is ang us from tennessee Infectious Disease expert from Vanderbilt University. Dr. , thank you. Good to be with you. Steve let me begin with therapeutics and other medicines that will allow us to get to know normalcy in this country. . Hat will it take things. One is bet