Washingtons effort to address job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Is next. N journal one month ago today, President Trump declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. With wyoming over the weekend, all 50 states have been declared Disaster Response areas. Good morning, its monday, april 13, 2020. This first hour we will ask about your thoughts on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic so far and how your state governor is handling the crisis. We will look at joe bidens just published plan to reopen america. Heres how to be a part of the discussion this morning. In the eastern and central time zones, but linus 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, that line is 202 7488001. We welcome medical professionals, to hear from you. That live is 202 7488002 that line is. Is 202 7488002 you can text us at 202 7488003. We have facebook posts ready, we will show you those. As we begin the program yesterday, the New York Times had published a lengthy story on the lead up
It is so extensive that they cannot afford to have extra beds hanging around, waiting for something to happen. This is part of the idea between the National Strategic stockpile that the federal government would stockpile supplies and medications. As we have heard recently, ventilators. Is, in placeseing that are very hardhit, people with a lot of complications, hospitals are completely overwhelmed. At the same time, we are seeing the rest of the Health System come to a grinding halt. Hospitals have stopped doing elective surgeries with things like hip replacements. Things that they make most of their money from. People are afraid to go to the doctor unless they have covid19. We are seeing primary care practices and specialty practices and things that are not respiratory basically start to lay people off. Host looking at the Health Insurance, is this overwhelming the Health Insurance part . Keeping in mind, as i understand it, didnt tested or having covid19 related expenses will be cove
Rep. Pelosi good morning everyone. Yesterday hundreds of thousands of women and men reported to the streets to champion values of the American People. Hundreds of thousands people here, hundreds of thousands of people in different cities across the country. Tens of thousands throughout the different venues. On the anniversary of the womens march, on day one of the trump shutdown, americans marched to call on our government to honor the priorities and values of the American People. Here todayto stand with House Democratic women who are leading the fight for those priorities and values in the congress. Yesterday on the floor of the house i said there is a path and here today we want to talk more about that path. You heard yesterday in our press event about the letter to the president to say what are the priorities we are fighting for in all of this. I just want to Say Something to our men and women in uniform. Toin Congress Take an oath defend the constitution and the American People. We
Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Ms. Hirono are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are in a quorum call. Ms. Hirono i i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Hirono mr. President , when donald trump was a private citizen during the last Government Shutdown, he said, and i quote, problems start from the to be, and they have to get solved from the top. And the president is the leader and hes got to get everybody in a room and hes got to lead. Thats what donald trump said when he was citizen trump. He is now the president. Now that hes the president , he has those shoes to wear, he refuses to step into them and step up. The only person to have actually said maybe we need a good shut downis President Trump. Although i have to say recently, the office of management and budget director Mick Mulvaney also said it was cool to shut down the government. Unbelievable, definitel
Somebody the other day [indiscernible conversation] good morning, everyone. Yesterday, hundreds and thousands of women and their men poured into the street in hundreds of different cities in the country. The anniversary of the womens march and day one of the trump shutdown, americans marched to call on our government to honor the priorities and values of the American People. I am here to stand with you inth my fellows congress. We sent a letter to the president to say what are the priorities we are fighting for in all this. I just want to Say Something to our men and women in uniform. We in Congress Take an oath to defend the constitution and the American People. We value the service and courage and leadership of our men and women in uniform and we are here for them. We want them to ignore anything they are hearing from the other side, they are not going to get paid. They are going to get paid and we want them to have the resources they need to keep america safe and to keep themselves