Chair fewer this is the november 18, 2020 rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. I am joined by supervisors Shamann Walton and raphael mandelman. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item number one. Clerk yes. Item one, retroactive hearing on updates related to the economic landscape f [inaudible] on march 1, 2021 through february 28, 2022. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call 4154550001, enter meeting i. D. 1467347302. Press pound, and pound again, and press star, three to enter the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. We have the department of Public Health. Colleagues, you may remember, we heard this item and continued it to today to get some more demographic information on our hiv and aids. These are the areas that we understood you were interested in hearing more abou
Possible, practice good hygiene and social distancing and wear a face mask in public if youre able to. Wisconsin was in a pretty good place in our battle against covid19. We had reached all of our gating criteria. On monday we opened up 14,000 Small Businesses across the state. Putting potentially 90,000 folks back to work in that industry. Despite that good work by wisconsinites across our state who banded together, stayed home and stayed safe, republican legislators have convinced four of our Supreme Court justices to throw our state into chaos. We awe is already last night when the Tavern League of wisconsin urged its members to open back up and people flooded to bars across the state. Instead of a comprehensive statewide approach to keep people safe were seeing municipalities around the state chart their own course. That means you might have to follow a different set of rules than your neighbors across the street. And if you own businesses in multiple locations or have employees wh
Participate. If joining by videoconference what you start speaking there will be a slight delay on the main screen. We are senators that he is that videoconference option hit the mute button until it is your turn to ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until the issue is resolved. I remind all senators and the nominees the fiveminute clock still applies. For senators using the video option, youll notice a screen labeled clock showing how much time is remaining at 30 seconds i will tap the gavel to remind them the time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order we have agreed to go by seniority for this first hybrid meeting. Thank you to those of you who are here today and keeping the capital complex safe and functioning while we honor our constitutional duty. Covid19 has challenged our sense of normalcy and tested every institution of daily life that we know. The crisis has had a major impact on the Economic Health of our country and the
Main screen. We are senators that he is that videoconference option hit the mute button until it is your turn to ask questions. If there is a Technology Issue we will move to the next senator until the issue is resolved. I remind all senators and the nominees the fiveminute clock still applies. For senators using the video option, youll notice a screen labeled clock showing how much time is remaining at 30 seconds i will tap the gavel to remind them the time is almost expired. To simplify the speaking order we have agreed to go by seniority for this first hybrid meeting. Thank you to those of you who are here today and keeping the capital complex safe and functioning while we honor our constitutional duty. Covid19 has challenged our sense of normalcy and tested every institution of daily life that we know. The crisis has had a major impact on the Economic Health of our country and the major responses been required. Congress and the administration of taken bold, dramatic steps for the e
Agencies as well. This is our first hearing on the president s fiscal year 2021 budget request. However, i want to start with a matter of urgency. The coronavirus, covert 19, cases are growing as is alarm, this is both domestically and internationally. The u. S. Government has responded to the covert 19 outbreak with aggressive measures, significant travel restrictions, mandatory 14day quarantine for individuals returning to the u. S. From province. Mr. Secretary, i support your declaration of a Public Health emergency, we are dealing with the likelihood of a global pandemic, interesting to note yesterday from the cdc that commented that with regard to the United States its not a question of if but a question of when we will face the issue seriously here. That said, i have serious concerns about the administrations responsiveness with respect to funding, i understand senators of both parties expressed a similar concern to you at their hearing yesterday. I have repeatedly asked for info