I hope my colleagues, witnesses, and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member kane at the Emergency Preparedness respond and Recovery Committee for coming together with the Ranking Member and me to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to procure critical supplies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. I want to acknowledge the federal Emergency Management agency, which was put in charge of the federal governments response, was asked to testify today. Fema is not here today, but i understand there is an administrator to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this, because its vital we Work Together to address this challenge. I look forward to meeting with administrator gaynor soon and hearing what administrators have to say to form the discussion. Theres no denying the coronavirus pandemic has presented unparalleled challenges. One of the greatest challenges has been procuring a
Programs. In 1982 he appeared on book notes to talk about his biography of president truman it won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and to help change the view of the truman presidency. Here he is from 1992. Cspan you start off by saying as far back as he could remember truman held onto the mythical roman heroes. What is that all about . The mythical hero who left in time of war with the great general and was victorious and renounced all of his power and returned to the farm. Thats a theme the country was founded on. If you are at the capital with the great painting of George Washington turning over his powers as commanderinchief of the Continental Army to congress the symbols earth all throughout that painting because they believe this is what democracy entailed that any citizen should be called upon at any time to serve b ultheir country in any capacity and the power belong to the people and would bepo returned to those who held it. He like to say i never forget who i was, where i ca
Todays youth is faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges Climate Change financial problems and now covert 19 honestly i dont envy young people these days the world has become so complicated almost hostile in this environment does todays use have a future and whats it going to look like after the pandemic generation lockdown our topic today on may to welcome now each generation has its challenges mine was faced with a cold war and the possibility of being wiped out in a nuclear war this doomsday scenario made planning for the future pointless instead we strove for selffulfillment after all who knows how much time we really have its actually not that dissimilar to todays millennialists but since the coronavirus pandemic hit they have gone from worrying about self realisation and Work Life Balance to truly existential fears my colleagues. Explains. Should i go to university 1st of all to australia chase my dreams for the money i want all of selffulfillment and a small Carbon Footpri
Neutralize it. T cells are like asatins, not only attacking the cells but retaining a memory of the virus, ready to mount a defense next time. What are the challenges left now that phase one and two are complete or under way, whats next . Looking at the performance of the vaccine in older people are very important. Some dont give strong immune responses as the system ages. The Trump Administration has put 1. 2 billion on the line for drug company astra zeneca to produce doses as soon as theyre ready to go. The ceo says theyre on track. Our hope is we can actually start delivering vaccine by before the end of the year. Professor gilbert is a bit more measured. Pascal said this afternoon hes hoping for october november. We all have hopes. There are no gash tease. I dont want to put a date on it because its just ilpossible to tell. Were working as hard as we can to do everything we need to do as fast as we can. Well get the results when we get the results. In fact things are moving faster
The Senate Committee on finance the subcommittee on International Trade customs and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange but an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually. But i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair treatment practices of foreign governments and especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because of its growing of facts on this list in the United States as well as culture. Last fall for example the National Basketball association had its Market Access lock in china because individual american citizens used to media platform not allowed in china to express a political opinion. Now the topic is become much more important to the lack of timely Accurate Information about the spread of covid19 due to chinese censorship has contri