This is the silliest thing that has ever happened. They should have postponed it. Youre getting people sick out here. Georgiass election making national headlines. Lines wrapping around buildings and calls for investigations following allegations of voter suppression. The results are still coming in, with the secretary of States Office saying it could take longer than usual because so many people chose to vote by absentee ballot to the coronavirus. Susan erin geiger smith, those are scenes from two recent primary elections in the 2020 campaign year. Are they a harbinger of what this country might expect in november, or aberrations . Ms. Smith i hope that they are not, but i think a lot of preparations need to be made, for it will be. I actually think it is so important that we have these sort of test runs, the primary, to kind of see where the kinks are, and hopefully both the local Elections Officials and at the state and federal level are watching it and seeing how to solve the probl
These voters are going to be waiting about an hour and i have to cast their votes. The city has consolidated. Normally 180 polling places, this time just five. Workersh Department Keep people six feet apart while other voters wait in the drivethrough. I think it is the most serious thing that ever happened. They should have postponed this. We are going to get people sick out here. Georges primary election making national headlines. Precinct closing late at night. Calls for investigations following elevations of voter suppression. The results are still coming in with the secretary of state saying it could take longer than usual because so many people chose to vote by absentee ballot. Erin geithner smith, those are scenes from recent primary elections. Are they a harbinger of what this country might expect in november or aberrations . Erin i hope they are not, but i think a lot of preparations need to be made. It is so important that we have these test runs, the primaries, to kind of see
Pandemic. We follow the advice of the attending physician and the sergeant of arms that were seated at least 6 feet apart. That means theres no room for the public or media here, but the media is participating we hope. And we hope the public is as well. Our website. Our witnesses are participating by Video Conference which is change for the United States senate and a welcome one because it makes it possible for us to attract witnesses to have busy schedules on the same day such as today some are participating by Video Conference senators may remove their masks since we are great thank yout a part to the press gallery and the architect in the capital police, Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i each have an Opening Statement then we will turn to our witnesses we think for being with usfoo today we ask that you summarize your remarks and five minutes to have time for the large number of senators we expect to iparticipate we will have one roun
The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
Address the rises in covid19 cases and reopenings in the starting of the economy, how do you balance those two . Guest those are important stories. People are correct to be concerned. The numbers that appear to be going up. People are also concerned about the continuation of having to the economy as contracts the way it has. You will have to balance both. Thise are smarter about disease than they were a few months ago. We have all seen the benefits and wisdom of social distancing. Certainly, i could to give times in the past where i didnt feel well but i went to work anyway. You cannot do that right now. If you are sick, stay home. If you suspect someone is sick, dont be around. Remember back in march, the purpose of Closing Everything down was to save the health care to be from what appeared a coming surge of patients who were very ill. Wouldnt overwhelm our system . Youe was no concern because kind of saw it happen in wuhan, china. You kind of side happen in italy. There was concerne