Good morning. I am my friedman, the 113th president of the National Press club. I am a journalist in residence at the university of maryland global campus and executive producer of the public broadcasting series. The spread of coronavirus is now affecting everything from travel and major events to the stock market, in addition to the human toll. Government, community, faithbased and corporate organizations across the country and around the world are meeting, monitoring and urging people to take precautionary measures, including washing your hands frequently, using hand sanitizer, social distancing on site and staying home if you are not feeling well. We are here this morning to learn more about how our local cities and counties are preparing for possible outbreaks. Do local Health Officials have enough protective equipment, including masks and gloves on hand . Are Hospital Personnel and First Responders trained up to deal with coronavirus patients . Are tests for the virus readily avai
Coronavirus. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on Administration Budget request for the department of Homeland Security. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Acting secretary wolf is here today on the extraordinary troubling circumstances. Americans are rightfully concerned about this coronavirus, and spread its way across cost group called and claimed the lives of thousands and including at least six years home. Working to the government for leadership and guidance. And fourthly the Trump Administration, has not been equal to the task so far. In the place of this potential pandemic, the president is downplayed as threats, overstated help close scientists are to developing a vaccine, and muzzling experts in his own administration who disagree with him. It is a crisis unfolds, the president has continued to hold political rallies including a recent one that he
Security, cybersecurity, Disaster Preparedness and the coronavirus. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on Administration Budget request for the department of Homeland Security. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Acting secretary wolf is here today on the extraordinary troubling circumstances. Americans are rightfully concerned about this coronavirus, and spread its way across cost group called and claimed the lives of thousands and including at least six years home. Working to the government for leadership and guidance. And fourthly the Trump Administration, has not been equal to the task so far. In the place of this potential pandemic, the president is downplayed as threats, overstated help close scientists are to developing a vaccine, and muzzling experts in his own administration who disagree with him. It is a crisis unfolds, the president has continued to
There is an insufficient regulatory structure in this sector. And in the 2019 Election Security hearing the Brennan Center for justice road his testimony called mac there are more federal regulations for margin one magic markers than Voting Systems and election infrastructure. There may be work for Congress Many have concerns with Remote Access and software we want to make sure companies no longer sell Voting Machines with Network Capabilities in 2019 a group of Election Security experts in ten states would connect to the internet despite one claim the systems were not. We need to understand supply chain. December 2019, a Study Released by a supply chain Monitoring Company 20 percent of the components in a popular voting machine came from a china based company. And furthermore close to two thirds or 59 percent had locations in either china or russia. I have also heard concerns about ownership and control of vendors in public reporting indicates all three major people represented are pa
There is an insufficient regulatory structure in this sector. And in the 2019 Election Security hearing the Brennan Center for justice road his testimony called mac there are more federal regulations for margin one magic markers than Voting Systems and election infrastructure. There may be work for Congress Many have concerns with Remote Access and software we want to make sure companies no longer sell Voting Machines with Network Capabilities in 2019 a group of Election Security experts in ten states would connect to the internet despite one claim the systems were not. We need to understand supply chain. December 2019, a Study Released by a supply chain Monitoring Company 20 percent of the components in a popular voting machine came from a china based company. And furthermore close to two thirds or 59 percent had locations in either china or russia. I have also heard concerns about ownership and control of vendors in public reporting indicates all three major people represented are pa