Welcome everybody. Today, the subcommittee were some members will. Person and others may appear remotely via webex. Since some of the members will be in person, me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance in the house, all individuals in attendance and searing in person must wear a Face Covering. Those who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized for intent to speak. Let me also make a few reminders about other hearings. For those members who appear in prison, he will be able to see members appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. And one monitor you will see all members appearing remotely at once. And what is known in webex as a special mode. On the other monitor you will see each person speaking during the hearing when they are speaking. Including members who are appearing remotely. For those members of repairing remotely can also see each person speaking during the hearing whether they
Schuyler cheryl, jason, all the other victims of covid19. But thanks to the heroism of so many frontline healthcare workers, scientists and others were making progress. This progress is possible in large part because of the incredible women a minute hhs, the worlds finest scientists and Public Health experts. I want is a personal thank you to each and every member of the hhs team was contributed to this response and i want to underscore my commitment to the work today. I started my first job at hhs nearly two decades ago, since my first job i recognize and promoted the valley of science and evidence and the Civil Servants who are so dedicated to our mission. That does not mean especially in an unprecedented crisis that there are no debate or disagreements within an agency or an administration. But my highest priority will always be to ensure that our efforts are science and evidence driven and consistent with the rule of law. Institutions like the cdc, the fda and the nih are household
Duplicitous and on august date this is designed to hurt this president for the reasons which i am not interested in. Same email the cdc director homicide read and agree how they wrote it and to ensure it is fair and balanced and complete. These emails show clear political interference with the cdc efforts to carry out the science based mission. Mr. Secretary will you renounce this political interference and commit this will not happen again . As i said i support the base and challenging each other i do not support the statements doctor alexander is no longer employed at this department. I would like to get into Personnel Matters that is appropriate to let me be clear about that second quotation i do not know of any circumstance of anyone that would have authority and then to that knowledge she never had that authority i would not have supported that. When the statements came out i wrote you a letter asking these people appear before the select subcommittee. Not a single one was made av
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Welcome cspan friends for day four of the National Constitution Supreme Court rec recap, its an extraordinary experiment in Public Education to convene scholars on all sides of the cases but the Supreme Court is broadcasting live for the first time in history and here at the beginning of the second week we just heard to remarkably rich cases and i am thrilled to join you again to understand the best arguments on both sides in the spirit of educating ourselves about the constitution. Im Jeffrey Rosen the president of the National Constitutionn center in philadelphia and we begin all over National Constitution Centers Programs by reciting inspiring constitution senator which prepares us for the learning ahead. N e National Constitution center is only constitution chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of constitution among the american people. That is what we will do today and t