Welcome to todays hearing on support for healthy air travel. Air travel plays a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel, and tourism. We take for granted that we can travel great distances by air. That weredestinations once reserved for imagination. Air travel moved from our imagination to a real audi reality that has changed the way we with each other. Our dependence will only continue to grow. Global air travel will nearly double. As with many other industries, the pandemic has dramatically impacted commercial air travel. In the u. S. Alone, Passenger Air travel was down 96 . Worldwide, the air travel industry is projected to use more than lose more than three hunter billion dollars in operating revenues this year. Shiftpple effect of this goes well beyond the airline. Full recovery requires ensuring safety and reestablishing the confidence as we continue to face the risk of covid19. These are positive steps, but are they enough to ensure safety and reestablish trust .
Long as they are present in the hearings to be counted and members are responsible for your own microphone so please keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. Finally, if they wish to submit documents for the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing and thank you all for joining us. So good morning everyone and welcome to todays remote hearing on our support healthy air travel, to support healthy air travel in the covid19 era and beyond. I like to welcome our witnesses and thank you all for being here. Marshall air travel is an essential part of the fabric of our society and economy. It employs a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel and tourism. We take for granted that we can now easily travel vast distances by air and reach destinations that were once reserved for imagination. And just over a century, air travel moved from our imagination to a reality that has changed the way we interact with
Announcer sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Host a discussion on the history of Infectious Disease research. Our professor joins us from hamilton, montana. He serves as the director at the lab. Can you give the viewers an overview of what your scientists do their at hamilton and what the labs role is . The division of Intramural Research of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases. Which means tony fauci is our boss. He comes out and visits us whenever he can. Usually about once every two years. The lab has been involved in what is called emerging Infectious Disease research for well over 100 years, tracing back to the early 20th century with the identification of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an important techborn Infectious Disease tickborn Infectious Disease. The lab has focused on Infectious Diseases. In addition to working on the ones which we know about, folks have been looking to see what is the next big Infectious Disease coming down the pipe we can look at. I think t
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Intellectual property, this is about two hours. Come to order. Well im disappointed we cant all be together in person today, im grateful to the chairman graham, and our clerk for facilitating this through web apps. I want to be clear that this subCommittee Hearing is not distracting from the full committee. Congress must address issues of Police Brutality and horrific circumstances that led to the murder of george floyd, and the senseless deaths of so many of our African American brothers and sisters. Thats why im grateful to senator graham for holding eight full Committee Hearing until the sink in america and i fully support that effort. We also have to continue to address the covid19 crisis in the impact its had on millions of americans and livelihoods. Just this morning the full Committee Held a conference on covid19 and its impact on tension. Centers im also glad mcconnell and several republican senators will take up the protection program. We are going to continue to address this