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
Drastic so far in tackling the coronavirus. We have introduced entry restrictions basically an entry ban for citizens from non e. U. Countries it should last for 30 days in germany it applies immediately belgiums the latest country to join those declaring a nationwide quarantine spain italy and france are also in lockdown right now military trucks are being filmed on the streets of paris to dubai and skin looks at whether the Free Movement could be coming to an end. 3 years populists have been advocating tighter border controls within the European Union which you and the National Governments have criticised yet in 2020 that is exactly what were seeing happening it all started with italy and border controls being imposed from people trying to leave it to lead to go into austria but since then a host of other e. U. Countries have done exactly the same we have seen slovenia hungary denmark and now even germany shutting up shop saying its borders are closed shanking which is the idea of Fr
Mr. Schumer mr. President . The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Schumer mr. President , are we in a quorum . No. The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Schumer mr. President , last night in california, an american was diagnosed with the first reported case of coronavirus unrelated to any travel to an infected area, a sign that coronavirus is here on our shores and we must act swiftly and strongly to contain its spread. Despite months of public warnings about the dangers of this disease, the president was caught completely flat footed by the coro that virus and rather than the resources to respond to the crisis, President Trump is intent on blaming everyone and everything instead of solving the problem. Instead of stepping up to the plate, hes belittling the urgency of this problem and telling people oh, its not very much. The experts say the opposite. As for blame, the president s the president is blaming the press for stoking concern about the virus. The president is blami
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