And thisgood friday sunday, millions of christians celebrate easter and the resurrection of jesus christ. Thatis holy time, we pray god will heal the sick and comfort the heartbroken and bless our heroes. As American Families look forward to easter, we are reminded that our story ends not in despair, but in triumph and renewal. It . Appropriate, isnt i would like to provide americans an update on our ongoing efforts in the war against the invisible enemy. Before i do that, i have a couple of notes. The United States in discussions last night with mexico, saudi arabia, russia and dealing with opec nations, we are trying to get mexico, as the expression goes, over the barrel. Doingico is committing to 100,000 fewer barrels and the president and i spoke last night. We have a great relationship and great friendship, they are helping is very much at the border. They have 27,000 mexican soldiers on our borders right now, stopping people from coming into our country as the wall goes up. We ar
American doctors and nurses and all of the medical people, weve kept our fatality rate very very low compared to other countries. My administrations closely monitoring the data on the viruss impact on our cherished africanamerican communities because theyve been hit hard. And the Surgeon General will be sharing more of that information, right after were finished here. He will be coming up and saying exactly whats happening because its really its very troublesome, i will tell you that. Id also like to provide clarity on the important point for Many Americans on elective surgeries. While weve asked the hospitals to cancel surgeries and procedures that do not take place at this time, just not to do them now, the choice to delay any treatment still remains between the patient and their doctor. We are not advising americans to postpone medical treatment that their doctor believes should occur now. Diff obviously, but were really getting to the point where you can start to think about doing
Good morning, the committee will come to order. And without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that ill now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Two days ago, the entire world came together to Mark International holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in january 1945 , the auschwitz broken out concentration camp was liberated from the nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the nazi genocide. More than 1 Million People were murdered there. The purpose of todays hearing is to commemorate these brave anniversaries remember the nose we lost and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these things, we must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the lholocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate and violence of all kinds today i am so pleased to have our distinguished panel here today. I have asked them to help us come together on
Funds them. So it is no wonder that americans question whether their representatives are listening to them, or listening to the wealthy and wellconnected heard and this loss of faith in our democracy is a real foundational problem. So it requires a fundamental foundational sponsor. We haves foundational response. We have seen a groundswell of support for fixing our democracy , for making a foundational change. It is making an impact. We have seen the Congress Take steps to reflect the energy they have seen nationwide for reforming our democracy. This congress, the house of representatives, made the for the people act their top priority. This democracy reform bill was their number one goal and they debt it, it was their hr one. [applause] and they did it. We want our president ial candidates to do the same, to prioritize democracy reform, to campaign on it, to talk about it. That is what today is all about, we want to see president ial candidates telling us how they are going to fix our