The members of the Coronavirus Task force hold a briefing with reporters at the white house. That will be live starting at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Until then, we will show you more debate on the house floor and the to trillion dollar coronavirus economic package. Prevail. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from Texas Reserves. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Speaker, at this time i yield to the gentlelady suburbs, ms. Hia susan wild from pennsylvania. One minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is for one minute. Ms. Wild thank you, mr. Speaker. S the representative of pennsylvanias seventh district, just an hour and a half from new ork city, i have a unique perspective on this crisis. The two worldclass hospital community, the Lehigh Valley network and st. Ukes university network, are also the biggest employers in my district. Hey anxiously await the spread of this disease to our frontlines. Community, our nurses
Talking to my boss about way back when trump was at one of those world meetings where he did the japanese trade deal. The trade deal canadianmexican one. I speak to Truck Drivers and farmers and a lot of our product goes to japan and we are booming because of what trump has done. We are adding men. We are in north dakota, appear in grand forks. The city ofthis as stalingrad along the red river. You are hardly affected very much. I think there is a total of two 200 cases. Doing what they do all over the country. They are doing a good job here and are wearing the masks. There is not nonessential business closures yet in north dakota, correct . Caller i dont believe so. Everything seems to be going as it was. The difference is that people are lined up at the restaurants and drivethrough windows. We are still the wing business. The only real drag was at the Library Closed which is when it hits helm to me. I love the local library. Girls. My library i get my movies in my books. I have had t
Keep coordination and healthcare flowing after a disaster, can happen between the government and the private sector. The stateadvised department during the ebola crisis. What are the parallels from back in 2014, 2015 . Guest yes, i think one of the most important lessons from the Ebola Outbreak was the role of partnerships. A big part of the responsibility that our team had was to make sure that the u. S. State department was working with the who and working with the u. S. Agency on the coronation that needed to happen across government, with businesses, to make sure that the west african outbreak could be contained, and that whatever we could do to make sure that the logistics were able to flow could sustain, and i think that is a big part of what we see. Every disaster, every disease outbreak is a huge logistical effort, and so making sure that we have our best on working with fema and others, to be able to do that but also that whatever is necessary from the private sector, private
Show. He has received several awards for his work. He is an Award Winning correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. He spent more than 20 years working for the New York Times as a foreign correspondent. He has been shot at, jailed, beaten by the police, and bombed from the air. We are pleased to provide sanctuary tonight. He is a senior fellow at brown university. They will discuss his new book, the true flag. It is a subject that seems strikingly important. He focuses on the dawn of the 20th century. The debate involves two of the most influential minds of the time. William Randolph Hearst on one side, mark twain, and booker t. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie arguing. Hopefully it will shed light on the condition of america today. It is my pleasure to welcome him. [laughter] robin thank you. This book was thrilling to read. Here is an example of why. I try to highlight the moments i remember. I went through two highlighters. It is thrilling to hear that
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You