It is with profound sadness, mr. Speaker, that i share the news that a great friend and Public Servant has passed away. Darell Ann Pennington was a dear friend, trusted member of my staff, and tireless advocate for marylands Fifth District. For the past 12 years he saved as a case worker in my office in green belt, maryland, serving prince georges county, culvert county and anne arundel county. She had worked for earl yes state senator. Mr. Speaker, she knew the Fifth District and communities better than almost anyone. And she cared deeply about the people who called, emailed, and wrote to us asking for assistance with federal agencies and help accessing government services. In particular, she was a fierce advocate for our district seniors. But she was also a mentor to countless young people, including interns who came to our District Office and learned lessons from her not only about serving our constituents but how to approach life through perseverance, faith, and positivity. Daryl d
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York joins us to discuss the response to their coronavirus. Later, Michelle Moore talks more michelle ever talks about appointment assistance. In just over one month, School Systems across the country will begin the new school year. That safely is still being developed and debated. Good morning, welcome to washington journal. We will start the program asking about should k12 schools open . If you are a parent of a student, that line is 202 7488000. If you are an educator, that line 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7488002. Look forward to your text, that is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. At cspan wj. Are take a look at the other news. Question after a conference at the white house attended by Administration Officials, educators, and others, and reported in the wall street journal. White house once glasses to reopen in the fall. The benefits of in Person Instruction for children. School Officials Say more federal funding is needed from congress to operate
Of millions diagnostic tests school plans should last for at least one year while the government pursues a vaccine at warp speed faster than we have ever done thate before the nobody expects vaccine this august the second half should be better able to provide more test, more treatments better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should have a vaccine in the fall of 2021 before we begin to approach normal. Several Reasons School have the advantage to provide a safe environment for students and faculty is younger people have been less hurt by coalbed 19 than older people although doctor fauci told our committee we should be careful to assume that young people are not at risk second, schools are generally oolll communities but generally supervised and monitored and they could be traced if a child becomes sick then the classmates can be tested and for individual schools are able to remain open schools are not unfamiliar with outbreaks of flu or other illnesses that have temporary closure of in
I think the u. S. Government could have really taken that and added to that momentum and gotten some significant changes to the world health organization, could have gotten support for a thorough investigation, independent, external investigation into the actions of the world health organization. And the potential influence of china over its decision making. Unfortunately with the announcement that the u. S. Is going to cut funding, now everybody is focused on that. [no audio] good afternoon. Sorry to be a few minutes late. A lot of ground to cover today. We have a video call with the white house and this is a lot of. Round to cover the realities sunday, is meaningful to me, by telephone. Thank you both for being here so we will get right to the numbers. Have positive test results. 5. 317 New Jerseyans ,317 new tested 75 jerseyans who have tested positive. As a 10 00 p. M. Last night, 1800 of 80 were listed as critical or in intensive care. 46 patients are at one of these locations. Ha