The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h
Statements, i want to acknowledge the loss over the weekend of congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who changed history at great personal sacrifice. In 2015 i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the blood sunday march which he led. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing the confluence of a health crisis, economic depression and a series of killing is that laid bare the Racial Injustice that still paints the country. Our focus is on covid19s disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors. As well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority communities, black and latino residents are infected with a virus, nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine has the worst Racial Disparity in covid19 cases in the country, also comprise less then 2 of maines population, they account for approximately 23 of all cases, lik
Watch live on cspan, online at cspan. Org, listen live with the free cspan radio app. Mike pompeo state called for china to be more transparent about the coronavirus pandemic while speaking to reporters. He also responded to questions on the potential origins of the virus. This is 25 minutes. Sec. Pompeo sec. Pompeo good morning. It has been 128 days since a chinese doctor shared information on the internet about a patient with a sars like virus. Her colleague shared the doctors report online with medical colleagues. The next day, Regional Health officials in wuhan the next day, Regional Health officials in wuhan indicated they were treating dozens of patients with an unknown viral pneumonia. Within days, chinese officials detained the doctor and seven others for spreading false statements on the internet. China saw that it had an emerging Public Health crisis on its hands. They knew. China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. They had a choice.
Government for more transparency. This is 25 minutes. Sec. Pompeo good morning. A has been 128 days since chinese doctor shared information on the internet about a patient with a sars like virus. Shared the report online with medical colleagues. The next day, Regional Health officials in wuhan indicated they were treating dozens of patients with an unknown viral pneumonia. Within days, chinese officials detained the doctor and seven others for spreading false statements on the internet. China saw that it had an emerging Public Health crisis on its hands. China could have prevented the death of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. They had a choice. China covered up the outbreak in wuhan. The National Health commission ordered virus samples destroyed. Brave chinesered citizens who raised alarms and deployed its propaganda organs to denounce those who called for simple transparency. That brings us to today. China is still refusing to share the information we need to keep people saf
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