Administration, it is already manufacturing tens of millions of doses of six vaccines. And by the end of the year there will be tens of millions of doses of these vaccines already manufactured, ready to distribute. First, of course, to the priority individuals, those who are most vulnerable, Health Care Workers and others. Then according to the administration, they expect to be able to produce 300 million to 700 million doses of vaccines by march or april of next year. That is unprecedented. When i was a kid, we were terrified by polio. I had classmates who were in an iron lung and parents who were worried their children might be just as well. It took ten years to get a polio vaccine and polio is now eradicated. Most of the vaccines that our children take before they go to school, like mumps, measles, chicken pox, you have to take these vaccines, all 50 states and the district of columbia before you go to school. Most of them took ten years to develop. If the optimism of the administra
On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
Hulu and disney plus. Finally in the 2020s. Lets talk about the clean air. Yeah, lets keep it rolling. Even the south bay and monterey bay have moderate air quality. If you were with us earlier, it was good in san jose, and south bay and inland east bay im most concerned with the increase in the smoke as we head throughout the day. But look at this, even else waking up to green this morning. And temperatures in the 60s. We also have plenty of fog. Ryon waking up to green this morning. And temperatures in the 60s. We also have plenty of fog. Enjoy. And good morning, everyone. Since he just showed you the Golden Gate Bridge, i want to let you know that we have a fog advisory there that has been you issued by the chp. We have a caltrans camera showing ultimate upper deck of the bay bridge right at the tunnel. You can see things are moving now. We had had a huge backup due to an earlier kraesh thcrash that cleared. But metering lights came on at the bay bridge around 5 34 and we want to ch
To unmute your microphones anytime you speak. If at any time during hearing im unable to chair the hearing the human chairman colon or vice chairman of the committee congressman kennedy will serve as chair until im able to return. Documents for the record can be sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address weve provided. All documents will be entered ininto the record with the inclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an Opening Statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues itser oversight of the nations covid19 Pandemic Responsee examining a safe and effective covid19 vaccine that the American People can trust. In the eight months we battled covid19 over 7 million americans have had the virus and tragically over 200,000 have lost their lives. Millions ofll people face on employment and have lost their Health Insurance and families are still juggling childcare and virtual classrooms. The list of those most vulnerable to covid19 is especially on th
Avoiding crowds. We learned last week that despite knowing in january how serious covid19 was, President Trump has been working to down play this is acrisis and on fri night, we learned that trump political operatives in hhs Communications Office have been manipulating cdcs flag ship for months to align with that messaging. Dr. Redfield, did anyone at cdc advise the president to down play this crisis . No. Did you agree with the president s decision to down play it . Im not going to comment on that, but no one advised the president to down play this crisis. Well, understanding the dangers, why have you not done more to push back on President Trumps political interference and his efforts to down play this . I want to make it really clear, senator, and i appreciate your question and the opportunity that, the respect for the science at cdc. At no time has the scientific integrity of the mmwor been compromise and i can say that under my watch, it will not be compromised. Well, i understand