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A Senior Vice President with the center, and have the distinct pleasure of working with and overseeing our health care project. We have a very full agenda. Let me get a few logistics out of the way quickly. To this newdjusting way of conducting meetings and events. We hope everything works out as it goes through and think the Production Company for helping us put this on. For those of you who have joined , you willplatform receive a message shortly from bailey,ur staff, morgan in the chat box function with a link to the report. For the viewers, the cspan viewers and others who wish to get a copy of the report, you can go to our website bipartisanpolicy daughter, and a eventsll be on the bpc page under the health section. Later this morning, you will have an opportunity to submit your questions to our Task Force Members vie the q and a function at the bottom of your screen. To the purpose of this event, personally coming from a rural area of indiana with our family farm still operationa
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Than 1 Million People have contracted the coronavirus in the United States. 61,000 in the state of illinois. Sadly we are quickly approaching a death toll of 100,000 americans. While more people continue to contract this coronavirus another alarming trend has come to light. The coronavirus disproportionately affects minority communities. Illinois makes up less than 50 of the states vulnerable population. They account for 34 of all coronavirus deaths. In Chicago Black residents account for 52 of the total coronavirus deaths despite comprising only 30 of the citys population. Madam president recently a survey of latinos and alumni who make up 17 of our states population surpassed black illinoisans in confirmed cases of coronavirus. Now latino illinoisans account for in the state that most cases of any race or ethnicity. On the c call with the Illinois Community Health Centers last week i learned 34,000 africanamericans who had been tested and alumni, 36 were positive for coronavirus and
Gov. Kemp we experienced Severe Weather last night with tornadoes touching down. There are currently 59,000 georgians without power. We have 49 injured, 23 homes that were destroyed, 59 other homes had minor damage, and 248 homes waiting to be assessed. So far we have concerned seven georgians have lost their life to this terrible storm in my thoughts and prayers go out. Given the widespread impact, i have declared a state of emergency this morning for all 159 counties to facilitate the deployment of critically needed resources across our state. Gema, theation with department of Natural Resources, the department of transportation and the georgia 43 commission are all working hard to restore power, clear debris and provide assistance to the families in need. I would ask everyone to continue to keep these individuals as well as their loved ones and those affected by the storms in your thoughts and prayers. We will do our part to help hardworking georgians recover. Atyou know, i got a loo