Good morning, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Speaker pelosi good morning. Thank you all for being here. My apologies, it is like the middle of the day. There is so much that has been going on today already, but here we are to talk about something that is so important in the lives of the American People, their health. It is not only about their health, but about their financial health. When we ran in 2018, we said that we would do three things. We would lower the cost of health care by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and preserving the preexisting conditions. We would have Lower Health Care osts, these are paychecks by building the infrastructure of america in a green way. And, cleaner government with hr one that would make each possible which would reduce the role of dark money and politics preventing us from accomplishing goals. In the subject of health care, this was a reiteration on what we had run on in 2006. 6 for 06. One of those was to give the secretary the a
Washington today, we are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. Remote hearings certainly are not the same as sitting together in our Committee Room and you should know. The new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work a behalf of the American People, while keeping our staff, families and broader communities this is the First Official Virtual Committee hearing in the United States house of representatives. As we begin this historic proceeding, i want to underscore that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegia collegiality and substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member and his staff to make sure that all Ranking Members are respected in the knew virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind members of a few procedures to help us all navigate this new platform. First, consi
In the 1980s represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. He was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. A figure who hope to restore helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s and for reagan, there had to be a better way, a more positive perspective. It was not enough to put up or shut up, not enough to accept things as they were. There had to be a better way. He brought idealism Many Americans were looking for after a decade, decade and a half following the vietnam war and disruptions of the 1960s when people were escaping rather than seeking major fundamental changes. He believed now change could be initia
First slide if we could. We have Ronald Reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960s, the social changes in the towards 1970s suburbanization. We talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. Ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980s, elected in november 1980, represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. I will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. He saw and roosevelt a figure who helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored a sense of can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war but also the vietnam war, the disruptions of the 1970s and 1960s, a
Unemployment assistance since the crisis began. Very soon our country will reach another grim milestone. We are fast approaching the day when more than 100,000 american lives who have been lost to covid19, the size of a small city erased from the map p senator pelosi and i sent a letter to President Trump this morning requesting that the American Flag be flown at halfmast on the day that the toll reaches is see,000. As families all across this great country mourn the loss of friends, colleagues, and loved ones, flying the flag at halfmast would be a national expression of grief. And, of course, this weekend is also memorial day, where we commemorate the so Many Americans who through the centuries have lost their lives for our country. And we never forget them. We never forget them. I Hope Memorial day every american will take a minute amidst this crisis to remember our veterans who have served and made the great sacrifice and to remember their families as well. Now, in a flash, this di