The members of the Coronavirus Task force hold a briefing with reporters at the white house. That will be live starting at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Until then, we will show you more debate on the house floor and the to trillion dollar coronavirus economic package. Prevail. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from Texas Reserves. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Speaker, at this time i yield to the gentlelady suburbs, ms. Hia susan wild from pennsylvania. One minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is for one minute. Ms. Wild thank you, mr. Speaker. S the representative of pennsylvanias seventh district, just an hour and a half from new ork city, i have a unique perspective on this crisis. The two worldclass hospital community, the Lehigh Valley network and st. Ukes university network, are also the biggest employers in my district. Hey anxiously await the spread of this disease to our frontlines. Community, our nurses
Unusual session but critical. Mr. Speaker, this legislation represents a bipartisan and resolve to meet the coronavirus challenge head on. It represents a focusnt on families and workers with the objective to make them safer and economically supported. That will protect workers as we all doo our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials have made it clear the only chance we have c to prevent our system to be overwhelmed with the pandemic it is threatened to be for his as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary for us to be here, to pass legislatio legislation, to respond on behalf of the American People through this daunting challenge. The closure the large parts of the economy must be temporarily shutec down cause severe disruption for businesses and workers we saw the impact of this yesterday when new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People 3 million individuals. Those that rely on them for support of their families and
300 billion in direct Cash Payments will be available for every american citizen earning less than 99,000 per year. 3000 3400 for the typical family of four. Beenng like that has ever done. Up to 250 billion dollars in expanded Unemployment Benefits. The average worker will receive 100 of their salary. Or up to four full months. Normal unappointed benefits, independent contractors and the selfemployed will be eligible. Independent contractors and self employed people will be eligible for this. The 100 billion to support heroic work of our doctors, nurses and hospitals who have been incredible. 45 billion for Disaster Relief fund. We are setting up a fund of 45 billion for Disaster Relief. That is more than doubling the amount available to support my National Emergency and disaster declarations. Thebillion to build up Strategic National stockpile with critical supplies including masks, respirators, pharmaceuticals and everything you can imagine. Very depleted, our military was depleted
Damaging as the financial crashes. Italy is taking steps to contain the worst infection rate outside of china. All businesses and pharmacies are ordered to close. Shery lets get you a check of the markets in the u. S. We had the dow fall into a bear. Arket territory, falling 20 the s p 500 a hair away from the 19 lower than the previous high. We had every group on the s p 500 sinking more than 3 . The nasdaq down 4. 7 . U. S. Futures under pressure. We have seen no more details on the substantive stimulus that President Trump had promised. In the afternoon, he said at one point that the u. S. May not need the fiscal measures. That did not sit well with the markets. U. S. Futures gaining 2 10 of 1 . We will see how we do without how we do throughout the rest of the session. News and headlines dominate market sentiment. Sophie a lot of caution. A she futures pointing lower despite the global stimulus engine being revved up. In new zealand, a fiscal response is being considered. The rbnz
Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. The house modernization of Congress Committee explored best practices on how to recruit and retain a diverse Congressional Staff. Human resources executives and an author of three books on workplace topics testified and answered questions from committee members. This is about an hour and a half. Okay. All right. The committee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled cultivating diversity and improving retention among Congressional Staff. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. One of the main ways in which we retain staff is by having it be a 90 degrees in here, so my apologies to each of you. We will be distributing fans to the entire audience. Today we are going to talk about whats really the backbone of this institution and th