Good morning. The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome everyone. A quorum is present and i know for the subcommittee and from florida and michigan and texas and tennessee michiga michigan, kentucky, wisconsi michigan, kentucky, wisconsin,. Pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota and pennsylvania they all have committed to participate in todays hearing that the questions will only come after the subcommittee of workforce protections on both sides of the aisle are present either in person or via remote participation due to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations and had an opportunity to question the witnesses the subcommittee is meeting today for a hearing on examining the federal governments actions to protect workers from covid19 both in the hearing room and for those members participating remotely you will be kept muted as a general rule to avoid any unnecessary background noise members will be responsible for and muting themselves when they are recognized to spea
A quorum is present and i know for the subcommittee and from florida and michigan and texas and tennessee michiga michigan, kentucky, wisconsi michigan, kentucky, wisconsin,. Pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota and pennsylvania they all have committed to participate in todays hearing that the questions will only come after the subcommittee of workforce protections on both sides of the aisle are present either in person or via remote participation due to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations and had an opportunity to question the witnesses the subcommittee is meeting today for a hearing on examining the federal governments actions to protect workers from covid19 both in the hearing room and for those members participating remotely you will be kept muted as a general rule to avoid any unnecessary background noise members will be responsible for and muting themselves when they are recognized to speak or when they seek recognition a rollcall is not necessary to establ
The committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chair may declare a recess at any time. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. I want to again welcome to the committee on oversight. We want to thank the commissioner for his participation in todays hearing of the u. S. Food and Drug Administration. There might not be a federal agency thats more integral to americans lives than the fda. Fda is charged with Regulatory Oversight of the food and drug industries. Industries that ensure americans have food on the table by innovating safer and more stable crops. Industries that provide americans new medications to treat diseases. Industries that create cuttingedge medical devices that can keep your heart pumping or replace your knee. These industries are vital to keep americans safe, healthy, and happy. These industries provide millions of jobs and nearly 3 trillion in economic value. Congress must ensure
The committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chair may declare a recess at any time. I will recognize myself for an opening statement. I want to again welcome to the committee on oversight. We want to thank the commissioner for his participation in todays hearing of the u. S. Food and Drug Administration. There might not be a federal agency thats more integral to americans lives than the fda. Fda is charged with Regulatory Oversight of the food and drug industries. Industries that ensure americans have food on the table by innovating safer and more stable crops. Industries that provide americans new medications to treat diseases. Industries that create cuttingedge medical devices that can keep your heart pumping or replace your knee. These industries are vital to keep americans safe, healthy, and happy. These industries provide millions of jobs and nearly 3 trillion in economic value. Congress must ensure
Really d today will end up being even warmer, great day to do some shopping on Small Business saturday. Let me take you to some current numbers across the region, as we are checking in on chilly note, at least to start the day. It is 37 degrees in philadelphia, actually in the 20s down in millville, at 27 degrees, down the shore were right around 30. Wildwood as well as atlantic city, and in delaware, in the low and mid 30s, and wilmington, it is 33 degrees, and in dover, right around 35. As far as our temperature change, we are warmer compared to just 24 hours ago, and, in fact, 6 degrees warm nerve philadelphia, than is going to be the going trends, as we head into the afternoon. We are dry right now on storm scan3, were going to start out your saturday with sunshine, as i zoom out, notice we have frontal boundery located up winds up to the north and west over the great lakes. Thats going to be passing through today. Well see increasing clouds as a result. I do think, how much, most