At a joint hearing on the coronavirus and the procurement of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. This rants an hour and a half. Joint hearing will come to order. Let me begin by thanking everyone for joining us today. I hope that my colleagues, our witnesses and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member king of the Emergency Preparedness response and recovery subcommittee, for coming together with Ranking Member crenshaw and i to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to picker critical supplies and response to the coronavirus pandemic. First, i want to acknowledge that the federal Emergency Management agency, fema, who is put in charge of the federal governments response was asked to testify today. While fema is not here today, i understand that and miss straighter gaynor plans to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this because it is vital that we Work Tog
I hope my colleagues, witnesses, and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member kane at the Emergency Preparedness respond and Recovery Committee for coming together with the Ranking Member and me to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to procure critical supplies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. I want to acknowledge the federal Emergency Management agency, which was put in charge of the federal governments response, was asked to testify today. Fema is not here today, but i understand there is an administrator to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this, because its vital we Work Together to address this challenge. I look forward to meeting with administrator gaynor soon and hearing what administrators have to say to form the discussion. Theres no denying the coronavirus pandemic has presented unparalleled challenges. One of the greatest challenges has been procuring a
40 million americans. the high court ruled the biden administration s bailout amounted to executive overreach. the president now promising to use other means to grant student borrowers some relief as he tries to deliver on a key policy priority. meanwhile, former president trump applauded the supreme court decision while speaking at a rally in south carolina just earlier today. the supreme court also ruled that president biden is not allowed to wipe out hundreds of billions, probably trillions of dollars of student loan debt which have been very unfair to the millions and millions of people who have paid their debt. alexandria half is live at the white house with more. hi, brian. starting to see the beginnings of these rulings. they will play out on the campaign trail. four president biden pushing the need for a revised plan he has to reduce the student loan burden. four someone like former president trump, today he pointed out that under her head as ministration three
kevin corke is live. good evening. kevin: problems aplenty nationwide as you pointed out. millions of americans struggling with food and gas and housing costs. to say nothing of the crisis along the southern border. and the reason mass shootings. well, with all that happening, as you said, the biden administration instead appears to be focused on the airline industry, announcing today it will propose a rule requiring all airlines to compensate fires for the costs of meals and hotels, texas, the right years, and rebooking fees when the airlines are the ones to blame for canceled or delayed flights. but critics, yes, acknowledging perhaps the novelty of that i idea, there s still questioning tonight, the white house s fo focus. there are multiple things that the president and he can talk about the potential manufacturing crisis that house republicans have put forth. kevin: walk, talk, and chew gum. this is all happening as the latest washington post abc news poll shows
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