Spkr. Pelosi good afternoon. Here we are in our new arrangement of social distancing. Thank you for being here. It is a very important day for us for a number of reasons. It is heartbreaking, but we have passed the milestone of one Million People in our country who are sick, and nearly 60,000 who have died from the coronavirus. The American People expect congress to do all that we can to protect the lives, the livelihood, and the life of our democracy in what we do here. And they expect us to ensure that the nearly 2 trillion of historic relief that we have passed in a number of bills is widely and effectively used. That it goes to those who need it the most. And so today, just to put this in historic perspective, at the dawn of world war ii, thensenator harry truman, with a democratic administration, but he was a senator, and he basically said, i knew that after world war i there had been 116 investigative committees after the fact, and i felt our committee before the fact would preve
Livelihood, and the life of our democracy in what we do here. And they inspect us to ensure that the nearly 2 trillion of historic relief that we have passed in a number of bills is widely and effectively used. That it goes to those who need it the most. Thiso today, just to put in historic perspective, at the dawn of world war ii, thensenator harry truman, with a democratic administration, but he was a senator, and he basically said, i knew that after world war i there had been 116 investigative committees after the fact, and i felt our committee before the fact would prevent a lot of waste, and maybe even save some lives, and that is the way it turned out. It was a committee that cost around 1 million, saved about 15 billion in dollars of those years. So, it is about waste, fraud, and abuse, as i said, and making sure the money goes where it is supposed to go. What i loved about what harry truman said is that as they looked at spending the rest, he said, later when he was president ,