You can be seated at the witness table. I want to introduce mr. Mike bowen. Mr. Bowen is the executive vice ameritech,f prestige which is americas largest medical surgical mask maker. Your story is a very powerful one. To my colleagues, mr. Bowen has wins i think, really he an award for tenacity, because over three president ial administrations, he has been banging on the door warning, asking for, pointing out the america has a dangerous dependence on Foreign Countries for products that we need here at home. So this is very important testimony and we welcome you. We thank you for traveling to be with us today with all the extenuating circumstances to travel. We are very grateful to you. So you are not recognized for your statement now recognized for your statement. And then you will hear from the members. I am sure both your statement will provoke questions and that you will get good ones from both sides of the aisle. I should add something here, and that is, this issue of our terrible
A. M. Eastern. Members will debate an over 3 trillion Coronavirus Relief package which includes money for state and local governments to fund First Responders and Health Workers. Now back to the house hearing. If thats happening, thats from where else. Im only selling them a million a month. Theyre getting lots and lots, millions. Anything we get in missouri, we tried so hard for a listening time to get a hold of them. I have a little bitty contract. One of the two largest hospitals in my district ordered masks and im not even im sure they were n95s they ordered theark paid eight times the going rate precorona outbreak. Masks in heir n95 great shape, they were fine but they were counterfeit. Thats one of the reasons, if people are stealing your website its obvious where some of the counterfeit masks at eight times the going rate are coming from. I got a little off subject. Let me ask you my question before i get too far out on a limb. Its my understanding you were able to get connected
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Editorial, they are throwing their weight behind two democrat candidates for president. Senators Andy Klobuchar and elizabeth warren, for various reasons. What do you make of this double endorsement . Guest is unique both in how they did it and also in endorsing two candidates, but it is something i have been thinking about for years. It is time for newspapers to stop endorsing candidates. For a couple reasons. First of all, im not sure how many people are waiting around for a newspaper to tell them who to vote for. I think that that time has gone. But also, you and i know that there are walls within the Editorial Board, the reporting side, i think most people either do not know that that exists or they do not believe that that exists. When an Editorial Board makes an endorsement, people assume that the whole paper is in the tank for that candidate or those candidates, and i think that hurts the reporting, the journalism side. Andow it is a big deal in the New York Times is a wellrespe
Steve joining us on newsmakers is jb poersch. He is the president of the Senate Majority pack. Thank you for joining us. J. B. thank you, steve. Steve let me begin with the Senate Republican leader up for reelection in kentucky. We have not seen him public in the last month because he fractured his shoulder as a result of a fall that took place in louisville at his home. What can we expect when he comes back and sizes up that race against mcgrath . J. B. i think when we come back in the senate, obviously the first focus is going to be this s the legislative session to follow a month of gun violence in several cities around the country. So i expect a serious conversation inside the enate. I think where we are with americans is that theres more of an expectation that somethings going to get done, and i think both caucuses are going to feel some pressure for some, not just overall result, cosmetic results, but they want to see something that goes toward gun violence and gun safety. Steve