Lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence the way down can be as dangerous as the way if not money properly the u. S. News half a 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 18000 deaths its on track to overtake italy which has the highest number of fatalities so far john hendren is in chicago and he says President Trump believes the u. S. Death toll will be lower than the projections of experts. He cant pushing to open the economy in his words very very soon and by open i mean end to the restrictions that require people to stay home and begin allowing those businesses the nonessential businesses to reopen throughout the United States he said that on a day in which the death toll worldwide crossed 100000 he said he hoped to keep the u. S. Death toll below that number and he was talking about numbers like 5265000 dead ideally in his words those are horrific numbers more than all of the americans who have died in all of the wars since the since korea in th
The clerk h. R. 2877. A bill to add ireland to the e3 nonimmigrant visa program. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. Ms. Scanlan, and the gentleman, mr. Armstrong, will each control 2340eu7bs. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. Ms. Scanlon thank you. I ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Scanlon i yield smife such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Scanlon i rise in support of h. R. 2877, a bill to add ireland to the e3 nonimmigrant program. In 2005, soon after the United States and australia finalized the australiau. S. Free trade agreement, congress created the e3 visa program. That Program Provides up to 10,500 temporary visas for australian nationals who are preapproved by u. S. Citizenshi
Misleading political ads from facebooks many platforms. Zuckerberg says, its not his business to censor news. Adding to the controversy, youtube which is owned by google faced criticism of political bias when it removed 300 ads from President Trumps Reelection Campaign from its website. The company hasnt said why the ads were pulled. And twitter says its banning all political ads a move that might sound altruistic but critics say could hurt start up campaigns trying to reach new voters. The decision by individual companies is only part of a broader debate. Is social media healthy for democracy . Professor Jonathan Nagler teaches politics at nyu. Hes also codirector of the universitys center for social media and politics. He joins us from new york. So nice to have you, sir. So much to dig into. Im curious what you think about facebook opposition, which is basically im not going to censor political ads. Thats kind of the gist of what zuckerberg was saying. Mr. Nagler i think the upside o
Okay. With that, that concludes the special commendations for today. Madam clerk, lists go to roll call for introductions. Clerk mr. President , we will rerefer supervisor peskin and begin with supervisor ronan subpoena. Thank you. Today, colleagues, supervisor haney and i with others are introducing a resolution urging the department of Public Health to rescind their august 19 letter, notifying severely mentally ill residents at the adult residential facility that they must relocate in 60 days. Last night we heard directly from the staff of the adult residential facility family members and residents that people at the facility are filled with extreme anxiety due to the displacement and that it is having a direct impact on their health. There is also concern that many severely ill and vulnerable residents will end up back on the streets once they are displaced from the facility. The resolution also states that the department of Public Health and the department of Human Resources should
Okay. With that, that concludes the special commendations for today. Madam clerk, lists go to roll call for introductions. Clerk mr. President , we will rerefer supervisor peskin and begin with supervisor ronan subpoena. Thank you. Today, colleagues, supervisor haney and i with others are introducing a resolution urging the department of Public Health to rescind their august 19 letter, notifying severely mentally ill residents at the adult residential facility that they must relocate in 60 days. Last night we heard directly from the staff of the adult residential facility family members and residents that people at the facility are filled with extreme anxiety due to the displacement and that it is having a direct impact on their health. There is also concern that many severely ill and vulnerable residents will end up back on the streets once they are displaced from the facility. The resolution also states that the department of Public Health and the department of Human Resources should