Recovery will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on Community Perspectives on coronavirus, preparedness and response. Without objection the chair may , declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Without objection, members not sitting on the subcommittee will be permitted to participate in todays hearing. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon. We are here today to discuss the coronavirus, also known as covid19. We are at a critical point in responding to the Coronavirus Crisis that is facing our nation. Americans are concerned. Hundreds of americans are sick. Sadly, there are families mourning the loss of loved ones from the coronavirus and our hearts are with them. The nation is seeing cases on the rise and experts saying the outbreak is getting worse. In new jersey, we were just informed that we had our first death from coronavirus and at least two dozen schools are closing for coronavirus preparation. We have seen an
So you all probably know every last detail about coronavirus right its all over the news which is why im not going to give you those stories those tired stories im to give you that worse by toxic nationalism which is hilarious considering the virus doesnt get by your borders it doesnt care if you put of of fans or you speak a different language or youre an immigrant or you got circumcised in a ceremony where the shah minute chanting and buckets of mangoes and there were bagpipes playing virus doesnt give a 3rd are talking about how one country is better or worse or whatever right now during this pandemic its like youve all heard of angry rhinos was stampeding towards you and youre talking about how you have nicer shoes on then the guy next to you ride knows dont care or rhino is going to kill for you all when the court with the when the coronavirus was 1st being talked about or government and our media used it as a chance for anti china propaganda the New York Times put it this way to
11 people have died in the state, including one person who was not a california residents. More than 11,000 people are selfmonitoring from trips. Worldwide, cases exceed 190,000. The white house and congress are pushing for a major stimulus plan to keep the u. S. Economy humming. Some of that could come in the form of a cash payment for working americans. Americans need cash now. And the president wants to get cash now. And i mean now in the next two weeks. Reporter the administration is hoping to put cash into pockets soon. Possibly 1,000 checks for adult americans. An idea suggested by mitt romney. The treasure secretary and President Trump were short on the details on who would receive the checks, other than saying it wouldnt include millionaires. A big, big infusion as opposed to going to little meetings every couple of days. Tweept go big, go solid. Reporter the relief package proposed by the Trump Administration to congress is expected to be worth 850 billion. President trump met
Role in changing the map of the United States. Nph Steve Inskeep on his book imperfect union, how jessie and john fremont mapped the west. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. And next former ebola czar ron cane and others evaluate the coronavirus response. The house homeland subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, response and recovery hosted this event. From yesterday, this is about an hour and 40 minutes. Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness response and recovery will come to order. Subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on Community Perspectives on Coronavirus Preparedness and response. Without objection the chair may declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. Without objection, members not sitting on the subcommittee will be permitted to participate in todays hearing. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon. We are here today to discuss the coronavirus, also known as covid19. We are at a critical point in responding to the Coronav
A. M. Eastern. The directors of the cdc and the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases along with other public thecials testified before oversight and reform committee. Is two hours. The committee will come to order. I thank all of our witnesses for returning this morning. We appreciate the recognition of our interest. This is a crisis that is evolving quickly since our hearing yesterday. The World Health Organization declared a coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has reported we have almost 1000 confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is essential we are able to hear directly from Health Officials leading this effort with just the facts. Im going to go to the republican side first, which is where we left off. The following three letters we debt dhhs and cdc are entered into the record. We have not gotten any response to those letters. With that, i recognize mr. Higgins. Thank you