The committee will come to order. I thank all of our witnesses for returning this morning. We appreciate the recognition of our interest and oversight responsibilities. This is a crisis that is evolving quickly. Since our hearing yesterday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has now reported that we have almost 1,000 confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is essential that we are able to hear directly from the Health Officials leading this effort with just the facts. Im going to go to the republican side first which is where we left off. Before i do that, without objection, the following three letters we sent on march 3rd to hhs and cdc requesting basic information including about t t testing are entered into the record. We have not gotten any response to those letters. And with that, i recognize mr. Higgins. Thank you, madam chair. Gentlemen, thank yo
The counsel of dhs look at that . Yes, sir. Did they provide you something in writing . No, sir. So how did they just told you . Well, its pretty simple. Straightforward, mr. Chairman. So it wasnt hard for them to explain it to me. Well, i would, as chair, wed like to get it in writing. Because i think the court was fairly clear that your present position was not consistent with the law. And any way of trying to massage it just gets around it. But i well look forward to getting that correction. I yield back. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york for five minutes. Thank you, madam chair. Mr. Cucinelli, anything else you want to add to the last line of inquiry before we proceed to other questions . I would just point out the timeline. It might help understand the ruling. The case was filed last sum issue when i was serving as aktsing director of United States citizenship and immigration services. That vacant spot from my position as Principal Deputy. The hierarchy, if you
Reporter yeah, deirdre this could be the biggest trade agreement of alltime, possibly. We have to look at the numbers here. The u. S. Touting some real structural changes in china, saying also that this agreement will be signed on paper and signed the first week of january now the chinese are saying this covers some very big items, really big sections, including protecting intellectual property , increasing those protections, those deals of the force transfer of property, ending that, opening Market Access for Financial Services firms, and china agrees to stop manipulating its currency. The president also says chinas agreed to buy a lot more agriculture from the u. S. But would not put that number in writing. President trump i think they will hit 50 billion in agriculture, much more because its also manufacturing and other but i think in agriculture they will hit 50 billion. They were already buying, even before the deal is signed, theyre buying. Reporter and as Senior Administration o
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Rrigan has dieat the a of 94 along with his late brother phil, he played in his terminal role in inspiring the antiwar and antidraft movement during the late 1960s. He became the first Catholic Priest to land on the fbis most wanted list. Father berrigan once said he a been arrested more times than he remembers, but if your times than he should have. , and sixdan, phil others broke into the ge nuclear theile plant, launching plowshares movement. Cracked the weapon. It was very fragile. It was made to withstand the heat of reentry into the atmosphere from outer space, so it was like eggshell. We had taken as our model, the great statement of isaiah. Amy today, father dan berrigan in his own words. We will also speak to his knees Frida Berrigan, his former attorney bill quigley here new orleans, fellow priest father close friend dans the Actor Martin Sheen. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In iraq, hun