Chair fewer this is the november 18, 2020 rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. I am sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. I am joined by supervisors Shamann Walton and raphael mandelman. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item number one. Clerk yes. Item one, retroactive hearing on updates related to the economic landscape f [inaudible] on march 1, 2021 through february 28, 2022. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call 4154550001, enter meeting i. D. 1467347302. Press pound, and pound again, and press star, three to enter the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. We have the department of Public Health. Colleagues, you may remember, we heard this item and continued it to today to get some more demographic information on our hiv and aids. These are the areas that we understood you were interested in hearing more abou
This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome dr. Robert redfield, director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Dr. Redfield, to discuss the cdc and the on going response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas pole and our full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to the subcommittee members here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i move to my Opening Statement, and because this is our first labor hhs and education appropriation subcommittee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between members, witnesses, and other individuals in in the room necessary to operate the hea
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