Discussion on the corona virus, the former Ebola Response coordinator under president obama. Live coverage from the center for American Progress on cspan2. Im pleased to welcome you to the center for American Progress. Im glad you could join us for this critically important conversation. The default for the coronavirus exceeds 3200 people, with 200 cases confirmed inside the United States. As Health Officials warn the coronavirus will ultimately become widespread in the United States, serious questions have emerged how the federal government is responding. Around the world countries are beginning to take significant measures including restricting travel, closing schools, postponing religious pilgrimages and imposing quarantines. Critics say the Trump Administration has been slow to address this crisis. The president and his team are set to downplay the risks saying last night but everything was going to work out fine because the virus, quote, will go away by april contradicting the cdc
The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Congress Justice in science, and related agencies for this fiscal year, 2021. We have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce, wilbur ross about the president s for the department of commerce. Welcome secretary ross for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. As we, know the department of commerce executes a broad range of critical activities for our nation, things that are important to every american, things that are important to us as members of the senate, and issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, Cutting Edge Technology for predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. The census has been an essential component of the departments business for the last several years. The president s request is eight billion dollars, 6. 7 billion below the fy 20 enacted level,
Secretary wilbur ross on budgetnt trumps 2021 request and he talks about the 2020 census, space commerce and trade relations. Held by a subcommittee, this is two hours. Sen. Moran good morning, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to our first Budget Hearing on commerce, justice, and science and related agencies for this fiscal year 2021. Today, we have the honor of hearing from secretary of commerce wilbur ross about the president s fy 21 Funding Priorities for the department of commerce. Welcome, secretary ross. Thank you for your appearance. We look forward to hearing from you this morning. The department of commerce executes a broad range of activities for our nation, things that are important to every american. Range of critical activities for our issues that we care a lot about. Research and development, cuttingedge technology, predicting the weather, increasing trade and investment, recruiting businesses to our communities. A componentas been of the departments
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
Not talking the same sky loving christian debt were talking they did go on turning in income and then when they graduate theyre graduating move off what about 100000. 00 u. S. Dollars is a level of debt the average is 30000. 00 and in fact its non dischargeable prior to the what happened with the subprime crisis was people could do the jungle mail lock away students could never walk away from this almost all of it is essentially owed to the government so the government owns you anyway and you cant escape it you cant just jingle mail away from the u. S. Government 30000 is the starting level and i go i could graduate. Something of that scope a year so this starting with the debt to income ratio 100 percent before they even pay the rent a little on consider paying a mortgage max and i graduated before 1991 you all graduated around that sort of time the rate of increase since the 1980 s. A lot happened in the 1980 s. We could talk about. The rate of tuition increase has gone up 8 times fa