The science, paid leave and protecting the most vulnerable communities. Bernie thanks very much, everybody, for being here. In the last few days we have seen the crisis of the coronavirus continue to grow exponentially here in the United States and around the world. And we have witnessed a Global Economic meltdown which will impact millions of workers in our own country. In terms of potential deaths and in terms of the Economic Impact on our economy, the crisis we face from the coronavirus is on a scale of a major war. And we must act accordingly. Nobody knows what the number of fatalities may end up being or the number of people who may get ill and we all hope that that number will be as low as possible. But we also have to face the truth and that is that the number of casualties may actually be even higher than what the armed forces experienced in world war ii. In other words, we have a major, major crisis and we must act accordingly. Therefore it is an absolute moral imperative that
Of covert 19 but 1st lets start by talking about. The global death toll still on the rise with more than 25000 people and nearly 555000 back to the United States now lead with the most confirmed cases in the world with more than 86000 infected and nearly 1300 fatalities new hotspots are emerging across the u. S. And chicago detroit and new orleans Vice President mike pence downplayed trumps comments over reopening the economy by easter saying the president expressed really an aspirational goal as we continue to follow the data on thursday g. 20 leaders held a Virtual Meeting where they vowed to Work Together to combat the virus we talked about the problem. Really wont be a problem for. The United States is working with their friends and partners around the world to stop the spread of the virus and coordinate their efforts we just go so vitally important is for all of our nations to immediately share information and data and weve been doing that to a large extent but will do it even mor
Unfortunately, theres still desperate for testing kits. Illinois has about 5000 more kits that were provided yesterday by private company at the urging of our governor, but weve never seen a number of test kits that we believe are necessary to measure the current state of this coronavirus in her home state of illinois. The official count, and i might add that word official, is that we have had 288 illinoisans affected, and one fatality. I believe the number of infections in the official report grossly understate the exposure and in my home state f illinois. And once more tests are administered and we received the results come unafraid we are going to see a dramatic increase in that number of reported infections in the state. These cases yesterday, 128 new cases were announced yesterday in our state. It is the largest single oneday increase since weve been reporting. We have two additional counties that have now been touched out of 100 you, we are not up to 17 counties with infections.
Unusual session but critical. Mr. Speaker, this legislation represents a bipartisan and resolve to meet the coronavirus challenge head on. It represents a focusnt on families and workers with the objective to make them safer and economically supported. That will protect workers as we all doo our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials have made it clear the only chance we have c to prevent our system to be overwhelmed with the pandemic it is threatened to be for his as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary for us to be here, to pass legislatio legislation, to respond on behalf of the American People through this daunting challenge. The closure the large parts of the economy must be temporarily shutec down cause severe disruption for businesses and workers we saw the impact of this yesterday when new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People 3 million individuals. Those that rely on them for support of their families and
A nationwide lockdown earlier this week which many predict could last up to fix months for more numbers and information on the coronavirus be sure to check out our portable the t. V. Up and look for the section trucking coronavirus and were going to bring in. To tell us more about the Global Impact but its having on the economy. Now once again the market isnt buy the rumor sell the news mode as the historic rally of nearly 20 percent in the previous 3 trading sessions faded and where once again timely 600. 00 points off the open market moves or the past 3 weeks have been fast and furious and the volatility has no indication of slowing down the temporary euphoria from the stimulus shot has subsided and were left with the grim reality that the u. S. Is now the new epicenter of the coronavirus now after much delay the house on friday passed a 2 trillion dollar terrorist act which stands for the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act and the now has to present trump to sign into