Thank you all again for coming back today and for tuning in, and i do know that these daily briefings can get tedious, and the information, much of it, sounds the same, so people may start to tune it out, but i can tell you the situation is changing, it is evolving, and the information we are putting out is important. Just because the social distancing and hygiene guidance and the stay at home order stays in place after day doesnt mean we shouldnt talk about those things because that will be the key to success in trying to get through this Public Health emergency with the fewest amount of cases and certainly the lowest death toll. I want to think the doctor for being with us today. He has been a practicing physician in new orleans for decades although he does not look that old. Officere chief medical officer. Working with the state office of Public Health and it is great to have you here today. He will take some questions. He will have some prepared comments and take questions after i
All month on cspan, we are featuring the winners of our studentcam documentary competitions. Middle and high schools students created videos answering the question, what issue do you most want the 2020 president ial candidates to address . Our second Prize Middle School casey,oes to vincent, and max, seventh graders from south Miami Community medical middle school in south miami, florida. Their winning entry is titled, our own a wise investment. The key to the future of our state is to increase investment going into that system and the u. S. Congress will have an opportunity in the coming year to address that issue. We ought to have more federal funding, a major bill for infrastructure, roads, bridges, but more importantly, for us in south florida, it has got to include the kind of resilience investments that we need because of sea level rise. In 1956, president eisenhower signed the federalaid highway act of 1956, which paved the way for the interstate highway system to be built. Afte
Pandemic. Later, National Indian Health Board Chair on the affecting native American Communities. Morning, its thursday, april 9, 2020. Against the backdrop of another deadly day, turmoil across the country, political leaders in washington are headed for a showdown over hundreds of liens of dollars in new aid for Small Businesses. With the senate set to move forward with funding today we begin our program by hearing from Small Business owners and their employees. Let us know how your Small Business has been impacted by coronavirus. Small Business Owners, 202 7488000 is your number. Small business employees, 202 7488001. You can send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter or facebook. Good thursday morning to you, we are hearing from the 60 million americans that work at Small Businesses in this country and the more than 30 some businesses around the country. You
You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off
Virus and is in currently in a new york hospital. Our prayers are with him and his family. This only underlines the need to respond to the coronavirus on a national scale. The only appropriate response in congress is to come together quickly and in a bipartisan fashion, deliver resources and authorities our federal agencies need to track and combat the virus, treat americans with the disease, and develop a vaccine and additional treatments. We also must aid the states and localities in their efforts to deal with the disease because they are on the front lines. Im glad that congress is headed in that direction. I expect that today appropriators will announce an agreement on an emergency response. The agreement is expected to include between 7 billion and 8 billion of funding, very close to the 8. 5 billion that we Senate Democrats requested last week, and over four or five times the amount of new funding initially proposed by the administration. Thats good news. When it comes to America