Representative yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind. He called me dangerous. And then, he took a few more steps. Recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, i am rude. You are calling me rude . I took a few steps ahead and i walked inside and cast my vote because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them and make sure that they are able to keep a yoof over their head, that the are able to feed their families and carry their lives with dignity. And there were reporters in the front of the capitol, and in front of reporters representative yoho called me, and i quote, a bitch. Pitch fucking, these are the words representative yoho levied convenience against a congresswoman. A congresswoman that not only represents new yorks 14th district but every congresswoman in this country because all of us have had to deal with this in some form, some way, some shape at some point in our lives. A
Specialist and the president of the national. Teacher association. This is 2. 5 hours. The subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney from connecticut, ms. Mcbath of georgia, ms. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and dr. Murphy, north carolina. They are permitted to participate in todays hearing with an understanding that there questions will come after all members of the Early Childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present, have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in
I is possible. They also appreciate the chance to bring some ten i ten unseat e Trump Administrations work speed effort. This transparency will be crucial to secure the american Peoples Trust that the vaccine will be made available only once it is proven to be safe and effective. Congress has already taken actions to support these efforts. This spring, congress provided the Vaccine Development and manufacturing of birds and other medical countermeasures. Then two months ago the house passed the heroes act, the comprehensive legislation to strengthen the nations ability to fight the pandemic like altering the Strategic National stockpile and increase funding for Research Development and manufacturing vaccines and treatments. It would also require the administration to get to congress a vaccine plan identifying the activities undertaken to manufacture distributed vaccines safely. The house passed the act more than two months ago and the senate has failed to take it on into the death rate
Shorter isolation Period Health experts are no longer encouraging testing. Before you go back to work on fortune well bellow spoke to a doctor about the changes. Almost as if testing. Means everything but also after certain points Means Nothing testing isnt one tool among many. And its a very good tool, but it needs to be interpreted properly. 6 months into the covid19 fight here in the u. S. And Health Experts are revising previous recommendations to help stop the spread. In an article published tuesday the centers for Disease Control states and those who have tested positive can be around others 10 days after the positive test 8 as long as you have no fever and your symptoms have improved we started off with 14 days because we really didnt understand much about the virus. Stanford Infectious Disease expert doctor Yvonne Maldonado says Health Experts were right to be cautious in the beginning but now theres no real evidence of transmission that occurs. 10 days after somebody is infect
We are following the attending physicians guidance on wearing face coverings at all times while not under recognition and the chair will only recognize those who are following the guidance. Today, the committee on Homeland Security is meeting for part two of our hearing to examine the National Response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. Two weeks ago, the Committee Heard from state and local officials about how the Trump Administrations failure to respond to the pandemic has harmed their communities and our nation. We invited fema administrator peter gaynor to that hearing but he declined to attend based on white house guidance prohibiting administration witnesses from appearing before congress remotely. Guidance is that intended to undermine congressional oversight of the administration. The committee will move forward with his work today. Thecommittee also invited department of health and Human Services to participate in this hearing. Hhs refused to send a witness even though the