Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, thank you for giving us another day. Throughout the country people mourn those whom they have lost. People lament the loss of businesses of normalcy. 100,000 have now died of covid19. They were democrats and republicans, they lived in urban areas and now more and more in rural areas. They were the desendents of men and women who were colonists or founding fathers, and immigrants who had recently become citizens. They were disproportionately people of color, but not only of color, and of every religion and culture in this nation. , when o lord, will we come to understand that we are all in this together . If we do not stand together we risk falling together. Heal the divisions within our body politic, within this chamber so that your healing power through our actions and good will can be manifest in our United States. May everything done this day and in the days and weeks to come be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro
Legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Neal madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Neal first, thank you. We are here today in these very trying and unprecedented times to act on an emergency interim funding package that i am pleased has strong bipartisan support. But we did not arrive here without significant efforts by our democratic colleagues. When we began negotiation was the senate, we were presented with an insufficient proposal that did not address the Public Health crisis that has now claimed the lives of nearly 48,000 americans. The measures that we fought for will now bring real leaf to the American People relief to the American People, and prioritizes resources to combat this virus. This means more funding for hospitals and Health Care Workers. It also means resources designat
Joins soledad to talk about his new book. Soledad why is the title i dont want to die poor . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. The coronavirus is breaking parts of the nations Food Supply Chain. Meat processing plants around the country have shut down as workers contract covid19. Other Food Processors are cutting back because large buyers, like schools and restaurants, are closed. Some farmers are now forced to dump milk, destroy crops, and slaughter their animals, while we see people turning to overwhelmed food banks across the country. Our correspondent Jessica Gomez has more. Jessica well, soledad, the u. S. Department of agriculture is still working out details of its coronavirus Food Assistance program. It includes 16 billion in direct payments to farmers; another 3 billon will be used to get food from the farms to food banks and other nonprofits. While the usda acknowledges it wont nearly be enough, for already cashstrapped farmers, the help cant come soon eno
Whose career has been marked by steadfast determination to expand Health Care Coverage for all members of the american continues to be a champion for the least, the last, and the lost who are part of the grip of this pandemic, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore the honorable speaker of the house is recognized for one minute. The speaker i thank the entleman for yielding and i thank him for managing this important legislation on the floor of the house. Also commend him for the work that he did in the previous had. Lation that weve as has been acknowledged, this is the fourth bipartisan bill brought to the floor to address the coronavirus pandemic. This is a very important piece of legislation. To the floor with such heartache, with such sorrow bout those who have lost their lives and their loved ones, those who are suffering from the virus assault now and for those ho are in doubt about their economic situation. Its about the lives and the ivelihood of the American People. Thats wha
Reopen businesses intensifies in the us despite advice from medical experts who say its way too soon will start. And then the u. S. And israel denounce the launch of what iran says is its vast military satellite into the atmosphere. And out to communities in canadas isolated north look for ways to protect themselves from the ground of violence. Now u. S. President has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections later in the year during his Daily Briefing he asked the director of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention to clarify his earlier mogs that another bout of infections during the flu season could be far worse than whats being witnessed now now around 840000. 00 people have been infected in the u. S. And nearly 50000. 00 have died those are the highest numbers anywhere in the world. We were not good you could have some veggies are grown in a big food system and if they are. By using come together they come together its not great but we