About a mass famine last year citing conflicts and natural disasters but the virus has further strains of global food systems the executive director of the world fruit food program says quote this is a perfect storm where looking at widespread famine of biblical proportions at least 265000000 people in the developing world may soon experience widespread hunger if things dont change jessie. Walbridge you know where you came at me with their so this morning i really didnt know i was caught off guard i really was i didnt realize that our food was in such danger worldwide and that there were so many people in danger worldwide and then you had the corona virus to wood which complicates matters further. To this really came back to me as. Were going to have to talk here about an entire cultural change that this corona virus as well as the food shortage is going to cause us as human beings to have to change our way of living on this planet i think theres no other way around it you know im goin
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
Again. We will move as quickly as we can but should we not be able to accommodate every member in person today, we will be accepting statements for the record until thursday, april 30. This important hearing i want to mention the chairwoman has been in our thoughts and prayers we wish you nothing but the best as you recover. Small businesses and entrepreneurs play a Critical Role within the american economy. Not only do they employ half of the nations workers but created two out of every three new jobs in the nation. You only need to take the poll from main street america. It is demonstrated Small Businesses and employees and the Response Congress created with a Paycheck Protection Programs with as many Small Businesses as possible during emergency. A low interest loan can be forgiven if used for payroll and Small Businesses have a tool available to assist them as they weather the storm experiencing extremely high demand and within a two week span all the money was exhausted i devote m
Tyson foods j. B. S. Foods and smithfield actually encouraged workers even if youre sick you still have to come in were a vital part of the economy a vital part of the food chain they said so even if youre sick if youre showing symptoms we still want you to come in one employee described it as unless you were in a casket they expected you to show up to work the next yeah it was their call of their work their their work while sick policy they actually had a policy that work while sick policy you know i cant i cant avoid the irony here this is crazy smithfield as you know the biggest meat packer in the maybe in the world is owned by the chinese doing business right here in the United States so smithfield probably had some of the worst policies across the board and smithfield of all of them had every reason to know very early some was getting a hat good red happen but they provided no masks they provided no gloves. They have no separation because they just i guess they look at these peopl
Order is crumbling under corona shock can you explain. Yes you know i mean its 2 Different Things on the one side i think people the general public have come to understand that this austerity model has left populations otherly unprepared to deal with. Endemic and there will be more up and its a little bit more inward in the cities and if theyre not prepared for this one its certainly not going to be for the next one unless you change things whether that link to this is you know the language of essential workers and the idea that medical workers nurses doctors or janet do ambulance drivers accept a censure is actually news to this sector because theres been at least 2 decades of the Union Busting against nurses against ambulance drivers and so on so i think theres a general understanding in the lack of resources lack of respect basic respect of these workers and when things are no longer an emergency will be remembered that i think thats a very important i believe that the memory of bei