Dr. Schaffner we will have to end it now. We will take it to the floor now. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, ashington, d. C. , march 27, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable anthony g. Brown to act as day. Ker pro tempore on this signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. Dan capitol worship, washington, d. C. Me. Chaplain come pray with heavenly father, this morning, humblee to remember your servant, 91yearold holocaust rabbi kahn who lost his this week and just two dais ago at
Sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum reserve through 2022. Included in this package, improvements to expand access to care through telehealth, including 200 million for the f. C. C. For Telehealth Services and devices, and expansion of Telehealth Services in the medicare program. It extends vital medicare, medicaid and Public Health programs, including Community Health centers, among many others, until november 30 this year. We mobilized the Nations Health work force by providing Liability Protections to those who provide volunteer medical services during the pu bl Health Crisis and by standing up the ready reserve. And we take steps to protect our medical supply chain, something i Hope Congress will continue to work on after we pass this legislation today. Todays phase three approach is the most comprehensive and robust response to covid19. Together were going to win this war and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman
I think the u. S. Government could have really taken that and added to that momentum and gotten some significant changes to the world health organization, could have gotten support for a thorough investigation, independent, external investigation into the actions of the world health organization. And the potential influence of china over its decision making. Unfortunately with the announcement that the u. S. Is going to cut funding, now everybody is focused on that. [no audio] good afternoon. Sorry to be a few minutes late. A lot of ground to cover today. We have a video call with the white house and this is a lot of. Round to cover the realities sunday, is meaningful to me, by telephone. Thank you both for being here so we will get right to the numbers. Have positive test results. 5. 317 New Jerseyans ,317 new tested 75 jerseyans who have tested positive. As a 10 00 p. M. Last night, 1800 of 80 were listed as critical or in intensive care. 46 patients are at one of these locations. Ha
Approximately 400 and 70 labs 470 labs. The number of cases in the state, 389. There were no deaths yesterday. Activelyntinue to be working with a different facilities eight different facilities around the state. Stateserience of other serves as an example, that number will unfortunately grow. Longterm care and Senior Living they are special and highpriority challenges. As you know, these are group centers, they provide housing and care for our most uniquely and highrisk patients who could be seeing deaths from covid19. The staff and caregivers in longterm care facilities really depend on our response and our support. At the health department, our health care infection, prevention, and Response Team was our First Responder unit. Responsevention and starts with primary prevention, and working with facilities to before any oftion this occurs. Now in what is happening our longterm care facilities in the state, and will happen for weeks if not months. [inaudible] two Rapid Response when a
There are now 635 cases in the Capital Region of maryland, dc and virginia. 32,000 cases across america and more than 342,000 cases around the globe. Over the past several weeks, we have taken some swift, decisive, unprecedented actions in our state. In order to slow the spread of covid19 and to save lives. I just want to take a moment to thank the overwhelming majority of marylanders who have taken this situation seriously and who have remained at home, avoided crowds and practiced much needed social distancing. Unfortunately, many peopleare still not taking it seriously. There were crowds of people visiting the Cherry Blossoms in washington dc in large gatherings on the beach in ocean city and on the boardwalk and in many ofthe county and local parks across our state. Let me repeat once again as strongly as i possibly can. If you are engaged in this kind of activity, you are breaking the law and you are literally endangering the lives of your family, your friends and your fellow citi