Gov. Hogan good morning. Confirmed cases of covid19 in our state. Over the past weekend, we saw a 678 increase in positive cases. Ofnow have cases in 21 out 24 of marylands jurisdictions. Sadly, a Montgomery County woman in her 40s became the third marylander so far to have died as a result of the coronavirus. Cases in the 635 Capital Region of maryland, dcm. C. And virginia. 32,000 cases across america and more than 340 2000 cases around the globe. Over the past several weeks, we decisive, some swift, 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 majority overwhelming of marylanders who have taken this situation seriously and who have remained at home, avoided crowds, and practiced muchneeded social distancing. Arertunately, many people still not taking seriously. There were crowds of people visiting the Cherry Blossoms in washington, d. C. And large gatherings on the beach at ocean city and on the boardwal
Unusual session but critical. Mr. Speaker, this legislation represents a bipartisan and resolve to meet the coronavirus challenge head on. It represents a focusnt on families and workers with the objective to make them safer and economically supported. That will protect workers as we all doo our part to flatten the curve. Public Health Officials have made it clear the only chance we have c to prevent our system to be overwhelmed with the pandemic it is threatened to be for his as Many Americans to stay home as possible. It is however necessary for us to be here, to pass legislatio legislation, to respond on behalf of the American People through this daunting challenge. The closure the large parts of the economy must be temporarily shutec down cause severe disruption for businesses and workers we saw the impact of this yesterday when new Unemployment Insurance claims increased by more than 3 Million People 3 million individuals. Those that rely on them for support of their families and
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Not too many of us here this morning and the energy and Natural Resources committee. Its kind of a foul day. E department of energy because we would be moving forward with a package of Energy Related bills that we have been working on for well over a year. In many cases four years. Equities from some 70 different members of the senate. And we are stalled out right now. We are not not because of the concern of the people in this community, that they have not participated in but because of a matter completely unrelated to the jurisdiction of this committee, completely unrelated to anything weve been working onee prior to it so its stalled out right now. It makes me wonder why we work so hard around here to try to incorporate the good work around here. Too just take Good Committee work. My mood shouldnt have anything to do with your responsibility as a secretary and department of tear and all you are seeking to do but i do know the work of t
Gov. Hogan good morning. We now have 288 confirmed cases of covid19 in our state. Over the past weekend, we saw a 678 increase in positive cases. We now have cases in 21 out of 24 of marylands jurisdictions. Sadly, a Montgomery County woman in her 40s became the third marylander so far to have died as a result of the coronavirus. There are now 635 cases in the Capital Region of maryland, d. C. 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 muchneeded social distancing. Unfortunately, many people are still not taking seriously. There were crowds of people visiting the Cherry Blossoms in washington, d. C. And large
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