Peters, and delivering the opening statement, a minute to acknowledge the United States passed another milestone that we have lost 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren and grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight to stop the virus from spreading, to protect millions more from experiencing this loss. As members of congress we will go to republicans, all united to be our part. We turn to opening statement, unlike every hearing, in the u. S. Congress economic committee, simply explore economic issues. We will focus on Public Health. With the closing of coronavirus is in march causing unemployment in april, democrats reset some of those Public Health experts in the country. Two all two nobel prize laureates, 5 former chairs of the president s council of economic advisers and 3 were president of the National Economic association over 2 dozen in all. Every one of them have the same urgent mess
Substance, feeble in fact. That the court notwithstanding that strict scrutiny virtually always ruled for the government. Were going to leave this recorded program at this point. You can watch it online at cspan. Org. We go live now to a joint Economic Committee meeting looking at the impact of covid19. Watching live coverage on cspan3. Senator peters from michigan and many others who will be joining us from the house and the senate. Before i deliver my opening statement, i would like to acknowledge that today the United States passed another sad milestone that weve lost more than 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, to the husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren, even grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight harder to stop the virus from spreading so we can protect millions more from experiencing this loss. Members of congress and members of this committee, were all united to do our part. With that, let me turn it over to our
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