There is a potential of a third vote now, we will not know whether that is happening, but maybe we can work it so we can tagteam the chairmanship. Senator blumenthal i think is back with us. I will make certain he and i can trade positions so we can both vote. If that happens. The committee is reconvened. Mr. Gilman, if you are available , you have about a minute and a half left. We heard your testimony to that last point and we would love to hear your concluding remarks. Can you hear me . Mr. Gilman . Can you hear me . Yes sir. Myi am going to pick up testimony from where i left off . Yes, sir. Ok. I was determined to make isolation gowns because we had the equipment to cut and sew them. I quickly got a sample from a local hospital, design my own pattern, research the materials the gowns were made up, and built a prototype. I sent it to yell new haven hospital, they evaluated it and awarded me an order. There was a surge demand. Hospitals needed more gowns than they could buy from the
Runs just under two hours. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being with us, or being near us, at least in the technology since. I welcome all of you to todays hearing that weve entitled, examining the response to the covid19 pandemic. The subcommittee at the sound of the gavel will come to order. As the nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health crisis, americans worked to protect against further spread of the virus while trying to maintain a certain degree of normalcy, including maintaining a job and earning a paycheck. There is not a corner of the u. S. Economy that has not felt the impact of the pandemic todays discussion will talk about the harmful effects on the Manufacturing Sector. During this pandemic, many in the Manufacturing Community have adapted their operations to help provide products needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Distributionlesale company that pivoted to manufacturing face masks in response to a dire National Supply shortage, or a cart
David hawkings is the editor in chief. There are leadership elections. Explain how they go about the two parties electing their leaders and can we see any changes . We will see some so, they meet in caucuses, different causes. No surprise here. The things are happening a little bit differently this year because of the pandemic. The Democratic Caucus which is happening the first of the meetings is happening today. There is a virtual opportunity for members to stay home, stay in their districts and cast the votes in the upcoming leadership elections using a secure app that the democrats have come up with. We wont see any changes at the top. The republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, maybe, maybe not liz cheney, thats staying the same. Were not seeing any changes at the top there either. Remarkably long run of nancy pelosi as the leader and jim clyburn of South Carolina as number three, thats all continuing. Thats continuing for a into a 16th year. Its a remarkably long run
Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp and heard from borrowers and challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive travelled through the districts to speak with Business Owners about how they faired through the pandemic. And ive heard some of the successes and challenges they face with the ppp. And uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrower who is eventually access the loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated and conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan for proceeding consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness and effectively convert the loan into a grant which was the congressional intent i
202140 upon competition. Tips and more information on how to get started at a website, student cam. Org. The house Small Business subcommittee held a hearing on the Paycheck Protection Program also known as ppe. Small Business Owners testified about their experiences applying for ppe loan forgiveness. An excellent how this process could be confusing. We are meeting today to conduct an important hearing onl the Small Business administration Paycheck Protection Program or ppe. Specifically, a review of the loan forgiveness process. I want to thank each of the witnesses for their testimonies today. In the pastovas several months s committee has held numerous hearings on ppe. We have heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges they face. Ive also traveled across counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how e they fared during this pandem. And for some of them discuss the challenges they face with the ppe. In uncertainty about the futureo holds. Borrowers to even