Of the White House Coronavirus task force gave an update on the response to the pandemic, including the development of vaccines. From the Senate Health committee , this is three hours. I would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative things. Weve taken the advice of the attending physician that center for Disease Control health and Human Services so we are please come to order, first i would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative things. Weve taken the advice of the attending physician that center for Disease Control health and Human Services so we are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public. The press is operating by poll , although this can be watched by streaming or later in an era of fashion. The witnesses were here in person and we welcome them. Some senators are in person in the summer participating by video conference. When we are here although you are free to if you want to. I wear my mask when i am outside of this room acc
Like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative things. Weve taken the advice of the attending physician that center for Disease Control health and Human Services so we are seated 6 feet apart. There is no room for the public. And the press is operating by poll although this can be watched by streaming or later in an era of fashion. The witnesses were here in person and we welcome them. Some senators are in person in the summer participating by videoconference. I would like to say this about masks. Weve consulted with the attending physician. Since we are 6 feet apart we dont need to wear a mask when we are here although you are free to if you want to. I wear my mask when i am outside of this room according to the recommendation of all four of the witnesses who are here today. Im grateful to the rules committee, sergeant at arms press gallery, the Capitol Police and for all the hard work to keep us online and safe. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement an
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Rich and poor the the class differences incredible they set the stage for a savior obama was supposed to be that savior and he wasnt and what happens after a savior fails you you look to something very different they set the table in my opinion for donald Trump Success do you find this contradictory in any way to be. A cabinet full of millionaires a situation where some of them have been accused of misusing their offices in terms of the lavishness of those offices so on and so forth. To trump state a promise to drain the swamp if you will i dont think you drained it i think you moved it into the white house so they didnt drain a swamp and is moved to dinner. I think every politician has probably abuse their offers. Why dont we totally drain the swamp right away playing up the field altogether. Why are we the people more actively involved. Dont trust major contributions so far has been completely devalued the idea of Regulatory Oversight and so you know. Department of education or scott
Old executive Office Building next door to the white house. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan president ial library in valley california. How do you do . I have a brief Opening Statement here before i take your questions yesterday secretary of the treasury donna reagan, sent to the congress of request to raise the debt to 985 billion dollars. This represents a dramatic jump of 50 billion dollars over the previous thats. You administration took this action with great regret because it is clear that the massive deficits that the government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems. For too many years, this process has come to easily for us. We have lived beyond our means and then financed are extravagance on the backs of the American People. A clear message i received in the Election Campaign is that we must gain control of this inflationary monster. Let me briefly review for the American People, what we have already done. Within moments of taking the oat