Debate live from cleveland tuesday night on cspan. Stream at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. And live now to the Senate Health committee who today will hear from dr. Anthony fauci, dr. Robered redfield and other members of the White House Coronavirus task force. Theyre expected to update lawmakers on the federal response to the pandemic. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Senator ted kennedy used to say our committee had the broadest jurisdiction in the senate. You only have to look around the room at a hearing and see that we also have the broadest range of views in the senate and some of the ablest advocates of those views. But thanks to our Committee Members and to senator murray most of our hearings have been bipartisan which means weve agreed on a broad range of witnesses to present points of view. And while the questioning and statements of senators has been probing, theres always been a high level of courtesy both to the witnesses and to the other senators which im
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
And airports. This is an hour and a half. Welcome to todays hearing on support for healthy air travel. Air travel plays a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel, and tourism. We take for granted that we can travel great distances by air. That weredestinations once reserved for imagination. Air travel moved from our imagination to a real audi reality that has changed the way we with each other. Our dependence will only continue to grow. Global air travel will nearly double. As with many other industries, the pandemic has dramatically impacted commercial air travel. In the u. S. Alone, Passenger Air travel was down 96 . Worldwide, the air travel industry is projected to use more than lose more than three hunter billion dollars in operating revenues this year. Shiftpple effect of this goes well beyond the airline. Full recovery requires ensuring safety and reestablishing the confidence as we continue to face the risk of covid19. These are positive steps, but are they enoug
Welcome to todays hearing on support for healthy air travel. Air travel plays a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel, and tourism. We take for granted that we can travel great distances by air. That weredestinations once reserved for imagination. Air travel moved from our imagination to a real audi reality that has changed the way we with each other. Our dependence will only continue to grow. Global air travel will nearly double. As with many other industries, the pandemic has dramatically impacted commercial air travel. In the u. S. Alone, Passenger Air travel was down 96 . Worldwide, the air travel industry is projected to use more than lose more than three hunter billion dollars in operating revenues this year. Shiftpple effect of this goes well beyond the airline. Full recovery requires ensuring safety and reestablishing the confidence as we continue to face the risk of covid19. These are positive steps, but are they enough to ensure safety and reestablish trust .
Long as they are present in the hearings to be counted and members are responsible for your own microphone so please keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. Finally, if they wish to submit documents for the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing and thank you all for joining us. So good morning everyone and welcome to todays remote hearing on our support healthy air travel, to support healthy air travel in the covid19 era and beyond. I like to welcome our witnesses and thank you all for being here. Marshall air travel is an essential part of the fabric of our society and economy. It employs a Critical Role in business, commerce, education, travel and tourism. We take for granted that we can now easily travel vast distances by air and reach destinations that were once reserved for imagination. And just over a century, air travel moved from our imagination to a reality that has changed the way we interact with