Persistent challenge of china not playing by the rules. In the case of coronavirus, that was about china not telling the World Health Organization, not telling other countries, not telling their own people what was happening in terms of the coronavirus, not taking steps to stop International Travel early on. That wasnt playing by the who rules, the World Health Organization rules and the result has been devastation. Its been the spread of the virus and so much of that devastation weve seen around the globe in my view could have been avoided. Had they played by the rules. Unfortunately, not playing by the rules applies to china in many other areas, too. Weve talked about trade a lot on this floor of the senate to be sure theres a level Playing Field between china and the United States and making sure they play by the International Trading rules, but here is another one, where china and the Chinese Communist party has not played by the rules. And thats with regard to obtaining our intell
Nation. Number seven, not again, not ever will americans rely solely on the centers for Disease Control for testing. When called upon, our private sector has an incredible multiplier effect. Number eight, not again, not ever will we allow public misrepresentation and confusion concerning a health issue. The American People deserve timely, incredible, and accurate information, the same as for tornadoes, hurricanes, and other disasters. Number nine, not again, not ever will we be dependent on china for trade and goods, especially not for Critical Infrastructure and technology. And number ten, mr. President , not again, not ever will a Previous Administration leave an Incoming Administration without an updated, forwardlooking bipartisan policy and Preparedness Program on pandemics. And without a pathway for the products and equipment needed to go along with it. By taking these sensible steps, we will be able to protect the health and the wellbeing of the American People. These ten priorit
Seating has been spaced so we are six feet apart and we have made it possible for senators and witnesses to participate by Video Conference if they choose to do so, and several have. To maintain social distancing, we have very limited seating and dont have room formulas of the public to attend, however this hearing is available to watch a live online and a recording will be available on the committee health. Www. Senate. Gov. The hearing will be shown from gaveltogavel in its entirety, unedited by anyone from the moment that we start until the very end that we stop. Due to the limited seating, representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay observations to their colleagues and senators and staff present have been reminded about the safety guidelines put in place by the attending physician. We all wore our masks. Im not going to wear mine during the hearing, since we are six feet apart, but senators may do whatever they choose to do. I would like to thank the rules committee
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With the coronavirus pandemic. The total spending is about 2. 5 trillion thats already been spent. The speaker of the house proposed a new piece of legislation this week that i think the house will vote on on friday thats another 3 trillion. So its actually more than the previous four combined. And the legislation that she is proposing has a lot of items that arent directly related to the covid19 crisis. They are, as some have said, a wish list of priorities and others have said in the media that its more of a messaging bill. So well see. Among other things, it says as an example that they want to change the current law which says that youre limited in terms of how much of a federal Tax Deduction you can take for state and local taxes. Thats called the salt issue. They want to repeal that. That cost, by the way, is about 180 billion, Something Like that. And it would result in about 50 of the benefit, the tax benefit going to the top 1 of taxpayers. So if that doesnt sound like its som