The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h
Ly institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. Its been so exciting to partner with cspan during these historic weeks, when, for the first time in american history, the Supreme Court is broadcasting its oral arguments live. We have been listening closely to these two important cases this morning. There has been so much to learn and unpacked and unpacked. We are fortunate to be joined by the leading scholars and advocates who filed briefs on both sides of the case to help us understand the arguments we just heard. Little begin with sisters of the poor, the first case that was argued, with great pleasure i introduce our two panelists. Aten is a professor of law the Antonin Scalia a law school at George Mason University where she teaches family law, religion and property law. She has written many books, including putting childrens interest first, americas family law and policy, a
Cspan friends, welcome to the Nexen Stallman to the National Constitution center and cspans Supreme Court review live. Im jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the National Constitution center, the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. Its been so exciting to partner with cspan during these historic weeks, when, for the first time in american history, the Supreme Court is broadcasting its oral arguments live. We have been listening closely to these two important cases this morning. There has been so much to learn and unpacked and unpacked. We are fortunate to be joined by the leading scholars and advocates who filed briefs on both sides of the case to help us understand the arguments we just heard. Little begin with sisters of the poor, the first case that was argued, with great pleasure i introduce our two panelists. Aten is a professor of law the Antonin Scalia
There has been so much to learn and unpacked and unpacked. We are fortunate to be joined by the leading scholars and advocates who filed briefs on both sides of the case to help us understand the arguments we just heard. Little begin with sisters of the poor, the first case that was argued, with great pleasure i introduce our two panelists. Aten is a professor of law the Antonin Scalia a law school at George Mason University where she teaches family law, religion and property law. She has written many books, including putting childrens interest first, americas family law and policy, and the conscious of the institution. She filed a brief in support of Little Sisters of the poor, where the petitioners, on behalf of women scholars. The deputymehling is legal director of the aclu and director of the center for liberty, encompassing the aclus work on womens rights, freedom of religion, belief in disability rights to a cheese been with the aclu since 1992 and has written many articles, incl
Agencies as well. This is our first hearing on the president s fiscal year 2021 budget request. However, i want to start with a matter of urgency. The coronavirus, covert 19, cases are growing as is alarm, this is both domestically and internationally. The u. S. Government has responded to the covert 19 outbreak with aggressive measures, significant travel restrictions, mandatory 14day quarantine for individuals returning to the u. S. From province. Mr. Secretary, i support your declaration of a Public Health emergency, we are dealing with the likelihood of a global pandemic, interesting to note yesterday from the cdc that commented that with regard to the United States its not a question of if but a question of when we will face the issue seriously here. That said, i have serious concerns about the administrations responsiveness with respect to funding, i understand senators of both parties expressed a similar concern to you at their hearing yesterday. I have repeatedly asked for info