Since im having a hard time breathing here too. Let me recognize the Ranking Member for his remarks. Aq very much and i recognize the circumstances are a bit unusual. I do want to make a couple remarks. To my friends on the democratic side if there are things in this building you dont like we are not responsible for any of it so this is a totally democratic written bill. If any of you have a concern please dont point out the republicans pick im proud that you have requests in the bill. Nobody asked me for a request or any other republican was asked to submit anything to this legislation, not one. Yes that is personal because it excludes 200 members who are advocating for their constituents because we are going to have the amendments on these bills. We have got a bill that nobody asked any republican about that now were publicans suggestion that im aware of has been included. If it was it was probably included without the republican being consulted or happen to be in common with the dem
Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
Bay area take a look at your screen there are more than 6,000 cases and a 196 steps you can see those numbers broken down for your county by county check out Santa Clara County staffs at 73 and more than 1800 cases you can also see that these numbers are on our website kron 4 dot com. So if you want to look at your specific county just check it out on our website. Now lets get to our top stories this saturday morning as people are now required to wear a mask of some form or a facial covering in most bay area counties. 6 counties are now requiring everyone wear a covering of some sort when theyre outside they are San Francisco, san Mateo Alameda contra costa marin and sonoma counties. Santa clara county also urging residents to wear a mask, but at this point thats not an order. Now heres why its so important to wear a face mask in public take a look at this laser light experiment shows how droplets from coughing sneezing and talking can spread the virus on the left you see the droplets
For being here, and i know we have members of the press joining us on the phone as well. Sayt of all, let me just that we all are praying for the families who have lost people because of the virus. Allhink all americans for of the sacrifices that you are making, that we are all making, and the sacrifices that you will make. We would like to be in a position where we can say that the road out of this is going to be easy or going to be fast, but it will not be. It will not be over tomorrow. It is going to be difficult, and it is going to be hard, but we will make it through because we are americans. We are a great nation. We are the greatest nation that has ever existed, and great nations are not paralyzed by sickness. Together, we have a job to do, and it is a job that includes ensuring that this never happens again. And it is a job that we in Congress Must be convened to do. After 9 11, we had to make major policy changes in this country. We now face a similar challenge. We must make t
Susan what we are looking at is a videogame you have produced. With the title salam. What is the premise of this game . Lual the purpose of the game is in my journey and in the gaming industry, i realized that video games are a powerful tool to bring communities together and also to create empathy and to help people understand the war crisis. When i created this, theres a people that do not understand who refugees are and what actually it takes them to become refugees. So this is a game that help people understand the journey to being a refugee. So you take them to a peaceful environment. And also in the game, we do not identify which one is a peaceful environment. Its not a country. But its a place where you can have a place of peace, a place of refuge. A place where you can have peace of mind. The most important thing that in the game you take a character from the war country, from a place like theres a lot of hardship on their way, their journey because a lot of people , dont unders