Hundreds of thousands of lives. Thailand was one of the first countries to report an infection outside china. But the death toll remains relatively low. As of the end of may 2020, 3,081 people had been infected and 57 had died. The rate of infections have dropped below 10 on most days. But while the number of infections declined, the number of people who have lost their jobs continues to rise. In thailand, a predominantly buddhist country, monks are among those standing up to help people in need. This temple near bangkok has handed out thousands of meals to people who have lost their jobs while maintaining social distancing measures. It has been two months since a state of emergency was declared. We follow the lives of those struggling to survive the coronavirus crisis. Day two of the state of emergency. This bangkok bus terminal is one of thailands main travel gateways. At the entrance, staff are disinfecting passengers and taking temperatures. Thailand chose to carry out a soft lockd
Infections. Reported more than 200 deaths today. In the markets, we turn our attention to trading volume. It was pretty light but finished up. Momentum has been fading as we near record highs. On any indication of a new Coronavirus Relief plan coming from the white house. On the day, two words sum up today, summer friday. Slow with low volume. The major averages barely moving. In the middle of the day, there was some volatility. At the end of the day, the s p 500 down just fractionally. Bit. Aang index down just a we saw a little bit of weakness in biotech. That is one of the only indexes down for the week. Beneath the surface, it is not quite as dull. Lets highlight two of the big earnings movers. Semicap Equipment Company quarterly Beat Estimates and raised the outlook. They make the equipment that makes chips which suggest there is demand coming from the chips companies and the companies that use chips which is probably every company out there. That might be a longer healthy tell on
It took nearly 3 months for the United States to go from one infection to 1 million. Now, we have more than 12 million at least 1 million americans infected in the last two weeks. Hospitalizations and deaths are unacceptably high. Hospitals in some states are at risk of running out of beds. Some hospitals have reported they may be forced to choose which patients to treat and which to send home to die. On our recent current cross, experts predict another 150,000 americans could lose their lives on the coronavirus by the end of this year. My goal today is simple. To hear from our nations Top Public Health experts on what steps we need to take to stop the unnecessary deaths of more americans. To improve our response, we need to identify and correct past failures, especially those that are ongoing. Regrettably, nearly 6 months after this virus claimed its First American life the federal government has still not yet developed and implemented a National Strategy to protect the American Peopl
Face covering. Members who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. Let me also make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. For those members appearing in person, you will be able to see members appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor you will see all the members appearing remotely at once and what is known as web x, as grid view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person speaking during the hearing when they are speaking, including members who are appearing remotely. For those members appearing remotely, you can also see each person speaking during the hearing whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your web x set to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this, please contact the staff immediately. Let me remind everyone of the house procedures that apply to hybrid hearings. For members appearing in person, it timer is visible in the room
Disastrous overregulation of the obama biden administration. Under President Trump 70 regulatory actions have been taken for every one new regulation. This amounted to 50 billion and regulatory cost savings and it is important to note this deregulatory agenda lowers the cost for every american. The cost of these burdensome regulations fall disproportionately and benefit disproportionally lower income americans. This president took action to react these that harm low income committees and make sure lower income americans are taken care of. For example, the president s derogatory agenda will boost Household Income by 3100 annually. Since trumps rolling back of the obama biden can face standards a family will have access to cheaper cars. The President Health care do regular show will also save patients nearly 10 on Prescription Drug costs. These real wins for the American People will disappear with a reregulation agenda which is my President Trump will continue to pursue his historic dere