Global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on aljazeera. Ok as coronavirus disrupts life across the United States some people are criticizing President Donald Trump for his handling of the crisis now could his response to the Pandemic Impact his reelection battle in november share your thoughts with us on twitter or in our live chat and you too could be on the street. There are now more than 3700 confirmed cases of covert 19 in the us dating life has changed dramatically as schools what places and other institutions close to prevent the onus from spreading often this is downplaying the virus for several weeks trump declared a National Emergency on friday freeing up Government Resources to tackle the problem on sunday he also wants to stop panic buying groceries theres no need for anybody in the country to hoard essential Food Supplies they said to me could you please tell im just going by enjoy it have a nice dinner relax because theres plenty but you dont have to you do
This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time to give money welcome to todays hearing on coronavirus, understanding the threat of Infectious Disease and mobilizing Innovative Solutions. I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then i woke frank recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement again thank you for being here. Obviously this is an incredibly timely process. Covid19 is not the first pandemic we are ever going to deal with and certainly not the last one but it is incredibly important that we come together as a nation to get ahead of this, dress it and come up with treatment for it. If we think about Global Health security to threepronged approach. Containment medication and treatment. This is the third hearing that im sharing on the subject and the hearing is focused on the containment. It was the first hearing the congress held. The conclusion of that was the initial strategy of trying to contain th
We will go ahead and get started. The Environmental Energy Study Institute thank you for joining us back i hope everybody got all the candy. Thank you for joining us this morning we have a wonderful panel and will be learning about the Global Commission of a global call for leadership. The urgency of Climate Change may feel more acute but the issue of Climate Change has been with us for decades. Esi stated in 1988 addressing Climate Change is a moral imperative. Many scientists m Public Policy experts have been working on the issue proposing solutions i hope what were actually seeing his momentum to act there is some evidence this is the case last week i testified before the Senate Energy committee that probably would not have been the case a few years ago in Speaker Pelosi and the House Select Committee is another example. As we know now that inaction on Climate Change makes it harder and harder to achieve. We have to act now to contribute to that momentum constantly reinforce it. So
Panel and will be learning about the Global Commission of a global call for leadership. The urgency of Climate Change may feel more acute but the issue of Climate Change has been with us for decades. Esi stated in 1988 addressing Climate Change is a moral imperative. Many scientists m Public Policy experts have been working on the issue proposing solutions i hope what were actually seeing his momentum to act there is some evidence this is the case last week i testified before the Senate Energy committee that probably would not have been the case a few years ago in Speaker Pelosi and the House Select Committee is another example. As we know now that inaction on Climate Change makes it harder and harder to achieve. We have to act now to contribute to that momentum constantly reinforce it. So we can inform policymakers of the best and latest data and best practices to share Lessons Learned to help them understand the urgency to make meaningful progress to address Climate Change. All we ne
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