Being locked indoors for 40 days because of a coronavirus. Im told me a lot of boy its good to have you with us now after weeks of lockdown borders are starting to reopen across europe the German Government has announced that it will begin relaxing border controls with all the you Member States this coming weekend at the same time the European Commission has unveiled a plan to revive the battered torahs an industry and make it possible for people to take some of vacation. Border checks were supposed to be a thing of the past in europe change in zone germans were used to freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. That is simply that if people continue to show discipline observe the hygiene rules and wear face coverings then in spite of the easing of restrictions during may not
Representatives former florida senator, respected attorney become a person highly engaged in our community and the friends of the college, congressman lincoln deas. [applause] thank you, very much. It is a privilege for me to be here today to introduce a man that i have not met until today dance i already admired. Senator tom cotton was a student at Harvard Law School on september 11, 2001. One of the most tragic venice day of the internation. On that day tom cotton made the decision that he was going to serve the United States in uniform on the front lines. After law school he joined the 101st Airborne Division of the u. S. Army. When he volunteered for service the recruiter was taken by surprise. Tom cotton the harvard law graduate did not wish to be a jake lawyer, he wanted to be an infantry man, while serving here in the bronze star, the combat infantry man badge in the ranger he served in iraq and subsequently in afghanistan. After serving in iraq before serving in afghanistan he
This hearing will come to order ask without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me say good morning and welcome to our witnesses. Todays hearing on vaccine science and innovation. Smallpox once plague said the worlds population plaguing 300 Million People in the 20th century alone. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio, had just 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Every day vaccines are saving lives especially the lives of children and other vulnerable population. Theres no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. Unfortunately, there is a wellfunded, Disinformation Campaign targeting the public and weakening Public Health laws. School vaccination requirements have been common place in the u. S. For generations and exemptions were granted only for legitimate medical reasons. However, in my home state of texas,
It is a privilege for me to be here today to introduce a man that i have not met until today dance i already admired. Senator tom cotton was a student at Harvard Law School on september 11, 2001. One of the most tragic venice day of the internation. On that day tom cotton made the decision that he was going to serve the United States in uniform on the front lines. After law school he joined the 101st Airborne Division of the u. S. Army. When he volunteered for service the recruiter was taken by surprise. Tom cotton the harvard law graduate did not wish to be a jake lawyer, he wanted to be an infantry man, while serving here in the bronze star, the combat infantry man badge in the ranger he served in iraq and subsequently in afghanistan. After serving in iraq before serving in afghanistan he was assigned to the armies third infantry regiments. Known as the old guard. The old guard is United States oldest activeduty regiment dating back to 1784. Today, the old guard is a ceremonial unit
The worlds population killing approximately 300 Million People in the 20th century alone. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio just started a third case worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Everyday vaccines are saving lives. There is no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. There is a wellfunded Disinformation Campaign targeting the public and weakening the publichealth law. School vaccination requirements have been commonplace in the u. S. Generations and exemptions were granted for legitimate political reasons. However in my home state of texas, the number of unvaccinated children who spiked since 2003 when they expanded the exemptions to include non medical reasons. The 57,000 last year we are seeing this played out across the country and innocent children are falling ill. Health officials have confirmed 21 cases in texas this year and 1261 nationwide. 6