Congressman adrian smith, republican of nebraska. How did you vote on friday on that 3 trillion economic aid package . Caller i voted no. Too far inwent way many respects and contained a lot of material unrelated to covid. I think the dollar spending raises a lot of concerns and we can be more strategic about helping folks across america. What would you agree to in that legislation if republicans in the Senate Control that chamber, if they were to include some provisions what would you want them to include . The first thing that should be done with legislation like and onlyo pare it down to items related to covid and the stimulus for the economy because of covid. So i think scaling down those dollars and having more discussions. This is something that we should do as a congress, as a house, have more discussion Via Technology rather than waiting to see what comes from the Speakers Office and then being told to vote for it by the speaker. I just think we can do a lot better than that. W
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The 1800 page measure includes money to support state and local governments, Virus Testing and treatment and new Cash Payments to americans. Here is some of that now beginning with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I thank the distinguished chair for yielding and thank her for her tremendous leadership. My colleagues, a horrible virus has made a vicious attack on the lives and the livelihood of the American People, indeed on the life of the our democracy of our democracy. We have a momentous opportunity and therefore a great opportunity to defeat the virus and to do so in a way that brings us together and takes us forward to a stronger america. Today the house will consider e heroes act, to honor those who are on the front lines. Our Health Care Workers, our First Responders, teachers, sanitation workers, food providers, transit workers and other essential workers. Many of them have risked their lives to save lives and now they may lose their jobs. For many
The director of the department of Public Health, dr. Grant colfax. The director of the department of emergency management, mary ellen carroll. The director of the department of Human Services trent rhorer. The director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewartkhan and our police chief bill scott. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. I want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. We have 1,058 cases here in San Francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. And sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. And for more information, please visit data sf. Org covid19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. Today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. This weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. When we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many
Sfgov tv, please show the office of Small Businesses slide. We begin with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start your Small Business in San Francisco. Today we will start with a reminder that the Small Business commission, official public forum is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Business in San Francisco. And that the office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco during the current local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, you can find us online or via telephone. As always, our services are free of charge. Before item one is called i would like to thank the mayor for granting us a special authorization to hold this special meeting. Id also like to thank Media Services and sfgov tv for coordinating this virtual hearing in the live stream. A special thanks to tom, michael, jason and sean. Plea