There is a potential of a third vote now, we will not know whether that is happening, but maybe we can work it so we can tagteam the chairmanship. Senator blumenthal i think is back with us. I will make certain he and i can trade positions so we can both vote. If that happens. The committee is reconvened. Mr. Gilman, if you are available , you have about a minute and a half left. We heard your testimony to that last point and we would love to hear your concluding remarks. Can you hear me . Mr. Gilman . Can you hear me . Yes sir. Myi am going to pick up testimony from where i left off . Yes, sir. Ok. I was determined to make isolation gowns because we had the equipment to cut and sew them. I quickly got a sample from a local hospital, design my own pattern, research the materials the gowns were made up, and built a prototype. I sent it to yell new haven hospital, they evaluated it and awarded me an order. There was a surge demand. Hospitals needed more gowns than they could buy from the
Runs just under two hours. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being with us, or being near us, at least in the technology since. I welcome all of you to todays hearing that weve entitled, examining the response to the covid19 pandemic. The subcommittee at the sound of the gavel will come to order. As the nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health crisis, americans worked to protect against further spread of the virus while trying to maintain a certain degree of normalcy, including maintaining a job and earning a paycheck. There is not a corner of the u. S. Economy that has not felt the impact of the pandemic todays discussion will talk about the harmful effects on the Manufacturing Sector. During this pandemic, many in the Manufacturing Community have adapted their operations to help provide products needed to prevent the spread of the virus. Distributionlesale company that pivoted to manufacturing face masks in response to a dire National Supply shortage, or a cart
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States Governor Newsom announcing today a possible stay at home order could be reinstated as coronavirus cases surge, thank you for joining us today at 3 on this monday november 30th, im tahernia 99 of the state could be another under another state home order state leaders are set to decide in the coming days. This will be regions with a concerning hospitalizations and icu capacity weve got our Capitol Bureau reporter ashes of allah covering the story and shes joining us now live from sacramento with the latest official update actually. Its an as yet covid19 cases in california are exploding with a new peak at 14,000 cases per day state leaders gave this new warning with real concerns about the State Hospital capacity. But if these trends continue were going to have to take much more dramatic. Arguably drastic action governor Gavin Newsome says hes waving the red flag as california sees a surge in covid19 cases and hospitalizations he warned monday a stay at home order could become it
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