Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
Biden exchange a week out from election day. Plexiglass barriers were going to separate the two rivals but were removed at the last minute as both tested negative for covid19. The coronavirus pandemic dominated the first part of the debate. Trump defended his handling of the crisis while biden criticized the president s response. This is a worldwide problem, but i have been congratulated by the heads of many countries on what we have been able to do with the if you take a look at what we have done in terms of goggles and masks and gowns and everything else. And in particular, ventilators. We are now making ventilators all over the world, thousands and thousands a month, distributing them all over the world. It will go away, and as i say, we are rounding the turn, we are rounding the corner, its going away. The expectation is that we will have another 200,000 americans dead by the time between now and the end of the year. If we just wore these masks, the president s own advisers have to
Im steve clemons, editor at large of the hill thank you for joining us for covid19 and a responsible rx supply chain, looking at the resiliency of the Prescription Drug supply chain during a global pandemic. Id like to thank the distribution alliance. The coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives and forced the new normal upon us. While accommodations can be made for our lifestyle choices theres little legibility when it comes to our health care. For those most at riskexaccess to regular medication isnt a choice and in some cases its a matter of life and death. Both the Healthcare System and patience have changed their behaviors. As a consequence concerns have arisen regarding drug availability and shortages. What are stakeholders doing o to ensure that disruptions do not occur and there is collaboration between the public and private sectors and what plans are being put in place for distribution of this vaccine once it becomes available . We discuss all of this with some of the smart
The committee will come to order. Thank you all for coming today, i dont think all of you for being here. It is our honor to have the deputy secretary of state here to testify on u. S. Policy regarding peoples republic of china. I originally defaulting back in march, however, our need to focus on the Community Protests from doing that. It is important this committee continue its work on its most committing Foreign Policy challenges, obviously china is one of those. As a complete mistrust correctly recognized, china is a strategic in global competitor of the United States. It would be the greatest Foreign Policy challenge the United States faces in decades to come. Policies of the Chinese Communist party undermine u. S. Interests and values, as we share with partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge the fork front of american life. We now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and partners in t
Have deputy secretary of state Steven Biegun here to testify. Originally planned to hold this hearing back in march but the need to focus on covid19 prevented us from doing that even as we continue to address the pandemic and the impact on the u. S. Citizens. It is important this can many continue it to work on the most pressing Foreign Policy challenges and obviously chinas one of those. This is especially the case and the topic we are discussing today is a Trump Administration is correctly recognized china as a strategic and global pedant competitor of the United States it will be the greatest foreignpolicy challenge in the decades to come. The policies of the Chinese Communist partys undermined u. S. Interests and values including those we share with allies and partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge to the fore front of american lyford we now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and pa