Task force and we have continued. We have continued to be on the same mission we have been on throughout the course of this year that is to save american lives and work every day toward that day that we put the coronavirus in the past. Im joined today and youll hear in a few moments from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including those that are leading the effort of distribution, vaccinations under operation warp speed. I think you will be as impressed as i was at fema earlier today when i heard the detailed plans for the virtually Immediate Distribution of vaccines when they become approved and available to the American People. From very early in this pandemic had the presence direction we have followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally supported state managed and locally executed and to that end this past monday we completed our 41st Conference Call with all of the nations governor, every state and every territory. There we spoke about our current circu
Subcommittee will reconvene. Hearingthe most clunky ive ever participated in, let alone chaired and that is saying a lot for the United States senate, so i apologize for our way to our witnesses, but to all who are paying attention, how challenging it has been with the series of votes. Senator cantwell is next to question. Cantwell thank you for inviting a witness that is both in kansas ander a Washington State residents to boot. I do want to work with you on the manufacturing workforce workforce issue that you and senator warner introduced keeping the supply chain and aviation manufacturing. I appreciate this hearing and i know we are dealing with an increase in the number of cases and challenges we face. Im very proud our state has kept our rates of infections and hospitalizations down, and appreciate the ongoing efforts but im also impressed by the manufacturing efforts in our state. Everybody working together. Outdoor research converted one of its seattle facilities into making sur
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
That is extort neri. Extraordinary. The Trump Administration agreed to provide pfizer with 1. 95 billion to manufacture and distribute their Covid Vaccine, allowing this vaccine to be provided free for the American People. While democrats were pursuing a highly divisive and entirely baseless impeachment endeavo,r as far back as january 13, this president , the Trump Administration and the nonstudent National Institute of health were partnering with moderna to work on this vaccine. This administration has remain engaged on the development and distribution of a safe and effective vaccine throughout the year. It began in january and continued thereafter. On may 15, operation warp speed was launched. Out some temer 16th, we released september 16, we tw releasedo documents that were the strategic distribution overview and interim playbook for state, tribal, territorial and local Health Programs and partners. On september 23, we provided 200 million to jurisdictions to support plans for even
He is expected as a virus numbers continue to spike around the nation to give an update on operation warp speed and talk about new developments in the race for covid19 vaccine. At the close you look at the numbers, the vaccine helps as well with upbeat corporate profit a rally not far away from a record high, it was flirting with the record, needed to be 470 but lost a little steam in the final minutes of trading, a strong day, the s p that is a recordsetting, closing up by 48point, as it settled in what appears to be the 23rd record close of the year for the s p 500 and we want to monitor the smallcap stocks today and the russell 2000, the russell closing in record territory what is significant for the smaller stocks, the first time in more than two years we have seen a wrestled record, the s p up in the second straight week, adding more than a thousand points. We canoes and big tech brought the nasdaq into the red, those are your numbers as we come to you on a friday, im connell mcsh