Watch live wednesday at 2 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a hearing on the federal governments role in protecting workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning. The subcommittee on work force protections will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that our quorum is present. I note for the subcommittee mr. Courtney of connecticut, mr. Levine of michigan, mr. Castro of texas, dr. Roe of tennessee, mr. Guthrie of kentucky, mr. Smucker of pennsylvania, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Watkins of kansas, mr. Mercer of pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota, mr. Cellar of pennsylvania are all permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on work force protections on both sides of the aisle who are present either in person or via remote participation pursuant to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations thereto hav
Spirit welcome to the policy briefing a serious bid im tom gilligan, director of the Hoover Institution. Its at Stanford University and one of the most preeminent research centers. For more than a century homage and has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic governance. The assimilation of our work has led to sin of vacant impacts on important Public Policy initiatives here and around the world. We begin to take steps that will lead us of the crisis i hope you find value in these important discussions as we look forward to ways to mitigate potential effects that the coronavirus has had on the u. S. And on the world. As a reminder, we will be taking audience questions and encourage you to submit yours using the button at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from larry dimon, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Larrys advised the world bank, un, state department and other governmental and nongovernmental
Pandemic, essential workers in the United States have continued in their daily jobs to care for and protect americans, to produce and deliver food and essential goods, and to uphold our nations Critical Infrastructure. These men and women, our moms and dads, brothers and sisters, are putting the livelihoods of their fellow americans ahead of their own. Each and every morning despite the pandemic, they wake up and they go to work. In this fight against the invisible enemy, the critical logistics operators, the supply workers, medical professionals, and many others who are on the front lines responding to coronavirus could not be more important to our victory. They truly are our heroes. Folks, our nation cannot weather this pandemic without our essential workforce. They first and foremost deserve our gratitude. So today we want to say thank you. Thank you to our doctors, our nurses, and our Health Care Workers who see firsthand the seriousness of this disease yet put their own health and
Unfiltered, at cspan. Org coronavirus. Earlier today, the World Health Organization held a News Conference in geneva on the coronavirus pandemic. The who director general stressed the need for countries to control the virus during the lockdown period, and also talked about president trumps Coronavirus Response efforts, saying the president showed political commitment and leadership. Shortly before the briefing, the United Nations announced the launch of a 200 million humanitarian Response Plan to combat coronavirus. Good morning, good evening, and good afternoon. Hello, and welcome, everybody, to the World Health Organization press briefing on covid19. We have with us as always the w. H. O. Director dr. Tedros, also dr. Ryan and dr. Maria van ker o hove. Dr. Tedros will begin with an update, and when dr. Tedros has finished opening remarks i will open the meeting to questions. If you have connected by zoom, use the raise your hand icon to o asknto the queue t questions. If you are conn
Welcome to the Health Organization press briefing on covid19. We have with us as always the w. H. O. Director general ted, mike ryan, executive director and doctor maria, they take the lead for covid19. Doctor will begin with an update, then when he has finished his opening remarks, i will open the meeting to questions. If youre connected by zoom, please use the raise hand icon to get into the queue to ask her questions, if you connect by phone please hit 9 to indicate you want to ask for questions. I will apologize right now to all those who miss out. We have more than 260 people on the line already connecting and asking questions. So we have to restrict this briefing to announce with our speakers who are meeting the response and can get back to the other demands of their time. I will now hand over to doctor. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are. The pandemic continues to take a massive toll, not just on health but on so many parts of life. Yesterd