encouraged the investment through the chips and science act and now we have enormous investment in the united states. over $200 billion in long-term investment in semiconductors. and rebuilding the economy of the united states with those semiconductors. it s not designed to hurt china. the only thing i did say with regard to china, there are certain extremely sophisticated semiconductors that we have built that are useful for nuclear and/or other weapon systems. those we are not selling, we are not exporting to china or anyone else. and so that s the context in which this has all occurred. in the meantime, creating thousands of jobs and bringing back a sense of pride and dignity to so many towns in the country where all of a sudden over the last three decades we found out that factory had 600 people shut down. and the soul of the community was lost and so i made sure when the semiconductors were coming back that they were not just going to go to the coast, they would be all
cancer or other life-threatening injuries or illnesses. so, everything they told us was wrong, it was a lie, but the teachers were self-interested in that who would not want to get paid for not working. john: and fauci in some recent interviews is denying any responsibility for closures of schools or businesses or anything else for that matter. he said this, show me a school i shut down and show me a factory i shut down. never, i never did. i gave a public health recommendation that echoed the cdc recommendation and people made a decision based on that but i never criticized the people who had to make the decisions one way or the other. i can t remember one instance, senator, somebody looked at the cdc guidance and said you know what, i don t believe it, we are staying open. everybody looked at the cdc guidance, nih and said oh, my god, the sky is falling, shut it down. right. if dr. fauci says you need too wear masks and against the best practices not to wear a mask and i own a ho
prepared for you before a call with the cdc, your staff recommended pushing the cdc for a trigger stating we need an objective metric for closure, dot dot dot, triggers. and then on february 11, 2021, following the need to push for a closure trigger, a member of the aft staff emails director walensky directly and says we must, however, urge inclusion of clear closure triggers in the imminent guidance. and in february, they state our emphasis will follow randi s statement, push on needing a closure trigger. then in a february 12, 2021, email from you to members, you mention the cdc did not install a trigger stating while the cdc guidance does not contain a
guess. we know two of the proposed changes. right. work from home options for teachers with high risk conditions, and that if a new variant arose the guidance may need to be changed. so with that and again, yes or no. were these proposals accepted by the cdc? well, the one proposal that was accepted, during if i may explain. during the the meeting of the 29th, we raised several different issues. we did not we had seen all the former were there it s no question. when you made the proposals, the two i suggested, were they accepted by the cdc. the proposal to have at risk the second proposal was not made on january 29th. i didn t say that. sorry. the first proposal about at risk immunocompromised workers and not that simply that they would
how did the teachers union guidance end up in cdc government guidance, listen. but what when was the first time you engaged with cdc in any way, shape or form directly? the first time? yes. when they asked us to do the zoom i think the first time look, i m 65 years old, i don t remember anything anymore, i m sorry. me too. i think the first time the president was really the only question did they reach out to you or you reach out to them. i know they asked for guidance they reached out, they reached out my recollection is that they set up this january 29th half an hour conference call, my recollection. and again, yes or no. did that include any direct interaction with cdc director walensky? did it meaning did i talk