Yeah, President Trump started promoting mask wearing on twitter. A major shift and the stocks have been fitted from a reopening economy are higher today and thats how the dow jones gained 160 out performing the s p 500 but trouhe nasdaq. the cramer covid19 index is out. The recovery stocks are in at least for today our country has the worst coronavirus outbreak because we turned wearing a mask into a cultural issue the president tweeted a stark black and white picture of himself wearing a maface mask wh the explanation saying many say its patriotic to wear a face mask when you cant social distance there is nobody more patriotic than me, your president. End quote. Well, kind of the only one why does it matter because President Trump is the de facto leader of the anti mask faction. Thats why he spent months refusing to wear a mask in public and framing this as an issue of personal freedom. That emboldened people to take ridiculous stands against mask mandates invoking the first amendment
The committee will come to order. Good morning thank you to the witnesses for participating in todays hearing we all have a stake to ensure a safe and secure election in november. This hearing comes one week after we lay to rest a giant in Voting Rights. Before he died congressman lewis reminded us the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent in a Democratic Society and use it because its not guaranteed we must vigorously defend our right to vote with access to the ballot box and in less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in history that pandemic for state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand votes by mail and early voting and other policies so no voter has to choose between their life and their health. With the states primary election seemingly administrative decisions related to the number and location have dozens of impacts of peoples right to vote those that are predominantly black and brown neighborhoods an
The committee will come to order. Good morning thank you to the witnesses for participating in todays hearing we all have a stake to ensure a safe and secure election in november. This hearing comes one week after we lay to rest a giant in Voting Rights. Before he died congressman lewis reminded us the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent in a Democratic Society and use it because its not guaranteed we must vigorously defend our right to vote with access to the ballot box and in less than 90 days americans across the country will participate in an election unlike any other in history that pandemic for state and local Election Officials to rapidly expand votes by mail and early voting and other policies so no voter has to choose between their life and their health. With the states primary election seemingly administrative decisions related to the number and location have dozens of impacts of peoples right to vote those that are predominantly black and brown neighborhoods an
Chair, Opening Statement of the Ranking Member, Opening Statement from chairwoman waters, the witness of will be introduced, witnesses were given Opening Statement then will have two and a of witnesses and adjournment. The title of todays hearing is protecting homeowners during the pandemic oversight of mortgage servicers implementation of the cares act. Without objection that shares authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Also without objection members of the committee who are not members of the subcommittee may participate in todays hearing for the purposes of making an Opening Statement and asking questions of witnesses. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded they are responsible for muting and and getting themselves. I think this is something thats worthy of repeating because i have made the mistake of not honoring this responsibility. I hope i dont make tha
Committee in january of 2019 and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats. Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow. That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea. Raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the Cyber Capabilities including