Order first welcoming our witnessdi director of the cdc we thank you for being here this morning to discuss the cdc and the ongoing response to cover 19. Also want to welcome the subcommittee members congressman thomas cole and the full Committee Chair. And the subcommittee members who are here in person as those who are participating by secure video teleconference. With my Opening Statement and this is the first labor hhs education appropriations subcommitteeapri hearing i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how that will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social between witnesses and members and other individuals in the room necessary to operate a hearing. Some have opted use video teleconferencing which allows them to participateat remotely. On those with videoconference once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speak
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. October 31, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable paul tonko to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Dear god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We ask your special blessing upon the members of this peoples house. They face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and interests demanding their attention. Give them again rossity to enter into their work generosity to enter into their work. May they serve you in the work they do as you deserve. Give of themselves and not count the cost, fight for what is best for our nation and not count the political wounds. Toil until their work is done d not seek to rest and labor without
After another child was shot and critically wounded in philadelphia. Mola lenghi on the children caught in the crossfire. We pray for the baby girl who was shot and murdered. We pray for her mother. Reporter a heartbroken Community Came out to mourn the death of twoyearold nikolette rivera. The toddler was in her living room yesterday afternoon when a gunman targeted the house, shooting through the front door and windows. Her mother and a contractor were wounded. Acting Police Commissioner christine coulter. No child should be murdered in their living room. Its just horrible. The wanton gun violence, the disregard for peoples lives or safety. To shoot into an occpied house is just something i cant comprehend. Reporter riveras death came less than 24 hours after another tragic shooting saturday, an 11 month old shot four times sitting in the back of a vehicle caught in crossfire. If the child survives, Officials Say he likely wont have the use of his arms and legs. These children need u
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The clerk on this vote the yeas are 395 the nays are 23. The amendment is adopted. The chair on this vote, the yeas are 395rk the nays are 23. The amendment is adopted. The Unfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in house report 116247 by the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. Maloney, on which further proceedings were postponed, and on which the yeas prevailed by voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 116247, offered by ms. Carolyn b. Maloney of new york. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of th