To unmute your microphones anytime you speak. If at any time during hearing im unable to chair the hearing the human chairman colon or vice chairman of the committee congressman kennedy will serve as chair until im able to return. Documents for the record can be sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address weve provided. All documents will be entered ininto the record with the inclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an Opening Statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues itser oversight of the nations covid19 Pandemic Responsee examining a safe and effective covid19 vaccine that the American People can trust. In the eight months we battled covid19 over 7 million americans have had the virus and tragically over 200,000 have lost their lives. Millions ofll people face on employment and have lost their Health Insurance and families are still juggling childcare and virtual classrooms. The list of those most vulnerable to covid19 is especially on th
Treasury, the efforts to stimulate an economy in free fall jim, you got off a call or an interview it was a call as well with secretary mnuchin what stood out to you . That you shouldnt lay people off. I want to point out i got a correction, he said on Small Business payroll, two weeks, he meant two months two months means you do not lay people off without, i think im not saying its irresponsible but everything is being done to keep businesses open Small Businesses open. David, with the fed, i think theyve taken off to me anything involving credit the secretary talked about anything involving liquidity we cant produce demand. You keep people around for two months, but they wont be able to produce demand. There will still be a burden on Small Business not sure how that will be resolved thats an interesting point jim, we did we were watching the futures, which appeared to be limited down at different points in it the evening last night after japan opened as well then we got a fed announc
Hes got a close look and were hearing that Kelly Loeffler has taken the stage and rallying supporters on the ground. Jon ossoff is in his bus en route to an event and you can see senator loeffler there live and shes talking about the republican charge here really to make the case theyre running against democrat incumbents that they say are socialists. Theyve got radical economic agendas. I think weve got peter doocy on the line. Hey, peter, tells us whats going on. And i apologize, griff and gillian, i lost you in my ear, i want to give you a sense whats going on in this entire state, the entire political universe is descending on. Jon ossoff wrapped up an event in downtown athens a few steps away from the university of georgia campus, he tried to get people to go out and knock on doors, a lot of people are home for winter break, but they want to knock on 5,000 doors. Right now, theyre handing out signs and bumper stickers, some pins, they also, because were in georgia, are distributin
Crazy about, i dont know what is. But instead of the president apparently telling putin how upset we are and how were not going to okay, good tuesday morning. Im Ayman Mohyeldin here in new york. As we come on the air this hour, were following live breaking developments on multiple fronts, a lot of important stories playing out now. First of all, the Supreme Court set to hand down more decisions any moment now, were keeping an eye out for that, and an important ruling perhaps on the president s taxes and financial records. Were also live on capitol hill, where doctor Anthony Fauci and other Top Health Officials are testifying before a Senate Committee on the coronavirus pandemic. What they have to say about more than half of all states now seeing a rise in infections. Also, leading the European Union, moments ago, to announce visitors from the United States will not be allowed into europe this summer. Europe lifting travel restrictions for 15 countries, the u. S. Along with brazil and
Rapidly rising rates of deaths by suicide and drug overdose among people of color, along with disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, further underscore inequities in access to mental health care and treatment and highlight the importance of centering equity in diagnostics, care, and treatment.