[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
That. A modest down trend. Tomorrow, though, thats the big jobs report. Almost certainly the worst in history. Okay. But look at this. A rotten economy and a Big Stock Market rally. We get a lot of inquiries as to why is this happening and the short answer is well, the market looks to the future and its clearly seeing an economic recovery, and the trillions pumped into the economy are very much appreciated. Put it like that. The dow is going to be up over 300 points at the opening bell. Thats better than 1. 3 . A similar gain, 1. 5 for the s p. Look at the nasdaq go, up 1. 5 . Thats because of this. Big tech. Again, leading the market. Just look at this. Apple is at 303. Amazon up 21 bucks premarket. Nice gain for microsoft. Nice gain for netflix as well. Thats whats happening. Big tech again dominating the market, plowing higher. Bombshell news in politics. Mr. Impeachment, congressman adam schiff, he is not looking good. There are dmumennew documents o russia, russia, russia probe. M
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And supporters for making the program possible, it is so important to support media and programs like this. We have others that will follow the example of those who have supported and have helped the club make it through uncertain times. Today, i am excited to be speaking with congressman adam schiff, chair of the house Intelligence Committee. You have gained recognition in prominence for your role in the russia investigation and President Trumps subsequent impeachment. In the last few weeks, congressman adam schiff and his colleagues have proposed a 9 11 style bipartisan commission, to investigate the governments response to covid. And to determine if it ignored to helping signs and oversee the trillions of dollars for stimulus are being spent. If you are watching online and you have a question for adam schiff, please put the question in the comments field in facebook or in text chat if you are on youtube. Thank you for joining us. First, how are you, your family and your district doi