Said the United States overnment must address the spread of this deadly oronavirus in a smart, strategic, and serious way. E stand ready to work in a bipartisan fashion in congress and with the administration to achieve the necessary goal. Lives are at stake. This is not a time for amecalling or playing politics. The first step that Congress Must take is to ensure that the resources has the needed to combat this deadly safe. And keep americans then we go on to some of the that we think we need to go with it, but thats, inbox. In your earlier this week, yesterday, actually, i said that the American People need a of dinated, whole government, fully funded response to keep us safe from threat. Navirus unfortunately, and this is the my telling this unfortunately, up until now, the administration has often chaotic response to this outbreak. Hey left critical positions acant, in charge of managing pandemics at the National Security council and the department of homeland security, them vacant
See the biggest picture for yourself. And make up your own mind. With cspans campaign 2020, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. And live today here on cspan 3, we will be hearing about the u. S. Response to the coronavirus before a house submit. Testimony from the director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and other officials. The hearing starting a bit later than scheduled. It should begin in about five minutes or so. New york times reporting that Vice President mike pence whos been put in charge of the response, by president trump, will control all coronavirus messaging from health officials. The Administration Says they want to coordinate efforts, not control the content of what experts and officials are saying. Both officials and scientists will have to clear statements with the Vice President s office. That again, from the New York Times. While we wait for the hearing to start, there is currently a vote on the house floor to move toward
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Achieve the necessary goal. Lives are at stake. This is not a time for name calling or playing politics. The first step the Congress Must take is to ensure that the government has the resources needed to combat this deadly virus and keep americans safe. And we go on to some of the provisions that we think need to go with it. But thats in your inbox. Earlier this week, yesterday, i said that the American People need a coordinated whole of government fully funded response to keep us safe from the coronavirus threat. And this is the purpose of my telling this. Unfortunately up until now the Trump Administration has an owe pake and chaotic response and left critical positions vacant charge of managing pandemic at the department of homeland security. They are vacant. They dismissed the people and never filled the slots. They were there from previous administrations. The trump budget calls for slashing 700 million from the centers of Disease Control and this was the budget that came out afte
Almost six million young lives that would be cut short by nicotine if we fail to act. I am not exaggerating. The c. D. C. Has predicted that if the children of our country continue to use Tobacco Products at the current rate, 5. 6 million children will have premature deaths. This is a test of our courage. Lets look at the facts. 1997, 24. 6 of all 12th graders reported daily use of cigarettes and 36. 5 reported some use in the last in the past 30 days. Thanks to smart, tough policies and a National Commitment to reduce cigarette use by children, those numbers dropped 2018. And 7. 6 by nearly 90 of adult smokers began smoking before the age of 18. If you do not start smoking as a child, it is very unlikely you will smoke as an adult. This is not a secret. Public Health Officials know this. And Tobacco Companies know this too. They also know that nicotine is a highly addictive substance. This dramatic reduction in cigarette use by children put Tobacco Companies in a bind. If children and