Talented people, some of whom are standing with me, and thats available. Dr. Birx will be speaking about that in just a few minutes. Its important for the young and Healthy People to understand that, while they may experience milder symptoms, they can easily spread this virus and they will spread it indeed, putting countless others in harms way. We especially worry about our senior citizens. The White House Task force meets every day and updates guidelines based on the fast evolving situation that this has become all over the world. Its incredible whats happened in such a short period of time. The new modeling conducted in consultation with governors, we have made the decision to further toughen the guidelines and blunt the infection now. We would much rather be ahead of the curve than behind it, and thats where we are. Therefore, my administration is recommending that all americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible, avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people, avoid discretionary travel, and avoid eating and drinking at bars, restaurants, and public food courts. If everyone makes this change or these critical changes and sacrifices now, we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat the virus. We are going to have a big celebration all together. With several weeks of focused action, we can turn the corner and turn it quickly. A lot of progress has been made. Im pleased to report that a vaccine candidate has begun the phase one clinical trial. This is one of the fastest Vaccine Development launches in history. We are also racing to develop antiviral therapies and other treatments. Weve had some promising early results, to reduce the severity and duration of the symptoms. I have to say that our government is prepared to do whatever it takes. Whatever it takes, we are doing it in every way. With that, i would like to introduce dr. Birx, who is going to discuss some of the things that we strongly recommend. Thank you. Dr. Birx thank you, mr. President. I think you know over the last month weve taken very bold action to stop the virus from coming to our shores. Because of that, we gained time to really get together and understand the progress across the globe of what has worked and what hasnt worked. We now need to appeal to every single american so that they can have their role in stopping the spread of this virus. Weve talked about things before about washing your hands, but we really want to focus on, if you are sick, no matter who you are, please stay home. If someone in your household is diagnosed with this virus, the entire household should quarantine in the house to prevent spread of the virus to others. The reason we are taking these strong and bold steps is because we know there is virus spread before you develop symptoms and then we know theres a large group we dont know the precise percent yet that actually is asymptomatic or has such mild cases that they continue to spread the virus. If your children are sick, please keep them home. Now, to our older population or those with preexisting medical conditions, everyone in the household needs to focus on protecting them. Everyone in the household. I want to speak particularly to our largest generation now, our millennials. Im the mother of two millennials. I will tell you what i told them. They are the core group that will stop this virus. They are the group that communicates successfully, independent of picking up a phone. They intuitively know how to contact each other without being in large social gatherings. We are asking all of them to hold their gatherings to under 10 people, not just in bars and restaurants, but in homes. We really want people to be separated at this time. To be able to address this virus comprehensively, that we cannot see, for which we dont have a vaccine or a therapeutic, the only thing we have right now is the amazing ingenuity and compassion of the american people. Were appealing to all americans to take these steps, to protect each other and to ensure that the virus doesnt spread. These guidelines are very specific. They are very detailed. They will only work if every american takes this together to heart and responds as one nation and one people to stop the spread of this virus. Thank you. Dr. Fauci thank you very much, dr. Birx. Just to connect what i mentioned in previous discussions in this room, in order to contain and curtail this epidemic to not reach its maximum capability, we have a twopillar approach, one of which i believe has been very effective in preventing the substantial seeding. Travel restrictions we have discussed in this room. The other, equally, if not more important, is when you have infection in your own country, which we do. Gaveltogavel coverage of the house and take you live to the floor of the house. To make corrections in the engrossment of h. R. 6201. The speaker pro tempore is there objection to consideration of the resolution . Mr. Gohmert i would reserve the right to object. The speaker pro tempore the the gentleman is recognized is recognized. Mr. Gohmert we have rushed this bill to the floor, i would say rush, it had been all day thing thursday and event on friday and most of us were not part of the negotiations. We kept getting different versions of the bill that was going to be coming to the floor and at 9 00, i got the latest rendition and had read that. And read a lot of notes and tags and things that i was concerned about and i thought that what we were going to be voting on that night. And there was a new version before midnight and voted at 12 30. I had concerns about some of the wording and as president obama, elections have consequences. The majority is going to get a whole lot in the bill than the minority. There were concerns about matters and very concerned about Small Businesses. It had been changed from other those with with over 50 or more like in obamacare, employees. And yet in this one, it changed exempting under 500 to under 50. Im sorry applying to everybody applying to under 500 that included those under 50. Big concerns it was going to overwhelm some of our smallest businesses. Majority of americans work for Small Businesses and create more job opportunities. So this was a big deal. But though, i didnt support the bill, still had big concerns, im very grateful for the efforts of the majority, the president , the secretary of the treasury and Staff Members of our minority leader that have continued to negotiate and worked to try to get some of these problems figured out. So there is no question in my mind at this point the, what are being called technical corrections, make the bill better than it was when it got passed in the wee hours saturday morning. Because of that, i withdraw my objection to the the technical may be ons and so there unanimous consent now that i withdraw my objection. The speaker pro tempore the reservation is withdrawn. Without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable, the house of representatives, this is to notify firmly pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served with a subpoena should by the u. S. District court for the district of columbia. After consultation with the house of employment counsel, i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges of the house. Igned sincerely, office of house of representatives henry cuellar. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2hmp of rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 16, 2020, at 3 00 p. M. That the Senate Passed with an amendment h. R. 4920. That the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 87. With best wishes, i am signed sincerely, cheryl l. Johnson. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house a commune occasion. The clerk the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the message from the secretary of the senate at 6 24 p. M. , that the Senate Passed senate 3501, with best wishes, i signed sincerely, cheryl l. Johnson. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to 7b. The house that wraps up tonight quick how session as members passed, by unanimous consent, a coronavirus economic aid package. The legislation provides two weeks of paid leave for sick or quarantined workers while also extending state Unemployment Insurance programs. The measure now makes its way to the senate for consideration and we should see debate on that tomorrow. Follow the senate live tuesday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan two. The house is out of session the rest of this week as members continue working from home districts. Follow the house live on cspan when the chamber gavels back in. Todayske you back to White House Briefing on the coronavirus with President Trump and members of his task force. President trump the doctor said seehave no symptoms so we no reason, but everybody was going crazy, so late on friday night, i did the test and the doctor may have put out something, i dont know when the letter was put out, but the results came back, i believe the following day. We tested negative. Reporter the question was this is implying that you hadnt had one when in fact, you had. Pres. Trump i told them and i went totally by what they said, the doctors, more than one. They said you dont have any of the symptoms. They checked what you are supposed to check. I did a test late on friday night and it came back probably 24 hours later or something. They sent it to the labs. Reporter you had a teleconference with the nations governors today. In that teleconference, you told them that they need things like respirators or masks to try to get it on their own. Why did you mean by that . Pres. Trump they can get them faster by getting them on their own. In other words, go through a supply chain that they may have. Because the governors during normal times, the governors buy a lot of things, not necessarily through federal government. If they are able to get ventilators in respirators, if they can get certain things without having to go through the longer process of federal government we have stockpiles now where we are ordering tremendous numbers of ventilators, respirators, masks, and they are ordered and coming. We have quite a few at this point. I think we have a lot. If they can get them directly, it is always good to be faster if they can get them directly if they need them. I have given