My colleagues the status of where we are in regards to the professions in the cares act that relate to Small Businesses. First i want to make it clear that our top priority for americas businesses, whether they be Small Businesses or large businesses, is to get this covid19 behind us, to stop the spread of this deadly disease, to give confidence back to the American People that its safe to pursue their economic desires and, therefore, to have businesses be able to go back to a situation where they have customers and they can be open for business. We have appropriated significant resources in order to make sure we do whats right financially to deal with this deadly disease. And we have provided the tools to to protect our economy. So let me talk a little bit about the attention to Small Business. Im pleased and proud to be the ranking democrat in the Small Business and entrepreneurship committee. I serve with senator rubio, who is the chairman of the committee. And we have worked togeth
In biology with a minor in chemistry. In college he worked as a medical scribe for doctors in the emergency room in a small hospital in chattanooga and after decided he wanted to become an emergency room physician. He continued his education at loyola university, the school of medicine. Allow me a few seconds to praise this wonderful school. He was one of dozens of Daca Recipients, which was the First Medical School to admit daca students. They do not receive any special treatment in the Selection Process and they are not eligible for a penny in federal financial assistance. Many of them borrowed money from the state of illinois to complete their medical education in the hopes that once they are licensed they can come back and practice in our state which they promise to do. Heres what manuel says about what daca means to him. And i quote. Daca has opened up many doors for me. It allows me to serve people through emergency medicine. If daca ended, i would have to stop not only what i lo
Longterm care facilities and the reopening and economic recovery of the state. Due to technical difficulties, a portion of this briefing could not be shown. The u. S. Department of health and Human Services announced the allocation plan for the drug remdesivir. They are delivering 110 cases to new jersey. Each case has 40 vials of the drug. The department is working with the hospitals on a Distribution Plan that will be equitable and consistent to where the greatest need is. These supplies are part of the donation made by gilead sciences. Remdesivir is an antiviral that improves the time to recovery from 15 days to 11 days. Can blockes this drug the virus. Now for my daily report, as the governor shared, our hospitals reported 4628 hospitalizations and persons of covid19 and under investigation. 1416 individuals in critical care, with 74 on ventilators. The governor reviewed the new cases reported today. In terms of deaths, the breakdown by race and ethnicity basically unchanged. White
Blake burman as usual following latest from the administration. Well get Lauren Simonetti on the markets as well. Edward lawrence reporting on Small Business from washington. But blake, we start with you. Reporter hi, there, connell, after initially canceling the 5 00 Coronavirus Task force briefing earlier today as the white house did, they put back on the schedule a News Conference with president of the United States in the rose garden next hour to unveil the new testing guide lines that the white house says will be in place come may and june. The white house says that they will be giving all 50 governors everything they need to test at least 2 of that states population. The guidelines call, for example, the acceleration of the research and development of diagnostic tests, the development of Rapid Response programs, the federal government acting as supplier of last resort for the states, implementation of what they say would be a vast monitoring system. Along with Antibody Tests to h
Gov. Kemp we experienced Severe Weather last night with tornadoes touching down. There are currently 59,000 georgians without power. We have 49 injured, 23 homes that were destroyed, 59 other homes had minor damage, and 248 homes waiting to be assessed. So far we have concerned seven georgians have lost their life to this terrible storm in my thoughts and prayers go out. Given the widespread impact, i have declared a state of emergency this morning for all 159 counties to facilitate the deployment of critically needed resources across our state. Gema, theation with department of Natural Resources, the department of transportation and the georgia 43 commission are all working hard to restore power, clear debris and provide assistance to the families in need. I would ask everyone to continue to keep these individuals as well as their loved ones and those affected by the storms in your thoughts and prayers. We will do our part to help hardworking georgians recover. Atyou know, i got a loo