Well that victim who died in Placer County was here at pier 27 in San Francisco, not too long ago has here on february 21th and obviously that raises concerns about possible exposures to people in the city and 2 people still on that ship that are now showing symptoms now the governor is calling in resources keep those possible exposures on that ship at bay. Vernor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency after a rockland man died while in isolation at a roseville hospital on wednesday. Marking the first coronavirus death in california that individual. Came back with a number of others into not only Placer County area but many other were on that cruise from the state of california by one estimate. Im over 50 of the passengers which total roughly 2500 passengers that does not include the crew. Are californians. The an early victim became sick while aboard the grand princess cruise ship that docked in San Francisco late last month before the same ship left for another cruise to hawaii j
20,uant to clause 8 of rule the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the california, ms. Lofgren, to suspend the rules resolution, the h. R. 756, as amended. On which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk House Resolution 756, resolution implementing the the mendations adopted by select committee on the modernization of congress. The speaker pro tempore the uestion is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 394, the nays are 13. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended
The senate live here on cspan2. Next, a look at the challenges of caring for Senior Citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable longterm care for the elderly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would members and their guests please take their seats . Ways and Means Committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation, and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter or in november, which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National Family Caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, and for those who havent personally struggled to insure an older relative receives the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Navigating a fragmented and insufficient longterm care system can be not only confusing and emotionally taxing, but also
Ommittee and have pledged to oppose it here shortly. Again, this mcadams amendment release for ess democrats, so amend and pretend, cadams day with the m amendment. I want to be clear i do not oppose the amendment. And am opposed disappointed that my democratic olleagues have offered another amendment thats a stunt, another stunt provision for this deadend bill. We had a bipartisan path forward, and democrats are wasting floor time with this enacted will never be into law. I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves. I yield one minute to the gentlelady from california. Ms. Waters i thank the gentleman for offering this important amendment. This will amendment builds on the important work of the the gentleman from new york on combatting illegal opioids in this country. The cost of their involvement in the illegal trade, do not get benefits. Xim i strongly support the gentlemans amendment to strengthen this bill with respect to preventing illegal trafficking of sy
Impeachment proceedings. It seems like morning, noon, and night the relentless effort to unseat the president of the United States is a toxic strain of potomac fever infecting capitol hill. Now if only congress would channel every waking minute to fix problems in the real world, wouldnt that be wonderful. Let me provide a reality check. For People Living in the real world, impeachment inquiry is not what keeps americans up at night. Its not what wakes up moms and dads worried sick about paying for their childs insulin. Its not what drains the pocketbooks of seniors and takes a big bite out of peoples paychecks. The issue that unites americans from maine to iowa to oregon is the high skyhigh prices that americans and the taxpaying public pay for are paying for prescription medicine. As chairman of the Senate Finance committee, i am working in a bipartisan way to fix whats broken in our drug supply chain. In february we called the heads of big pharma to testify before the finance committ