In cleveland to talk about his Infrastructure Proposal and the plans to pay for it with an increase in the corporate income Tax Rate. The president s speech was just under 40 minutes. [applause] President Biden thank you all, thank you. [cheers and applause] President Biden thank you. Please, please, please sit down. Thank you very much for sharing your story. Its impressive. Dr. Johnson, everyone at cyhoga Community College, thank you for being here and having me here. By the way, all the elected officials, we call this in my business, we call this a bus mans holiday. [laughter] President Biden you have to come and ride a bus again with another guy. Youre awful nice to be here. The only thing worse for an elected official when the president shows up, the worst sentence in the English Language is im at the airport. [laughter] thank you all so much. You have really, really great friends here. Start with marcy, anyway, mr. Mayor, thank you. Dr. Johnson, thank you very much for letting me
We call this in my business, we call this a bus mens holiday. You have to, and ride a bus again. The only thing worse for an elected official when the president shows up, the worst language in the English Language is im at the airport. [laughter] President Biden thank you all so much. You have really, really great friends here. Start with marcy, anyway, mr. Mayor thank you. Dr. Johnson, ty much for letting me borrow, by the way, marcia federal judge so serve as secretary of housing and urban development. [applause] President Biden you know, certain places just by Chance And Circumstance can become markers in the course of your life or in the course of a nation. And for me its one of those places. Just a little over a year ago, march 10, 2020, i came to cleveland as a candidate running for president to really here at the Community College. Rally here at the Community College. Upon unloading we got word that governor dewine, he did the right thing, wanted large indoor events to shut down
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Will be participating via videoconferencing and ask as usual for a proceeding. Microphones will be set on mute for the purposes of limiting inadvertent Background Noise. Members and witnesses, dont forget, youll need to unmute each time you wish to speak. Now, if at any time im unable to continue as chair, which has happened because of technology, the Vice Chair of the subcommittee, mr. Peters, will serve as chair until im able to return. Documents for the record can be sent to Austin Flak at the Email Address that all of the staff has, and all of the documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for an Opening Statement. Today we continue our oversight of the Nations Covid19 Response efforts. Throughout the pandemic, this subcommittee has conducted robust oversight over a range of critical issues including Vaccine Development and as we enter a new phase of the pandemic, todays hearing addresses one of the consequential cov