Some years ago, war reached into the American Home. And the farewells were everywhere. The farms, the shanty on the tracks, the lavish apartments, the uptown flats, the shrubbed estates, the modest houses of the suburban streets. Everywhere the men were borrowed or taken for keeps. The youngest, the cleanest, the best. Each man went into battle in his own way, to do his own job. More than half of them saw combat service. A small percentage of these, not nearly as many as you may imagine, were in the front lines in shell range of the enemy. For any one in this latter group, a very special experience. He was at any moment expendable. For him the baseball parks were full of late, exciting rallies. For him the beach parties were not as pleasant as they had been a few summers before. For him, the rivers ran high and the boating was not so good. For him, the flight decks were not as wide as the fields of texas. For the rest there were 1,000 odd military jobs, each dependent on the other. Eac
To unmute your microphones anytime you speak. If at any time during hearing im unable to chair the hearing the human chairman colon or vice chairman of the committee congressman kennedy will serve as chair until im able to return. Documents for the record can be sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address weve provided. All documents will be entered ininto the record with the inclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an Opening Statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues itser oversight of the nations covid19 Pandemic Responsee examining a safe and effective covid19 vaccine that the American People can trust. In the eight months we battled covid19 over 7 million americans have had the virus and tragically over 200,000 have lost their lives. Millions ofll people face on employment and have lost their Health Insurance and families are still juggling childcare and virtual classrooms. The list of those most vulnerable to covid19 is especially on th
Some years ago war reached into the American Home and the fair wells were everywhere. The farms, the shanty on the tracks, the lavish apartments, the uptown flats, the shrubbed estates, the modest houses of the suburban streets. Everywhere the men were borrowed or taken for keeps. The youngest, the cleanest, the best. Each man went into battle in his own way, to do his own job. More than half of them saw combat service. A small percentage of these, not nearly as many as you may imagine, were in the front lines and in shell range of the enemy. For anyone in this latter group, a very special experience. He was at any moment, expendable. For him, the baseball parks were full of late, exciting rallies. For him, the beach parties were not as pleasant as they had been a few summers before. For him, the rivers ran high. And the boating was not so good. For him, the flight decks were not as wide as the fields of texas. For the rest, there were 10,รท nonmilitary jobs, each dependent on the othe
Some years ago, war reached into the American Home and the farewells were everywhere. The farms, the tracks, the lavish apartments, the uptown flats. The shrubbed estates. The modest houses of the suburban streets. Everywhere the men were borrowed or taken for keeps. The youngest, the cleanest, the best. Each man went into battling his own weight and doing his own job. More than half of them saw combat service. A small percentage of these not nearly as many as you may imagine were in the front lines in shell range of the enemy. A very special experience in this latter group. He was at any moment expendable. For him the baseball parks were full of late, exciting rallies. If him the rivers ran high and the boating was not so good. For the rest, there were 1,000 odd military jobs. Each depen dent on the other. Each vital to the winning of the war. Each made memorable by the fact it represented the protection of the lives and security of all of us. Whether in combat or not, whether a machi
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